Why Have Multiple Social Media Accounts ?

Last updated on September 3rd, 2024 at 01:29 pm

Using and Maintaining Multiple Social Media Accounts

For lots of people the idea of having multiple social media accounts sounds like a guaranteed route to insanity. Can you imagine logging on to different Facebook accounts and adopting a completely different personae on each one, doesn’t sound fun does it ! Yet for many businesses, creating and managing multiple media accounts is absolutely essential for success.

It isn’t for every one, and indeed managing multiple accounts does make a lot more work and is often contrary to many social media companies terms of service too, although these can usually be sidestepped easily by using proxies with residential addresses. However when you start thinking about the possibilities then running a few social media accounts makes a huge amount of sense for the majority of businesses.

Why You Should Have Multiple Social Media Accounts

Here’s a few of the positive benefits –

Segmented Audiences – many companies sell to lots of different demographics. However that doesn’t mean that they sell in the same way to each market. For example, you wouldn’t pitch a product to a 20 year old in the same way you’d market to the over 50s. If you try and balance your posts in a single social media account you risk losing the interest of all sectors. It doesn’t work. Using multiple accounts mean you could separate all your customer types and target them specifically.

Location Specific – if you sell to different geographic areas then your message (and pricing) might need to change in each one. It’s virtually impossible to do on a single ‘worldwide’ social media account.

Product Specific – obviously many companies have different products to sell. It often makes more sense to split these across multiple accounts so you don’t dilute your content and lose audience with non-related stuff.

Now obviously this all takes a whole lot more work than simply posting all your stuff onto a single account and there are other issues too. It might sound obvious that it’s more confusing but this can affect both the company and the fan/follower too. It might even be the case that you even have some people following your multiple accounts, so you need to be careful how you approach these promotions. For the bigger companies with many accounts it usually will require a comprehensive strategy for social media promotion to make this manageable.

The drawbacks and the efforts required to manage multiple social media accounts can be significant but rarely will they outweigh the benefits. Even for smaller businesses and companies running just an extra account or too can bring in significant advantages. Even if it’s something quite simple like running an account for support/complaints plus one for promotional/branding purposes.

Spread the Social Risk and the Gain

Although it’s pretty much vital for most businesses, marketing anything on the internet can be a huge challenge for a variety of reasons. One of the most crucial factors is that to leverage the audiences of most social networks is you obviously have to create a presence on each of these networks. Spending lots of money, time and effort on promoting an account effectively controlled by a third party is not something that most economists or business analysts would advise. You might have spend years promoting your Instagram account, yet those millions of followers will be worthless if your account gets closed down.

Businesses spend lots of money creating a brand to ensure that their promotion retains value in their own business. Larger businesses and multinational brands have some built in protection in this extent, but many smaller businesses have been destroyed over night by having their Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest account deleted for some spurious reason. The simple fact is that using a platform owned by another company is always going to make you vulnerable which is why it’s sensible to spread the risk whenever possible.

Using Multiple Social Media Accounts Effectively

Many of us push the boundaries with many social media platforms in order to build our audiences. Indeed if you don’t have a million dollar marketing budget it’s difficult not to and achieve any sort of success. Obviously there are limits, and spamming hundreds of accounts with the same content isn’t going to lead to success in the long term. However even basic promotional techniques can lead to bans, blocks and even deletions on some social media networks. It makes sense for lots of us to spread the risk across many accounts and try out riskier techniques on less valuable accounts before trying them on major ones.

Creating, posting and just managing multiple social media accounts can soon become very difficult especially when spread across various platforms. Fortunately there are lots of social media management programs and tools which can help you ease this workload and lots have free versions or free trials.

Here’s some to check out –

Hootsuite – probably the most famous social media tool currently. It allows you to automate and schedule posts across many different platforms from a central interface. It includes options to integrate your content in all the major networks plus many other high value resources which can often be ignored – places like Reddit, Storify and Tumblr.
Dlvr.it – never heard of it? Well try it, you can post to multiple systems and generate RSS feeds from lots of sources.
Ifttt.com – a strange name and probably one the trendiest tools around at the moment. Allows you to focus your content on specific sites but then replicate it to other social media sites too. For many business models with lots of similar content to post, this is the tool they use.
ManageWP – not so much social media but for managing multiple WordPress websites from a single dashboard. You can automate posts, perform upgrades, backups and even manage comments for multiple sites from a single interface. The basic functionality is completely free and you just pay for the premium addons if you need them.

These tools take out a lot of the hard work and organization problems of managing multiple social accounts, however there are other things to remember too. One of the most important is that many of the biggest platforms don’t like you having multiple accounts and will limit your accounts if they detect this. The standard tactic is to check if the same IP address is managing lots of different accounts so it’s imperative to use proxies like this to create multiple identities.

One Social Media Account to Rule Them

It’s a nuisance, that you can’t simply run dozens of accounts from the same computer and network address. However it’s a problem that can be easily overcome by creating multiple identities to use online. These identities are only useful though if they are kept apart by using different IP addresses when using them.

Most marketing and internet based companies are well used to these requirements and invest in hundreds of different IP addresses to use along with automated tools to manage accounts for all sorts of purposes. A few years ago you needed to search around for different proxy companies to source a variety of these IP addresses.

Nowadays though there are a few companies who specialize in providing single proxy gateways sometimes called rotating proxies which can provide hundreds of residential IP addresses.

The extent you use proxies and the number (and type) of IP addresses that you need mainly depend on the platforms and the scope of your activities. There are marketing companies and individuals who operate hundreds of these accounts on places like Instagram and Facebook where you need a lot of addresses. You’ll also find these people rotate their address types to match the platform such as using mobile IPs on Instagram too.

