via Is Twitter the New Linkedin? -social times
by Katie Kindelan
Pulling a page straight from the Charlie Sheen playbook, a prominent ad agency just hired its summer interns based on a search conducted solely through Twitter. First Charlie Sheen and now an established advertising firm, it begs the question: is Twitter #winning as the new LinkedIn?
Twitter, the real time social network better known for introducing random thoughts in 140 characters or less, may just be moving into a new market: job search tool.
Sheen, the troubled actor turned Twitter phenom, was the first to give the Twitter job search trend a boost earlier this month when he turned not to Careers.com, Monster.com or LinkedIn to advertise for an intern.
He sent a Tweet.
“I’m looking to hire a #winning INTERN with #TigerBlood. Apply here- http://bit.ly/hykQQF #TigerBloodIntern #internship #ad”
And 70,000 people applied to his #winning hashtag, while nearly 100,000 people clicked on the link in the first hour, AllTwitter reported at the time.
And now, one of the nation?s top ad agencies, Minneapolis-based Campbell Mithun, for the first time put its annual ?Lucky 13? internship search solely on Twitter, and got its largest response ever.
The agency last week announced the six interns handpicked from a pool of 425 applicants who ?submitted their resume,? ?interviewed,? and made their case for the 10-week, paid internship via 13 separate 140-character tweets on Twitter.
Applicants were asked to submit 13 ?career-launching Tweets? in 13 days, February 13-25, using the hashtag #L13. A ?Lucky 13 Twitter Response Team? of Campbell Mithum employees engaged with the applicants and narrowed the field down to 32, who were each interviewed via Skype.
The intern program is known as the Lucky 13 after the favorite number of a Campbell Mithum founder.
Campbell Mithun also created a Twitter feed with the handle @the_Lucky_13 to let other tweeters follow the process.
?Using Twitter gave our applicants the opportunity to showcase their digital understanding and creativity, while highlighting their personality and passion for advertising,? Debbie Fischer, Campbell Mithun?s vice president and human resources manager, said in a statement.
Applicants also interacted with one another on Twitter, showcasing their ?public engagement with each other and the industry,? Fischer said.
Enabling that engagement gives a point to Twitter, but is the site serious enough to use as a human resources tool, or is it just a tool for companies anxious to make a splash?
Twitter does have 190 million users; offers access to big decision-makers most job-seekers would never have; and, did we mention it has more than 190 million users?
Charlie Sheen, after all, picked up 675,000 followers less than 12 hours after sending his first-ever tweet, #winning hashtag and all.
But that is also a reminder it is Twitter, the site that gives voice to #winning and #tigerblood and enables you to know when Kim Kardashian wakes up, or Ashton Kutcher brushes his teeth.
Tell us what you think. Is Twitter the right forum for a job search? Can it #win over LinkedIn?
via Is Twitter the New Linkedin? -social times
by Katie Kindelan
Pulling a page straight from the Charlie Sheen playbook, a prominent ad agency just hired its summer interns based on a search conducted solely through Twitter. First Charlie Sheen and now an established advertising firm, it begs the question: is Twitter #winning as the new LinkedIn?
Twitter, the real time social network better known for introducing random thoughts in 140 characters or less, may just be moving into a new market: job search tool.
Sheen, the troubled actor turned Twitter phenom, was the first to give the Twitter job search trend a boost earlier this month when he turned not to Careers.com, Monster.com or LinkedIn to advertise for an intern.
He sent a Tweet.
“I’m looking to hire a #winning INTERN with #TigerBlood. Apply here- http://bit.ly/hykQQF #TigerBloodIntern #internship #ad”
And 70,000 people applied to his #winning hashtag, while nearly 100,000 people clicked on the link in the first hour, AllTwitter reported at the time.
And now, one of the nation?s top ad agencies, Minneapolis-based Campbell Mithun, for the first time put its annual ?Lucky 13? internship search solely on Twitter, and got its largest response ever.
The agency last week announced the six interns handpicked from a pool of 425 applicants who ?submitted their resume,? ?interviewed,? and made their case for the 10-week, paid internship via 13 separate 140-character tweets on Twitter.
Applicants were asked to submit 13 ?career-launching Tweets? in 13 days, February 13-25, using the hashtag #L13. A ?Lucky 13 Twitter Response Team? of Campbell Mithum employees engaged with the applicants and narrowed the field down to 32, who were each interviewed via Skype.
The intern program is known as the Lucky 13 after the favorite number of a Campbell Mithum founder.
