Text Messages DON'T Replace Phone Calls

For all of you skeptics out there, let's get down to brass tacks.

A text messages will never replace the "personal" side of a phone conversation. It's best to think of communicating by text as a supplement to, not a replacement of person-to-person connections.

There are always times when a call can't be answered for one reason or another, which sends your call straight into voice mail, requiring you to leave a message. Maybe you'll get a call back, maybe you won't.

Think of a text as a Post-it note on steroids. With a text, you can send your note instantly to your recipient, and if they're next to their cell phone and can answer it, they will. Most of the time, you'll find your text "notes" returned within minutes.

There are tons of reasons why a text works better than a call. Here's just a few of them:

Texts are private and discreet

It's too late or too early to make your call

You're in a meeting and can't call or their in a meeting and can't answer

Texts are instant, and have global reach

In an emergency when a phone call won't go through, a TM usually will

If you're reaching out to a teen and want a response, you better send a text

Text messages will never replace the importance of a personal phone call. A text will allow you to connect more often, and stay in the communication loop.

By reading Read Between the Lines, you'll discover numerous ways to assimilate text messaging into your daily life, allowing you to reach triple platinum communication success!

WOO HOO to that!