Meek Mill trying to use his celebrity to leverage a discount from a small business

[Don Jesus]

1. $500 is straight because the shoes are $501 on StockX which doesnt count shipping or tax

2. Celeb shoutouts on IG dont work, the IG algorithm doesnt favor it (only 10% of meek’s followers will see it, only 3% will care and maybe 1% will follow) you’d be lucky to get 200 followers at best from it, even from Meek’s millions of followers.

3. celebs don’t know how to shout people out. A “follow (insert ig name)” does not work. You have to make a lengthy Instagram post promoting the business for people to give a fukk. People know a pity shout out when they see one and will skip it

4. all these modern day sneaker vendors sell the same 20 to 30 current hype sneakers theres absolutely no individuality between any of them so promoting one of them has absolutely no purpose because what makes them different than the thousands of others. stockx monopolized the originality out of most sneaker mom and pop vendors

5. Black people need to stop letting black celebs bully them into discounts they ain't doing that corny shyt at the Gucci store or Louis Vuitton don’t let them do it to you. Rappers are predators/vultures that have no integrity and black business owners need to stop taking that shyt from them and prioritize your business management over a hollow celebrity shout-out that won’t mean shyt at the end of the day but maybe an extra 150 followers

Meek is stupid, hence his role as a rapper rather than an entrepreneur. His advice lacks depth

 

[Braman]

The sneaker reseller community don't need his or another person's celebrity status though, so there's no advantage for the seller to give him a discount. Most of them are about the flip for the highest value. The sneakers sell themselves, the market sets the value. These ain't stores, these are individuals.

He knew he was losing that one, which is why he paid for it.

That’s silly. But to be expected from shoe culture which is goofy anyway

Unlike what hype beasts would like to believe sneakers arent some holy grail it’s a product like no other. By for 1, sell for 2. Of COURSE he could use celebrity promo. ESPECIALLY when the sneaker game is so fickle and built on perception, trust, word of mouth, and hype

Lol @ a 24 million customer base and your reply is ‘Mm don’t need it’.

Tell that to people in real estate, celeb doctors, etc who use celebrity promo and they’re making a shyt ton more than a dime a dozen shoe reseller

 

[NoirDynosaur]

1. $500 is straight because the shoes are $501 on StockX which doesnt count shipping or tax

2. Celeb shoutouts on IG dont work, the IG algorithm doesnt favor it (only 10% of meek’s followers will see it, only 3% will care and maybe 1% will follow) you’d be lucky to get 200 followers at best from it, even from Meek’s millions of followers.

3. celebs don’t know how to shout people out. A “follow (insert ig name)” does not work. You have to make a lengthy Instagram post promoting the business for people to give a fukk. People know a pity shout out when they see one and will skip it

4. all these modern day sneaker vendors sell the same 20 to 30 current hype sneakers theres absolutely no individuality between any of them so promoting one of them has absolutely no purpose because what makes them different than the thousands of others. stockx monopolized the originality out of most sneaker mom and pop vendors

5. Black people need to stop letting black celebs bully them into discounts they ain't doing that corny shyt at the Gucci store or Louis Vuitton don’t let them do it to you. Rappers are predators/vultures that have no integrity and black business owners need to stop taking that shyt from them and prioritize your business management over a hollow celebrity shout-out that won’t mean shyt at the end of the day but maybe an extra 150 followers

Meek is stupid, hence his role as a rapper rather than an entrepreneur. His advice lacks depth

Yeah this is 2010's game

In this day and age, paying for promotion is the game for getting reach. Organic reach died a while ago on IG.

The more money paid, the more notoriety

If Meek wants to be an entrepreneur, he needs to do a lot of marketing on Tik Tok. At least on Tik Tok, the engagement is alive

 

[Braman]

1. $500 is straight because the shoes are $501 on StockX which doesnt count shipping or tax

2. Celeb shoutouts on IG dont work, the IG algorithm doesnt favor it (only 10% of meek’s followers will see it, only 3% will care and maybe 1% will follow) you’d be lucky to get 200 followers at best from it, even from Meek’s millions of followers.

1% of 24M is 240k

3. celebs don’t know how to shout people out. A “follow (insert ig name)” does not work. You have to make a lengthy Instagram post promoting the business for people to give a fukk. People know a pity shout out when they see one and will skip it

You sound outdated champ. Meek don’t even need to say a word. A post on his story linking to dudes page is gold alone. This is not 2004 a rapper doing a mixtape drop on Smack dvd

4. all these modern day sneaker vendors sell the same 20 to 30 current hype sneakers theres absolutely no individuality between any of them so promoting one of them has absolutely no purpose because what makes them different than the thousands of others. stockx monopolized the originality out of most sneaker mom and pop vendors

You’re not promoting the singular product. You’re increasing your image, trust, and brand. People buy from stockX bc they trust it. And the sneaker game is literal children it’s impressionable af. What’s good enough for Meek will be good enough for them. You also aren’t taking into account an ongoing relationship. Multiple discount/free shoes for Meek, multiple ‘drops’ , multiple times his 24M followers see you supplying him.

5. Black people need to stop letting black celebs bully them into discounts they ain't doing that corny shyt at the Gucci store or Louis Vuitton don’t let them do it to you. Rappers are predators/vultures that have no integrity and black business owners need to stop taking that shyt from them and prioritize your business management over a hollow celebrity shout-out that won’t mean shyt at the end of the day but maybe an extra 150 followers

Meek is stupid, hence his role as a rapper rather than an entrepreneur. His advice lacks depth

Yea fukk all that 24m people is 24m people. BlAcK pEopLe need to stop being so emotional and think more long term. We focus too much on being ‘cool’. Folk thinking access to celebs via social media puts them on an equal financial pedestal. It don’t. How many dudes got their start by humbling themself? Sellin tapes out the trunk, I waited outside and rapped for such n such, etc. There rappers who STILL eat of giving away free product (Currensy)

 

[thaKEAF]

Meek is WOAT

 

[EastsideRio]

You can find some GATS on sale for less

“You should’ve spent it on some guns instead of Nike shoe wear” - Sheek Louch