Campbell Mithun also created a Twitter feed with the handle @the_Lucky_13 to let other tweeters follow the process.
?Using Twitter gave our applicants the opportunity to showcase their digital understanding and creativity, while highlighting their personality and passion for advertising,? Debbie Fischer, Campbell Mithun?s vice president and human resources manager, said in a statement.
Applicants also interacted with one another on Twitter, showcasing their ?public engagement with each other and the industry,? Fischer said.
Enabling that engagement gives a point to Twitter, but is the site serious enough to use as a human resources tool, or is it just a tool for companies anxious to make a splash?
Twitter does have 190 million users; offers access to big decision-makers most job-seekers would never have; and, did we mention it has more than 190 million users?
Charlie Sheen, after all, picked up 675,000 followers less than 12 hours after sending his first-ever tweet, #winning hashtag and all.
But that is also a reminder it is Twitter, the site that gives voice to #winning and #tigerblood and enables you to know when Kim Kardashian wakes up, or Ashton Kutcher brushes his teeth.
Tell us what you think. Is Twitter the right forum for a job search? Can it #win over LinkedIn?
Should Twitter Close Down @freeNYTimes? -by Catherine P. Taylor
As I write this, an interesting signpost in the advancement of social media and paywalls is upon us. To continue my theme of absolute obsession with The New York Times’ new paywall, today I want to talk about whether Twitter has, or should, shut down the Twitter feed @freeNYTimes. It’s an automated account that promises to tweet a link to every article in the Times, using the paper’s own API to make the trick happen.
This is significant because one of the paywall’s many holes is that even people who have reached their 20-story monthly limit for free content can read Times’ content endlessly if they got to the site via links shared on social media. Enter Twitter, which is one of the most efficient ways to use social media to jump over the wall. (I should point out that the account has gotten more publicity than traction; it currently has just over 550 followers.)
Here at about 10:30 in the morning, all I know for sure is that the Times has made the request that Twitter shut down the account — but. there’s no indication on the @freeNYTimes Twitter page, or from Twitter, that the paper’s request has actually been acted upon. However, in a sign of, yes, the times, it looks like the newspaper is exploiting its own loophole to ask Twitter to shut the account down; it is making the claim that the account violates the Times’ trademark. (Update: A Twitter spokesperson said this afternoon: “For privacy reasons,
we don’t comment on actions taken against specific user accounts. But I can confirm that the @freeNYTimes account has been suspended.”
Meanwhile, the mirror account @freeUnnamedNews is still up and running. Its owner tweeted: “While I straighten out @freeNYTimes with Twitter, youcan follow @freeUnnamedNews, which doesn’t contain a trademarked term!”)
Still, trademark violations to one side, let’s focus on @freeNYTimes’ redistribution of Times links. On that basis, should Twitter shut down this site? Or the broader question: should Twitter be in the business of protecting paywall content in the first place?
In the case of the Times, the second question, in fact, doesn’t even apply. The paper has already stated that social media sharing is A-OK. So, while it may not exactly be, well, nice for someone to share all the links — as a way of making a statement that content should be free, or as an annoying little techno-prank — it’s not against the rules. However, as paywalls start to emerge throughout the online newspaper industry, what should Twitter’s, or Facebook’s, policy be towards such quasi-illicit link-sharing?
To argue the point, let’s try this view of content on for size: content should be free only if its owner thinks it should be. We all know having your content free, and free to distribute, is just fine when you’re a marketer, or CNN.com, or Gawker, or The Huffington Post. They’ve decided where their place in the marketplace is, and that’s as free providers of content, be it JetBlue’s Twitter feed, or the ad-supported route that some of the Web’s most popular content sites follow.
The Times however, has decided to assign a specific value to its content and that makes the account, pretty much a conduit for “theft” — as one commenter on @jeffbercovici’s Forbes blog mused. But theft with a social media loophole, which puts it in the same category of, say, someone who, having coveted a fleece hoodie in the school lost-and-found for weeks on end, simply decides one day to take it. If that’s not wrong, it’s not exactly right, either.
But we’re not high-schoolers. We shouldn’t be engaging in the theft of hoodies or content, or engaging in premeditated loophole exploitation, which is what @freeNYTimes essentially is doing. Even if, technically, the account isn’t doing anything wrong in sharing links, my sense is Twitter should seriously consider whether such accounts should be accorded a home on Twitter.
