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Hi folks :)
I've launched a new website, which isn't 'signed' so to speak. Let's just say that officially, there are people, but these people don't exist.

I've created a Facebook profile for the editor of this new site.

As much as you can say 12,000 stupid things on Facebook and no one will pick up on it, on LinkedIn people do a bit of checking.

In your opinion (I'm not talking about the technical aspects), if I create a profile under the identity of the editor-in-chief, will I be spotted as a fake?

I have to admit that I'm having a really hard time generating traffic and, given the subject of this website, LinkedIn could pay off in that respect.
 
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Alpha1404 said:
Not really. Tech niche.

I really need traffic. And the best way (maybe I'm wrong) to fond new target and maybe leads, is to create a specific profile on LinkedIn. I got no result on Facebook & Twitter.

Noted !
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For the tech niche, would you be able to try writing on upcoming search queries?

Then share that through your Facebook + Twitter + LinkedIn. That should help. However, what's your competition like?

Also, with your editor persona, if people search for him, does it show that he's knowledgable (aka being shown as answering tech based posts on quora, or having guest posts on a number of sites)?
That's what people would do, a cursory background check, even if there aren't any links, but his/her name is there, then that's fine.

Also, depending on your niche, perhaps you can try to do email marketing, (proper email marketing - not those guys selling social bookmarks + offering guest posts in a spray and pray fashion) or if you can afford it, sit down with a leadgen guy, figure out your ICP, find the people through Hunter.io and start sending PERSONALIZED emails. It's a lot more work but a lot more effective.

DM me if you have any questions
 
kshatriya said:
For the tech niche, would you be able to try writing on upcoming search queries?
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I didn't understand your answer :-/
kshatriya said:
Then share that through your Facebook + Twitter + LinkedIn. That should help. However, what's your competition like?
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Just about everyone who already has a tech community.
kshatriya said:
Also, with your editor persona, if people search for him, does it show that he's knowledgable (aka being shown as answering tech based posts on quora, or having guest posts on a number of sites)?
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No, it's almost a blank page.
kshatriya said:
That's what people would do, a cursory background check, even if there aren't any links, but his/her name is there, then that's fine.

Also, depending on your niche, perhaps you can try to do email marketing, (proper email marketing - not those guys selling social bookmarks + offering guest posts in a spray and pray fashion) or if you can afford it, sit down with a leadgen guy, figure out your ICP, find the people through Hunter.io and start sending PERSONALIZED emails. It's a lot more work but a lot more effective.
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That's just it: we're starting from scratch. Absolute zero.
And when it comes to Hunter.io and its ilk, there's a major problem. The site is not in English. All the Hunter.io-type services I've seen are mainly aimed at English speakers.
I turned the problem upside down.
I initially thought of sending Facebook invitations to people who were members of tech-oriented groups (my niche). Except that you can't do that via Facebook.
Then I thought of trying to find the emails associated with the Facebook accounts. I came up empty.
I don't have enough karma to post links on Reddit.
As for Quora, I'm keeping an eye on it but in terms of traffic, it's not yielding anything at the moment.
kshatriya said:
DM me if you have any questions
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Alpha1404 said:
I didn't understand your answer :-/
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Look up low search volume terms like the upcoming new iPhone or new tech devices and prepare your articles based on the released specs. So if the new iPhone is 2" wider or 50 grams heavier, then write in the first person viewpoint like " I find that the extra 2 inches really adds depth to the screen, and the extra 50 grams compared to the previous model definitely adds heft"
Alpha1404 said:
Just about everyone who already has a tech community.
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Then follow their site structure and write just like they do. Put up an RSS feed and whatever new articles they make, you do something similar, as long as its within your topical authority.
Alpha1404 said:
No, it's almost a blank page.
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No, you'll need to change it. That's what makes people trustworthy, I mean, how is a doctor trustworthy? Its because he's studied and performed things for years and may have articles or theses or studies done. You can't do that, but for an editor in chief you can, but ideally, you need multiple personae for this. Like one tech expert specializing in ABC, one in AI, one in cyber security (depending on your niche of course) and make them all knowledgeable. Get articles posted on your site under each of them, and have forum links pointing to each of those pages, especially with the same names. Get guest posts with the same names shown there.

Alpha1404 said:
That's just it: we're starting from scratch. Absolute zero.
And when it comes to Hunter.io and its ilk, there's a major problem. The site is not in English. All the Hunter.io-type services I've seen are mainly aimed at English speakers.
I turned the problem upside down.
I initially thought of sending Facebook invitations to people who were members of tech-oriented groups (my niche). Except that you can't do that via Facebook.
Then I thought of trying to find the emails associated with the Facebook accounts. I came up empty.
I don't have enough karma to post links on Reddit.
As for Quora, I'm keeping an eye on it but in terms of traffic, it's not yielding anything at the moment.
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So you're doing all of this to find leads to sell your tech service to? Give me more information, about what you're trying to achieve with these emails/contacts and I'm confident we can find something
 
So, no, we actually misunderstood each other :)
I don't actually have anything to sell. What I want is to get traffic to a news website in the tech niche.
As LinkedIn can be a vector of traffic, that's why I wanted to eventually create a profile that would be that of the site's editor-in-chief. Except that this person doesn't exist.
 
