Numbers don’t mean shit. This is especially true in the world of social media marketing where 100,000 followers on Twitter means that someone has a credit card and knows how to throw a boring party.
There’s a new site out there called Fakers that allows you to check Twitter accounts to see how many followers are fake and how many are real.
Want to see Laurie Ruettimann?
For those of you with bad eyesight, that’s 2% fake. Not bad. Wanna see Kris Dunn’s results?
He is a freakin’ saint with 1% of his followers listed as fake.
How about someone who is the exact opposite of Kris Dunn? Let’s look at the results for Bill Kutik.
2%? We thought it would be higher. Looks like Bill Kutik is legit. Who knew?
Honestly, this isn’t a perfect tool. And you can’t really control who follows your Twitter account; however, you can be damn sure that you will be caught if you buy Twitter followers.
Money buys nice things like Cadillacs, diamond rings and champagne. Well, it buys that kind of stuff in The Starr Conspiracy office. But it does not buy influence. You have to earn that, baby.
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I don’t get it, guys. Why compare Laurie with 45,000 followers and Kris Dunn with 50,000 to me with a spit in the puddle of 4,300 or so followers? And how exactly are Kris and I “exact opposite”? Alabama and Connecticut?
Sorry to have disappointed and been relatively legit. Easier with small numbers.
It’s out of love, Bill.
Also, up until 2 days ago, I had 20k followers. Some massive spambot followed me, thus giving me 25K new followers and providing me with another lesson: sometimes I should be less sanctimonious because you can’t control your spammy followers.
Cool numbers all 3 of you. Size does matter, but engagement matters more.
My numbers: 1% fake, 20% inactive, 79% active
Looks like inactive number being high is not a good sign, do you guys know of ways to request unfollows from inactive followers?
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