No Bots. No Virtual Assistants, No Bullshit. Honestly, it's going to be all me.

Hello people of Linkedin.

Connections, followers and the rest of you out there that might see this post... 

I've got quite a large following on here, HOWEVER, my interaction with you all is a bit thin on the ground and this upsets me. 

As I'm a Professional Weirdo - I'm going to try something a bit 'weird'...

Something I "profess" people should do and be, both online and offline, is sincere.  

So, here's my 'pitch' to you all. 

I'm currently at 29,703 connections. 

Over the course of the next 250 days, (that's until Tuesday 29th of January, 2019) I aim to have interacted properly, sincerely and wholeheartedly with each and every one of you. 

I will also interact with anyone who likes or tags themselves in the post having seen it. 

What's in it for me?

1. I get to have a proper relationship with the people I'm connected to on here. Hopefully, that means I learn about and get to know about all of the amazing stuff you all do and are capable of and hopefully get some cool stories to tell. 
2. On the flipside and the more selfish side, of course, it will be a great opportunity for me to tell you a bit more about myself and what I'm currently up to - I love talking about my activities and plans. 
3. Linkedin's algorithm helps people who have great relationships with their connections and people who produce great, stimulating and interesting content and I think I produce some fairly decent stuff from time to time (sometimes it's not great, but you've got to love a trier)... but in those moments when I do produce good stuff it gets missed because of the algorithm and my lack of proper connection to my contacts - so fingers crossed this activity will be beneficial in that sense too. 
4. I'm looking to test my messaging, my 'purpose' and my content so this is a perfect opportunity. 

What's in it for you? 

1. You will get a nice message from me - I promise it will be nice & I think everyone is a bit bored of those f??cking boring GDPR messages from everyone.
2. If you tell me to clear off or ignore me and my message I will not be offended and won't cry (for too long) I'll just take it that the stuff I'm doing isn't of interest and therefore will simply remove the connection - meaning your Linkedin is slightly freed up as well of the people that aren't directly of interest to you...a good thing for your algorithm as well! 
3. I will probably give some cool stuff away to the people I have the best and most interesting conversations with - not meant to be an incentive, that's just the kind of guy I am. 
4. I have a lot of connections and as I go through and establish a relationship with you all if you see someone you want me to introduce you to I have a better chance of having a better conversation with them and giving you a better introduction. 
5. Finally, I know how nice it feels when someone actually spends some time learning about you and sending you a proper message with thought behind it - that's exactly what I'll be doing. 

That's it... thought it might be interesting. 

I'll tag you in the comments as and when I've messaged you, let's see if this honesty and sincerity stuff works alongside some interesting content! 

See you on the other side. 

Simon - Professional Weirdo.