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Sarah Best's avatar

Wow - I have occasionally text random people back who send me spam, but would never think to arrange a call! Haha! Does kinda me wonder who would agree to pay people to grow their follower list.

Fiona Gibson's avatar

Fascinating!

Studio B's avatar

I’ve always wondered about this too!! Like you’ve said Jo, even though you 99.9999% know it’s a scam… there’s that 0.000001% that kinda wants to know more. So interesting, such a good topic / read (and I kinda want to see the office kitchen 😂). Thanks! x

Eimear's avatar

Brilliant!

Allison's avatar

Haha this was so interesting and funny! I’ve often been tempted to string along on one of these scam calls just to see if I can outwit the scammer, make them think twice about their job choice (naive of me I realise), or just waste their time, but I’ve not had the guts as yet. What a dodgy world!

MK McCaffrey's avatar

Love!

Sara Newman's avatar

So weird! Really enjoyed reading this though and agree re followers. What do all these followers do to help you anyway?! Seems a lot Emperor’s new clothes to me. Well dodged! X

Kate Stirling's avatar

Absolutely loved reading this, Jo. So uncomfortably funny! Not sure if that was the intention but I appreciated every little detail

Jo Elvin's avatar

Oh I very much wanted you to laugh, thank you! x

Crone Life's avatar

I thought if you have more followers you have the potential for better deals, but I am quite foggy on how influencers make money

Jo Elvin's avatar

Yes exactly, but brands will wise up pretty quickly if your numbers aren't being matched by engagement/sales etc