Our life. How to make it fun and enjoyable? For various reasons, not all people are able to start, develop and maintain a natural conversation. Especially if you have to talk with a stranger or someone you are in love with. What to do? There is only one way out - to learn the art of easy conversation. This article contains the most interesting topics and ideas for discussion that will help you navigate in any situation and get the most out of communicating with people.
For many people, this is the most difficult part of the conversation. Not knowing what to talk about, they begin to panic internally, get embarrassed and utter phrases out of place. To avoid this, first, calm down. Communication should be fun, not painful. In addition, your interlocutor may be just as embarrassed and just as trying to come up with interesting topics for discussion.
The British say that the best opportunity to strike up a casual conversation is a discussion of the weather. It sounds trite, but in some cases it really helps to overcome the feeling of embarrassment. Alternatively, you can draw the interlocutor's attention to something happening nearby or outside the window (unusual clothes of a passerby, an interesting sign).
However, no one will guarantee that another person will be interested in your remark. Therefore, it is better to act for sure. Most people are happy to share their opinions or talk about how they live. This will not only give interesting topics for discussion, but also make communication comfortable.
If you don't know the person well, ask:
When talking to someone you haven't seen in a while, ask:
When talking with someone you see often (colleagues, fellow students, classmates), ask this person:
Find a common topic:
Good communication is impossible without the genuine interest of the interlocutors in each other and in the topic of conversation. There will be no problems between friends, but what about unfamiliar people?
If you want to make a good impression on your interlocutor, you need sincerity and what they tell you about. Impeccable, but cold manners and a forced smile can hardly win over. Rampant chatter - too; who likes to listen to a twenty-minute monologue without the opportunity to insert a word?
Make the person feel comfortable talking to you. Look for interesting topics for both of you to discuss, ask about the person’s opinion, and talk less about yourself and only when asked. You can also alternate: a remark about your affairs is a question for the interlocutor.
A good way to win sympathy is a compliment, but made from the heart and unbanal.
If you don't know how to suggest an interesting topic for conversation, think about what the person you are talking to would like to discuss. Sociable people themselves will offer you a topic, all that remains is to support it with questions. With less talkative interlocutors, you can discuss current news (choosing something pleasant), new movie releases, or something related to the situation (job, food, skills, a nice piece of clothing, etc.).
You can use these or any other interesting discussion questions to learn something new about your interlocutor, and make the conversation more unpredictable and exciting. Just don't use too many questions, it will make the person feel awkward. Perfect option- this is a binding of the question to the one being discussed on this moment topic. Start a conversation about something, and alternate questions to the interlocutor with small portions of information about you.
Topics to avoid:
If you communicate in a company, involve all participants in the conversation. Throw up interesting topics for discussion through questions and do not get carried away with long monologues.
If you see that the interlocutor is bored, change the subject and be silent for a while, allowing them to take the initiative. Do not be afraid of pauses in a conversation, because it would be much worse to say something stupid or offend a person with a thoughtless phrase. A short silence will help you relax and think about the further course of the conversation.
If you notice that some topic has aroused interest in your interlocutor, remember it so that next time you can talk about it again. If a person, on the contrary, obviously did not like something or seemed boring, take note - do not touch on this issue anymore.
In communication, the main thing is a genuine interest in the one with whom you are talking. In any situation, the most interesting topics for discussion boil down to the following:
And although communication is one of the most difficult activities in our life, it can still be learned if we show a sincere interest in what other people are talking about and want.
Igor Malinin, creative director of the Piaris communications agency, shared five easy ways to increase engagement on content - even without money.
Five simple ways do cool posts in social networks
Igor MalininOf course, there is an option to pay for posts in popular communities and become a trendsetter yourself, but why, if you can use topics, trends and even memes to instantly get dozens of reposts?
Brands have long understood that situational content is the key to additional free reach. Remember how the sixth iPhone bent? Companies and bloggers immediately began to joke about this topic and get into popular collections, collecting a bunch of likes.
True, then it was fresh and very effective, but today many such jokes often seem to be sucked out of thin air. Therefore, it is worth taking this kind of creativity very responsibly and finding a really witty solution.
Sochi Olympic rings, Vesta, Pokemon, Trump, Zhdun, Shurygina - in the wild streams of informational noise, each brand will find something suitable.
Samsung: "Kneel before those who deserve it"
Custom variation on Salvador Dali's watch
You can get attached to the meaning (use the track “Ice is melting” in advertising your heaters) or to the visual part (the Audi logo was ideally played up with the Olympic rings in Sochi, one of which did not open).
If you don't own Photoshop, you can always make memes! The Risovach website will also give out ready-made templates, and allow you to upload your own image to apply a couple of funny phrases to it.
In the conditions of the same informational noise, social networks are switching to “smart feeds”: they show you, first of all, not new, but “interesting” posts - based on what you liked and reposted the most before. Such innovations are largely due to the business model of the sites: they force “uninteresting” brands to pay for more people to see them.
If earlier it was important to calculate the correct publication time in the first place, now it is to ensure a good number of likes in the first hour so that social networks accept the content as interesting and show it most users.
