One of the Tests of the LetMeGo I18N Challenge

By
Alexander Torrenegra
 – February 23, 2010

This post is one of the tests for the candidates of the LetMeGo I18N Challenge. Because of the fun and social nature of this test, we have opted to make it public.

You have 24 hours after this post is published to deliver the expected results.

Objective: To determine how agile you are with social marketing tools.

Task: To create a new Twitter account and obtain the highest number of legitimate Twitter followers you can during the next 24 hours.

Deliverable: Post a comment to this post with a link to the Twitter account that your created. You can post it anonymously if you like. Additionally, please send us the same link via email to challenge [at] letmego [dot] com. Both deliverables are mandatory. Regardless of the time of your delivery, we will count the number of followers you get tomorrow at 10 AM US Standard Time.

Rules: The Twitter account you use should be brand new. You cannot use an existing Twitter account. All the details and tweets of the account should be in the language for which you are participating: Spanish or Portuguese.

Questions? Post them as a comment to this blog entry.

Have fun!

Update: Some people have argued that this test doesn’t properly measure the Internet marketing skills of the candidates. Well, I couldn’t agree more. This test is more about resourcefulness than Internet marketing. In fact, as I mentioned to the candidates over the weekend “Initially, our main sources of traffic will be search engine optimization and our referral program. Other efforts, like PR and PPC, may also help, but I wouldn’t bet too much on them.” – As you can see, I didn’t even mention Twitter there.

About the Author

Alexander is LetMeGo's co-founder and jefe. Here is his LetMeGo profile. You can follow him on Twitter @torrenegra.

196 Comments

  1. Victor Silva
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    Hi tweeters. Follow me all you porras out there and caras must follow me too.

    Coming to you from Sunny Portugal http://twitter.com/Me_liga_vai

    Let’s do it, vamos mostrar o que valemos.

  2. Matthias Borner
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:13 PM

    https://twitter.com/onde_ficar

    hugs,
    Matthias

  3. Daniel Rivera (Artehosting)
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    Hi!!! My Account in Twitter is: @letmego_espanol (http://www.twitter.com/letmego_espanol)

  4. Anonymous Challenger
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    http://twitter.com/Dr_Emmett_Brown

  5. Rita
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:47 PM

    Hello all,

    You are all welcome to visit my twitter account : http://twitter.com/101RitaTrips

    Since this acount was created especialy because of you all:)

    Good luck to all,

    Best regards

    Rita

  6. Pavel
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:56 PM

    Please Follow! ;)

    Conviertete en uno de mis seguidores! :

    http://twitter.com/vamonosdeviaje

  7. Juan Mendoza
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    Done created my twitter account

  8. Juan Mendoza
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    The link is https://twitter.com/viajeconletmego

  9. MARCELA
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    https://twitter.com/AmigosdePaseo

  10. Marisa Gomes
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:18 PM

    Hi,

    Please find above my link in Twitter.

    https://twitter.com/Vamos_Viajar

    Good luck for all the participants…

  11. JRM
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:21 PM

    My Twitter http://twitter.com/reservaya

    Question. “legitimate Twitter followers”
    Does SPAM – Have a small number of followers compared to the amount of people following – invalidate the legitimate Twitter followers?

    • Alexander Torrenegra
      Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM

      Hi JRM. No, it doesn’t (although I would not suggest it for a real Twitter account, of course).

      • Sergio
        Posted February 24, 2010 at 10:58 AM

        I’m a little bit disappointed with your answer here.

        In the end that will only hurt LetMeGo image.

      • Alexander Torrenegra
        Posted February 24, 2010 at 1:14 PM

        Indeed that may be the case If they are using “letmego” as part of their Twitter name. I didn’t expect so many people to use “letmego” as part of their Twitter name, though, as that doesn’t help them significantly. My mistake.

      • Sergio
        Posted February 24, 2010 at 1:49 PM

        it is not just a question of using letmego as part of their username. LetMeGo can be hurt because even with different names, those accounts are linked to a LetMeGo Challenge.

        And for lots of people that received 20 or 30 followers of accounts entering on the contest, LetMeGo is just a spammy competition, nothing more. and they don’t really wanna care about what LetMeGo brilliant concept really is and how it will change the way they will book hotels tomorrow.

      • Julie
        Posted February 24, 2010 at 2:11 PM

        Its only spam if you follow back.

  12. Claudia Sardinha
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    My link is http://twitter.com/_falaserio_
    And Let the Games Begin! :P

  13. Sam
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    http://twitter.com/desafioLetMeGo

  14. Milena Calzoni
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    Hello everyone! Here it is:

    http://twitter.com/easylodging

    Please follow me!;)

  15. Leobardo Alberto Rivera Lizarraga
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    Hi, here is the link to the twitter account that corresponds to the second test for the LetMeGo Challenge http://twitter.com/letmegoleobardo

    Saludos

  16. Regiane Ladeia
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:44 PM

    Hello Alex!

    Well, there I am at:

    https://twitter.com/Viaja_Nessa

  17. Renato Gnecco Moraes
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    Hello Alex, my Twitter Account to this test:

    http://twitter.com/LetMeGoBR

    • sergio
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:24 PM

      já existe

  18. orqs
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:58 PM

    Hello Hello!!

    The link to the twitter account I created for the #LetMeGoChallenge second test is:

    http://twitter.com/orqsLetMeGo

    Please follow Me!!

    Hola Hola!!

    El link para la cuenta de twitter que cree para la segunda prueba del #RetoLetMeGo es:

    http://twitter.com/orqsLetMeGo

    Siganme!!

  19. Sebastian
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:05 PM

    FOLLOW ME AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU !

    http://twitter.com/siguesocial

    FOLLOW ME AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU !

