Recent content by Julian Cross

Timing can help, especially when your audience is active, but consistency matters more long term. I’d test different posting hours for a few weeks and let your own analytics decide the best window.

Try checking the country code and waiting a few minutes before requesting another code. If it still doesn’t arrive, restarting your phone or trying another supported number can sometimes help.

For a beginner, I’d watch retention and average watch time first. Views show reach, while likes are more of a secondary signal. If people keep watching, you have something worth building on.

Yeah, QQ’s verification can be surprisingly strict. If the scanner is asking people for national ID details, I’d avoid asking strangers to submit sensitive information—better to use QQ’s official verification/support route if available.

We’re spending around $8k–10k/day on Meta but running short on reliable ad accounts after the recent restrictions. Anyone here working with an agency that can handle that volume and provide replacements if needed?

If you mean Instagram, there isn’t a reliable universal “200/day” limit anymore. It can vary by account age, activity and trust signals, so I’d keep follows gradual and watch for action blocks rather than pushing a fixed number.

Definitely—LinkedIn can be great for finding B2B leads if you target the right roles and industries. The trick is researching prospects first and making your outreach relevant, not sending the same pitch to everyone

It’s possible to find accounts, but I’d be careful with Taobao/1688 accounts bundled with Alipay and Wangwang. Ownership and verification issues can become a headache later—better to make sure everything can be transferred and verified properly.

Weibo can be a little stubborn with SMS. Double-check the country code, wait a few minutes, then try again—requesting the code repeatedly can sometimes make things worse.

Managing that many accounts certainly gives you a broad testing pool, but I’d be more interested in the quality and relevance of the connections than the volume. How do you measure whether your outreach is actually generating qualified leads rather than just more connections?

Having one employee helps, but it’s not a magic “Google, index this!” button. I’d check that the page is public, complete, and has some legitimate activity/backlinks—then give Google a little time to crawl it.

YouTube isn’t necessarily against AI—the bigger issue is whether the content feels original and valuable. AI can save production time, but if the videos look mass-produced, that’s usually where monetization gets tricky

I’d check the platform rules first before putting too much effort into it. A watermark is fine for branding, but the 1,000-follower mark doesn’t necessarily mean you can freely send traffic to an adult site.

Same goal here. Trying to get better at reading campaign data and refining targeting step by step. Excited to learn from real experiences and share insights along the way.

My goal is to build a more data-driven approach to advertising. Looking forward to absorbing knowledge from this forum.