However, the time of posting still continues to influence the formation of the news feed (just to a lesser extent), and here it is important to develop a competent strategy.
For example, you can publish your post during peak hours (19:00-23:00 Moscow time), when the maximum number of people are online, but at the same time you will face high competition for attention. Or you can choose "dead time" (deep night, weekends) and convey your message, but to a small group.
The main thing here is to start from your field. Who is your the target audience? Children? Students? Hired employees? ? All of them behave differently in social networks and are online at different times.
Such a “guerrilla” tool as a content navigator (one of the functions of the Publbox service, which allows you to manage all social networks from one window) will create an optimal schedule and indicate exactly what hours it will be easier for you to reach readers.
And, in general, it is simply necessary to post content in the right proportion, and this proportion depends on the goals (increase the number of subscribers, convey a certain image to them, and even start selling).
The content navigator will also help you break down content into types: selling, engaging, or just entertaining. The right content strategy is the key to success and one of the most important points when working with social networks.
Is it a secret that first of all, the eyes of users fall on the illustration, and not on the text? Until we get away from the topic - I will say that services such as the above-mentioned Publbox usually have very good design constructors, where you just need to choose a beautiful template with a ready-made background and font and put the desired text on it.
So if you do not want to pay freelancers, and also do not know how to use either Photoshop or the camera on your phone, feel free to use this image editor.
But note that in some cases it is better not to overdo it with text: for example, Facebook reduces the reach of ads if more than 20% of the image area is occupied by words.
Cats and quotes are nice, but they will never make your group unique. Good content roams from community to community, and the user understands that he will most likely see the same posts on several pages. Get your audience to respond positively to the question, "Do I know why I'm joining this group tomorrow?"
If you publish a cat, put a bow with your logo on it. If the quote is from your own interview with a cool specialist. A joke - from life or work. Get creative!
Do I need to explain? :-) In fact, this point includes not only the knowledge of the rules of the Russian language (although it can increase the credibility of your group several times). You also need to be able to format the text: put “correct” quotation marks, long dashes (-), and so on.
It is not in vain that social networks prohibit changing the color and size of text: imagine what chaos would begin there! Therefore, follow their example - bring your texts to perfection. And if an ordinary user pays attention to this only at the level of sensations, then good specialist, rest assured, they will definitely imbue you with respect.
Trend, picture, timeliness, uniqueness and literacy - this is all that is needed to increase the response of the audience and improve the image of the company without any expenses.
Of course, posts like “Like if you love mom!” they still collect more hearts, but I don’t want to consider such methods of increasing activity at all. That's another story.
Today I will share how you can analyze media trends for free in the media and in social networks. In fact, there are several ways, there are also paid ones. But for basic purposes, without advanced features, today's method is quite good.
After reading this article, you can quickly find out the most discussed, current and hot events on the Internet and the world. You can use the information to create your newsbreaks. Namely, you can quickly find out:
These features are provided free of charge by Brand Analytics, a system for monitoring and analyzing a brand in social media and the media. Next in order about the possibilities.
First, go to https://br-analytics.ru/mediatrends/ In the tab "most talked about" you can select sources of information (photo above), see the most discussed and relevant Russian-language publications for a period of 3 hours, a day, and a week. You can also choose to display by source or as a general feed. By clicking on the post title, you will open its original. So you can see the most discussed in blogs, in social networks (here I’m not sure about the accuracy due to the peculiarities of the sources), in the media.
You will probably find this article helpful on how to quickly search for given topics.
In this section you can see most cited publications and materials in the media. Data for a period of 6 hours or a day.
Here you can see information on growth leaders in mass media and social networks. Data for a day, week or month. The table shows Top 50 Media Persons, as well as displaying the change in the number of mentions in relation to the previous period, expressed as a percentage.
Surely it would be interesting if each person were marked with the ratio of positive or negative mentions 😉
This tab displays TOP 100 media resources. The rating is calculated based on the citation index. Data is available for the past three months.
Nowadays, communication in social networks has become very popular. With their help, we learn the latest news, get acquainted, communicate with our friends. But sometimes there is a possibility of a collision with insincerity and lies, because it is very difficult to determine the truth or fiction from the message. We cannot see the facial expression of our “interlocutor”, we cannot observe his facial expressions, gestures, and therefore, it is difficult for us to understand what he thinks when he writes. We will reveal to you the true meaning of the most common social media posts.Good afternoon Elvira Baryakina and the Writer's Handbook are with you.
Today we will talk about the "hot topics" that always cause discussions on the Internet.
It's no secret that in any society there are "pain points". They become painful because there are several polar opinions on this or that topic, and, having met with the opposite point of view, people begin to defend their vision of the situation. They want the world to be “like this” - convenient for them personally: otherwise an inevitable catastrophe will come.
So, let's see what these "hot topics" are:
One of the hot topics is migrants, refugees and the national question. Some believe that migrants should be welcomed, others that they should be expelled from the country. On one side of the scale - security, on the other - the lack of labor at affordable prices.