    Thanks !

  20. Ana
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:18 PM

    https://twitter.com/ImpulsodeViajar

  21. Barbara van Bebber
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    Dear LetMeGo,

    Here’s my link for the challenge:
    http://twitter.com/letmechallengeu

    Good luck to all of you!

    Regards,
    Barbara

    • sergio
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM

      in english????

  22. Victor Silva
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    Olá gente social. Queremos todo o mundo a seguir a LetMeGo, me deixem ir. Portanto me liga vai e liguem-se a mim http://twitter.com/Me_liga_vai

    Espero por todos e ajudo-vos a todos.

  23. pedromcorreia
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    Hi, my link is: http://twitter.com/vempassear

    I’m in competition! Do you think you will reach me? :)

  24. Sam
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    I just saw some data that hotel room utilization reached historic top rates in Brasil this summer. Good news!! (IT Data)

  25. Mauro
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:31 PM

    Hello everybody. I am up for the task and let´s see how it goes. If you wanna follow my team: http://www.twitter.com/viagemlivre

  26. Blake Webb
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM

    Here’s my twitter. Follow me to victory!

  27. Blake Webb
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM

    http://twitter.com/letmegoMEXICO
    follow me to victory

  28. Jorge Lopez
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 9:30 PM

    Hoy emprendemos el primer paso en un territorio desconocido…Vamos tropas, al ataque!

  29. Julie
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 9:43 PM

    HA HA HA What about suspended accounts?

  30. Javier Scher
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 9:45 PM

    Hi everybody !!!
    Follow me at: http://twitter.com/LetMeGoLatin

  31. Felipe
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM

    http://twitter.com/retoletmego

  32. Alan Ribeiro
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM

    Hi,

    I was stucked at the work, I could only join the contest now.
    My twitter:
    http://twitter.com/alanribeiros

  33. georgie
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    Hi Alex, my new twitter account: http://twitter.com/georgielop

  34. Alexander Torrenegra
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    Update: Some people have argued that this test doesn’t properly measure the Internet marketing skills of the candidates. Well, I couldn’t agree more. This test is more about resourcefulness than Internet marketing. In fact, as I mentioned to the candidates over the weekend “Initially, our main sources of traffic will be search engine optimization and our referral program. Other efforts, like PR and PPC, may also help, but I wouldn’t bet too much on them.” – As you can see, I didn’t even mention Twitter there.

    • Jorge Lopez
      Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:43 PM

      http://twitter.com/TravelLinc

      Well for me its a great excercise and Im glad to have this initiated social blogging through this LetMeGo challenge…..Thanks Team!

  35. Sergio Mejia Dussán
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:06 PM

    Siganme… http://twitter.com/desafio1000

  36. Victor Silva
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:30 PM

    Olá a todos.

    Cheguei http://twitter.com/Oestinoman

    Ajudem-me a chegar aonde ninguem chegou.

    Eu seguir-vos-ei também.

    Cumprimentos a todos.

  37. Dolores V
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    Mi nueva cuenta de twitter http://twitter.com/LolaElDesafio

  38. Gaston Mira
    Posted February 23, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    we have some problems with the other account so our new account is http://twitter.com/haylugarletmego

    cheers!
    good luck!

  39. Francisco Costa
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:15 AM

    aqui segue o meu http://twitter.com/let_me_win
    tenho tido bom feedback e já consegui aparecer em listas e vários RTs
    =)

    Espero que esta campanha seja um sucesso para o LetMeGo

    • Sérgio Nuno
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:47 AM

      Contamos contigo Francisco.. FORÇA NISSO!!

    • paulinho
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:48 AM

      quem é artista… é sempre um bom artista!!! :)

  40. Pedro Almeida
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:21 AM

    here’s my link

    http://twitter.com/LetMeGo_PT

  41. SOSMadeira
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    Help Madeira Island by supporting this cause!

  42. SOSMadeira
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:28 AM

    This is my link http://twitter.com/SOSMadeira

  43. Javier Scher
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:28 AM

    Twitter is having problems, I can´t search accounts.

    “Find on Twitter:
    Twitter is stressing out a bit right now, so this feature is temporarily disabled.”

    I being difficult to find followers with this issues.

    • SOSMadeira
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:34 AM

      that’s because you added already the most possible ones

    • SOSMadeira
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:34 AM

      you’ll have to wait ’some hours

    • Jorge Lopez
      Posted February 24, 2010 at 1:04 AM

      Hola Javi,

      trata de nuevo, pues se supone que el sistem de twitter es muy sefuro.

      Jorge

  44. SOSMadeira
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:29 AM

    Add us in your twitter account for a really good cause!!!!!!!!!http://twitter.com/SOSMadeira

  45. SOSMadeira
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:35 AM

    Follow me and I ollow you

  46. Rachel
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:49 AM

    My Twitter account is https://twitter.com/rachelrjbr

  47. Sebastian Perez
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 12:53 AM

    FOLLOW ME AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU !

    http://twitter.com/siguesocial

    FOLLOW ME AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU !

    I don’t care if you are participating for spanish or portuguese. I like you all !

  48. Blake Webb
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 1:49 AM

    FOLLOW ME AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU. You will be added immediately if you add me.
    http://twitter.com/letmegoMEXICO

  49. John Daugherty
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 2:05 AM

    http://twitter.com/Latinos_a_Salvo

    Murphy (from Murphy’s Law) was our IT tech for the day. Sorry to join everyone so late. Finally able to access the link this evening after being without internet for the day.

  50. Pablo Ferreiro
    Posted February 24, 2010 at 2:14 AM

    Hi Everyone!

    My team decided to differentiate by promoting the Haiti relief awareness. We encouraged everyone to join and get to 1,000 followers in 24 hours!

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