What To Do When Twitter Is Down?
If you have been paying any attention, you heard that Twitter was hit by a denial-of-service attack, and people I know have been experiencing Twitter withdrawal.
So what do you do if you suddenly have all this extra time on your hands? Here are a few things you can do:
1. Write A New Blog Post. If you want to succeed with social networking, then you must blog. Your blog is the place that you can use to share tips, connect with your social networking connections on a deeper level and promote your expertise.
You should blog on a regular basis, so that you can share your blog posts on a regular basis.
2. Facebook. There are tons of things to do on Facebook – learn how to use an application you always wanted to use, update your group page, start your Fan Page or join my page
3. Re-write One Sales Page or Squeeze Page. You can always improve you on a sales page or squeeze page. Pick a page you haven’t updated in a while, and re-read it. Now make changes to make the page more compelling.
4. Write An Article. Write an article of interest to your target market and submit it to article directories to get more web site traffic!
5. Optimize Your Web Site For Search Engines. Find good keywords that your potential customers use to find your services and then use those keywords to optimize your web site.
Please comment and tell us what you did when Twitter was down!
August 6th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I always am updating my sites and networking on other social sites with people, it wasn’t too hard on me that Twitter went down but I did notice a small lack of interaction today because it is one thing I love to do each day. I love to look for new people to talk to and I was participating in a chat last night and wanted to see if there was a response. However all in all I didn’t get too many withdrawals :)
August 7th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
It’s amazing how Twitter being down threw so many of us into a tizzy. Since I had router trouble a few weeks ago, the first thing I did was check my ability to connect to other sites. (Facebook being temporarily down didn’t help things!) Then, I Googled the URL (which I always forget) for Twitter’s status blog, which reports even when Twitter is down. It’s just Twitter dot Status dot Com, by the way.
With Twitter down all morning, and me out all afternoon working with organizing clients, by the time I got home in the evening, I’d gone the better part of 24 hours without Twitter. I was far more upset about missing the incoming information (great links, smart opinions, etc.) than my inability to share things, but I did end up feeling like I’d been a bit of a ghost.
Biana’s suggestions are all excellent. To them, I’d add:
6. Explore a social networking site that’s growing in importance to your circle, one you probably normally neglect. Not only do I neglect LinkedIn, but I’m a member of an industry-specific network (Global Professional Organizers) for whom all I’ve done thus far is accept requests from my colleagues. Down time is the perfect opportunity to explore what other networking sites have to offer and evaluate their relative merits/demerits.
7. Check your links. As a professional organizer, of COURSE I already have this on my calendar as a scheduled periodic task, but if you don’t, go through your site periodically and test to make sure the links, especially links to outside companies, are still working. Affiliate links die, professional associations change their sites around. Make sure you’re up-to-date.
8. Reread your own e-newsletters for the past six months. Scan them for pseudo-promises you made to readers regarding subjects you would cover, get ideas for topics you might revisit (in the newsletter, your blog, or for an info product) and see what ideas you can brainstorm.
9. Send a personalized email to stay in touch. Email half a dozen old clients with your client folder or some old emails nearby. Instead of sending a broadcast, take time to make the inquiries personal and ask about business, family members and things you’d previously discussed. Remember the old saying, “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” Don’t just email clients and prospects, but consider sending a message to colleagues, strategic partners and people who’ve been supportive in the past. See what you can do (in your professional capacity or otherwise) to brighten someone’s day. Maybe it’ll bring revenue, maybe not. But it’s good karma.
10. Step away from the computer. Listen to the news on the radio. Get the latest gossip from a friend. Call a colleague to moan about whatever might be annoying each of you, and feel the tension ebb away.
And, of course, re-read just about anything Biana’s ever written, because it all rocks. :-)
August 18th, 2009 at 6:18 am
When twitter is down, I usually use other social networking site like facebook. Then I am also into writing articles and reply emails in order to maximize my time and be more productive.