Don’t let these complications put you off though, think of them as barriers of entry. Any individual with a surprisingly small budget can equip themselves with a few tools and proxies and start operating dozens of social media accounts. These can be used to promote your own business, sell direct or to market other companies. Many marketers will establish powerful social media accounts in specific niches and then sell them off for huge amounts of money to a company who can utilize them. If you want to see how much they’re selling for – go visit https://fameswap.com/ and check out the costs for even a relatively small Instagram account.

So if you’re looking for your next million (or your first) and know your way around a computer and social media, have a look at the power of building lots of powerful social media accounts. There’s a useful post about using Bots to help build those accounts super quickly here. For a friendly and helpful company to help you get started with proxies here’s two great little companies who can assist – Storm Proxies and Rotating Proxies.

How to Access the BBC from the USA

Last updated on September 3rd, 2024 at 10:43 am

I love the BBC, their iPlayer site is probably one of the most popular sites on the internet. For me it’s much better than even my $100 a month cable subscription. In fact it’s so good I cancelled this and now just watch stuff from the BBC site for nothing. However the main difficulty with the BBC iPlayer site is that it’s restricted to people in the UK only.

I can’t remember when the internet began getting like this, blocking and filtering based on simply where you happen to be. Your standard internet citizen is now no longer default across the world, where you login from has a major impact on your experience. The world of online media is a prime example, most large media sites are only accessible to their domestic markets.

Fortunately there’s a way to bypass these restrictions on both the BBC site and indeed virtually any website on the planet! It’s a liberating experience when you suddenly realize that you no longer have these blocks and restrictions applying to you.

How to Watch BBC in the US

The easiest way to demonstrate how to access the BBC from the United States is to watch a demonstration, which we found on Youtube.

As you can see all you have to do to watch UK TV in the US is to change your IP address to a British one. In order to do this you can use a VPN (Virtual private network) as long as the server you connect to is in the UK.

It’s a very simple operation, after installation you just have to click a button to enable the connection. If it’s to a UK VPN then you’ll get a British IP address. However don’t let it stop there, make sure you investigate other countries – e.g a Canadian IP address will get you access to loads of Canadian TV channels for nothing too.

IT’s kind of sad that the internet has begun to adopt these restrictive practices. Of course, they claims it’s due to copyright restrictions and broadcasting rights. Yet why are we still licensing stuff on a ‘per country’ basis while using a global infrastructure like the internet. We’re installing barriers where none needed to exist, so hopefully these 20th century practices will soon disappear. Using a VPN is in many ways will give these companies a push – stating we won’t be controlled or filtered like this!!

Why Buy Selincro – an Alcohol Wonder Drug?

Last updated on September 4th, 2024 at 12:04 pm

Updated September, 2024 – Selincro unfortunately unavailable again at the Pharmacy I used and the video removed from YouTube!

There is a perception among many clinical experts that there’s only one way to deal with addictive substances, simply aid people to fight off the urges and stop taking them. So methods like using a new drug like Selincro which helps alcohol dependency are often dismissed too easily. Usually potential patients never even hear of them instead being routinely forced into the same old failing treatment plans. Unfortunately even for those who can escape the addictive clutches often their lifestyle is formed around things like drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. Therefore abstinence is often only a temporary cure which becomes a life long battle for most.

Here’s another perspective from a very brave lady, called Claudia Christian who talks about how something called The Sinclair Method helped her. The little pill she discusses is something called Nalmefene sold in Europe under the trade name Selincro.

So why is Selincro different? There’s certainly a lack of selincro reviews and it does seem to have difficulty making it’s way into mainstream treatments? Basically it is a pill which reduces the urge to drink which was formally approved in the UK by the National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE) in 2014. The drugs actual name is Nalmefene, Selincro is a trade name and it has produced some astounding results for treating alcoholics in clinical trials all over the world. It can be prescribed in Europe and the UK, although I found that a selincro online pharmacy was able to help me. You’ll find the link where I buy Selincro at the bottom of the page.

Most of the current alcohol guidance is directed at people who wish to reduce their drinking levels. The pill is supposed to reduce the cravings they have to drink and thus gradually reduce their alcohol consumption. It works by blocking part of the brain which produces pleasure from alcohol, reducing the attraction to carry on drinking. There are some very impressive clinical trial results with around 78% success rate, and minimal selincro side effects.

So I Buy Selincro from an Online Pharmacy

Now those of us who are a little too attached to their drink, know that feeling very well. We can take or leave that first drink, but the next one becomes much more important and the rest often follow on with little thought. Selincro stops this behaviour, by reducing that desire.

There is no requirement to instantly try and avoid alcohol, in fact the Sinclair Method works by combining the physical effects of Selincro with the individual drinking. Each time alcohol is taken with the drug, the brain is reconditioned slightly not to expect the release of endorphins which create the pleasure.

I’ve tried it and it works, you take the Nalmefene an hour before you expect to drink. When you do start drinking, it has a strange effect the pleasure simply isn’t there.

My initial experience was conducted with an expensive bottle of Argentinian Malbec. The drug made me slightly dizzy but nothing too bad, however the enjoyment from this stunning red was almost completely obliterated.

To try and describe the feeling is difficult, normally when I enjoy my first glass of red wine I get that warm, fuzzy relaxed feeling. However with Selincro this was different, my glass was pretty much transformed into tepid tap water. The taste didn’t change as much but my desire for it was completely different. Normally my first glass would last about 15-20 minutes, using the drug it took me over an hour – there was simply no urge to drink.

If you’re looking for information on this method, I’m going to put some of my experience up on this web site. However here’s some quick points to get you started as it can be quite confusing – researching this stuff.

Selincro is brand name for the drug which is actually called Nalmefene.
There is an alternative drug called Naltrexone which has a very similar effect.
Both drugs are designed to reduce the opiates released from your brain when you drink.
Most successful trials have occurred by using the drugs in tandem with – The Sinclair Method.
You will need a prescription – but there’s a link to Seclincro online pharmacy below

The Sinclair method is slightly controversial as a alcohol treatment method as it doesn’t discourage participants from drinking unlike traditional routes like the AA. The idea is that abstinence will come from reducing the pleasure of alcohol, not by enforcing some artificial ban.

