If Facebook is a hurtin’ pup….do not lose hope! Check out these ideas.
Unless you’ve fossilized into a rather unhappy clam and haven’t seen the light of day yet today, you are probably aware that as of now, Facebook has been experiencing a whole host of issues. I’ve read updates about this in:
- WSJ: The Facebook ‘Status Update’ Problem Isn’t Just You
- Mashable: Facebook Suffers Sitewide Errors for Many Users
- TechCrunch: Facebook Experiences Partial Outage On Desktop And Mobile
- ABCNews: Facebook Users Experience Status Update Problems Today
So….what to do?
Well let’s see.
The first thing one can consider is searching for sites that relay if other sites are down!
These sites are excellent to determine whether its just you and/or your connectivity…or if it’s part of a bigger problem that you might not know about.
But! What IF, well, what IF the problem is out of your hands? And you simply have to wait for it to be fixed? What then?
Well, you can choose to take that time you’d normally use for checking FB/updates/etc and:
- Sketch out the next month or two in your calendar. I myself use Google Calendar, and I used some of this free time to lay out my next two paid web ticket events (Holiday marketing and Monetizing Free Facebook groups) plus think about December as well.
- Okay, FB is down…turn on a dime and use other social resources! There’s Google+, there’s Twitter…. if you currently network with your colleagues via some of these platforms, you can focus your time there (need a primer about Google+ ? Check out A PRIMER ON GOOGLE+: THE GREATEST THING SINCE THE LAST GREAT THING for a great starting point!).
- Write that infoproduct/report/etc. you’ve been keeping on the shelves. We all have that to-do list whose only purpose in life is to taunt us because it never gets done. Well, guess what gentle reader – now you have no excuse! Go forth…and make it happen
The above are simply 3 profitable actions you can implement when key crucial resources go down. And honestly…I could close this post right now, but let me leave you with the following thought.
You don’t own Facebook.
And FB not only could go down, but it could also terminate your account on a whim.
Where would you be then…if such a thing occurred?
Use this glitch as a powerful wakeup call, peoples. You always want to ensure you build your business on the foundations…that you *yourself* own.
And that can be only described as a Very Good Thing indeed.
Woot!
Grow strong,
Barbara Ling
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You’ll love what you learn… Promise!