Thursday, March 26, 2009

uSocial Review

By Alexa Darver

If you know anything about buying social media votes, then you're sure to have heard the name uSocial who are probably the web's most well-known social bookmarking marketer. In this short article I'm going to share my experiences with them and if you should be using them at all.

One of the main benefits of using uSocial over any of their competitors is simply that they discount their packs of votes depending on how many you buy -- the more purchased, the more you'll save. At the time of this writing, all of their competitors offered a flat rate no matter how many were purchased, meaning cost could soar for large campaigns.

As far as traffic is concerned, you're going to get around the same traffic with these guys as any other legitimate pay-per-vote site, providing of course that you can get to the front page. Now unlike many other sites which claim to guarantee to get you on the Digg front page, uSocial don't make this promise as they explain on their site it is impossible to do so as they cannot control these site's systems which promote to the front page -- in other words, they're being honest and not trying to mislead you.

I've used uSocial a few times in the past and I can say that I was extremely impressed not only with their service, but because of the traffic I received for my investment. When I only spent under $300 on votes on StumbleUpon, I received around 65,000 visitors to my site in under 24 hours. In the past with PPC advertising, I would have only got 150 vistors for the same investment. I know what I'm going to continue using in the future.

There is one downside to using this company and that's simply that if you want your order fulfilled immediately after you buy, you're going to be out of luck. As they're so busy they generally have delays of 3-5 days, though I can tell you it's well worth the wait.

I'd definitely recommend uSocial to anyone looking to get a fantastic return on their marketing investment. You may not like the fact that they're subverting social bookmarking sites, though if you really want to get ahead then I don't think you'll see it as much of an issue. - 20767

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