The drug does have some effects and you might see some Selincro side effects, which you’ll find listed on the medication. Commonly reported effects are nausea, dizzyness and problems with sleeping. I suffered all these to some extent and the effects lasted about 14 days but gradually reduced over that time, it’s a small price to pay for the end of my addiction.

At the time of writing I have taken 15 pills of Selincro on consecutive days. The reduction in the desire for alcohol is very apparent although the drive from simple habit is still there. Currently my alcohol consumption has dropped by about 50%, I have not made any real effort other than taking the pills. It’s looking at a minimal downside, although if you do buy selincro online it’s not cheap! I’ll update more on this blog.

Additional Information

Nalmefene/Selincro forum with lots of discussion on The Sinclair Method – http://optionssavelives.freeforums.net/

This is my own personal experience and is not intended as, not should be taken as, medical advice. Please consult a physician, or other suitably qualified medical professional before undertaking any medical treatment.

M6 VPN or Proxy – Watch 6Play Outside France

Last updated on January 30th, 2024 at 02:34 pm

On this site there’s lots of little articles about internet privacy and bypassing all these stupid region blocks you find all over the web. I do actually get quite a few emails about people wanting to access different sites, usually because they’re expats or spend lots of time travelling. Often there some sort of local TV channel or station, perhaps a certain radio programme and some even wanting to place bets with a online bookmaker. All these are the sort of sites that get blocked based on your location. They’ll be fine when you’re in the same country but as soon as you cross a border then it can get difficult. The reason is usually claimed to be licensing rights, but it’s just as likely that they want to charge for their commercial streaming services instead.

Anyway when you leave France be prepared for the message that the video is not available – depuis votre zone géographique !

So the email I got was regarding a rather good online channel called M6 Replay or 6Play as it was renamed, which is one of the premiere TV stations in France. The email explained that the person was trying to access the site from the US where they were living for a year. This is what happened and they were wondering if a French proxy such as this would help?

It’s the usual story, all major online TV channels restrict access to their domestic market – so anyone outside of France would get this message or similar such as – Cette vidéo ne peut !

Is a French Proxy ok or must it be an M6 VPN to Watch 6Play?

Unfortunately not, proxies used to work up until about three years ago. You could even find a free French proxy online and stream M6 replay through it without problems. Now the era of the proxy as a useful circumvention tool is pretty much over. Most websites are able to detect the presence of even a well configured proxy and block it automatically. The BBC was probably the last major broadcaster to allow the use of proxies but now you need a VPN for the BBC too.

A VPN service is a virtual private network and is effectively a connection to a high, powered secure proxy server. The main advantage for these programs is that the best VPNs are extremely hard to identify. A connection from a VPN server is almost undetectable (although the Chinese have figured out how to stop some) and if the VPN server is in the right country it will work perfectly. So to watch 6Play from outside France you don’t need a French proxy – just one of these -a M6 VPN!

The program Identity Cloaker has lots of different servers all over the world which have lists of IP addresses by country. Therefore if you know the country you need, you just scroll down and click on the correct country to use a VPN. So for 6Play you’d pick France or for a Netherlands TV station you’d pick a Dutch VPN. Which of course would allocate you a Netherlands IP address for your internet connection while the VPN is enabled. It’s worth remembering that it actually effects everything you do online, including the version of Google you’ll end up using too.

Switch to a French IP Address at Will

Many advanced users use Identity Cloaker because of it’s wide range of secure servers, you can switch from a Sweden proxy to a Netherlands VPN with a click of a button.

As you can see, connecting through the French VPN gives you a French IP address and full access to the M6 Replay site. It’s a simple solution for anyone to watch M6 TV online from outside France. You can even subscribe to their premium membership through the VPN too and that will work as well. As you can see in the video the M6 Replay site only detects the IP address of the French VPN server and assumes that is your location.

It’s very simple and works extremely well as a M6 VPN but it can do so much more. In fact you can use the program to access all the major French TV sites which exist online, I know of many French Canadians who’ve been using this program for years. You can also of course access content in lots of different countries, for example choose a Canadian server to watch Canada only channels, a UK one for UK content and so on.

The truth is that taking control of your IP address, also takes back control of your internet connection too. Not only will it stop the vast majority of region blocks and content filters, it will also give you back your privacy too. Using one of the VPN providers is the most convenient wats to bypass all these geo restrictions just ensure that they have the right server locations before you sign up.

This is an often underestimated facility of using VPNs, the ability to keep some privacy online. It’s stops every website you visit keeping a record of you, and it also stops a complete log of your online activity being created at your ISP. This may seem unimportant, but these logs are much prized by all sorts of parties from marketing companies to Government agencies. There’s probably no bigger single source of user profiling and history than these in existence, if you encrypt your internet connection then they contain virtually nothing.

If you want to Give it a Try and watch M6 Replay from Anywhere using a French Proxy.

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There’s no commitment or lock in and you can be watching in minutes for the cost of a sandwich.

BBC iPlayer VPN Workaround : Still Working in 2024

Last updated on September 3rd, 2024 at 10:49 am

The BBC iPlayer is developing all the time, it’s even introduced a new Beta area where they can try out new features. Already you can watch every channel live, plus everything else for up to a year now on the BBC iPlayer site. Here’s the latest BBC iPlayer VPN workaround for 2024 if you want to watch too. It’s certainly my main source of entertainment from the news, to sport and dramas like the wonderful Line of Duty.

I am always finding new stuff on the site, for example I’ve just discovered if you look in the categories section you can switch to all the different regional versions.

Now of course, a lot is the same but it’s really useful for watching specific versions of sport broadcasts and the local news. I can watch BBC Wales even though my TV aerial only delivers the North West News because I live near the border.

