I really and honestly haven't got the answer, if I did I'd probably be on a beach somewhere during the freezing winter months. Are you feeling cold right now?
If you do think you can answer my question, please skip to the end and I'd love to hear your perspectives and of course we all need to know, urgently.
What I will do is share what content personally turns me off and what attracts me. And in the words of Tony Robbins we are either 'moving away or moving towards something', this could be pain or pleasure and in this case content.
Turn-offs (no way a complete list, but what comes to mind for now an I may continue to add as they come up in the future).
- Too many adverts saying 'buy me'.
- Self congratulations, which portray a message to say, 'aren't we clever?'
- Newsletters, I just don't get those anymore, they're such a complete and utter waste of time nowadays.
- Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat and even more multiple repeats of the same content. I'm guilty of this too!
- No context around someone else's content you are sharing. Just sharing for sharing's sake. Ouch!
- Live video here, live video there, live video here, there and everywhere. Too many notifications to suggest that everyone is joining the bandwagon. Although I have to say the Instagram version is attracting me a little!
- Autobot messages via 'commun.it', oh dear what is everyone thinking? Autobot messages are so 2014. Stop them, stop them now!
- Articles with the top 5, top 10, top 25 and even the top 50 of suggestions we really never take action on. Do share if you ever have please.
- Adverts that have animals starring in it to jolt our emotional brain neurones into saying awwwwww and apparently remembering the product for longer. And now even giving away toys of said animals if you purchase the product. Readers in the UK, will know exactly what I'm talking about.
- Re-marketing ads. They are really, really doing my head in, because unfortunately you can't get them out of your head. I bet a very clever psychiatrist at Google suggested this one. Aaarrrggghhh!
Okay that's enough for now, turned out to be a bigger list than I had expected.
Attracts
- Videos that are educational. Ted-talks and Ted-Ed are brilliant and I could watch them all day long.
- Content that answers my question when I search on Google for the answer to a problem I need to solve. Thank you to all those amazing trainers, coaches, educators out there, we appreciate you!
- YouTube. For making my home feed relevant to what I like watching, coming up with new suggestions or ideas and allowing me to scrap them if I wish. Also making the list of new videos from my subscribed channels easy to navigate around. I love YouTube, it's visual, engaging and quick.
- Animated GIFS, as long as they're funny and clever. I've even started to have a play with producing them myself. Great fun!
- Comedy. Who doesn't like having a good laugh, there isn't enough laughter in the world and social media can be a real tonic for the soul.
- Real-live stories. In the last year I have seen more real people stories coming through even on LinkedIn and as you would expect they are stories of overcoming adversity in some way. They are hugely motivational and at the same time make your so-called stresses seem so small.
- Content that provides great learning for where you are in that moment and time, whether it be your personal or business life.
Right then do you have the answer? What content inspires you?
I'd love to learn and I am sure others would to, so help me out and share your answer below.
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