Any issues with buying Twitter followers, FB fans, or Youtube subscribers?
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I've seen many websites on flippa selling twitter followers, FB fans, or Youtube subscribers.
Any caveats about doing so?
Thanks.
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I'd start by asking yourself why you want followers, and then think about the return on investment you're likely to get.
There's no quick way to buy a loyal following, you have to earn it.
You want "followers", not "zombies"...
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The followers you get from these ventures are usually not real followers but fake accounts that are created simply to boost people's numbers. There might be some benefit in buying followers if you want to boost your numbers to show potential new followers that you are popular. But, you're not likely to get any fans that are going to interact with you.
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So I'm not entirely sure abot how these co-op programs work, from what I have been able to discern I believe that the companies doing so have built netowrks of both spam accounts they have created and 'co-op' accounts where they pay soma small amount, say $0.02/follow to users to motivate them to fulfill their requests to follow there customers.
What I have noticed talking to some people who have purchased twitter followers is that they tend to see a 20-30% un-follow within 5-7 days of the delivery. So this is not only a poor solution for gaining interested and targeted followers, but it is not a sustainable way to keep your count up either.
If you are considering purchasing one of the sites and the corresponding service I would caution you to do a lot of due diligence on the fulfillment process and find out exactly how the provider is recruiting, retaining, and compensating it's partners.
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