It’s truly a wonderful application, however of course for those outside the United Kingdom there is a problem because the BBC block access and allow only access to the ‘International Version’ which has none of the radio or TV broadcasts at all.

Using a BBC iPlayer VPN Workaround

When you first realise you’ve been redirected to the international version of the BBC site, it’s certainly disappointing. You’ll soon discover that all the best stuff is missing – certainly radio, Live TV and archived programmes. Basically it turns into a news and information site without all the multimedia and TV shows.

It’s only a simple redirection, basically when you connect to the site the BBC will check out where your IP address is registered. If it’s from a non-UK source, then you’ll get sent to the international version. If it’s from the UK then you’ll get the standard, fully featured site.

Yet of course, there’s always a workaround somewhere on the internet! Currently the solution consists of using a BBC Live VPN programme to give you access from outside the UK.

The VPN is a Virtual Private network and is a slightly more sophisticated version of a proxy server. A VPN is a server that hides your real location and encrypts your internet connection to keep your data safe. It also unlocks all these region restricted websites all over the world including the BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub and all the other UK TV stations.

Here’s the BBC live VPN I’ve used for nearly ten years now when out of the UK:

As you can see it’s very simple to use on a computer or a laptop – just use the software which sits in your task bar to select the country you need. It’s not limited to watching the BBC either as the vast majority of media sites on the internet use exactly the same method.

So to watch a US online channel for example, pick a US server and for the wonderful BBC iPlayer just select one of the many UK VPN servers to connect to. It potentially opens up all the world’s TV channels, most broadcasters have something similar to BBC iPlayer and they all restrict to domestic users.

The Rumors of BBC iPlayer VPN Not Working on Reddit or Other Sites

Now if you search online you may come across some stories about BBC iPlayer detecting VPN programs and blocking them like this page. It is in fact true, at the end of 2016 and beginning 0f 2017 there was a huge effort of BBC iPlayer blocking VPN services from all over the world. No-one was quite sure why they became so aggressive suddenly, but it might have been as a result of impending budget cuts. Fortunately no-one has actually figured out how to reliably detect the use of VPN programs so this all had to be done manually. What they did was basically identify these in two distinct ways, firstly all the service which were foolish enough to openly advertise the ability to bypass the BBC region locks were targeted either by blocking or threats of legal action. The second was to manually identify the IP addresses with large numbers of concurrent connections and block these one by one.

Although time consuming (for the BBC) this actually stopped a huge number of people using the BBC iPlayer VPN workaround. Most of the easily identified services were the cheaper overloaded ones which many people used. Fortunately this has not continued and currently in 2019, although the market has reduced slightly – the major VPN service providers are still working fine with the BBC. They have the ability to spread connections across a large IP address range and switch out addresses that do get blocked. So fear not, BBC iPlayer VPN in 2024 is still working fine as long as you pick a decent one like Identity Cloaker.

In fact it’s just not limited to the BBC, if you have a decent VPN then you can effectively watch UK TV abroad free on most devices. You can even access subscription channels which are normally only available in the UK try for instance you can watch Sky Go abroad anywhere.

Remember you can even use your Identity Cloaker account to connect to the servers on other devices too. It’s simple to establish a VPN connection from tablets, android and iPhones and lots of other smart devices. Here’s an illustration of how to get the BBC on an iPad abroad but it’s a fairly similar process on most other devices. You just set up the VPN connection to different country servers and then enable them whenever you want access.

Give it a try and watch the BBC iPlayer from Anywhere

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Proxy for Instagram Bot – Start of Your Road to Riches?

Last updated on October 27th, 2023 at 04:02 pm

You’ve probably heard, like I did sometime ago that there’s an awful lot of money to be made in one of the most popular social networking sites – Instagram. Now this is the platform that was only created in 2010 although it seems to have been around for ages. Initially it wasn’t much more than an online photo album but has developed into a fully fledged social platform now. The core is still just an app that you can upload videos and photos with yet this is probably the basis of most of these platforms anyway.

The platform has really gone from strength to strength throughout lots of changes to it’s interface and how the application functioned. It’s probably more popular among younger people, something that would have probably been behind Facebook’s decision to buy it iin 2012 for around $1 billion in cash and stock options.

However another area it’s become increasingly popular with the commercial sectors. Companies are using it to promote their brands, small businesses selling their services and many internet marketers building up huge profits by growing accounts in different niches. Virtually anyone can use Instagram as a marketing tool including people with specific interests and passions – it’s a fantastic place to actually create a business from your interests. Many people make serious money from Instagram however there’s one thing you need first and that’s followers. They are the key to taking that first step on your road to riches!

There are lots of ways to make money from Instagram, among internet marketers it’s probably the ‘hottest’ property right now. It’s also popular because it’s so visual, you don’t need to keep coming up with loads of information and posting huge blog posts to grow your accounts. You can also promote virtually any sort of niche on Instagram (within reason) and make money out of most of them too. Of course, first you need a popular Instagram account and people to sell to.

The Short Cut Method Instagram Bot Free Trial

Now there’s two ways to get popular and make a killing out of Instagram. The way the platform prefers is for you create an account, and gradually it attracts more and more followers – the organic method if you like. Now this is definitely the safest method but there are some major issues – first it can take ages, second your account might never get popular with this method.

The second is to ‘play the Instagram game’ and give artificial boosts to your Instagram accounts by actively promoting them. There’s only one successful way to do this and that’s to use automation to grow your account, which is what thousands of Instagram marketers do very successfully. Look inside any Instagram marketing guide and you’ll see mention of various Instagram bot app or liker programs.

Here’s some of the important tasks that need automation:

Post Scheduling – keeping your accounts active and regularly updated.
Auto Follow – Find users in your niche and follow them automatically.
Auto Re-Post Find great posts and repost them on your account.
Follow Back – follow all the users that follow you.
Auto-Like – Find and like great related images is a way to attract new followers.
Research – images, posts and hashtags, to keep you at the forefront of your niche.
Administration – even a modest Instagram account, needs constant attention – answering messages, managing and responding comment among the most time consuming.

