Well when Google+ was launched July 4th weekend and none of us really knew each other, comments could be misconstrued easily. So I kinda borrowed from the famous “Don’t Taze Me Bro” story. DFMB was born, standing for Don’t Flame Me Bro.
Meaning that I am not trying to be a jackass but you probably think I am so “Don’t Flame Me Bro” in return.
Just my little contribution to the Internet and Google+…
Oh, and here’s my latest invention, the Darth Vader smiley (:<||
With Amazon’s all you can eat video and free shipping Amazon Prime
But soon I may not have a choice of owning or not owning a Mac, or using iTunes as a person who, probably like you, makes his living selling how to products, PDFs and books. Now read on….
Mike says the war is on for the digital book store and it’s between Apple and Amazon.com, here’s what you will learn in Mike’s article…
Now, if you know what’s good for you and if you only read one thing today read Apple’s War On Amazon Starts Thursday.
Here’s Howie Schwartz with a really cool assistant (that’s me) making notes live, doing a famous Howie Schwartz live drill down keyword niche report. But whatever you do, don’t buy that product from the link below the video though…
Because for a short time, I am adding my $100 Ultimate WordPress Security, Email Delivery and Malicious Site Protection Report to Howie’s Business in A Box Suite as a bonus.
See, he just put together an 85 page report detailing 25 hot niches for 2012.
What’s more, for a few days only you can have it for absolutely no cost… Click Here!
But you have to act fast, 2012 is fast approaching and he is taking this OFFLINE
in just a few days…
You get my blog insurance suite AND Howie’s Christmas deal for how much?
Take care and Merry Christmas, – Chris
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Be sure to get your Blog Insurance to better protect yourself from mayhem….
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AJ Kohn started this discussion on Google+ asking “Have you ever wondered how someone who just started a Twitter account and has four tweets under their belt has 10,000 followers?”
In early 2009 I was involved with some programmers that built a really slick Twitter robot that aggresively built massive Twitter followings. So I went on to explain that “iRobot, therefore iTweet!”
It’s easy to spot a robot running a Twitter account, the number always looks like this;
44,264 Followers / Following 45,078 (name removed to protect the jackass who calls himself a social media expert)
The following is always just about 750 ahead of the followers. Look at the account any day of the week, you will always see the same ratio, less than 1k but always more than 250 AHEAD of the followers.
Can Twitter have a real following? Yes, Darren Rowse unfollowed everyone on Twitter, 78,450 in fact, and only dropped 2k.
Problogger before:
Problogger after:
So yes, there are very highly targeted bloggers on Twitter that don’t use robots or autofollow back software, Problogger proves that and you can see he never used a robot either. His account does not carry the footprint.
Here’s how Robot accounts work: The robot always adds 250 to 750 a day varying it’s numbers via a random number generator. It is all in the last 2 to 3 numbers. Look for that ratio of always following slightly more than the account is being followed by.
So here’s how we built the best of the Twitter robots 3 years ago.
First you base who the robot adds by keywords, RTs and how many the user to be added by said robot has in followers. Obiously the more the better on all indicators.
Now, the robot loads Twitter profiles and acts like a real user using a browser following people for you in your name, logged into your account.
If the person / user added does not follow the robot / account back, then the robot unfollows user in 3 days time.
So the robot is always ahead of the following, no matter if the account follows 3K or 100K, the last 2 to 3 numbers will always be ahead of the followers by a ration of more than 250 but less than 750 or so.
Also you have to buy ranges of IP address so that each Twitter account using our Robot has it’s own IP address so it looks to Twitter like the robot is really a user, logged in. So this is not cheap to do, but it works real well if that’s all you want out of Twitter.
Robots create a massive footprint when you know what to look for and they are real easy to spot. How do you cover up that you are running a robot on Twitter? Advocate autofollow back in your marketing material. Unless you read this and know what to look for that works well too…..
So what’s the problem? SEO videos are boring, right? So, can Chris Lang make a proof video fun?
OK, that’s cool Roy, you can make freakin boatloads of money with this AND save $100 big bucks too. (more on that at the end)
Roy and Kevin…. that proof was pretty darn convincing, But…… Sitting in front of the plane sucks.
You should have had my camera guy sit on the front cowl with the camera, shoot thru the windshield.
