Outlook/Twitter/Facebook...Starting a Conversation

I'll throw out there that the purpose of a status update is to: stimulate conversation...

If you can write a short note that gets awareness and attention (see attention economy), that's remarkable.

And, if by doing so, you create a conversation with members of your network, you continue to differentiate yourself.

There are two parts to this:

1. write something worth conversing about
2. syndicate that content to your social networks

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