That’s not even a full list and it’s very easy for even a moderately successful Instagram account to quickly become a full time task if you do all this manually. There is a solution though and it’s called Jarvee, here’s brief introduction to using it.

As you can see it’s a pretty comprehensive too and anyone remotely interested in developing an account on Instagram for commercial gain would be advised to check it out.

Remember this tool is not only for Instagram but most of the other popular social networking platforms too including Twitter and Facebook. However if you’re trying to develop a popular Instagram account, you’d be well advised to promote on at least one other platform alongside it. The reason, well finding and creating content is the most time consuming part of online marketing and if you are using automation software like Jarvee it makes sense to re-purpose it on other platforms too.

There are lots of other marketing tools for Instagram however it’s generally considered to be the best Instagram automation tool. If you want to research other software look online for the following – Everliker reviews, Ploxia reviews and the Instagram bot github.

Crucial Decision – Which Proxy for Instagram Bot

Remember though whichever tool you decide to use, and if you’re serious about making money from Instagram you do need something, then there’s another important concept to consider – proxies. Now if you’re choosing the simple manual method of creating and promoting a single Instagram account then you won’t need these. However if you’re using and maintaining multiple accounts, then you’re going to need proxies.

These are needed to create multiple identities to manage and promote your accounts. Basically if you try and do this on your single IP address then your accounts will get banned or deleted very quickly indeed. Proxies are the simplest and most effective way to hide your location and ensure your accounts are safe. It’s important to get quality proxies which are ideally designed for use with Instagram. If you buy cheap shared proxies the IP addresses will almost certainly be being used by other Instagram users and all your accounts will be at risk. This site has lots of information about the different types of proxies you can use with programs like Jarvee.

If you want to look at one of the oldest and most established companies then try – Storm Proxies.

Remember you can use these proxies on multiple social platforms if you choose decent ones that are not shared. It’s always best to prioritize though, if you re managing an Instagram account with tens of thousands of followers make sure you’re using proxies designed for Instagram. People normally suggest with Instagram to use one IP address per account, other platforms are a little bit more forgiving 3 or 4 per IP on Facebook is currently fine.

How people fail at Instagram marketing. If you create a decent set of followers in any reasonable niche it’s not actually that hard to make money. Promoting affiliate or CPA offers can be very lucrative, as long as you cloak your links or use pre-landers. However many people make a very good income simply selling ‘shout outs’ promoting or advertising other people’s accounts or products.

E-Commerce and the Rise of the Bots

Last updated on September 2nd, 2024 at 03:27 pm

AI, Bots and E-Commerce

For anyone with a product that’s easy to distribute then the internet obviously offers an incredible opportunity. One of the easiest products in this category is the ‘digital product’ – something that only exists in electronic format and can literally be dispatched anywhere in the world for virtually zero costs.

Think about it, a product which costs you nothing to supply, nothing to deliver and with a potential market that stretches across the globe. These are simple statements, but ultimately they lie behind a concept that’s making an awful lot of new millionaires every week. The products vary but things like e-books, computer software, videos, audio and online services are some of the products that fuel this market.

Several years ago, I remember a product being released by a very famous internet marketer called Frank Kern. It was called Mass Control and followed another product called Stompernet which were both informational courses designed to help people make money online. These products were always hyped to the stars and then released into an almost hysterical market and I should add they were never cheap.

IT costs thousands to buy many of these products which always came with extra bonuses (to buy), subscriptions, fast track options and loads of other junk options designed to skim more money from customers. The sad thing was that they worked, which was not a testament to the quality of the product but more to the masterful release process where people would end up buying anything. These still happen usually on a slightly smaller scale but still the value of these releases is incredible – Stompernet was rumoured to have grossed over $20 million. Most of it was rubbish, some useful tips on things like marketing and SEO wrapped up in over the top hype and an inflated price tag. However it showed that when you have a product that can be sold for this much and distributed for virtually nothing how much money was possible.

Now most of these releases were at best overpriced rubbish but probably nearer the ‘complete con’. Indeed many involved in these major releases were prosecuted by the FTC which is why we probably don’t see the massive hyped launches any more. Yet distributing digital products like this is still a massive market and there are still customers. If you pick the right niches, things like weight loss, making money, picking up women and market it right there will always be a huge number of customers all over thee world.

So if marketers have moved away from the mass release template what other options are available? Well the most obvious is to reach a global market is to use directories and social media to reach your audience. If you take a platform like Craigslist, Instagram or eBay then it’s relatively easy to reach a massive audience all over the world for a small cost. Get the right product, the right market and you can makes sales all over the world, dispatched by a simple email or web link.

Unfortunately, directories like Craigslist don’t like people doing this because they consider it a misuse of their platform. They promote themselves as a local directory and want advertisers to put ads up only in their local area. Now if you’ve got a $20 report on how to lose weight, you don’t want to just sell it online in your local area! You wont to push it far and wide to desperate dieters all across the planet, after all it costs nothing to send out extra copies and there’s no delivery costs.

So How Do the Craigslist Marketers Work ?

The answer is simple, they let computer software do the work for them, There are lots of automated Craigslist posting software you can buy like Crayzilla, CL Auto poster and many more. They’re simple pieces of software in general which allow you to create a simple advert which then can be posted to regional Craigslist sites all across the world.

The attraction is obvious, promoting your product to millions of people by just the click of a button. Obviously they take a while to configure and setup but when it’s completed you have a push button marketing plan at your disposal. However as mentioned the directory companies like Craigslist do not like this behaviour at all and spend a lot of resources trying to stop people placing multiple adverts.