In the dark….. (que propeller noise) VROOM VROOM
With you two in the plane, cabin lights on, headsets, yoke in hand. (think TC and Magnum)
Then have Margie spray the windshield with a hose. (cue torrential rain)
While I bounced the plane from the tail (70’s disaster movie style).
Flashes of lightning (ZAPP ZAPP)
Thunder (corrugated tin shaken)
Then the talk you two had should have been a close up in the cabin.
The lead in from Kevin next to you goes like this….. AND THIS IS GOLD…. Ready?
KEVIN: “You know Roy, if we die tonight it will be okay….”
ROY: …. fighting the yoke…. (concerned look… Shatner over acting a must…) que lighting, plane bouncing…. tin / thunder….
ROY: “How can you say that Kevin….?”
Kevin replies “Because after all the money I made off Local Niche Power… I know that there is a god……. an Internet God named Andrew Polanski……
ROY: Hang on buddy, we’re going to make it, LIGHTNING, THUNDER, fade to black :[
And the cornier / campier it was the better…… Then you can bore us with the proof about how much money we can make, screamin deal, what more could we want?
$100 off here that’s what we want. We need to make some rocking Christmas money but we don’t want to pay for it if we don’t have too.
I know times are tough guys, me and Margie almost did not make it thru ourselves. (truth!) SO….. I begged Roy for a one time discount just for you because I know you can trust my friends on this one and you can get back on top in time for Christmas.
That $100 bucks is coming out of my end guys, my affiliate commission stays in your pocket but only if you act now.
Roy has to cut my $100 discount deal short when the rest of his JV guys mail their lists next week.
Think of it as my Christmas gift to you…. in advance, don’t tell my wife though, Margie says I am supposed to make money at this Internet stuff. – Chris
Preparing for a trending topic is key guys, look at it this way…..
The other day I was flipping cable channels, some how I stopped on the Roadrunner and Coyote, and in came to me that THAT IS US, we chase trends like the roadrunner chases the coyote.
BUT if the Coyote would cut across the desert and be waiting for the Roadrunner WAY down the road, he would have time to prepare and stand a way better chance. Also don’t by your products from ACME….
In 2008 we discovered that Google Reader sharing was based on Gmail Contacts. Then we found out that Google Friend Connect was based on your G address book too. Then we saw that adding friends added them TO your G contacts. So……
I spent the last 3 years positioning myself as the expert authority on Google social networking. Who would have thought it would have taken this long and 99.999% of the people that will use G+ will never know that and would not care if they did.
But…… People like Jack Humphrey, Mari Smith, Howie Schwartz (and a few more I can’t mention yet) know that I saw this all coming for years, and THAT is where leading a trending topic will always work well for you. The powerful people that count WILL remember your work, that is where forward thinking pays off.
So now it’s not about who has bigger numbers, there’s plenty of people that can post much larger G+ following numbers than I can, you can tell who they are. They do nothing but scan Google Reader for the latest news on G+ and post ALL DAY LONG. But how often do you see any of them actually WRITE something original? And there is nothing wrong with that, BUT…. There is a big difference…..
SO, this time it’s the Coyote that catches the dang Roadrunner, because of my forward looking preparation and predictions, ON MY BLOGS….. rather than posts on social networks, I have a history that I can use as a resume. It’s a risky business, but when it pays off, it pays off BIG.
So, you can’t just build a large social following and let that be it. You have to own your content, and have a home for it where it can be found all in one place. So, if a long term trend pays off for you, you have documentation that you actually did what you say, not a bunch of posts scattered all over various social networks and nothing but a profile that says how many people follow you.
To wrap this thought up, when you write / record / prepare….. for something before it occurs…. it forces you to do your own thinking, not just post the latest TechCrunch / Mashable / Google Blog post and perform what I call “Marketing Incest”….
Sure content curation is all the rage, and it is key when you are chasing a trend, but there has to be more…. When you look back on anything, you don’t remember the English lit teacher, you remember who wrote the damn book!
So whether you are trying to go viral, build a reputation or just get some good traffic and exposure, getting the head start on any trend will always pay off one way or another…. Good Luck All!
Paul Myers had this to say today in his email newsletter today….
Then there’s YouTube, which has dumped thousands of user accounts over the past few weeks. Some are just full of garbage, but others I’m familiar with were largely quality content. The main thing they tend to have in common is that they’re related in some way to doing business online.Trying to access videos from these closed accounts has often led to the notice that the account was shut down because it
contained spammy, scammy, or deceptive business information. In at least some instances, those claims are simply not true.
