Whether you’ve gained them by being mentioned in one of Kim Kardashian’s tweets, grew them naturally or bought them from us, if you’re on Twitter you will likely have some followers. No matter how many followers you might have, there’s probably one thing you may not have considered: how much those little digital connections are worth to you.
And no, I’m not talking about on a sentimental emotional level, I’m talking about how much they could be worth to you in cold hard simoleans. Why would you want to know this? Well, there are loads of people who will buy Twitter accounts which are proven to convert sales, or you may just want to know because you’re a pedantic, money-hungry accountant-type who needs to know how everything in your experience is worth.
Whatever the reason, in this post we’re going to take an in-depth look at how much your Twitter followers could be worth, and what that could mean to you.
I don’t like doing things in the *normal* way, which I why I took up the offer when one of my colleagues told me I should write about why people shouldn’t buy Twitter followers with us. So, let’s shake things up a little and take a look at why you shouldn’t do this (even though there are a lot of reasons you should).
1. You’re A Celebrity
We can’t all be Britney Spears (Though after her many falls from grace, I doubt there are many people who would want to be her at the moment anyway) and thus, have an instantly-massive following on Twitter.
Let’s face it, there are millions of teenage suburban girls who like minute-by-minute updates as to when their favourite celebrities are clipping their fingernails, though the fact is that they don’t want the same updates from you. So unless you’re a massive celebrity like of the final ten Idol contestants(*choke*), a reality TV star or one of Tom Cruise’s supposedly-famous offspring, then you may need to take the plunge and invest in some Twitter followers.
Either that, or you can try and get famous in the same way the kids from Jersey Shore did and simply act like orange morons on TV for a few weeks and wait for the cash to roll in.
If you’ve been doing any kind of marketing online over the last couple of years, I’m sure you’ve heard all the constant “blah, blah, blah” that is talk about social media and how you should be using it or not only is your business going to fail, but your head is going to combust in a spontaneous fiery ball of magma. And while there is a certain grain of truth to the what they’re saying, I’m here to tell you that the hype is not always necessarily as true as some make it out to be.
In my opinion, social media isn’t all that’s cracked up to be — and for some, that may sound funny coming from someone who owns a social media marketing company. But in saying that, I do think you are an absolute and utter ball of amoebic fluid if you’re not utilising one type of social media to promote your business, which based on the title of this post, is obviously Facebook.
The truth is, marketing any business successfully using Facebook — and sometimes nothing but Facebook — is extremely easy. And for those of you savvy-sausages looking for this exact information, this post is going to reveal to you the most essential Facebook marketing tools, of course, expressed through my own humble opinion.
Unless you’re like Venetian Princess (read: plastic-yet-über-hot) and have almost a million YouTube subscribers, there’s a good chance you’re one of the poor, failing many who are yet to even hit one thousand views to your clutter of videos.
If this sounds like you, and especially if you’re using YouTube as a marketing medium (and let’s not kid ourselves, you either are or you’re lying to yourself) then you should definitely consider the possibility that you should buy some YouTube views. However, if you’re not just ready to dive in an spend your cheddar (Oh, how ‘Gangsta’ of me) immediately, here are a few reasons to do so that might sway your mind:
I know I’m not the first person to complain like a beaten housewife about this, but the uSocial blog was just hacked by a group of quite well-known Iranian hackers, which I believe were the same insignificant band of micro-organisms who for a time re-routed Twitter’s DNS in late 2009.
In case you missed it, the hack resulted in the blog’s theme being messed up and some message about freeing Iran from the US, something about Obama, as well as some other random psycho-political discharge. So it seems that in Iran, or in the case of these hackers at least, people do actually use ‘da Internetz’ or more than just downloading gigabytes of hardcore spank-film and buying useless junk from Amazon. Or at least, that’s what these backward fools want us to believe.
While just about every Thomas, Richard and Harold is still referring to people added to your community page on Facebook as fans, the Powers-That-Be at the world’s largest social site have come to the conclusion that a broader “like” system is better for all, which means everyone is looking at learning how to get more Facebook likes.
The verdict is still out on this one and while I personally think they’ve now made distinguising between the types of pages about as hard as scraping a steamrolled jellyfish from hot tarmac, the new system is here to stay. And until I become supreme-overlord of Earth, there isn’t much I can do to change it. And because you can’t either, here are some tips on how to get more Facebook likes.
1. Easy Way: How To Get More Facebook Likes
Did you know you can buy targeted Facebook fans and likes? Is this a shameless plug for uSocial? Yes. But the simple fact is that while we at uSocial still call them fans as if we were some kind of social-media relic hanging on to better days gone past, you can still buy ‘likes’ from us in packages starting from 1000 and soon to go up to one million and beyond. Without any further plugging, buy Facebook likes here.
Are you a business owner looking to grow your company and increase brand awareness? Twitter lets business owners create a casual online persona that makes them seem as if they are extremely sociable and responsive to the public, which is ideal for many consumers. Individuals are more likely to use the products and services of a business if they feel as if they have made a connection with the company, and see that others are using that business as well. uSocial can help companies make that connection by easily connecting business owners with the general public. uSocial has programs that can grow targeted followers relevant to your business and industry, you can see those here: http://usocial.net/twitter_marketing/. Once you have obtained those followers; here are some tips to make the most of your interactions.
Looking for an easy way to make money? Twitter offers users the ability to gain monetary value through the utilization of their followers. The most basic ways to monetize your Twitter account include sponsored ads, direct advertising, affiliate marketing, sponsored contests, and paid reviews. However, all of the methods listed mean nothing with followers. uSocial can partner with you to gain followers, which in turn can help you make money.
Sponsored advertisements revolve around the use of auto ads and sponsored actions. Auto Ads would allow an outside service to help the user in dispensing the tweet ads when the actual user of the account is not actively tweeting on a regular basis or is idle. The user can also set the auto ad to send out advertisements at certain times, in order to ensure that they do not annoy their followers. Sponsored Actions would require the user to send out a call of action to followers, such as re-tweeting a certain phrase where a hash tag is used (for tracking purposes).
Direct Advertising allows users to promote a particular product to their followers. If a user’s followers fits a certain niche market for a company and/or product then that company will want to employ that user simply because of the resources that they have to offer them in that market (potential buyers). Essentially, all direct advertising requires is making a recommendation to followers to look into a specific item. After recommending the item, the user would need to present the follower with an action, like buying the product.
Affiliate Marketing lets users make money through affiliate links or the user’s personal sales pages. An affiliate link is comprised of a tweet that recommends a product, and presents a link in the same tweet that directs the follower to where that product is sold. A sales pages would allow the user to send followers to their own personal sites (where the user can sell the follower their own products and services), versus sending them to affiliate companies.
Sponsored contests are sometimes done to promote brand awareness, or help advertisers gain insight into the minds of their consumers through feedback. Feedback can be obtained through one’s followers when the user simply throws out a question asking the followers how they feel about a certain product or service. Brand awareness is gained by having users compete in tweeting the best descriptions of products or in sending descriptions that get the word out on certain companies/products. Sponsored tweets are also a great way to go about this.
Paid Reviews allow users to simply get paid by sending in reviews on products, services, or even people. A paid review lets users send information on how they feel about something directly to the company, and does not require anything of the user’s followers.
All of these methods of making money using twitter require you to grow your twitter network. uSocial can help you do just that by partnering with you to help you increase the numbers of followers you have. Again, increasing your number of followers can increase your personal value in the business world, and therefore increase your wallet size. Visit uSocial’s marketing page on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/usocialads
