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I don't know if this is the right place to put this "commentary" so feel free to move it Linda if it's better placed somewhere else.
I was talking to my wife's cousin who is just 22 and fresh out of college. He's one of these kids who constantly has his nose buried in his phone. We got talking the other day about texting and stuff and what he told me just blew my mind. I'm only 40 but he made me feel about 65...lol.
I asked him if his generation uses email. He laughed at me and said that's like sending someone a letter. Nobody uses email but the "old" professors at college. He said everyone communicates through Facebook and Twitter. He said texting is his generations "email." He said outside of college, he never uses email - and neither do his friends.
He was blown away when I told him 90% of my communications are still through email. He laughed and basically called me an old man
This got me thinking about my own client base. I do find that my younger clients are easier and quicker to reach via text, while my older clients still use email primarily.
It makes me wonder what communications will be like even 10 years from now. Will there come a day where even your local plumber client prefers to be reached via Facebook or Twitter - or by text. I can't imagine a day where nobody really uses email anymore...but if this kid's generation isn't using email, then I suppose it will go the way of snail mail...and that just makes me feel really old
Travis Van Slooten
I was talking to my wife's cousin who is just 22 and fresh out of college. He's one of these kids who constantly has his nose buried in his phone. We got talking the other day about texting and stuff and what he told me just blew my mind. I'm only 40 but he made me feel about 65...lol.
I asked him if his generation uses email. He laughed at me and said that's like sending someone a letter. Nobody uses email but the "old" professors at college. He said everyone communicates through Facebook and Twitter. He said texting is his generations "email." He said outside of college, he never uses email - and neither do his friends.
He was blown away when I told him 90% of my communications are still through email. He laughed and basically called me an old man
This got me thinking about my own client base. I do find that my younger clients are easier and quicker to reach via text, while my older clients still use email primarily.
It makes me wonder what communications will be like even 10 years from now. Will there come a day where even your local plumber client prefers to be reached via Facebook or Twitter - or by text. I can't imagine a day where nobody really uses email anymore...but if this kid's generation isn't using email, then I suppose it will go the way of snail mail...and that just makes me feel really old
Travis Van Slooten