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Today’s article was 8 (Easily Avoidable) Ways to Lose Your Prospect’s Trust. They were great tips. For anyone who works in communications, definitely read them and make sure you’re not making any of these silly mistakes. But more importantly, dig into the heart of what this article is saying.
Treat organizational communications like it’s with fellow humans.
I honestly can’t tell you how many of these lists I’ve read that boil down to that. Remember when you’re marketing, the result you’re aiming for is still people using their arms and legs to get themselves over to the ATM/the voting booth/their cell phones/the ice cream store to do something you want them to.
So don’t talk to your audience like they are wallets, robots, or panda bears. They are fellow humans, and communications will always be with fellow humans– regardless of the channel.
If you send out a tweet saying, “$872 pools, pool, pool systems, CHEAP NOW BUY THIS,” it is going to sell as many pools as if you were to stand on a street corner and yell it at people. Why? Because, no matter where you say it, it seems crazy. And no one wants to give crazy people their money.
It seems simple, but I keep seeing article after article after article illustrating this point.
As a side note, stay tuned for “Top 5 Tips for Being a Human with Other Humans.”
Allison Carney Consulting 
Great example. Another insight about communication that most people over look is that, ” Communication (which in the end is what this digital era and media is all about) is not just a sector of the economy. Communication is the economy.” | Read more. http://indispensablemarketing.com/blog/2013/06/24/communication-is-the-economy/