Ok, yes, I tried this service, and I wanted to provide my personal usocial review, for my followers, so they can learn from my experiences. I buy so much stuff… really. I’m a sucker for a solid sales pitch. That being said, a few of those sales pitches have panned out and made me an internet marketing guru, so no complaints.
What you need to know … is who the hell is valuing a facebook fan at $3.60? Really? Is that what the populist thoughts are? Is that what the crazy corporate world is willing to pay? Because let me tell you, Metric wise, and ROI wise, I would rate them worth a few cents at best. Nowhere near the ROI of a controlled medium.
Not to devalue their worth, but they are a small part of my marketing muscle (and I recommend the same for you), and while I’m quite the facebook “fan”, and believe they are going to take over the world with their new “like” button (more on that later), there’s no way a facebook fan is worth that much to me. And yes, I have several facebook pages that are large … Of course, I no longer have Fans – I have people that “Like” me. And that’s a great change, but still, no way I’m giving my “likes” that much value.
However, let’s get to the Uscocial Review, and my personal experiences. Far be it from me to take everyone else’s word for it, as the web is strewn with awful reviews for this service, I had to try it myself.
Being MarketingCrazy, I didn’t try their smallest package. Oh no, I tried their largest package. Let me give you stats …
After 2 Months
After 20+ Emails
After 6 Responses
After 4 Broken Dates and Promises
I haven’t gotten a single “fan”, or a single “like”. Um, did they just take my money and actually not give me anything return, and stop answering my emails? Yes, yes they did. Seems crazy right? But that’s what happened to me. They simply took the money, and stopped responding, and did no work.
So, while I’d love to say something positive, there was not a single positive experience I had with this company. That’s too bad. Beware my experiences, or be doomed to repeat them. I hope I save you a clean $1000 by telling you what happened.
Good Luck, I’m off to get scammed again – as my public service, just to keep you in the know. And that’s my Usocial Review. Man, that’s like 3 times this year … I’m on a roll.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences Evan!! Good to know my friend!
Sucker. I'll bet you bought an iPad too. Bwahahahahhahaha.
Ha, Dakin! Nice …
Yeh, Mikko – it seemed a bit too easy, and coincided with the Facebook Fan valuation (I think I saw that on Mashable) a little too closely. I have some Fan pages that are well over 100k fans, and they don't monetize at nearly that amount. That being said, now that the “Like” button is around, the whole game has changed yet again …
Thanks for the review! After looking on Google I've found at least one other person who had the same experience as you. I was considering using them too, so you're review has certainly saved one person from losing their money!
Graeme