I have left out of this discussion the fact that @freeNYTimes has apparently already set up another account @freeUnnamedNews, which mirrors the other account without the pesky trademark exploitation. While this move should be expected, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is how Twitter handles shared content that will increasingly sit on the far side of a paywall, and whether it sides with the “content is meant to be free” mob, or the content providers that help make Twitter what it is. If that sounds like a loaded way to put it, it’s purely intentional.
Should Twitter Close Down @freeNYTimes? -by Catherine P. Taylor
As I write this, an interesting signpost in the advancement of social media and paywalls is upon us. To continue my theme of absolute obsession with The New York Times’ new paywall, today I want to talk about whether Twitter has, or should, shut down the Twitter feed @freeNYTimes. It’s an automated account that promises to tweet a link to every article in the Times, using the paper’s own API to make the trick happen.
This is significant because one of the paywall’s many holes is that even people who have reached their 20-story monthly limit for free content can read Times’ content endlessly if they got to the site via links shared on social media. Enter Twitter, which is one of the most efficient ways to use social media to jump over the wall. (I should point out that the account has gotten more publicity than traction; it currently has just over 550 followers.)
Here at about 10:30 in the morning, all I know for sure is that the Times has made the request that Twitter shut down the account — but. there’s no indication on the @freeNYTimes Twitter page, or from Twitter, that the paper’s request has actually been acted upon. However, in a sign of, yes, the times, it looks like the newspaper is exploiting its own loophole to ask Twitter to shut the account down; it is making the claim that the account violates the Times’ trademark. (Update: A Twitter spokesperson said this afternoon: “For privacy reasons,
we don’t comment on actions taken against specific user accounts. But I can confirm that the @freeNYTimes account has been suspended.”
Meanwhile, the mirror account @freeUnnamedNews is still up and running. Its owner tweeted: “While I straighten out @freeNYTimes with Twitter, youcan follow @freeUnnamedNews, which doesn’t contain a trademarked term!”)
Still, trademark violations to one side, let’s focus on @freeNYTimes’ redistribution of Times links. On that basis, should Twitter shut down this site? Or the broader question: should Twitter be in the business of protecting paywall content in the first place?
In the case of the Times, the second question, in fact, doesn’t even apply. The paper has already stated that social media sharing is A-OK. So, while it may not exactly be, well, nice for someone to share all the links — as a way of making a statement that content should be free, or as an annoying little techno-prank — it’s not against the rules. However, as paywalls start to emerge throughout the online newspaper industry, what should Twitter’s, or Facebook’s, policy be towards such quasi-illicit link-sharing?
To argue the point, let’s try this view of content on for size: content should be free only if its owner thinks it should be. We all know having your content free, and free to distribute, is just fine when you’re a marketer, or CNN.com, or Gawker, or The Huffington Post. They’ve decided where their place in the marketplace is, and that’s as free providers of content, be it JetBlue’s Twitter feed, or the ad-supported route that some of the Web’s most popular content sites follow.
The Times however, has decided to assign a specific value to its content and that makes the account, pretty much a conduit for “theft” — as one commenter on @jeffbercovici’s Forbes blog mused. But theft with a social media loophole, which puts it in the same category of, say, someone who, having coveted a fleece hoodie in the school lost-and-found for weeks on end, simply decides one day to take it. If that’s not wrong, it’s not exactly right, either.
But we’re not high-schoolers. We shouldn’t be engaging in the theft of hoodies or content, or engaging in premeditated loophole exploitation, which is what @freeNYTimes essentially is doing. Even if, technically, the account isn’t doing anything wrong in sharing links, my sense is Twitter should seriously consider whether such accounts should be accorded a home on Twitter.
I have left out of this discussion the fact that @freeNYTimes has apparently already set up another account @freeUnnamedNews, which mirrors the other account without the pesky trademark exploitation. While this move should be expected, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is how Twitter handles shared content that will increasingly sit on the far side of a paywall, and whether it sides with the “content is meant to be free” mob, or the content providers that help make Twitter what it is. If that sounds like a loaded way to put it, it’s purely intentional.
There are a lot of apps for Twitter in the marketplace that is being used and every day there are new apps developed. Today, with no exception, I discovered an app that I had not seen before call Qwitter.
For those who do not know about Qwitter, it is a service that emails you every time someone unfollows you on Twitter. This email will display their name and the last tweet that you sent that may have caused the person to unfollow you.
