Facebook Likes / Twitter Follower's

[SparkMediaIndustries]

Hi,

I have received certain emails recently over the weeks offering services to improve my Facebook likes or Twitter Followers, some have been for £18 per week for 300 likes then a breakdown up to a year or one of payments for £45/70 per month.

Are these genuine likes for the market, are these business, people, bots etc how are these likes generated etc.

I do not get how this service can happen.

Any ideas how it works.

 

[dubOnline]

market it yourself, there are of lots of ways to just get followers - but that's all they are - random follower that will never buy and probably dud accounts.

Best to do it yourself and actually engage with people

 

[MillieMaesworld]

I have over 2000 likes in 2 months majority are targeted. I did this by searching my keyword , liking the pages , then writing on their wall , liking comments and liking status updates as a page. If you like a comment curiosity will get the poster to look who liked his/her comment. Not as a user as a page. I noticed you do hosting so therefore you could target computer spares, new computers etc etc , it is very time consuming but results are worth it.

 

[wecandobiz]

Don't lose sight of the fact that you can't cash Likes or Followers. They aren't worth a jot. Most important is are you realising your business objectives any faster using social media?

What's 2,000 followers or Likes mean if no one more is buying from you?

 

[sean.browne]

Don't lose sight of the fact that you can't cash Likes or Followers. They aren't worth a jot. Most important is are you realising your business objectives any faster using social media?

What's 2,000 followers or Likes mean if no one more is buying from you?

You can cash likes and followers because you can market to them.

If one of your business objectives is to sell more product or service then yse, social media can certainly help you realise your objectives faster.

 

[sean.browne]

duplicate post.. looking for the delete button!

 

[MillieMaesworld]

Don't lose sight of the fact that you can't cash Likes or Followers. They aren't worth a jot. Most important is are you realising your business objectives any faster using social media?

What's 2,000 followers or Likes mean if no one more is buying from you?

I have no product to sell, awareness is the key with a rare condition , I do try and get them involved in fundraising events, either by way of participation , sponsorship or donation

 

[wecandobiz]

You can cash likes and followers because you can market to them.

If one of your business objectives is to sell more product or service then yse, social media can certainly help you realise your objectives faster.

Yes, people LOVE being marketed to in conversations...

Im trying to emphasise that Twitter and Facebook are conversational mediums. The value is in listening and engaging more than it is broadcasting sales/marketing messages.

I'd rather have 6 followers who I have engaged with and turned into customers than 6000 who I shout and and none respond (and even if they did I wouldn't hear/notice/acknowledge).

 

[MillieMaesworld]

Surely a full shop is beter than an empty shop then its up to the sales team to work their magic .

 

[wecandobiz]

Surely a full shop is beter than an empty shop then its up to the sales team to work their magic .

But people are normally in a shop because they want to buy. It's not a safe assumption that's why people are on Twitter or Facebook. Which is why they may not appreciate being sold to.

 

[MillieMaesworld]

But people are normally in a shop because they want to buy. It's not a safe assumption that's why people are on Twitter or Facebook. Which is why they may not appreciate being sold to.

I think people need to re-look at face book .I just randomly searched 'buy shoes' to find an example
https://www.facebook.com/shoesonline

1673 members , are you telling me that the people that like a page called 'shoesonline' would mind if they were then sold to ??


I bet who ever owns thos page will love me

 

[DotNetWebs]

...They aren't worth a jot...

Totally disagree with you there...

Regards

Dotty

 

[wecandobiz]

I think people need to re-look at face book .I just randomly searched 'buy shoes' to find an example
https://www.facebook.com/shoesonline

1673 members , are you telling me that the people that like a page called 'shoesonline' would mind if they were then sold to ??


I bet who ever owns thos page will love me

Let me be more specific. It is a very unsafe assumption that people are on Facebook to buy. It's also quite an unsafe assumption that people who follow a brand want to buy.

First off, people use Facebook in a social (old meaning) context. They are there without a suit on, mainly to share with friends and family.