ProBlogger / Darren Rose who got kicked off YouTube had this to say and Paul Colligan has had more to say on the subject too…..
Here is what a kicked off YouTube account looks like…
I told you there would be a YouTube slapdown coming just like I told you there would be a social bookmarking slap down for Christmas 2008. You knew both were coming, I hope you listened….
IMPORTANT: Before I go farther I want to say that I in now way accuse Paul Colligan, Darren Rose or anyone else of doing what I am about to describe. You decide.
UDATE: I just got off the phone with a local Phoenix, AZ SEO guy. He said all his clients using TubeThumper and TubeFool all got their accounts kicked of YouTube in the last few weeks. More proof YouTube spammer software will get you banned!
Paul Colligan is behind YouTube Secret Weapon, they have not been kicked off YouTube. I actively sell a product on How To Get More Views On YouTube.
The reason I believe Google is shutting YouTube accounts is they are using spammer software to push the videos.
OR….
They are actively manipulating the YouTube algo to increase views, ratings and comments to get higher rankings in Google.
There was just a round of new software that flooded YouTube thru 2 different YouTube products around the first of the year. They add friends automatically, post comments, and subscribe to other accounts to get notice and get views.
This mostly came from a product called “Dominating Video” and the accompanying spammer software called TubeFool.
Also buying views, comments and likes will get you kicked of YouTube too. If you are doing this stupid stuff, then stop now while you are ahead and still have an active YouTube channel.
Users of this junk are the ones getting kicked off YouTube. I have a YouTube mastermind group full of my best YouTube peeps, none of us have been kicked off YouTube. Why? Be cause I teach my people how to get YouTube rankings without spamming their friends.
I have an email list dedicated to YouTube news. Out of the hundreds there I know, none have been kicked off YouTube either.
This YouTube house cleaning goes right along with the Google Panda Update. None of my clients got hit and none of my sites did either to the Farmer / Panda udpate. Why? Because we don’t spam Google. So if you hear people bitching they lost their rankings in Google or their YouTube channels disappeared, then remember, spammers never tell you they send spam, they just brag about how well they are doing on YouTube….
Good Friday Morning,
As I move into my new role as CEO of Gadget MVP, mobile marketing is my main focus now, and believe me, if you get on board now, it will be the chance to be the Mari Smith, the Frank Kern, or at least the dominant player in your niche.
Why because NO ONE else is there!!!
I get 2500 unique visitors a week and 6500 page views just from my iGoogle gadget alone, that is not counting Android, iPhone and Facebook app conversions.
And I get that without even trying, because NO ONE else in my niche is there except Howie Schwartz :]
So here’s my latest blog post on my new blog, that will begin to help you understand why you must start building your new following, one that follows you where ever they go, on their phone…..
Click thru the link here, and read why Android Apps for Google TV is going to be SO cool with apps just like your phone, for the big screen.
Here’s to a great weekend,
Chris Lang
Founder and CEO
Gadget MVP
Just got this in Gmail an hour ago……
Dear MyBlogLog Customer,
You have been identified as a customer of Yahoo! MyBlogLog. We will officially discontinue Yahoo! MyBlogLog effective May 24, 2011. Your agreement with Yahoo!, to the extent that it applies to the Yahoo! MyBlogLog, will terminate on May 24, 2011.
After May 24, 2011 your credit card will no longer be charged for premium services on MyBlogLog. We will refund you the unused portion of your subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. To make sure that your billing information is correct and up to date, visit https://billing.yahoo.com.
If you have questions about these changes, please visit the Yahoo! MyBlogLog help pages. We thank you for being a customer on Yahoo! MyBlogLog.
Sincerely, – The Yahoo! My BlogLog Team
Well I would say that we should be moving our MyBlogLog following to Facebook. And not just moving it, but moving it to segregated Fanpages, designed to move our MyBlogLog following to specific pages that target their specific interests….
So for my members, I have….
My Gadget MVP page sharing the best widgets, phone apps and gadgets
My Chris Lang Internet Marketing News that is what I share most everything these days
My YouTube Marketing and Traffic Page
I suggest you do the same and transfer as many of you MyBlogLog followings over to your Facebook pages. It’s a pretty good bet that your members are already using Facebook… :]