According to Qwitter?s website another advantage of the service is that it helps you identify Twitter spammers and spam bots
The site states: ?Whether you are an individual or a business you can use Qwitter to expand your social media analytics.? And if you If you are sad about being unfollowed you can visit their other site called Qwitter Therapy. I am still working on understanding Quitter Therapy. This will be for another day.
The bottom-line is that Twitter is great at telling you when you gain followers, but they never tell you about your unfollowers! Qwitter does all of the dirty work for Twitter.
Of course that is an upgrade to the account if you want more capabilities. The cost is reasonable if you really want the extra service at $4.99 per year.
James Roughton is very passionate about developing an effective Social Network Process for Small Businesses. I am on a journey of discovery and want to spread the word about the Social Network Jungle, and other related-Social Marketing ideas.
I am an Inbound Marketing Certified Professional, Inbound Marketing Educator, freelance author, blogger, Social Media Marketing Strategist, Technical Trainer, Safety Professional, on-line entrepreneur and social networking guru. He loves to help individuals and small businesses develop WordPress Websites that can navigate and explore the Social Network Jungle one step at a Time. You can subscribe to his blog at:
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There are a lot of apps for Twitter in the marketplace that is being used and every day there are new apps developed. Today, with no exception, I discovered an app that I had not seen before call Qwitter.
For those who do not know about Qwitter, it is a service that emails you every time someone unfollows you on Twitter. This email will display their name and the last tweet that you sent that may have caused the person to unfollow you.
According to Qwitter?s website another advantage of the service is that it helps you identify Twitter spammers and spam bots
The site states: ?Whether you are an individual or a business you can use Qwitter to expand your social media analytics.? And if you If you are sad about being unfollowed you can visit their other site called Qwitter Therapy. I am still working on understanding Quitter Therapy. This will be for another day.
The bottom-line is that Twitter is great at telling you when you gain followers, but they never tell you about your unfollowers! Qwitter does all of the dirty work for Twitter.
Of course that is an upgrade to the account if you want more capabilities. The cost is reasonable if you really want the extra service at $4.99 per year.
James Roughton is very passionate about developing an effective Social Network Process for Small Businesses. I am on a journey of discovery and want to spread the word about the Social Network Jungle, and other related-Social Marketing ideas.
I am an Inbound Marketing Certified Professional, Inbound Marketing Educator, freelance author, blogger, Social Media Marketing Strategist, Technical Trainer, Safety Professional, on-line entrepreneur and social networking guru. He loves to help individuals and small businesses develop WordPress Websites that can navigate and explore the Social Network Jungle one step at a Time. You can subscribe to his blog at:
Visit my website for addition material James Roughton
Follow me on:
If you love Google Alerts then you will love the Twitter alert service called TweetBeep. TweetBeep has several options, FREE, which I us, and a premium service you have to pay for. The FREE version works just fine for me.
TweetBeep is great for keeping track of all conversations that mention you, your brand, your company, and keywords that you specify automatically.
It is easy to get started. All you have to do is create an account, as always, verify your account from an email that you will review and then you are on your way.
To set up a New Keyword Alert, all you have to do is create your alert using a Keyword or Phrase that you choose, pick the type of alert you want, (#) hash tags, mentions twitter username, determine frequency (in the FREE account there is only chose with is daily). You can use only one keyword or phrase per alert and exclude other keywords that you do not want to see (optional). I can see where excluding other keyword may be useful for filtering an alert.
This service can be great for your online branding and management of your account by capturing all of your @replies and @mentions. How about finding job mentions? This is a nice feature to keep on top of the job in your specialty that may be broadcasted on Twitter first. Just simply use the same keywords that you may use in a Google search.
As discussed, it all depends on the keywords that you identify to get the best results. Therefore, you may have to do some trial and error to get what you really want, as the alerts are editable.
I would say give it a try to see how you like it. Since it is FREE, what harm can it do?
Oh yes, as always there is an option to upgrade your account to TweetBeep Premium. This service is $20/month where you get 200 alerts, a 15 minute alert option, and no advertisements.
James Roughton is very passionate about developing an effective Social Network Process for Small Businesses. I am on a journey of discovery and want to spread the word about the Social Network Jungle, and other related-Social Marketing ideas.
I am an Inbound Marketing Certified Professional, Inbound Marketing Educator, freelance author, blogger, Social Media Marketing Strategist, Technical Trainer, Safety Professional, on-line entrepreneur and social networking guru. He loves to help individuals and small businesses develop WordPress Websites that can navigate and explore the Social Network Jungle one step at a Time. You can subscribe to his blog at:
Visit my website for addition material James Roughton
Follow me on:
If you love Google Alerts then you will love the Twitter alert service called TweetBeep. TweetBeep has several options, FREE, which I us, and a premium service you have to pay for. The FREE version works just fine for me.
