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My Fanbox Success

by Warren Baum on September 03, 2011

My recent success

A little over a week ago, I wanted to see if I could get 1000 fans in a week.  Up until this point I had been using Fanbox for only about 1 month.  I signed up 3 months before that, but didn't log back into Fanbox until later.  I forgot all about creating my account.  Anyway, about a week ago, I had almost 300 fans.  I think the most I ever got in 1 day was about 25, but I was happy to see my fans increasing every day.  I created about 150 blogs and posts over that past month, plus I placed about 25 ads.  My earnings were steady, but not very high.  I wondered what I could do to increase my earnings and my fans at a faster rate.  I re-read all my Fanbox blog posts under this very same blog to see if there was some secret I was missing.  I still wasn't sure, but I did come up with an idea.

What was my idea?

135 Comments

Great article! I have a quick question for you. How many of these fans had no profile pictures and very little information about them in their profiles? I have over 4500 fans and only a very small percentage have profile pic's and some basic information about them selves. For security reasons mainly... Is this something that I should be worried about?

20 months ago

That is the point ! I am glad you got the idea and are some still more out there to increase your earnings!

20 months ago

I think about 33% of the new fans had no finished profiles yet. Doesn't mean they won't eventually since they are likely brand new to Fanbox within the last 24 hours. Many people are invited to join Fanbox by fanbox letting people connect to their email contact list, so I think Fanbox sends them something to get them to join. Many people will join because their friend sent them the invite. Problem is many if not most all of these people don't have any idea what fanbox is all about and never finish setting up their profile to become active with Fanbox. There are many people on Fanbox who are active who also don't have a profile photo by choice. I don't usually connect with my fans if they don't have a profile photo because I don't think they are going to care about my blogs over time. I would rather focus on people wanting to be an active part of Fanbox (those with profiles). I will fan them back and see what type of recent activity they have had and welcome them to fanbox.

Yes, we probably all have many many many fans who will never log into Fanbox to read our blogs, but the more fans you have, the better chance you will have a good number who will follow you. If I only have 50% of my fans with active profiles, 50% of 300 is 150 active fans as opposed to 800 with 1600 fans. My blog exposure is much better. It's still a shotgun approach when it comes to showing up on someone's wall because of how fast the page is changing moving posts down the page. The odds are against someone even seeing my blog as it goes by. It's sort of like owning a store in a mall and getting 50% of your traffic only being window shoppers with no money or intention of buying anything from you. Focus on the % of people you can actually benefit from.

My ads are there to get the attention of active Fanbox members and gain new fans as well as increase my blog read times and reviews to make my blogs more relevant in Fanbox searches.

20 months ago

so great, I agree, this is like a win win game for all

20 months ago

*This* post should be required reading on FanBox - HIGHLY recommended - great job Warren!!!!!

20 months ago

THATS THE STUFF I NEED GREAT TIPS THANK YOU

20 months ago

Thanks for the positive comments everyone. Place an ad and it will become required reading when everyone keeps seeing it advertised all day long :)

20 months ago

nice post. thanks for sharing.

20 months ago

That's the answers I was hoping to hear! Thank you for responding so quickly my friend.

20 months ago

Wonderful....

20 months ago

good tricks..........

20 months ago

Jó lenne, ha nekem sikerülne, próbálok ötletet meríteni, sajnos én nem keresek pénzt, valamit nem jól csinálok.

20 months ago

Unfortunately I can't read what you typed Ballaine Varga. I only know English. I hope what you said was good.

20 months ago

Thank you for sharing your experience!

20 months ago

Great you got the idea...

20 months ago

Great Post and good luck..your on your way to success!

20 months ago

a must see for fanbox community...

20 months ago

success...........!!!

20 months ago

My success is sharing with you and you taking time to appreciate what I have to say. Thank you!

20 months ago

wow !! awesome post !! motivating post !! be in touch !! 5*

20 months ago

This blog is very encouraging to other FanBox members.

20 months ago

It encourages me every time I look at it and all the nice comments people post. Thanks

20 months ago

you did make a very informative article warren. you have inspired me after reading this now...thanks for sharing this..hope that i will be on my way to success to like you..

20 months ago

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20 months ago

Nice idea

20 months ago

nice cool.....great post to share...be a lucky blogger


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20 months ago

nice post

20 months ago

Good information and helpful tips and hints! Thanks

20 months ago

the best

20 months ago

nice tips..............good

20 months ago

very helpful especially to all newbies here in Fanbox, great job...

20 months ago

I am Glad that i landed here from an Ad and i have to answer to Michael.
Michael you have 4500 fans? That is awesome! Are you taking care of them?

They need to be F E E D !
They don't have pictures , fine . send them email what is to add a picture or more , to post something.
And you will see what your fans will give to you!
Me i am Proud of my fans!
Warren when i am coming back next time , i want to see a picture.
I am landing from an ad. So this is advertisement. Would be great to see a picture on my Fan profile Warren!

20 months ago

I am not sure what you are saying Nicole about seeing a photo. You mean post a blog follow up that includes a photo?

20 months ago

That is answer to most of the questions of most fanbox users which are unable to get their share from fanbox. Good work. keep it up.

20 months ago

very good post....as Nasir says, It aswers any of my question regarding fanbox..

20 months ago

really good superb i appreciate you keep it up grow up on the fan box
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20 months ago

good share

20 months ago

This blog has had more comments than any of my other blogs. Glad everyone is enjoying it.

20 months ago

good sharing , thanks

20 months ago

48 likes is my all time high for people liking a single blog of mine also. Thanks so much everyone.

20 months ago

nice posting

20 months ago