Hello Everyone!
In an effort to ramp up our social media exposure, we’ll run a giveaway every month for the rest of 2012.
Here are some of our social media goals this year. Do you think we can do it?
Social Media Goals
- Increase Twitter followers to 5,000 (now around 1,000)
- Increase Facebook likes to 1,000 (now around 250)
- Increase Feedburner counts to 1,000 (now around 550)
- Increase Klout score to 55 (now around 45)
- Increase Google +1 to 500 (now around 90)
Some of these goals are quite ambitious and that’s why I’m running the giveaway. I’m not above buying votes.
Let me share a vote buying story from Chiang Mai, my hometown.
Whenever there is an election in Thailand, my aunt gets 1,000 baht ($33) per voter in her household. The campaign “volunteers” come to her house and pay her in cash. In Thailand, you have to be registered to a home address and that’s how they keep track of voters. My family is registered at my aunt’s house so she gets 5 extra payments, nice. Sometime she received payments from multiple sides and then I don’t know how she voted. The volunteers won’t know who she voted so it’s just an extra incentive for voters. That’s how a billionaire wins elections in Thailand.
The campaigns only give these donations to rural people and blue collar workers. They don’t do this in Bangkok because educated folks are not going to be influenced by the payment.
Anyway, I can’t pay you $33 each, but you will have a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card (or PayPal) if you enter below. Good luck and Thanks for being a great reader!
Also have a great Super Bowl Sunday! We don’t have any big plan. I’ll just go to the grocery store Saturday morning and pick up some wings and beers. Simple pleasures for a simple man. 
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Great way to promote your blog! Hope you reach your goals
Good luck Joe. This is a great way to get things moving on those goals!
Good luck with hitting your goals!
Good luck reaching your goals! That’s a neat raffle widget, btw!
It’s pretty cool. This is my first time using it.
Those numbers are very achievable. I think I’ve connected with you site every which way…except for G+…not going there yet.
You can get entries if you are already connected. G+ is good for the site, you should join it.
Those are some ambitious goals. Wishing you all the best.
great giveaway – ill mention it on my site next week. I also didnt know you were from chiang mai! I’ll be headed there on my honeymoon!
I subscribe via email
Just don’t go broke with all these giveaways!
I wish you all the best. I KNOW you will achieve your goals!
Those are awesome goals. I think 5000 twitter is definitely possible.
Great goals. I have already done everything except the email. You can easily achieve the goals you have set.
I should start doing giveaways too. $25 is a good one, not too small, but won’t break the bank either. May be after April…
That’s great Suba! I’ll catch up to you yet.
Good luck with your goals!
Good goals! Social media is becoming a driving force.
With monthly giveaways, I think you’re definitely going to reach your goals this year. I did a giveaway last month and was pretty happy with the results, so I’m also doing one again this month.
Good luck.
Thanks! I’ll have to try different tactics with the giveaway and see what works best.
Hope you’ll get closer to your goals with this giveaway
Great goals- sure you’ll hit them in no time.
Your Alexa and PR are already buttkicking
I would love to win the gift card! It will go towards my text books lol for next term
Good luck!
Well, now. ..who wouldn’t LOVE an amazon.com gift card!
This certainly is one way to get your ratings UP!
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Good luck on your goals!
Good luck with your goals!
Good luck with your goals – those are some really big numbers!
Thanks! I think we can do it.
I dig the graphics.
Good luck with your goals!
The graphic is very cool Joe. Keep it up. You learn something each time you create a new one.
Thanks for writing the tutorial!
Good luck. Interesting story about Thailand.
I dont really know about the Klout score but I really think the other goals are very attainable.
Thanks for the encouragement! 11 months is a long time and we should be able to hit it with consistent work.
Thanks for the cultural example – love learning about stuff like that!
Those are lofty ambitions – that’s great. You ‘ll be there in no time with your tenacity and what you have to offer readers!
great goals!
I am subscribed by email.
Nothing wrong with setting the bar high RB40! Best of luck!
great idea, good luck on your goals
I’m pulling for you to hit your goals. $33/subscriber might do it!
Good luck with your goals. It is great to see you have set them. And thanks for the giveaway.
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