Fast Company’s Influence Project

Jul 15, 2010 by mandeewidrick

Okay, so maybe I don’t have 50 gazillion followers on Twitter. I don’t even have 1,000 Facebook fans yet. But what I do have is big vision.

Mark Hultgren posted a comment to my Google Buzz this past week that got my attention. He said, “You’re more influential than you think” along with a web link. Hmm, that’s gotta be good, right? I clicked it and found myself at Fast Company’s new Influence Project, which is giving online users the opportunity to have their photo featured in their November issue. A free PR stunt for myself? Well where do I sign up??

I was immediately intrigued by the concept of this project. In fact, I quickly discovered it was a popularity contest. Once I registered, I was provided a unique URL to share with my online followers that would show just how much influence I had on the internet. The best part? My picture would get increasingly larger with each click, and the one who had the most clicks and signups would be awarded the title of 2010′s Most Influential Person Online.

Alright, my competitive senses have kicked in. Like I said, I don’t have all of the followers that the other big-wigs have, but who cares? Within 3 days of joining, I’m already at a ranking of 92 out of over 11,000 participants. SAY WHAT? Yeah, I must be doing something right!

So guess what, now I need YOU. My goal is to be ranked in the top 10 (winning at #1 is a stretch, but that would rock too!) and I really need your help to get there. And it’s so easy to help, all you have to do is click this link:

http://mandeewidrick.com/influence

That’s it! If you register while you’re there, that’s even better and increases my rankings also. Then when people sign up under YOUR referral link, I get credit from them too! It’s really awesome!

Now that you’ve clicked the link, I would be so grateful if you’d share this post on all of your social media profiles. Retweet, buzz, share on Facebook, the whole works. Help me win this thang!!