PChanger
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- Nov 28, 2013
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Epic Instagram + FL Journey To SOMEWHERE!
Hey guys, I'm Luke.
I joined BHW a few years ago, and since then I've done a ton of messing around with IM. Some stuff has worked, some hasn't. My greatest success so far has been making 8 Instagram accounts and getting them to around 15k followers each (in 9 months) with Instagress (I haven't monetized any of them yet though, because I was using them to promote another account, rather than try to make money). Here's more info on that if you care: http://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/i-...nts-best-way-to-monetize.868055/#post-9178450
Stuff That's Been Screwed Up In the Past:
BANNED: 3 Facebook accounts with 2,000 friends that I got in 1 night.
BANNED: 1 Instagram account with 7k. Apparently posting "repetitive content" is a thing.
BANNED: 1 Instagram account (for my eBay business) with 400 followers.
RESTORED: 1 Instagram account for my eBay business) with 400 followers. I'm a boss.
CANCELED: App Trailers Affiliate Program that I used to make $170 with just a picture, an app, and my ipod.
EXPIRED: The website that I worked hard on and eventually got too lazy to update.
DELETED: A YouTube channel I made with a (fake) "free download" link (adfly) that just went to a "this file has been deleted" page. (made $22 in 1 night. lol.)
...and tons of other things I won't bother mentioning
I've never made enough money from IM to quit my day job, but I have a bit coming in:
Monthly Income:
$2,200 - 9 to 5 Video Editing Job (this doesn't even cover my monthly expenses)
$1,600 - My wife's job (lol)
$400 - VERY complicated version of drop-shipping on eBay (Don't ask)
$30 - AdSense on YouTube (I'm a YouTuber)
$15 - Selling stock footage on Pond5 (I put parentheses on all the other ones--^ so, I did it here too)
What I'm going to do:
Since all of my Instagress time is about to run out (and I'm not excited about spending $300+ on buying another years worth of time), I'm going to be switching to FollowLiker. I considered it before, but was worried that the developers wouldn't bother to keep it updated -- a year later, and it's still the top bot on the market.
TIP: If you are going to use Instagress, wait until Cyber Monday to buy time. (A years worth of time for 1 account goes down from $80 to $60)
I also just tested out Archie (the Twitter automation site) and liked it, so I am getting the Twitter verison of FollowLiker too (probably won't use it to much though).
Goals:
1. Get my 15k IG accounts up to 50k so I can start selling shoutouts (let me know if you have any better magnetization ideas. They're all in the "comedy YouTuber"/"Oh wow, look at how cool I am" niche.
2. Start a ton of new accounts in various niches to experiment with, and try to grow them to 15k in under 9 months.
3. Make back the money I will have spent on FollowLiker.
4. Generate a passive income.
5. Generate a passive income from only YouTube, and have the other stuff just be supplemental.
Things I don't know how to do:
Phone verify a ton of new accounts - For all of my old accounts I borrowed a phone from a family member for, but now I've moved out and am living on the other side of the country. (Plus I'm in the US, so I can't get prepaid SIM cards cheaply.) I've tried verifying with virtual phone numbers before, but 99% of the time they haven't worked. Whatever, I'll figure it out when it becomes a problem.
How CPA stuff works - I just haven't messed around with it much, but I'll figure it out when I get there.
Feel free to give me help/suggestions if you think I'm missing anything!
I'll come back and update this thread whenever anything important happens!
Hey guys, I'm Luke.
I joined BHW a few years ago, and since then I've done a ton of messing around with IM. Some stuff has worked, some hasn't. My greatest success so far has been making 8 Instagram accounts and getting them to around 15k followers each (in 9 months) with Instagress (I haven't monetized any of them yet though, because I was using them to promote another account, rather than try to make money). Here's more info on that if you care: http://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/i-...nts-best-way-to-monetize.868055/#post-9178450
Stuff That's Been Screwed Up In the Past:
BANNED: 3 Facebook accounts with 2,000 friends that I got in 1 night.
BANNED: 1 Instagram account with 7k. Apparently posting "repetitive content" is a thing.
BANNED: 1 Instagram account (for my eBay business) with 400 followers.
RESTORED: 1 Instagram account for my eBay business) with 400 followers. I'm a boss.
CANCELED: App Trailers Affiliate Program that I used to make $170 with just a picture, an app, and my ipod.
EXPIRED: The website that I worked hard on and eventually got too lazy to update.
DELETED: A YouTube channel I made with a (fake) "free download" link (adfly) that just went to a "this file has been deleted" page. (made $22 in 1 night. lol.)
...and tons of other things I won't bother mentioning
I've never made enough money from IM to quit my day job, but I have a bit coming in:
Monthly Income:
$2,200 - 9 to 5 Video Editing Job (this doesn't even cover my monthly expenses)
$1,600 - My wife's job (lol)
$400 - VERY complicated version of drop-shipping on eBay (Don't ask)
$30 - AdSense on YouTube (I'm a YouTuber)
$15 - Selling stock footage on Pond5 (I put parentheses on all the other ones--^ so, I did it here too)
What I'm going to do:
Since all of my Instagress time is about to run out (and I'm not excited about spending $300+ on buying another years worth of time), I'm going to be switching to FollowLiker. I considered it before, but was worried that the developers wouldn't bother to keep it updated -- a year later, and it's still the top bot on the market.
TIP: If you are going to use Instagress, wait until Cyber Monday to buy time. (A years worth of time for 1 account goes down from $80 to $60)
I also just tested out Archie (the Twitter automation site) and liked it, so I am getting the Twitter verison of FollowLiker too (probably won't use it to much though).
Goals:
1. Get my 15k IG accounts up to 50k so I can start selling shoutouts (let me know if you have any better magnetization ideas. They're all in the "comedy YouTuber"/"Oh wow, look at how cool I am" niche.
2. Start a ton of new accounts in various niches to experiment with, and try to grow them to 15k in under 9 months.
3. Make back the money I will have spent on FollowLiker.
4. Generate a passive income.
5. Generate a passive income from only YouTube, and have the other stuff just be supplemental.
Things I don't know how to do:
Phone verify a ton of new accounts - For all of my old accounts I borrowed a phone from a family member for, but now I've moved out and am living on the other side of the country. (Plus I'm in the US, so I can't get prepaid SIM cards cheaply.) I've tried verifying with virtual phone numbers before, but 99% of the time they haven't worked. Whatever, I'll figure it out when it becomes a problem.
How CPA stuff works - I just haven't messed around with it much, but I'll figure it out when I get there.
Feel free to give me help/suggestions if you think I'm missing anything!
I'll come back and update this thread whenever anything important happens!