There are people who uphold the ideals of global peace, and people who are closer to more conservative values. Some call for reforms, others for a return to the roots. Everyone can be understood - everyone has their own comfort zone, but it is impossible to please everyone.
Some people say that “We are already the coolest and have won everyone”, others write indignantly that we have flaws everywhere you look. The eternal theme: the glass is half empty or half full
Hot discussions can be generated by discussing the news. Suppose the author read something in news feed and gave his comments on a particular event. At the same time, he put the question in such a way that one would like to argue with him.
What did significant people say: President Putin, President Trump, etc.?
We show our reaction, discuss who is to blame, what to do, where to run, how to help.
Here we can talk on a variety of topics: admire the next achievements of mankind, condemn them or doubt their usefulness. The main thing is not just to report this or that news, but to express your opinion - then there will surely be people who want to add something to the above.
The whole range of emotions is manifested here - from admiration to outright hatred. A blogger can discuss the outfits, actions, or statements of a star... The shape of her nose, the shape of her dog's nose, the shape of her plane's nose. Comments can be obtained by asking readers questions or deliberately challenging them to an argument.
What happened at the Melbourne Zoo? Who had a baby in San Diego? We show photos and tell touching and / or interesting stories. If you will quality content, many will begin to share it.
We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of new gadgets, films, programs, etc. Comments will appear from those bloggers who benefit their readers, as well as from those who deliberately tease them.
This topic has a huge potential for discussion - because it concerns everyone without exception.
Disputes on this topic always evoke a lively response: what can and cannot be done? Is it okay to hit kids? What threatens the religious education of children? And what is secular? Giving your child more independence? Do not let go of him a single step? Intercede during conflicts? Or let him solve his own problems?
This is where a lot of people have a pain point, and so if you tell a story on this topic, give advice, or simply express your opinion, you can generate a significant reader response.
Who can be loved and who cannot? What is romance? Rose petals on a pillowcase or something else? What is the relationship in marriage and before marriage? How to find a girl of your dreams or how to find a young man of your dreams? What about gifts? How to show your loved one that he is infinitely dear to you?
How to survive a divorce? What about parenting responsibilities? Who will get a plastic bath, and who will get a tea strainer? And what to do with children? Personal stories elicit “thank you for sharing” comments and stories about your situation. Advice, especially categorical advice, often causes controversy.
On the topic of homosexuality, transvestites, etc. You can also argue to the point of hoarseness. This question does not bother someone at all, but infuriates someone. And those who are tolerant of people of non-traditional orientation can be brought to white heat by injustice towards gays.
Someone remembers the USSR with nostalgia, and someone thinks that “under the Scoop” everything was terrible: if it weren’t for the bloody gebnya and Comrade Stalin, we would live like in Finland.
Someone is of the opinion that men and women should be given equal rights, and someone believes that a woman should stay at home, and a man should earn money.
We discuss whether there is a God or not. This also includes disputes over various churches and denominations.
There are unequivocal things: sick children should be helped! But there are questions that cause fierce debate among the people. For example, it seems to some that it is pointless to spend energy and money on disabled people with severe mental retardation, while talented children from poor families cannot receive a normal education.
And then there are the problems of homeless people, drug addicts with a deep and irreversible deformation of their personality, and the problem of criminals who need to somehow adapt to life in society. For example, is it worth it or not to do charity work for rapists? There is clearly something to argue about!
What is acceptable and what is unacceptable? Can only good things be said about the dead, or is the truth more important? Is it possible to criticize the Motherland, especially "in a difficult hour for the Motherland"? What to do with someone else's child if he offends his younger brother in front of your eyes, but mother doesn't care? Social norms are constantly changing and what was in the order of things yesterday, today already looks like barbarism - and here one can argue ad infinitum.
On the Internet you can find any opinion on this topic. Someone passionately supports the culture of winemaking, someone believes that any alcohol is poison. Someone cannot stand tobacco smoke, someone smokes like a locomotive, and is indignant when non-smokers impose their lifestyle on him.
Which exercises are good and which are bad? This topic causes fierce debate, because. a huge number of half-educated and outright charlatans have bred on the Web, who clearly do not have a special education. At the same time, amateurs often determine who is who and who is right and who is wrong.
“Girls, where did you get such a cool Botox? Your face looks like a doll!” Firstly, one can argue on the topic “Should or not we need to fight the natural course of time”, secondly, various means can be discussed, thirdly, one can ask questions and exchange recommendations, etc. And still it is possible to discuss results - at itself, and at stars.
We discuss and apply the methods of treatment that our grandfathers used.
We discuss and apply treatments like homeopathy and acupuncture.
Is the fetus already a person or not yet? Does humanity need to multiply if there are already 7 billion of us? Does the state have the right to decide whether a woman has a child or not?
The topic of nutrition is not just an exchange of recipes, but also heated debates about the benefits of products, the correctness and incorrectness of cutting dill, the secret of the “true Olivier”, etc.
We discuss what is bad and what is good. If you give reliable, scientifically substantiated information, then honor and praise be to you. If you specialize in pseudoscientific information - well, also an option, why not? ... Some people are attracted and pleased.
