Nine out of ten of you won't read this, but you SHOULD!
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First, am a watch the credits type person too. I didn’t used to be, but several years ago I started realizing that allowing that little bit of extra time to listen to the music and maybe get a fun surprise helped me leave a movie feeling relaxed rater than off to the next thing.
Second, I love and hate you saying, “Most people are so busy trying to make a living that they no longer have time to make a life. They run from family functions to kid’s activities to shopping to work and back home again, home again jiggety jig. Too busy and too involved in their own stuff to pay attention to their friends, neighbors and extended family.” I love that you said it because it is so true. I hate that it is true, both for me and for those I live around. Even when a family tries to purposely slow down, life seems to run ahead at too fast a pace.
Third, I’ve wondered if there aren’t some reasons other than busyness that lead to people not reading carefully or thoroughly. Perhaps the sheer amount of electronic text coming at us from many directions overwhelms our brain’s ability to carefully process it. Or perhaps reading on back lit devices is part of the problem? I know that I find my eyes wanting to jump ahead more frequently when reading online than when reading on paper or an e-ink device. Or perhaps all of those school years of heavy reading assignments permanently trained our brains to skim text? I don’t know. Have you come across anything?
Last, I am so sorry that your health problems continue to plague you. I’ve seen you struggle for years as you balance building your business and addressing your health. Even though your cuber-presence may decline, I’ll continue to pray that you’ll find answers and strength.
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Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone!
Randee, I talked about the video links in the article. I found that most people don’t click on them anymore. If it takes more time: requires more reading, takes an extra step to see, it doesn’t usually work well these days.
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Thanks, JoJo, for taking the time to pen this post. This speaks to me, and is prompting me to make some changes in the way I do things online…much appreciated ;-)
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I’ve noticed this most in emails. It feels like people only read the first sentence of an email, and then they trail off. I’ve received direct replies to email messages before…asking me a question, that was answered in my original email (very plainly, I might add), had they read the entire message.
I’ve noticed in the last two weeks on Facebook, that the images are not quite as popular as they were before. Engaging my fans with questions seems to be gaining ground over messages with images. Has anyone else noticed this?
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JoJo, thanks for your post. I have noticed the same thing with my blog and blog posts. I have also noticed how much better pictures are responded to. I guess it goes back to the saying, “a picture paints a thousand words.” We are all living busy lives, trying to make a living for our families and don’t have as much time to spend stopping to smell the roses. In light of these observations, how should we change our social media to enhance the experience?