http://thehopkinsonreport.com/2009/12/23/episode-85-how-to-write-great-tweets-10-lessons-learned-from-the-wired-twitter-account/ High-energy conversations that help teach people how to pursue their ideal career and lifestyle. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:44:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://thehopkinsonreport.com/2009/12/23/episode-85-how-to-write-great-tweets-10-lessons-learned-from-the-wired-twitter-account/comment-page-1/#comment-235251 8 ways to beat the urgency trap in online communications Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:26:46 +0000 http://thehopkinsonreport.com/?p=1305#comment-235251 [...] Focus on quality instead of speed. One of the reasons it’s hard to resist the rapid-fire pace of online communications is that we get lots of positive feedback for being quick responders, and negative feedback for being slow. Get back to someone in 10 minutes and they are likely to thank you for it; wait a day to handle that email and you may get a tweet, text or call asking why you haven’t replied. Hearing praise or complaints about how other people handle their online communications (“I love how she always replies to my tweets within 5 minutes” or “He is terrible about replying to email”) further reinforces the sense that we are judged by the speed of our replies. But you can help break that habit by talking about the quality (rather than speed) of other people’s messages, and by focusing on building a reputation for quality in your own. For guidance on how to improve the quality of your messages, check out Stever Bridger’s post about how to write better emails or the Hopkinson Report on how to write great tweets. [...] [...] Focus on quality instead of speed. One of the reasons it’s hard to resist the rapid-fire pace of online communications is that we get lots of positive feedback for being quick responders, and negative feedback for being slow. Get back to someone in 10 minutes and they are likely to thank you for it; wait a day to handle that email and you may get a tweet, text or call asking why you haven’t replied. Hearing praise or complaints about how other people handle their online communications (“I love how she always replies to my tweets within 5 minutes” or “He is terrible about replying to email”) further reinforces the sense that we are judged by the speed of our replies. But you can help break that habit by talking about the quality (rather than speed) of other people’s messages, and by focusing on building a reputation for quality in your own. For guidance on how to improve the quality of your messages, check out Stever Bridger’s post about how to write better emails or the Hopkinson Report on how to write great tweets. [...]

]]> http://thehopkinsonreport.com/2009/12/23/episode-85-how-to-write-great-tweets-10-lessons-learned-from-the-wired-twitter-account/comment-page-1/#comment-33783 Jana Eggers Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:22:02 +0000 http://thehopkinsonreport.com/?p=1305#comment-33783 Jim, terrific tips told wrapped in fun stories. Enjoyed the screen shots too. Thanks for this labor of love. It will help folks. Jim, terrific tips told wrapped in fun stories. Enjoyed the screen shots too. Thanks for this labor of love. It will help folks.

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