{"id":1498,"date":"2008-04-03T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/return-to-thoughtful-communication\/"},"modified":"2008-04-03T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T14:10:14","slug":"return-to-thoughtful-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/return-to-thoughtful-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Return To Thoughtful Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sellingpower.com\/html_newsletter\/article.asp?NLid=1&amp;Layout_ID=749&amp;ARTid=3377&amp;nDate=April+1%2C+2008\">interesting article from Selling Power<\/a> regarding predicting trends of the future.\u00a0 Specifically, this one caught my eye:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>We\u2019ll return to real, thoughtful communications. <\/strong>In this era of text messaging, blogging, and email, we&#8217;ve become lazy in our communications. We tend to dash off notes without proofreading them. We tend to use generic catch phrases like &#8220;seamless solution&#8221; and &#8220;superior service&#8221; that sound good but don&#8217;t really mean anything. Why do we do it? Because it&#8217;s easier and quicker than taking the time to think, write, edit, and edit again until our message is clear, compelling, and precise. There&#8217;s going to be a backlash against today&#8217;s generic, rushed communications and it&#8217;s coming soon. The future of sales will demand that reps put thought, care, and creativity into every message they compose.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think there is something to that prediction.\u00a0 Resumes and cover emails are typically one of the most formal forms of writing in business.\u00a0 The quality of writing I am encountering recently is borderline pathetic.\u00a0 Informal, error-filled and cliche-driven documents are far too prevalent today.<\/p>\n<p>I am convinced that editing is a lost art.\u00a0 I hope the aforementioned prediction comes true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interesting article from Selling Power regarding predicting trends of the future.\u00a0 Specifically, this one caught my eye: We\u2019ll return to real, thoughtful communications. In this era of text messaging, blogging, and email, we&#8217;ve become lazy in our communications. We tend to dash off notes without proofreading them. We tend to use generic catch phrases like &#8220;seamless solution&#8221; and &#8220;superior service&#8221; that sound good but don&#8217;t really mean anything. Why do we do it? Because it&#8217;s easier and quicker than taking the time to think, write, edit, and edit again until our message is clear, compelling, and precise. There&#8217;s going to be a backlash against today&#8217;s generic, rushed&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/return-to-thoughtful-communication\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[1760,502,241,501,503],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-trends","tag-communication","tag-communication-trend","tag-email-communication","tag-im-communication","tag-workplace-trend"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-oa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":534,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/time-wasting-miscommunication\/","url_meta":{"origin":1498,"position":0},"title":"Time-Wasting Miscommunication","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The information topic seems to be appearing everywhere we look this week. 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