They may wish to express a like of some brands, but these are likely to be brands they're happy to be associated with by friends and family -- B2C, aspirational, brands they consume/use as a private individual. I might follow Manchester United or Mini or Ferrari or Oakley or Ducati or whatever. I like people seeing me Liking those. I won't follow Persil, Domestos, Fairy Liquid because although I buy thos ebrands frequently I don't want to advertise that fact to my Friends.

That I follow Ferrari and Manchester United does NOT mean I am interested in buying though, nor does it mean I want to receive pushy marketing messages. I AM interested in news, updates and the OPTION and routes to purchase IF I WISH TO, with perhaps some reward or special treatment for me as a fan of your brand and Page.

There are some companies out there who do this very well. A number of car brands I follow, many of which I wouldn't buy but I have an interest in, do a great job of telling me what they are doing, about new models, appearances at motor shows, dealer open days, stories of cars and their owners etc. No pushy buy buy buy stuff at all. Because they know that they are building a base of fans on Facebook, NOT necessarily customers.

Advocates are valuable too.

Different rules entirely for B2B brands, where I am unconvinced that there's likely to be significant interest amongst the Facebook crowd at this stage, just because people live their live in silos and don't want to Like their accountant while they browse wedding photos.

 

[wecandobiz]

You can cash likes and followers because you can market to them.

If one of your business objectives is to sell more product or service then yse, social media can certainly help you realise your objectives faster.

Sean, followers or Likers are like website visitors or email addresses in a database. No harm in having lots of them, but to focus on those figures is to miss the point. You can't pay your staff with clicks. It's only the people who buy who make you money. And whereas there is truth in that if you have more of any of those you'll get more sales, getting those "more" comes at a cost.

I am just saying that engagement is key. Highest priority should be knowing how to use those media well such that conversion rates are high, THEN looking to boost the numbers.

As I said before, I'd rather have 6 followers, 6 Likes or 6 website visitors a day and convert them all than 20,000 contacts I've bought or used Twollo to acquire and who don't give a care becaus ethey too are just playing a numbers game.

I see a lot of people thinking followers are a currency, just like they used to read a Google Analytics report like it was a P&L or balance sheet.

 

[MillieMaesworld]

I could post thousand's of links on here where facebook is used to sell items, the pages are mainly in America, so it will come to the UK. They do it by holding caption competitions, raffles , special offers. They send there followers to their websites to buy. The folowers go back on page and thank them for their fatastic 'special offers'. Personally I am not in the selling business, as awareness goes, a visitor who reads one page is priceless, I dont have a P/L , I have P/P

 

[GeorgeStrait]

I have over 2000 likes in 2 months majority are targeted. I did this by searching my keyword , liking the pages , then writing on their wall , liking comments and liking status updates as a page. If you like a comment curiosity will get the poster to look who liked his/her comment. Not as a user as a page. I noticed you do hosting so therefore you could target computer spares, new computers etc etc , it is very time consuming but results are worth it.

And by paying for Facebook likes of course, much quicker I would imagine

 

[wecandobiz]

I could post thousand's of links on here where facebook is used to sell items, the pages are mainly in America, so it will come to the UK. They do it by holding caption competitions, raffles , special offers. They send there followers to their websites to buy. The folowers go back on page and thank them for their fatastic 'special offers'. Personally I am not in the selling business, as awareness goes, a visitor who reads one page is priceless, I dont have a P/L , I have P/P

I'm not saying that "fcommerce" isn't happening. I'm saying people don't like being sold to. There is a subtle but BIG difference.

 

[Country Services]

Not as a user as a page.

can anyone tell me how to 'like' another Page as my Page rather than as my personal account please?

Pippa

 

[UKcentric]

Are they genuine likes? No.

I'm afraid we have to wake to the fact that businesses of all stripes are going to have be far more transparent and genuine in the future. Buying Likes and Followers is a nonsense strategy and if you get found out the consequences will be horrible.

Transparency and truth are the only way forward in business in the age of mass-communication through social media.

 

[MillieMaesworld]

can anyone tell me how to 'like' another Page as my Page rather than as my personal account please?

Pippa

Go to account on top right hand corner, move pointer down to use facebook as a page. Now search your keywords, when you find a page within your market, like it, then write on its wall, like comments on that page etc etc.

 

[jhardy2008]

dubOnline is right. try to create followers yourself.