So the software providers spend much of their time trying to hide under the radar, usually by offering many configuration options to simulate human behavior. There are some aspects though that are difficult to hide and one of them is physical location. When you try and post an advert on Craigslist they will first check your location, cross referencing your IP address with the location it was registered to. This will be used to stop people posting ads to regions outside their location. There’s not much the computer software can do directly but they do normally allow the use of things like dedicated rotating proxies.

These are essential in using any sort of automated posting software like this and usually represent the difference between success and failure. There are even specialised servers configured and designed for different platforms – e.g. Craigslist proxies and Facebook proxies and so on. The idea is that these are proxies with IP addresses that work fine on these platforms and are also distributed geographically – e.g. in different US or UK cities for example. Craigslist is particularly difficult as it you need to tie in the classified section with an IP address in the specific range.

Although there is something of a constant war between these platforms and the marketers/software providers the potential gains easily justify this effort. There used to be a lot of multi use bots which could post to lots of different platform, however now it’s more common to use a specialised bot for each one. The only large mainstream multi-platform Bot is probably Jarvee which works for most of the major social platforms and a couple of the big directories. However it’s important to try these out with the platform you prefer, below you’ll find a link for a free trial of Jarvee (removed as they went out of business!)

How to Automate e-commerce?

Automating e-commerce involves several strategies and tools to streamline operations and enhance efficiency. First, you can implement an e-commerce platform that supports automation features, such as Shopify, WooCommerce, or Magento. These platforms often provide integrations with various tools for inventory management, payment processing, and order fulfillment.

Next, consider using inventory management software that automatically tracks stock levels, updates product availability, and generates alerts for low stock. This helps prevent overselling and ensures that you maintain optimal inventory levels.

Customer relationship management (CRM) systems can also be automated to manage customer interactions, segment audiences, and send personalized marketing emails. This allows for automated follow-ups, reminders, and promotional campaigns based on customer behavior.

Marketing automation tools, like Mailchimp or HubSpot, can help schedule and manage social media posts, email marketing campaigns, and targeted advertisements. These tools often include analytics to monitor the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. Additionally, integrating chatbots on your website can provide customer support 24/7, answering frequently asked questions and assisting with order tracking, which improves the customer experience without requiring constant human intervention.

For order fulfillment, using automated shipping software can streamline the process by calculating shipping rates, printing labels, and notifying customers about their order status.

Finally, leveraging analytics and reporting tools can help you track sales performance, customer behavior, and website traffic, allowing you to make data-driven decisions for future strategies. By implementing these automation strategies, you can improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and ultimately drive sales growth in your e-commerce business.

Tips to Help Reduce the Noise on Your Blog

Last updated on September 2nd, 2024 at 11:04 am

What is Blog Noise
These tips are useful for personal blogs, it can also be applied to other types of blog covering more than one niche focus or when you intend to include another niche to support the main focus, but mostly on personal blogs. It can also be considered as a complement for “Creating a user friendly website” but it focusing more on the content structure rather than on the design aspect.

I don’t have any solid written definition yet on what exactly “Blog Noise” is but I hope you will get the point after reading this post.
I like to do blog walking, spend a regular time passing by on another blog especially on personal blogs while at the same time working on my social campaign by writing a comment on blogs with the same niche as mine or when it covers an interesting topic which is good enough to be ignored.

One thing I noticed when visiting other’s blogs is, most of them are noisy, not because they cover more than one topic but it’s more on the presentation. I still can see it covers 1 niche focus with lets say 3 related areas but it scattered all over the place. Just like when you have 30 cards with 3 different colors and then you throw those cards on the floor at the same time. You still can see there are 3 colors but it’s hard to locate and remember the position of each color group right?

Take this blog as an example, please assume as it yours. It covers more than one topic: Blogging Related Stuff, Programming Tips and Software Collections. Sometimes it’s very technical, other times it’s more a collection of essays on any subject that happens to interest the authors. You might have noticed it’s moving direction into more security and privacy related stuff – yes that’s all the articles on VPNs for example.

Then consider the following case:

“What if a single beautiful teenage girl named Sophia read your blog and she only interested in Blogging Related Stuff and she eager to subscribes to your RSS Feed but there is only one RSS Feed directly available to her and the feed contains all of your posts? (your full feed)”

OK, lets assume she subscribes to your full feed. Every morning, she checks his RSS Reader and spotted a new post from your blog, she opens the feed hoping that it will be a new post from your

Blogging Related Stuff category but it’s not, it’s a new post from your Programming Tips and the worst thing is, she has no idea at all about programming 😀 Disappointing right? She still likes your blog because on some occasions she have what she wants to get but she will say that your blog is noisy.
I guess at this point you understand what Blog Noise is.

You can follow these steps to reduce the noise on your blog(s):

Revisit your category listing. It is impossible to highlight each single category so the best practice is to define which one can become your “major categories” from your category list, group the others under those major categories as a child categories then highlight those major categories by – for example – put the latest posts from each of them on your sidebar. Doing so will simplify the content structure without loosing the richness of your blog and it is easier for your visitor to digest your content this way.

Provide several RSS Channels. If you’re branching out to cover a subject and list it under a specific category you’re in charge. Don’t mix up a post on where to get private proxies trial packages with your economic or opinion pieces even in the RSS feeds. Don’t let your readers filter your RSS content themselves by only providing your full RSS feed, don’t expect they willing to do it. Make it easier for them by providing several RSS Feed channels based on your major categories.

I recommend you to use Feedburner free service to deliver your feed because it has statistical capabilities like how many reader subscribe to your RSS Feed and among those subscriber how many of them click back to your blog – useful to help you understanding your audience.
Explain it to your readers. It is a good idea to give your readers an explanation about your content structure, define what each category on your blog is about. Put it on your about page or somewhere they can immediately see it. Make sure they aware and fully understand it.

Do People Still Use RSS Feeds?

Despite the rise of social media and other content aggregation methods, RSS feeds remain relevant and in use today. Although their popularity has declined since their peak in the early 2000s, RSS feeds continue to offer several advantages, such as total control over the content sources, real-time updates, and simplicity in accessing information from multiple websites in one place.