Alpha1404 said:
So, no, we actually misunderstood each other :)
I don't actually have anything to sell. What I want is to get traffic to a news website in the tech niche.
As LinkedIn can be a vector of traffic, that's why I wanted to eventually create a profile that would be that of the site's editor-in-chief. Except that this person doesn't exist.
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Ah okay. So most of the other stuff still holds valid, but doing a broad tech site, means multiple personae, multiple topics, multiple articles for each topic, keeping abreast of all the new trends, it s a lot of work! Good luck!


Okay, then in that case, setup the LinkedIn, and share all the content that comes out!
 
kshatriya said:
Ah okay. So most of the other stuff still holds valid, but doing a broad tech site, means multiple personae, multiple topics, multiple articles for each topic, keeping abreast of all the new trends, it s a lot of work! Good luck!


Okay, then in that case, setup the LinkedIn, and share all the content that comes out!
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Yes, you really do need a lot of content.
Do you have any suggestions or a guide, or whatever you want, to make my LinkedIn profile "credible"?
 
1) Need lots of followers, but again, if you do too much at first, it'll look spammy and LinkedIn my ask for ID verification
2) Needs endorsements - Harder to get but possible
3) Link to website
4) On website needs about us page with image of editor in chief/persona
5) Show posts uploaded on LinkedIn, and then show quoted posts on LinkedIn which would be guest posts.
 
kshatriya said:
1) Need lots of followers, but again, if you do too much at first, it'll look spammy and LinkedIn my ask for ID verification
2) Needs endorsements - Harder to get but possible
3) Link to website
4) On website needs about us page with image of editor in chief/persona
5) Show posts uploaded on LinkedIn, and then show quoted posts on LinkedIn which would be guest posts.
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1/ Ok, but it will easier than other. Every one follows everybody on LinkedIn.
2/ Hmmm ... even on my own profile LinkedIn (real !) I don't have :D
3/ Of course :)
4/ Ouain ! Ok, I will do this page (ouain !)
5/ I'm very reserved about the idea of doing guest posts.

Apart from the points you mentioned, how can I complete my personal profile to make it credible but without arousing suspicion?
My character is a French speaker who used to live in San Francisco and now lives in Canada.
How can I create a credible professional and academic background?

In any case, thank you very much for all the answers you've given me, which have helped me to see things more clearly.
 
Alpha1404 said:
5/ I'm very reserved about the idea of doing guest posts.
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Why? the only way to be authoritative is to have other places talking about you, or you posting on other places. There are tons of articles about Elon Musk, about Bill Gates, so make up articles. Every guest post can be twisted to show that look, I've been featured in XYZ website. I've been quoted in ABC website. 99% of the people will not check, you're doing this to show social proof.

Alpha1404 said:
How can I create a credible professional and academic background?
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Say that there's a university degree, link to the university and program, get lots of pictures. Working background can be easily done, making a fake resume to put up and allowing for recruiters to contact for jobs, just ignore them. Show random companies as part of the work history.
 
kshatriya said:
Why? the only way to be authoritative is to have other places talking about you, or you posting on other places. There are tons of articles about Elon Musk, about Bill Gates, so make up articles. Every guest post can be twisted to show that look, I've been featured in XYZ website. I've been quoted in ABC website. 99% of the people will not check, you're doing this to show social proof.
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I'll tell you why in private. The rest of our discussion can remain public and it will help other forum members.
kshatriya said:
Say that there's a university degree, link to the university and program, get lots of pictures. Working background can be easily done, making a fake resume to put up and allowing for recruiters to contact for jobs, just ignore them. Show random companies as part of the work history.
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Ah yes, now it's much clearer :) In fact, I've put a lot of knots in my brain for very little.

Now all I have to do is create my profile :)

Thank you so much for all your advice, it was very useful. Many thanks for your time.
 
I took your advice :)
I created the profile, added two professional experiences, skills and I found an academic profile that can match what I claim to be.
And I made my first post with hashtags. Let's see what happens.
 
End of the game : LinkedIn blocked my profile and ask me an ID to unlock (no way!).
 
Alpha1404 said:
End of the game : LinkedIn blocked my profile and ask me an ID to unlock (no way!).
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Keep us updated. Maybe you did a little hurry, shouldn't have posted on the same day. We gotta behave like we are actually new to the platform if you are using a new account. A new person on LinkedIn will not post the same day he registers. It will take time to understand the UI and what's going on around.
 
Paabl0 said:
Keep us updated. Maybe you did a little hurry, shouldn't have posted on the same day. We gotta behave like we are actually new to the platform if you are using a new account. A new person on LinkedIn will not post the same day he registers. It will take time to understand the UI and what's going on around.
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Ah maybe ! I posted something yesterday and again a few hours before I've been suspended.
 
There are some sellers on the BHW marketplace who offer linkedin accounts for specific niches.

Last time I checked 1 year accounts for a selected niche are around $50
 
MrNimbus said:
There are some sellers on the BHW marketplace who offer linkedin accounts for specific niches.

Last time I checked 1 year accounts for a selected niche are around $50
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Maybe later :) I know there are sellers for this kind of things :)
 
Alpha1404 said:
End of the game : LinkedIn blocked my profile and ask me an ID to unlock (no way!).
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okay, so to make a profile properly, you need to
1) have a fresh IP address, that's not been used in the past on linkedin. Might need to get a 4g proxy for this. You can use antidetect or even those profiles on chrome to make it work.
2) Old picture, not AI generated, but preferably one which has been used on FB or other places where your profile is public"
3) Don't do follow requests for a few days, spend some time, pretend to be a new user, and then slowly build up your profile over a week or so
4) start doing follows to companies, and then a week after that do follows to people, and start messaging bit by bit.
 
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