It's all TWITTER'S Fault!!

I think that If you are finding that you are having trouble holding people's attention, then that probably has more to do with your offer and the fact that it is probably off mark to what your target audience wants and are looking for, more than them having a short attention span.

You can blame twitter or the world, or learn how to have more clarity in your communication so you can get your message across in 140 characters, or less.

I am hungry

See that took only 9 characters!

I think I got my message across, now time to cook supper.

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IMSince2003

12 years ago

Originally Posted by shane_k

I think that If you are finding that you are having trouble holding people's attention, then that probably has more to do with your offer and the fact that it is probably off mark to what your target audience wants and are looking for, more than them having a short attention span.

Sigh. I am NOT having any trouble at all holding people's attention. Did you even read the OP? Let me say it again. I was commenting on the fact that so many newbies jump from idea to idea and don't give anything a chance to work while letting Twitter take the fall for it in a humorous way.

So, let me say it again. Newbies, stop tweeting and start doing things that make you money

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Bluestarace 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

Wait, whats the rant about?

I think it's twitter is the cause of a short attention span? I am not sure lol.
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- IMSince2003 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Bluestarace
  
  I think it's twitter is the cause of a short attention span? I am not sure lol.
  
  AAARRGGGHHH!! When was the last time you saw an under 30 year old read an actual book cover to cover?
  
  The post was meant to be amusing and serious at the same time. The amusing part is blaming Twitter for an alarmingly increasing social trend. The serious part is that people are SOO impatient now, not letting things have a chance to work, hopping from one idea to another without finishing anything. Online mediums are condensing information in such small chunks to keep our attention, that the crucial details are being left by the wayside.
  
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Michael Franklin

12 years ago

Short attention spans have been around BEFORE twitter...Twitter is just capitalizing on it! It's not the CAUSE of short attention spans.

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RenderTheWeb 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Franklin

Short attention spans have been around BEFORE twitter...Twitter is just capitalizing on it! It's not the CAUSE of short attention spans.

This is true, marijuana is the cause of mine....lol
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IMSince2003 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Franklin

Short attention spans have been around BEFORE twitter...Twitter is just capitalizing on it! It's not the CAUSE of short attention spans.

Yes, hence the "amusing" part of the post. Ahh, never mind. Moving on, nothing to see here....
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QuantumDon

12 years ago

lol shesh what in the heck!

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Joe R Piercey

12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

That's right, I'm calling Twitter out. OK, Twitter and the whole "texting" industry. Have you noticed that unless you can distill every thought into fewer than 140 characters that nobody LISTENS ANYMORE!!

Folks, if you suffer from this super high level of ADD, you'll never make it in this business. Jumping from one idea to the next before digesting, implementing and testing the previous idea will result in a spectacular failure flameout. Yep, trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

So yeah, it's all Twitter's fault. That's all I wanted to say. Thanks.

How are you connecting Twitter's 140-character rule with people "jumping from one idea to the next", and why does this 'ADD' mean that you'll never make it in this business.

I dont get it.

Joe

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IMSince2003

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joe R Piercey

How are you connecting Twitter's 140-character rule with people "jumping from one idea to the next", and why does this 'ADD' mean that you'll never make it in this business.

I dont get it.

Joe

Wait, doesn't anyone get humor/sarcasm anymore? Let me beat this horse to death and say it again. Look at posts in the forum from newbies. You'll see things like "I built a site yesterday and it's not making money, I'm giving up." and "I created my site 12 hours ago and it's STILL not indexed by Google.", etc., etc. *cough* SO, what I'm saying is that you have to have patience in this business, it doesn't happen overnight, see? Now, let's go to the Twitter part to tie it all together. Twitter is capitalizing on the relatively new trend that you see on the internet and that our kids are engaging in, namely that every thought is tiny and fragmented, and must fit into a 140 character chunk. Hence the popularity of texting. Now, I'm making a JOKE by saying that it's all their fault. Get it? ....cricket, cricket..... That's why I don't do standup anymore.

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David Spyres 12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

Get it? ....cricket, cricket..... That's why I don't do standup anymore.

And the world thanks you for that ;-)
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Joe R Piercey

12 years ago

P.S. I finished a book last week (I'm 24)

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Simon Ashari

12 years ago

Is twitter the cause of short attention spans, or simply profiting (or adapting) from it.

Cause and effect.

