Showing posts with label influence project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label influence project. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Influence Project Results


Well, after a month and a half of testing my social media know-how, Luxe has come out looking not too shabby. A total of almost 33,000 people and companies signed up to take part in the experiment called the Influence Project. Basically it was an experiment to see how influential you are through your social media efforts. The first step was to sign up and then promote yourself to anyone who would pay attention and see if you could influence them to click on your link. By clicking on the link, one vote for you was registered. People could also sign up for their own account under you and then you are credited with their sign up as well as their "downline" of their clicks. You could earn partial votes for people who signed up or clicked on people who signed up under you. And believe me, it really adds up.

Curious about my results? Wonder no more, here are all the stats for Luxe:
  1. Luxe ranked in the 97th percentile out of nearly 33,000 participants. This means I had more votes (or clicks) than 97% of those participating in the experiment. Not too bad!
  2. Luxe had seven first level signs ups and four second level sign ups. So we got partial votes from everyone who clicked on or joined up under those people.
  3. We utilized Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, and blogs to promote the Luxe influence. I believe the most effective methods included Facebook and email.
The official results will be posted in the November issue of Fast Company magazine. Fast Company is the sponsor of the experiment and offered a great draw of promising to include the photo of everyone who participated in the magazine - well, they had me at free publicity! With just a few minutes of effort each week I felt it was well worth the effort and reassured the usefulness and reach of social media!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Become Influential and get Fast Company Magazine


How far does your influence spread? Do you know how well your social media is working for you? Now you can find out! For all you small businesses and independent contractors out there, I wanted to let you know about a great chance to generate some publicity! Fast Company magazine will include your photo in the November 2010 issue, as part of a project it calls the "The Influence Project."


(The magazine has a circulation of more than 538,000)

If you participate in "The Influence Project" Fast Company WILL include your photo in the November issue!

When you sign up you will get a unique URL which you can share on your blog, website and social media sites. Then you can track your influence and where you stand as one of 2010's Most Influential People online. You'll also get a welcome message from Fast Company telling you that your photo will be in the November issue.


Think of it as your own six degrees of separation and see how you are linked to others out there and how your social media is influencing your followers and customers. It's a great experiment. I know you all will be interested in this project and want to participate... what have you got to lose?!