source: Giveawaytodaynet
So my friend, who we’ll call Wing, because he preferred to remain anonymous, is addicted to giveaways. Whenever he sees a giveaway opportunity, he would automatically enter it, because he loves getting free stuff, but then again who doesn’t? Seriously, even if it was a giveaway for a free t-shirt from Target, he’ll still enter it.
Wing uses Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snupps and Youtube to enter any giveaways. If there was a giveaway on a different social media platform, he’d make a new account just to get in on it. He sure does have a lot of time.
Wing is his fake name. He says its because he cares about his image a lot. He doesn’t want to flood his real social media feed with loads of giveaways. However, for some giveaways he really wants to win, he would enter it on both his real account(s) and his fake one. For example, last month there was a giveaway for a free pair of Yeezy Boost V2’s courtesy of Sneakernews and Black Market USA. The giveaway required the contestants to enter through Instagram and Wing would of course enter with both accounts.
When Wing is using his giveaway account, he would also use it to sell various clothing pieces to make a quick profit. On that account, he is very demanding and assertive. He is not negotiable with his prices because he believes that is the way to flourish in the market, yes, that is very debatable. Even if you’re a friend, that doesn’t guarantee you a discount because he is pretty hardheaded with his prices. His motto is, “Buy it or go elsewhere!”
I believe this persona that Wing puts up is not a bad thing at all. It shows you have authority, and in reality he is just like any other college student. I believe the more he continues to do this the more it will affect his personality in real life, but not necessarily in a bad way. It gives him an investment mindset by entering giveaways, and making a profit out of it; in addition, being assertive is always a good thing, but I believe negotiation is a necessity to thrive in a business world, but that’s another story.
According to Athique, “During its first decade (1993–2003) as a graphical medium, as images augmented textual interaction, the Internet rapidly became a pervasive technology of contemporary life for people living in the most economically advanced societies” (page 119) and Turkle, “Now; in postmodern times, multiple identities are no longer so much at the margins of things. Many more people experience identity as a set of roles that can be mixed and matched, whose diverse·demands need to be negotiated.” (page 180). Wing couldn’t agree with both authors any more. It is true that the Internet has taken off ever since it’s establishment and he believes it is the future for his success. He is a businessman at heart and it is a necessity to be an expert with many different kinds of social media platforms in the ever-so-changing society. In addition, having different personas to appeal to different groups of people is also something to look into because, hypothetically you could be a successful multi-level-marketing promoter during the day and then you could sell drugs on the low to make even more money! Just kidding, don’t do that.
- What do you think of Wing’s business mindset? Can you relate?
- Do you have a fake social media account? What do you use it for?
I don’t think what Wing is doing is bad at all. In this case, I find it to be very smart that he is differentiating his two social media feeds, because one audience is for him, and the other one is for his giveaways. I feel that this model makes sense and if it has generated a large following as well as giving him money, the he did something right.
I don’t have a fake social media account, however I have multiple different social media accounts to manage my social video platform business. I understand the concept of giveaways and I applaud him for being able to do it successfully.
My brother follows the same steps as Wing. He has like 2 extra fake accounts(1 on IG and 1 on Facebook) where he gets really good deals specially for shoes. He has a thing for shoes and he thinks 1 account it’s not enough to keep up with all that social media has to offer. He says that he uses 1 account to sale, 1 to buy , one for bids. So this helps him to organize his negotiations. This means that on 1 account he will be a seller, on another one he is a buyer and a bidder on the other lol!
I appreciate Wing’s mindset of entering raffles because I also enter raffles online. I ask my self why not, retweet or subscribe to newsletters by companies if it gives me a chance of winning a highly demanded shoe which I can get 100%-300% return on investment. Why not?