Hi!
I decided to try something new today and share how I got to where I am today in social media. Anyone who is willing to learn, put in the long hours, and do the hard work can achieve this too. In this post I will show you all my social networks as they are today and what my goals are for 2013. In Part 2 I will go over my 2013 goals for multiple revenue streams related to this. This is the start of a series that I will update at least monthly so stay tuned!
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My journey started 1 year ago (Fall of 2011).
I had 9 Twitter followers and about 50 Facebook friends (mostly from high school and college days – sound familiar?). Pinterest was new, Instagram just a fluke, Google+ (huh?). What is this “FourSquare” thingy?
And my blog, PeterTrapasso.com was a nice piece of prime but undeveloped online real estate.
Fast forward to today; Now I have 20,000 Twitter Followers, 100% REAL (98% Active), engaged people too!
I am #194 Most Followed in San Francisco and #314,555 globally.
My recent TweetReach stats: Reach 238,045, Exposure 868,234 Impressions, 13 Retweets, and 6 @Replies
I have 0 FAKE ACCOUNTS out 20,000! All real people and 98% are active.
My 2013 GOAL: 100,000 Followers
My Social Scores are very high!
Klout
My klout score 73, I am a Thought Leader, and #113 Klout Influencer!
Kred
Kred is a competitor to Klout and probably #2 in social scoring. I just received an email from CEO Andrew Grill today. As you can see below, I am now a Kred Social Media VIP. I am not exactly sure what that means, but it sounds good. I assume that it puts me somewhere below Community Leader and Top Influencer. My score is 773 (out of 1000) for Influence. So far, so good.
PeerIndex
PeerIndex rounds out the top 3 in social scoring. My score of 73 (out of 100) matches my Klout score and that makes sense to me.
TrustCloud
Trustcloud is a beta service that I just joined. I believe that it is a measure of my trustworthiness based upon a scale of 1 to 1000. All I am waiting on is my Trustcloud postcard now.
Naymz
89 out of 100 on Naymz = Elite Status!
1,600+ Facebook Friends
My 2013 GOAL: 5,000 Friends (Account Max)
1,500 Pinterest Followers
My 2013 GOAL: 10,000 Followers
500+ Instagram Followers (11.16.12)
My 2013 GOAL: 75,000 Followers
1,500 Google+ Followers
My 2013 GOAL: 20,000 Followers
415 LinkedIn Contacts
My 2013 GOAL: 500+ Followers
125 Foursquare Friends
My 2013 GOAL: 1,000 Friends
My blog PeterTrapasso.com today.:
Blog traffic:
11.16.12 500 uniques/ month
My 2013 GOAL: 10,000 Unique Visitors per day
How did I do all this you ask???
Hard work.
I built each network up by hand and continue to do so daily.
Follow my blog and Follow me on all of my social networks to learn how!
MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS (from LinkedIn):
Eric T. Tung (Top Social Media Influencer)
Jim Dougherty (Top Social Media Blogger and Influencer)
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About Peter Trapasso
Peter Trapasso is a self-taught social media expert, and owner of PeterTrapasso.com which is listed on the Alltop Social Media topic page. He is a Social Media consultant and Freelance Writer based in San Francisco, Ca. As part of a 15+ year corporate career in technology he worked for Fortune 500 and startup companies. Now he is one of the Top 75 most followed people on Twitter in San Francisco. And a Top 1% Kred Social Media VIP, Klout Influencer, and Socialbakers Ambassador. He is dedicated to social good and making the world a better place for all of us.
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Wow you are a Social machine. I hope that one day I can get to where you are. Goog luck with your social endeavors
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nice information
Wow, connected a lot
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Great goal! that’s going to be easy for you. You do great!
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You are doing very well. Congrats. I following you on twitter. Wish you all the best next year.
Wow you are doing great. Tho my Klout is 77 and currently the 17th person influential in Klout, in many ways you are still doing better than I am! Awesome blog!
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Thanks Miriam.
You rock!
Peter Trapasso recently posted..Follow Me as I build my Social Networks and Revenue Streams into 2013! – Part 1 (November 2012)
Thanks for sharing your interesting journey through Social Media. Although I am not sure how to monetize it, I see a lot of parallels in my own meanderings through SoMe. A year or two ago I barely know the names of the platforms, and now I have reasonable mastery.
I am not sure what to think about the SoMe measuring platforms. They all seem really easy to game. Without any effort, my Klout bounced to the mid 70′s. I suppose I should spend some effort to see if I can get it to 80. Although that Klout score and a couple of bucks will get me small coffee at Starbucks.
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Thank you Harold!
I think you should go for Klout 80. That’s my goal too for 2013.
Peter Trapasso recently posted..Follow Me as I build my Social Networks and Revenue Streams into 2013! – Part 1 (November 2012)
Got tired just reading it.
Should be a fun ride in 2013. Have a good weekend!
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Great post Peter, I love how you have specific goals for the coming year. You remind me I need to document all my network goals. My story is similar to yours and I have been working hard at growing my social networks. I see great value in the networking more than anything else. I have met so many truly great people online. Let me know if I can be of help to you :]
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