Coding In The Darkness » bebo http://codinginthedarkness.com/blog Because coding in the daytime isn't difficult enough! Wed, 12 May 2010 18:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How Famous Can I Get in 2009? http://codinginthedarkness.com/blog/how-famous-can-i-get-in-in-2009/36/ http://codinginthedarkness.com/blog/how-famous-can-i-get-in-in-2009/36/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:32:28 +0000 BenScowen http://codinginthedarkness.wordpress.com/?p=36 I suppose the title sums up this post, i talk to lots of people about Social Media, Networks on the web, and Google and SEO rankings etc, but am i right?

Basically as it stands i have:

  • 175 Friends on Facebook
  • 26 Followers on Twitter
  • A very Old MySpace and Bebo page
  • A nearly finished Web Site
  • YouTube & Flickr accounts
  • And this blog which needs a good shot in the arm

I admit i am selective and don’t add just anyone, i know >90% of my FB friends for instance.

So the EXPERIMENT!
How famous can i get by the end of the year?
Basically i have no idea how i am going to measure it but i want see how many “friends”, “followers”, “subscribers”, how high up the google rankings i get when i search for “Ben Scowen” (and how many are actually me).
I have to learn a lot more about good blogging, SEO, Social Media but there is no better test subject than myself.

So i will set some rules to make the test fair throughout and not cheat.

  1. I will not request people to be my friend, follow etc, they must want to join me on there own accord
  2. I will blog, tweet, video blog etc as often as possible but at least once a week
  3. On certain sites i will become or follow someone but not ask them for a return, i want to make myself visible without forcing myself upon people.

That’s it for rules unless i get some good suggestions, i will post weekly or monthly updates on my progress with graphs etc for all you stat geeks out there.

That’s it, if you have any advice, or can find anyone else who has done similar so i can compare please let me know, but for now,

Stay Classy (Maybe i need a new non Ron-Burgundy sign off?)

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