RSS feeds allow users to subscribe to and receive updates from their favorite websites automatically, avoiding the algorithms and distractions associated with social media. This makes RSS a valuable tool for those seeking a more focused and personalized reading experience.

However, the usage of RSS feeds has become more niche, with many users opting for social media platforms to follow updates. This shift has led some websites to discontinue offering RSS feeds, but they still maintain a dedicated user base.

For content creators, RSS feeds still provide benefits such as increased visibility, improved content distribution, and the ability to reach audiences reliably.

In summary, while RSS feeds are not as dominant as they once were, they continue to be used by a dedicated group of users who value the control, efficiency, and simplicity they offer.

Are There Alternatives to RSS for Content creators?

For content creators, while RSS feeds remain a viable option, there are alternative methods to distribute and manage content that have gained popularity, particularly since the decline of RSS’s peak usage.

Email Newsletters

One of the most effective alternatives is using email newsletters. This method allows content creators to directly communicate with their audience, providing updates, news, and other relevant content. Email newsletters offer more control over what is sent to subscribers, allowing for personalized messages, promotions, and monetization opportunities such as sponsored content, advertisements, and affiliate promotions. Tools like ConvertKit, AWeber, and Mailchimp make it easy to integrate sign-up forms into blog posts and manage email lists, offering a more direct and engaged way to reach audiences compared to RSS feeds.

Social Media and Direct Subscriptions

Another alternative is leveraging social media platforms. By encouraging followers to subscribe to updates on platforms like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, content creators can reach their audience without relying on RSS feeds. Additionally, many websites now offer direct subscription options for updates, often through push notifications or in-app notifications, providing another way for users to stay informed without needing an RSS reader.

Content Aggregation Platforms

While not a direct replacement, content aggregation platforms like Flipboard, which curate content based on user interests, offer an alternative way for readers to discover new content. However, these platforms typically use algorithms to prioritize content, which is different from the traditional chronological display of RSS feeds.

In summary, content creators can explore email newsletters, social media subscriptions, and other direct engagement methods to reach their audience, providing more flexibility and potential for monetization compared to traditional RSS feeds.

How do Sneaker Proxies Work ?

Last updated on September 3rd, 2024 at 10:30 am

How to Make Sneaker Proxies

As the reach and scope of the internet develops more and more people are making their livings online. It’s not surprising really when you consider the amount of purchases that people now make in the online world compared to the physical one. Twenty years ago you were considered rather brave and pioneering to buy something online, now almost everyone does it routinely.

There are literally thousands of small businesses who only exist in the digital world making and selling a myriad of goods and services. The major, initial benefit to starting a business online is of course, the cost of entry. Compared to the costs in opening a real physical businesses the costs in the digital realm are virtually nothing for many businesses.

Of course, just because the barriers to entry are low doesn’t mean running an online business is easy. On of the problems is that competition is high especially in certain sectors and many find they are unable to succeed even with extra investment. Indeed although the financial barriers are low, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to succeed online without investing heavily in your online business.

One of the problems people find is that they tend to enter extremely saturated markets where the competition is extremely high. A decade ago you could set up a simple website fairly easily and with a modicum of effort start to bring in lots of traffic. That rarely works now and this why so many people fail fairly quickly.

That doesn’t mean that everyone struggles online, there are some people making significant amounts of money in all sorts of digital enterprises. Just like the real world, the opportunities and potential grows the more of our time we spend online.

An interesting areas which has become very popular over the last five years or so is a form of arbitrage. The internet is ideally suited to this sort of market as it’s perfectly possible to buy from one source and sell to another with very little effort. Indeed business themselves operate across different markets like this too. By setting prices independently across geographical boundaries they can maximise their profits. For example you can sell the same products at a higher prices in wealthier countries. The difficulty is segmenting the internet to stop people buying in different sectors to their own. This is normally done by isolating people by their IP address, although this can be circumvented if you have the appropriate tools.

The simplest method of bypassing these restrictions is by using a proxy or VPN to hide your true location. So for instance if you were in France and you wanted to purchase something online that was only available for UK customers, you could use something like this UK VPN in order to appear to be in the UK. This hides your real IP address and ensures that any website you visit sees your location as that of the VPN server. So if the server is based in the UK then you will look like a UK surfer irrespective of your actual location.

Changing your location is not the only use for these proxies and VPN services. Many businesses and companies use them to create multiple identities for a variety of reasons. A simple one is to be able to create multiple digital identities to access limited resources in order to ‘game the system’.

One very common example is for buying items or services which are in high demand and reselling them later. Typical scenarios would be buying tickets for concerts or limited release items like Sneakers and sports goods. Individuals and businesses will use proxies in order to pretend to be multiple people and then apply for multiple items. This can also be done with automated software to further increase their chances.

It’s how many ticket brokerages obtain concert tickets at face value in order to resell them later at a higher profit. By using a proxy you can present a different IP address which is effectively a new digital identity with each one. This is the same method that is used by people buying up large batches of limited edition sneakers, again to resell them at inflated prices later.

Now obviously to buy lots you need lots of different IP addresses, and a single proxy server with a single address is not going to get you far. The solution is to use specialized atc proxies (add to cart) designed specifically for the task – e.g Instagram proxies and Bots or ticketmaster proxies and sneaker proxies to buy sneakers from online portals.

How do Sneaker Proxies Work?

In fact these proxies are very similar to normal proxy server except for a few key elements. Firstly unlike standard proxies they’ll have access to a large amount of IP addresses rather than a few in standard multihomed servers. They will normally be designed to connect using a large pool of addresses specifically reserved for the task.

These addresses will normally stored in a database and connections are rotated through them individually. The advantage of this is that addresses can be shared between many users whilst allowing dedicated access (although only temporarily). This significantly brings down the unit price of reserving IP addresses for specific purposes.

