Fastest way to get Facebook likes or Twitter followers for social media site?

Hi windrider07,

I'm afraid this might not be what you want to hear, but unfortunately when it comes to social media, there really aren't any hard and fast rules for quick results on a low budget.

There are certain things you COULD do to attract a lot of traffic in a short period of time. It has certainly happened before. Examine those case studies, though, and you'll find that in those instances people have been working for ages before to create circumstances around the product/website, which makes it worth the virality.

You could spend money making original content (videos or otherwise) with high viral potential and hope it actually takes off. The problem with virality, however, is that by its very nature the larger Internet community tends to take over ownership of it, and once it reaches a certain critical mass people tend to consume the content on established platforms (Youtube, 9gag, reddit, 4chan), so you'll have to find a way to embed your site's identity in your content if you want to do well.

Here's the biggest flaw I see in your situation: your client is setting themselves up as a competitor to 9gag, when in reality their model is vastly different. 9gag grew out of a community that partook in user-generated content, whereas loljam as a website is a editor-curated portal of aggregated content, filtered through original commentary. The stuff that made 9gag as big as it is now--word of mouth, simplicity of content, inside jokes that created a sense of community--are all things that Loljam's model doesn't quite encourage.

The best advice I could give in this situation is for them to narrow their scope and find a niche they CAN compete in, and expand down the road from there. As it is now I've scrolled past pages and pages of the site and I still can't glean a clear identity or a definite culture the same way Cracked or 9gag has. Take that marketing budget and invest it back into creating actual, good original content that people want to consume. Good marketing has its advantages in creating traffic, but if the content on your website is a disappointment it can backfire--people spread negative word of mouth and are likely to ignore future advertisements/marketing efforts from you. On the other hand, creating good content that remains under the radar is a surefire way to create positive buzz around your website, and when those circumstances occur you can then make the necessary adjustments to your model to retain that traffic. It's all about creating a culture and a community. That's all that matters.

Any suggestions on a niche that I can market loljam to? What sites or communities would welcome and absorb the content that loljam has?

Edit: Someone said that you can invest in facebook advertising for $0.01 if your CTR was high enough as well as fiverr gigs where people retweet your tweet to their following or share your post to their facebook fans (if their facebook fans or twitter followers are in the high thousands). Trying to figure out if this is a good idea.

I was also considering the idea of promoting a weekly giveaway with the $200 monthly budget but not sure.

Makes sense

Any suggestions on what to do with the $200 budget? I mean, if I can get good traffic with just $200, loljam could probably consider raising the budgets if they see results.

Yea, sounds great. I had a similar idea

What about the idea of partnerships? Other facebook pages sharing loljam's fb content....other twitter pages retweeting loljam's twitter tweets? Do you think it would work out?

Real way is>>> provide best quality content for your fb fan page and regular update.

otherwise you can buy out the fb likes and visits... :-)

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Be consistent with your updates on your fanpage. Bring values to your fans. Post interesting and inspiring photos with quotes. Build relationships. Make it a party in your fanpage! Ask questions. Create events.

Since you have $200 to waste, why not invest on someone who can work part time for you? Easy tactic like advertisement or holding a contest may work, but the results are often fleeting, and sooner disappointing. So maybe ask someone to update the page many times per day. Ask her to interact with fans. You can also tell her to add similar pages and do a worthwhile comment on these pages. Just my two cents. Hope this help.

I am still experimenting with Twitter but I guess the secret sauce recipe is the same everywhere. It takes time, labor and effort in the initial phase. For Facebook, you have to post, interact by using your page, leave comments, make friends and rinse and repeat, repeat and repeat. When your page has like 3k to 4k fans then the pace continues and your manual efforts are directed towards on-page engagement (including replying to comments, messages and warding off spammers).
A shortcut would be to go for Facebook advertisements and run ads targeted to your niche demographics. In my expereince, this is the best method with no fishy fishy tactics.