If this article was written in September and referred to earning over $2k in August does it really count as $2k per month? Sounds more like "I earned $2k in a month" rather than "I earn $2k per month"
I'd be interested in seeing longterm stats in the future
My main takeaway from this is providing people with value results in value being returned. There is no SEO “hack” that results in long term success. He’s honestly providing information that people find useful, and in return he is receiving value. This is a great example of authentic, honest marketing. Good job!
Except the problem is he basically asked them to give him more money in exchange for guaranteed long term mention in the article.
To me that's a bit shitty because you're no longer recommending them based on what they offer but more so based on how much money you receive from them.
Exactly. He went from helping readers to helping himself. And now that I know his opinions are for sale, he's lowered my trust level for everything he writes in the future. I'm sure the same is true for any editor who he approaches about a new piece.
It certainly helps that most potential customers looking for an instagram bot are probably from the marketing department and have little technical knowledge. Many times what seems obvious to use HN people completely flummoxes non technical users even when they’re directly responsible when the CEO says “get us on Instagram!”
Apparently the answer is to use the word "rocket" a whole lot of times in the first couple paragraphs, accompanied by animated gifs of rockets, to illustrate potential marketing success.
".. and then I decided to create an article on exactly how I did all this, and posted it to Hackernoon, earning me yet more income. Also it was likely to be picked up by HN, which would increase traffic even more, and provide me - through their excellent comments - some neat tricks & tips on how to improve my campaign even further." :)
But I appreciate all the efforts, and the original article is good-quality content, I guess (I'm not into Insta bots).
I have some things of HackerNoon in my follow-list, he had an interesting novelty on increassing commission through contacting the websites in specific.
Ya, a lot of time, it is hubris. Everytime I have started making money in a niche, there are always idiots that start making money and telling everyone they know about how they are making money.
I'd be interested in seeing longterm stats in the future
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