The addresses used by a sneaker proxy, as defined here, will be in the correct country and will not have been blacklisted or blocked by the e-commerce servers run by the sneaker companies like Supreme, Nike and Adidas. It’s also important for the proxy hardware itself to be located somewhere near the target sites in order to minimize the latency between the connection – fastest connections are likely to be able to buy more sneakers.

Indeed you can even find proxies more specialized than this – you can literally buy Adidas or Nike proxies which are configured specifically for those sites. Using these tools and the correct software people can easily buy large quantities of limited edition sneakers. It’s big business as individuals pairs can resell for many times more than their purchase prices.

The people who succeed are the ones who do use these specialist proxies in order to make their purchases. So how do you set up a business like this? Well obviously firstly you need to have some idea of what is popular and what is going to resell. Some sneakers are so limited that you can practically name your price when you put them up for resale.

Secondly you need computer software to automate the process, otherwise the sneakers will all be gone before you’ve pressed a few buttons. Correctly configured these ‘sneaker bots’ can buy dozens of sneakers online in literally seconds. There are many different versions of these but the best sneaker bot will usually cost around $500-$700 range. Although some of this software looks relatively simple there’s usually a lot of effort required to keep them functioning properly.

Best Sneaker Proxies

Into this software you need to input both multiple addresses and different payment methods. No e-commerce site is going to let you checkout out multiple purchases on the same credit card, although these days obtaining Virtual credit cards preloaded is relatively simple.

As mentioned the other crucial element is to have multiple IP addresses designed for the relevant e-commerce platform and learn how sneaker proxies work with them. Fortunately if you choose the platform there’s a selection of companies who can supply the right addresses for you. It’s also worth remembering that often these need to be residential proxies not the standard servers which use commercial addresses.

If you fancy making some serious money online buying and reselling sneakers, you can find the best range of proxies available from these guys – Storm Proxies.

Ticketmaster proxies for Sale. Where Have All the Tickets Gone !

Last updated on October 27th, 2023 at 03:44 pm

Have you ever sat waiting expectantly to try and buy tickets for a concert that you’re desperate to see? I know I have, and it’s a frustrating experience. It’s worse when you’re semi-organised. You know when the tickets go on sale, you’ve taken the morning off and sit at the Ticketmaster screen waiting for them to go on sale. Your credit card is there, you’re limbered up and ready to click that mouse button within seconds and then it starts to go wrong. Well there’s a simple explanation, to compete you’ll need to search for Ticketbots and find some Ticketmaster proxies for sale too.

The screen will just sit there hanging, you’ll disconnect from the website and have to reload or a combination of similar events. Even so it’s still only a minutes before you get to the selection screen and find all the best seats have already gone. The best ones, the good value ones or even the reasonable ones -you’ll be left with everything no-one really wants. So how is this possible? How can you sit prepared and ready to go yet still apparently lose out to thousands of other people.

The problem is that not everyone plays fair. Of course, you’ll still lose out to people with a super fast connection based a few miles from the Ticketmaster web servers. You’ll also lose out to those incredibly lucky people who just always seem to luck out in these situations. Yet for the most part the real problem lies with a group of charmers called the ‘ticket scalpers‘.

They will be a collection of individuals or groups who have perfected the art of buying tickets online. They have covered every angle and will probably have purchased many, many tickets before you’ve even clicked on your mouse button. No they don’t have the reflexes or speed of The Flash, they simply have invested in tools and resources to ensure that this is one completely unfair playing field.

Firstly you’re not only competing with human beings, a huge number of the best tickets will be snapped up by automated tools. yes people have written software – ticketing bots, that will purchase these tickets automatically. They sit waiting for the market to open and will select and pay before you’ve time to blink. These tools have one purpose to buy as many tickets as possible.

Of course this is blatantly unfair, but how is it allowed to happen? Surely the ticket selling sites can stop this happening? After all it does them no good at all when the tickets are resold for many times their face value. Indeed they do try and block access to the ticket scalpers but with limited success.

The bots are widely available and can be bought online for a few hundred dollars, what’s more they’re not particularly hard to set up. If that was the only issue then the software could be blocked but it goes much deeper. They are also hidden behinds a network of IP addresses controlled by rotating proxy servers.

Which Ticketmaster Proxies for Sale to Choose ?

You see in addition to the automated software, the ticket scalpers will go to further lengths to hide their identity. Indeed the best ones will have many identities all completely undetectable from normal users. They don’t rely on the software for this totally, the crucial factor is using proxies to hide where the connections are coming from. These are servers which hide their location by relaying requests from the server. There’s a whole industry supplying the best ticketmaster proxies so you can see how widespread this practice is.

What’s more these servers will contain hundreds of IP address which are designed specifically for accessing the Ticketmaster site. They will use a huge database of specially configured IP addresses for Ticketmaster which can read more about in this post – http://residentialip.net/best-proxies-for-ticketmaster/ . They’ll have addresses registered in the right location, the servers will be super quick and optimized for accessing the Ticketmaster website. What’s more these addresses will be rotated automatically so that every request is assigned a new identity.

All this happens automatically and is the reason that even with the fastest reflexes on very popular concerts you’ll find yourself instantly at the back of a long queue. You can still get lucky though! Indeed the ticketing sites have now started releasing tickets in waves after the official release time so that they’re not all snapped up by robotic purchasing tools. If you keep trying especially for the first few hours you could hit lucky.

If you want to guarantee buying a ticket though, I’m afraid you’ll either have to buy in the secondary market or invest in the ticket scalpers tools too. Although you only need a couple of IP addresses and there’s really no need to spend on dedicated proxies. The software changes all the time, but if you search on something like ‘ticketmaster bot’ you’ll find the latest options. Remember these won’t work without at least a few proxies, which you can find at reasonable prices using specialist suppliers like these –

Storm Proxies

These are often the stage people forget but private proxies for ticketmaster are probably the most vital component not the software.

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