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Genycis

12 years ago

Lol, imagining now if the new sales letters for 2012 and beyond are 140 characters or less. Couldn't even imagine a site like that, but yeah, I can agree to an extent with you that 140 characters has given some people shorter attention spans, and even with the 140 characters, I find that some people don't want to read THAT much either sadly. Lol!

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12 years ago

Originally Posted by Genycis

Lol, imagining now if the new sales letters for 2012 and beyond are 140 characters or less. Couldn't even imagine a site like that, but yeah, I can agree to an extent with you that 140 characters has given some people shorter attention spans, and even with the 140 characters, I find that some people don't want to read THAT much either sadly. Lol!

You mean like this?

"Buy it now -> $9.99" We'll tell you later what it is that you bought :rolleyes:

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Martin Lee Jr

12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

You mean like this?

"Buy it now -> $9.99" We'll tell you later what it is that you bought :rolleyes:

Sounds like something the U.S Congress would say - lol

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JohnMcCabe

12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

Yes, hence the "amusing" part of the post. Ahh, never mind. Moving on, nothing to see here....

Now you know what I feel like after telling my wife some of the jokes I find hilarious. By the time I finish explaining them, I don't think they are funny anymore, either. (BTW, my wife is a very smart woman. We just have, shall I say, 'overlapping but not identical' senses of humor.)

Humor in plain text? Not easy, is it?

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IMSince2003

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Now you know what I feel like after telling my wife some of the jokes I find hilarious. By the time I finish explaining them, I don't think they are funny anymore, either. (BTW, my wife is a very smart woman. We just have, shall I say, 'overlapping but not identical' senses of humor.)

Humor in plain text? Not easy, is it?

No, it's harder than it looks

I'll leave it to the professionals next time...

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David Spyres

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Now you know what I feel like after telling my wife some of the jokes I find hilarious. By the time I finish explaining them, I don't think they are funny anymore, either. (BTW, my wife is a very smart woman. We just have, shall I say, 'overlapping but not identical' senses of humor.)

I think we are married to the same woman!!!

Sometimes ... it's just not worth the effort to even open my mouth in the first place.

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EightyPlus

12 years ago

I don't think I can agree with your point.

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Frank Donovan 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Humor in plain text? Not easy, is it?

And yet...

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

Sigh. I am NOT having any trouble at all holding people's attention. Did you even read the OP?

That's funny, right there.

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- image2all 12 years ago
  
  Every thing is fine of Twitter without the system of posting Short character of 140.
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Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

That's right, I'm calling Twitter out.

What? Couldn't get past the first sentence.

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fluffythewondercat 12 years ago

I am tying people's incredibly short attention spans to mediums like Twitter that encourage communication in 140 character chunks.

TL;DR

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Pcity

12 years ago

Well a business slogan short be short but powerful. But I do hear what you are saying, peoples attention getting shorter means its harder to market to them, if you are using an outdated method.

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Mark72

12 years ago

lol... I can't believe I actually continued reading down to the bottom of this thread.

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JimDucharme

12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

That's right, I'm calling Twitter out. OK, Twitter and the whole "texting" industry. Have you noticed that unless you can distill every thou

That's as far as I got.

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Curtis2011

12 years ago

Originally Posted by IMSince2003

That's right, I'm calling Twitter out. OK, Twitter and the whole "texting" industry. Have you noticed that unless you can distill every thought into fewer than 140 characters that nobody LISTENS ANYMORE!

Wrong.

I consistently read email newsletters that are 500-1000+ words in length.

Why do I read them? Because I care about what the person who writes them has to say, because he is a respectable authority in the area he speaks in and I know he isn't trying to bullshit me.

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JohnMcCabe

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Curtis2011

Wrong.

I consistently read email newsletters that are 500-1000+ words in length.

Why do I read them? Because I care about what the person who writes them has to say, because he is a respectable authority in the area he speaks in and I know he isn't trying to bullshit me.

No offense intended, but you may be proving that there's a seed of truth in there. It sounds like you believe that 500-1000 words is a long newsletter...

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Curtis2011 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

No offense intended, but you may be proving that there's a seed of truth in there. It sounds like you believe that 500-1000 words is a long newsletter...

I was just using those numbers as an estimate off the top of my head.

I just went and did a word count of the last newsletter I read, and it was over 1300 words. It is also currently the longest newsletter email that I receive from anyone at the moment. I would probably read longer ones if there were longer ones that I received on a topic of my interest, but there's not.

Although I do remember reading the old David DeAngelo newsletters a few years back. IIRC some of those things were super long.
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