TweetBeep is great for keeping track of all conversations that mention you, your brand, your company, and keywords that you specify automatically.
It is easy to get started. All you have to do is create an account, as always, verify your account from an email that you will review and then you are on your way.
To set up a New Keyword Alert, all you have to do is create your alert using a Keyword or Phrase that you choose, pick the type of alert you want, (#) hash tags, mentions twitter username, determine frequency (in the FREE account there is only chose with is daily). You can use only one keyword or phrase per alert and exclude other keywords that you do not want to see (optional). I can see where excluding other keyword may be useful for filtering an alert.
This service can be great for your online branding and management of your account by capturing all of your @replies and @mentions. How about finding job mentions? This is a nice feature to keep on top of the job in your specialty that may be broadcasted on Twitter first. Just simply use the same keywords that you may use in a Google search.
As discussed, it all depends on the keywords that you identify to get the best results. Therefore, you may have to do some trial and error to get what you really want, as the alerts are editable.
I would say give it a try to see how you like it. Since it is FREE, what harm can it do?
Oh yes, as always there is an option to upgrade your account to TweetBeep Premium. This service is $20/month where you get 200 alerts, a 15 minute alert option, and no advertisements.
James Roughton is very passionate about developing an effective Social Network Process for Small Businesses. I am on a journey of discovery and want to spread the word about the Social Network Jungle, and other related-Social Marketing ideas.
I am an Inbound Marketing Certified Professional, Inbound Marketing Educator, freelance author, blogger, Social Media Marketing Strategist, Technical Trainer, Safety Professional, on-line entrepreneur and social networking guru. He loves to help individuals and small businesses develop WordPress Websites that can navigate and explore the Social Network Jungle one step at a Time. You can subscribe to his blog at:
Visit my website for addition material James Roughton
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Have you heard of paper.li? paper.li is a new beta service that I just found. This site allows you to create and publish a newspaper using all of your links/articles that have been shared in your twitter account for the past 24 hours. The nice part of this is that the newspaper is updated every 24 hours based on new links/articles tweeted in your account.
The way that I understand the concept as of this writing is that you will see published links/articles from all of your followers and the users that you follow.
You can create your newspaper using the following options:
The cool thing is that paper.li will organize your links/articles shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. This is a great way to stay on top of all that is shared by the people you follow, even if you are not connected 24/7!
To see my newspaper that I have created using my twitter name, you can check it out on my website. Click on the Social Network Jungle and then click on Twitter News in the menu. You will note that I have linked the newspaper to my website via a WordPress plugin.
I hope that you enjoy this quick post outlining paper.li. I think that it is a great find and the best thing about it is that the service is FREE.
You can find me at:
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/jamesroughton
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesroughtoncsp
Website: Social Network Jungle
Have you heard of paper.li? paper.li is a new beta service that I just found. This site allows you to create and publish a newspaper using all of your links/articles that have been shared in your twitter account for the past 24 hours. The nice part of this is that the newspaper is updated every 24 hours based on new links/articles tweeted in your account.
The way that I understand the concept as of this writing is that you will see published links/articles from all of your followers and the users that you follow.
You can create your newspaper using the following options:
The cool thing is that paper.li will organize your links/articles shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. This is a great way to stay on top of all that is shared by the people you follow, even if you are not connected 24/7!
To see my newspaper that I have created using my twitter name, you can check it out on my website. Click on the Social Network Jungle and then click on Twitter News in the menu. You will note that I have linked the newspaper to my website via a WordPress plugin.
I hope that you enjoy this quick post outlining paper.li. I think that it is a great find and the best thing about it is that the service is FREE.
You can find me at:
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/jamesroughton
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesroughtoncsp
Website: Social Network Jungle
Hey Guy’s and Gal’s,
Oops! Twitter is down, but wait, it's only something Technically wrong
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything main stream about Twitter, but over the past few weeks, since the rollout of the new app, “Twitter Places” Twitter has found, more times than not, that trying to keep up with “The Jones” or trying to “Stay Ahead of The Curve” has put another twist in the mix.
And that twist is “Servability” ok, maybe that’s not quite the right word, but lately, at least from a users perspective, when they go to Twitter to post a tweet or reply to a friends tweet, they get the “Oops something is technically wrong message”.
