The RED FLAG of Social Media Offerings.

So, I wanted to write an article about my experience with people wanting to promote my new book, The Business Procrastinator. I wanted to share some light for those who may be considering going down the path of using a Promotional service.

Now don’t get me wrong. Fiver is a great tool. I use it weekly for many activities, but here’s the thing. There are a lot of dodgy offerings on there so beware.

So as an example, for you to be aware of, Here is the pitch:

(Post on Facebook group Offering Promotion and 100% sales guaranteed)

[First Red Flag)

“How are you doing?”

“Are you ready for promotion?”

“I will promote your book (or business) on top-rated and highest traffic social media platforms to make people aware of you after that I will set up high converting Facebook ads.”

Now, most people who are new to promotions and social media like I am would have a tendency to reply to hello and say Hi back. No harm in this right? Well no, not really but be prepared for a sales pitch that is straight out of the University of Scamalot.

Now like me you may ask them to provide you some evidence of their work. They will say something along the lines of “I have been in this industry for years” or something to that effect and then proceed to show you screen captures of accounts with 3 million-plus followers etc. To an untrained eye, they look legit but take the image, run it through a few filters in Photoshop, and bang, you can see where the image has been doctored. That’s for the experts. The noobs to scamming simply crop out what they do not want you to see.

[Second Red Flag]

Check their Fiverr account and none of them have accounts with more than 10 reviews and jobs older than 6 months.

If you ask them why this is so they say they have been “De-ranked by Fiver” and that “ It is Fiverr logic”. None of them can explain why though and when they do they say “it is because they are building a new account”.

If you look into Fiverr providers you will see that many accounts have hundreds of reviews and professional content. There is no reason Fiverr is De-ranking home unless…