After noticing that Twitter was down and possibly til roughly 3 AM, I had a minor freakout. Then I realized that like any sort of good messaging plan, I should have multiple avenues of messaging fans & those interested in knowing about what I’m doing..

Which is why I have a few ways of letting people know what’s going on with me (and I recommend you do the same):

1) Facebook Fan Page: Especially if you have real news to publish – you eating a corndog is not news unless you are Kobayashi. Personal Facebook profiles (not pages) have a sneaky way of possibly going public.

2) Blog: Well, you’re reading my bloggy or my RSS feed right now, so you’re off to a great start! A blog is also a wonderful place to put longer discourse/ideas instead of trying to fit everything into 140. For me, my blog also doubles as a place to put my social media and acting resumes! If you’re stuck on where to start – check out the free Wordpress.com or the business solution Wordpress.org or just make a quick site using Blogger.

3) Email Newsletter: If you’re using/know what MailChimp or ConstantContact is, you’re in a good place. Even if you don’t – start aggregating emails of your friends and create a little update newsletter once a month as long as it is (and I’ll say it again), relevant news.

4) Personal Site: My personal site happens to host my blog as well. This is the place where all your news can live in archives or longer blog posts.

Any more creative ideas?