Comments on: Twitter’s DOS Attack (And Why Social Media Sucks)

By: Arlan Laroya

Arlan Laroya — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:04:38 +0000

Thanks so much for that timely reminder.

By: franjeanes

franjeanes — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:14:42 +0000

Never put all your eggs in one basket rings true for the Net, as in the real world. The old shotgun approach to using all forms of media is the only one that will enable you to be heard all the time. Thanks Michelle for the great reminder.

By: Blaine Bullman

Blaine Bullman — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:29 +0000

Twitter was just taken down again by a DDOS attack. This is happening fairly frequently now, today is wasn't down for long but other times it has been down for hours. I also totally agree we shouldn't be too reliant on any one service and I just recently talked about that too. Hopefully these attacks will stop, who knows what could happen is they keep occurring or get worse.

By: Blaine Bullman

Blaine Bullman — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:06 +0000

By: TwtrCoach

TwtrCoach — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:04:18 +0000

Back in the States again.

And I really enjoyed your article here gave me a couple perspective I need to think more about.

I agree that I am not either a big fan of pop-ups but it did not distract me to much. But I agree with Chuck that your pop-up came up rather fast. I will have to look into what Burnman mentioned here about 'WP Greet Box' not familiar with that.

But I see your point here as building several various Social Media Pillars around your blog. I guess here it can vary on what you like and what fits your niche best.

Since I took a break while I was on vacation it gives me a great opportunity to redefine some of my approach now. Just has to get out of this jet lag..

By: Jason Forthofer

Jason Forthofer — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:56:31 +0000

Great reminder! I've been at a few “Guru” conference who swear by using Web 2.0 sites to drive your business and dominating the serps with these pages. But, having your own site gives you all the control. Control is good.

By: pavlovcantbark

pavlovcantbark — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:42:27 +0000

I think you've hit the nail on the head – the problem is not social media per say, but trying to use social media as your only business model.

By: Laurel Nicolosi

Laurel Nicolosi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:44:14 +0000

I think you are right – if we spend ALL our time on social media – it is not easy to turn a profit by being social, because that is not what it is for….and then if Twitter or any of these goes down or gets deleted…too bad. Better to use this as ONE part of your marketing strategy. I have my own domain and I can put new content on whenever my business strategy changes. Thanks!

By: spraybooths

spraybooths — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:55:50 +0000

thanks for that michelle, I agree…. you must spread yourself far and wide in Social Media so you are not caught out.

By: strive4impact

strive4impact — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:23:44 +0000

"For the Sake of God's Green Earth, GET YOUR OWN DOMAIN!"

Amen, Amen, AMEN!

This should be required reading for anyone doing business online. I am constantly amazed at the number of people who say that they bought this or that course that says they don't need a web site. So they don't even own a domain.

They just send traffic from Adwords directly to some affiliate offer and hope and pray it works.

You're doing Internet Marketing but you don't have a web site? You don't even have a place to practice and see what MIGHT work?

That's just not a smart way to go (or grow).

GREAT Post Michelle!

Warmest,

Jonathan