Now I don’t know about you, but being a business owner, the “Oops!” just doesn’t cut it, when you’re up against a schedule and your time is very important.
You can have all the Twitter Tools, Tips and resources to help make your marketing efforts work together for the benefit of yourself and your followers, but if Twitter is down, then all the other apps are too.
So, what do you do when Twitter is down, and the “Fail Whale” swims into your harbor?
I know many of you have more than one marketing avenue in the mix, so what do you do when you have all these social media networks all tied together and one of those sites goes down?
What do you have in your arsenal that is tried, tested and approved to never let you down?
Until next time.
Have a wonderful day,
Tim
Hey Guy’s and Gal’s,
Oops! Twitter is down, but wait, it's only something Technically wrong
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything main stream about Twitter, but over the past few weeks, since the rollout of the new app, “Twitter Places” Twitter has found, more times than not, that trying to keep up with “The Jones” or trying to “Stay Ahead of The Curve” has put another twist in the mix.
And that twist is “Servability” ok, maybe that’s not quite the right word, but lately, at least from a users perspective, when they go to Twitter to post a tweet or reply to a friends tweet, they get the “Oops something is technically wrong message”.
Now I don’t know about you, but being a business owner, the “Oops!” just doesn’t cut it, when you’re up against a schedule and your time is very important.
You can have all the Twitter Tools, Tips and resources to help make your marketing efforts work together for the benefit of yourself and your followers, but if Twitter is down, then all the other apps are too.
So, what do you do when Twitter is down, and the “Fail Whale” swims into your harbor?
I know many of you have more than one marketing avenue in the mix, so what do you do when you have all these social media networks all tied together and one of those sites goes down?
What do you have in your arsenal that is tried, tested and approved to never let you down?
Until next time.
Have a wonderful day,
Tim
Hey Guy’s and Gal’s from the Twitter Watchdog Universe,
You may have noticed a little down time this morning if you attempted to access Twitter.
And low and behold, the AP from New York had this to say,
NEW YORK ? The micro blogging site Twitter Inc. was out of commission for a couple of hours early Sunday for some of the roughly 100 million users around the world.
Instead of the usual screen that allows people to send a tweet, the home page indicated the site was down for “planned maintenance” but was expected to be back in a few hours.
It was accompanied by a cartoon.
According to a status website run by the San Francisco-based company, Twitter’s hosting provider, NTT America, was to start the maintenance at 2 a.m. EDT Sunday and it was to last about five hours.
Some tweets appeared to start moving again after about 90 minutes but some users were still unable to send messages hours later.
Ok, now that, that is over with, many people are still unable to access their twitter accounts, which I was one until about an hour ago. (I hope your account was ok)
Now we all know that planned maintenance is always good (for any business) but from what I’ve heard this has impacted many companies who use twitter primarily for customer support. If that’s you, then you can see the impact this may have your business.
Now I’m all for using Twitter for business, but it’s always good to have a backup plan, just in-case of situations like this.
What backup plan do you have in place for your business?
We’d love to hear your comments.
Have a wonderful day.
-By Timothy Caron @TimothyCaron
Hey Guy’s and Gal’s from the Twitter Watchdog Universe,
You may have noticed a little down time this morning if you attempted to access Twitter.
And low and behold, the AP from New York had this to say,
NEW YORK ? The micro blogging site Twitter Inc. was out of commission for a couple of hours early Sunday for some of the roughly 100 million users around the world.
Instead of the usual screen that allows people to send a tweet, the home page indicated the site was down for “planned maintenance” but was expected to be back in a few hours.
It was accompanied by a cartoon.
According to a status website run by the San Francisco-based company, Twitter’s hosting provider, NTT America, was to start the maintenance at 2 a.m. EDT Sunday and it was to last about five hours.
Some tweets appeared to start moving again after about 90 minutes but some users were still unable to send messages hours later.
Ok, now that, that is over with, many people are still unable to access their twitter accounts, which I was one until about an hour ago. (I hope your account was ok)
Now we all know that planned maintenance is always good (for any business) but from what I’ve heard this has impacted many companies who use twitter primarily for customer support. If that’s you, then you can see the impact this may have your business.
Now I’m all for using Twitter for business, but it’s always good to have a backup plan, just in-case of situations like this.
What backup plan do you have in place for your business?
We’d love to hear your comments.
Have a wonderful day.
-By Timothy Caron @TimothyCaron