Instagram Marketing: Not everything is as it seems

Last updated on July 5th, 2024 at 12:57 pm

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I had an interesting email early this morning. I tend to have a lot of marketing advertisements that are sent to my blog email account. Most are just spam or sites offering services to purchase followers along with their own “organic growth” tips or tools. Today’s email wasn’t any different. But I thought I’d pass the info along since I found a few things that didn’t add up.

I had a similar email this week from a company with a name very close to this brand. The brand that contacted me today was SuperbMedia.net . As an FYI they do seem to be a legitimate company yet when I was checking their website the email they sent out didn’t seem to match up with the services and some info that was provided.

The email

Here’s what got me. The email was sent from superbmediaservices at a Gmail account. If this was being sent from a marketing firm you think they’d have an email address associated with their business right? Yeah i thought the same thing.

email text

What gets me about the email is that they tend to use keywords to pull people in. The email states that if you have more engagement you may have more brand deals. I know many people hope for this but I liked how they kept on with how they could increase your following thanks to their sponsorships.

Here’s what I’ve learned

So I did some digging and found out that this site is real as I mentioned before but what gets me is when you view the site it’s basically one page.

It has the basic info people are looking for. Their services range from $699 up to $2,300 (USD).
The follower count is from 10 thousand up to 200 thousand followers. All the services claim to help get your account verified with Instagram.

The funny thing is that when you scroll the page they have a number of brands they worth with. A majority of them seemed to be magazines. Many popular ones I might add. They claim they have helped them grow their following.

I’d think most popular magazines wouldn’t need to pay for services like these. I would assume they can gain followers on their own.

Here’s what didn’t make sense

So as I said at the start of this post I a few things that didn’t make sense in this email. The first being the non-branded (Gmail) email address.

Next when I checked the website I saw they did have a branded email address along with a contact us form embeded in the page. Yet it’s odd that they would send marketing emails via a free email service like Gmail.

Another thing I noticed was that i Goggled the phone number and according to Google it’s an Los Angeles based number. Granted New York has similar areas codes to L.A. but still the number shows up as being L.A. based.

The other thing I noticed was that none of the plans had a set number of days per plan or if the payment was monthly or annually.

is this service worth it?

I can’t say if it is or it isn’t. For me paying close to $700 for an undetermined trial period isn’t in my budget. I also don’t think I need the service to gain followers. I’m not a business. I’d rather gain followers on my own without having to pay out of pocket.

Being that the site email and website had varying info I would investigate this further if you can. Because there was no real info on how they accept payment. You also have to reach out to them via their contact us form if you are interested in their services. They can also reject your request if they feel you aren’t a good fit for their brand.

So in short just be weary with these types of marketing emails. They may not always be what they seem.