INFLUENCERS

 

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube are ways to influence people who may click "like" on what is being promoted.  Social media comes through our computers and phones and we pay attention.  Even artificial intelligence can get our attention. Some of us may may be savvy enough to use technology to influence, but we all are influencers in our own ways.

No matter what our age or generation, we can have positive or negative influence over family members, friends, and groups of people.  We need to use strategies that work or our efforts may not produce our intended outcomes.  Persuasion is an art.  

We also need to be careful how we are influenced by others, even manipulated to do something not in our best interests.  Be alert to biased info and outright lies.   

No matter what you do, you influence others even when you don't realize it.  They are watching your behavior and listening to and reading your words.