My twitter account was suspended today. I logged in a couple minute ago and there was the red box. I just reconfirmed a feeling I’ve always had about business. Never build a business around a resource you don’t control.
When I was personal training out of a gym, I was worried that once I established my business I would get the rug pulled out from underneath me. Law of Attraction? It did.
I built a great business offering free fitness information through this site and making money by placing google adsense on it. I was worried that the payout was not in my control or that my account would be banned. I was right. Google changed some rules and now that business model makes about half of what it used to for me.
Now it’s twitter. I’ve spent almost a year building up to over 5000 twitter followers only to log in and see that my account it suspended. Why? Because I unfollowed too many people and then followed too many people in a small span of time. This is spam in their eyes. I saw it as an excellent way of making new contacts and getting rid of people that did not want to hear what I had to say. It’s their ball game so they make the rules and that’s my point.
When ever you try to build a business on a resource you do not own or control, you are on very unstable ground.
It was fun while it lasted and who knows, maybe they will start my account back up. If not, it’s been fun tweeps. I really enjoyed meeting everyone there that I engaged with.