Who get's paid for their post engagement on Google+, Facebook or Twitter? Nobody. Arvind Dixit and Jason Zuccari of Bubblews is hoping to change that. This service isn't new but it sits as a growing lilliputian in the land of the social giants. In fact, it has been around since 2012 but with an injection of some needed funds and a home in San Francisco, this service may have a chance. Bubblews is a service that pays for the equivalent of likes and shares. Listen or watch what Jason and Arvind has in mind to change the social world.
Don't Quit Your Day Job
"Our motivation came when we read about the worlds largest social networks are creating the world's largest unpaid workforces"
"People are ready for the Social Media landscape to change and people are ready for us"
"It is a social content site...write a 400 word minimum...people are compensated based on their social interactions - their likes, views or their comments. A penny per post."
SocialGreg's Uptake
This is an interesting model where they are sharing their advertising dollars with their user base. With about 1M views per day their pay per "like" model looks pretty good. This model requires the company to run lean which leads them to create their own Ad network to minimize the operational costs. Growing a social network user base is tough these days with all the choices and especially with data out there saying we usually will not have more than
30 Apps that we use at any time and a worldwide social network average of
3.1. But don't count out these guys, they moved from the east coast to SF last year, they secured a round in February and has a staff of 10 people. Not too shabby. Check out more at
www.bubblews.com
Comments
I don't think they should go around tooting their own horns until they fix whats broken.
They are bound to have a lawsuit on their hands soon if they don't start paying their members.
Lately,many have been complaining about deleted accounts without prior notice to the user.
Many have complained about the redemptions not being paid and the users thought of cherry picking in their redemptions since only few are being paid.
I've seen one that said that he has 12 pending redemptions and then his account got deleted. Until now, he didn't receive any payment from bubblews. Imagine each of those 12 redemptions amounting to $70. Is that their strategy? and then saying that the user violated the rules? which in fact that user had just 10,000 followers.
If you have the passion to write, bubblews is the right site for you. But be sure to look into what is really happening in their system before you waste your time.
What makes me sick is those people who say, "I have always been paid". Well I am here to tell you all that I have never knowingly broken their rules and have missed several payments. I have totally given up with the site.
I'm request 7 times.
First at 1/7/2014, up to now, i'm not receive anything