A love letter to LinkedIn
David Gilroy
I lead a marketing agency who specialise in helping law firms become more successful online. I also have a 'passion project' which is running Fuckup Nights in Bristol, an event aimed at helping us all learn from failure.
Dear Li,
?I know you love a 'pet name' hence using it.? I'm confused, we've been friends since crikey, when was is it, 20 years ago in Club Interweb?? And, you know what, now and again I thought that we might 'get together'.
But for a while now I realised that we were just going to be friends.? Sure, I flirt with FB and Insta now and again, but you and I both know, you are my one true love.
So, I must ask, what’s happened?? You've known for ages that there is more than one David Gilroy, the ex-footballer and the one in prison, but suddenly, I feel like we don't know each other anymore!Suddenly you want me to 'Get Verified'. Do you not trust who I am and where I have been?? I mean, there must be some deep, meaningful reason why suddenly you want me to prove who I am with my NFC-enabled (whatever that is) passport.?
And, who is 'Persona' that you are asking me to hook up with?? I'd never have thought that there were three of us in this relationship.?
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Well, I’ve always known it’s been you, me and 10,000 others, but let's face it, a few of them I barely know, they just want to sell me stuff, but they’ve never asked me for my passport. They take me for who I am.? But this Persona person, I mean, WTF (who) are they?
Anyway, I know you won't change your mind, you have set your stall out and I will just have to understand how to work my way through the inevitable algorithm change that will try and stop my communications from being so prominent in my network.?
Bring it on!
Digital transformation & specialist software solutions ?? pancentric.com
10 个月I'm ashamed to say I gave in, but love your love letter
Expert at helping you network and get referrals. I help Unnatural Networkers in particular - people who would rather avoid it completely - to use the power of networking to grow their business and get more clients
1 年Yep, this doesn't feel right at all, does it?
Director at Mediahawk
1 年Do way would I give them my passport. Love your letter and you should be honoured you were asked - I have yet to get the message so their BOTs (one T note) obviously do not think I am important enough.. ??
Director Of Business Development @ OLS Solicitors | Operations Director
1 年I’d rather buy Swindon Town ??
Legal marketing specialist | LinkedIn training, strategy, brand and websites | Saltmarsh Marketing & HelenSquared | SEND parent ??
1 年I am truly extremely worried they are asking for this. I absolutely will NOT be doing this!!! I mean, I know I am fairly free and easy with my digital footprint but seriously, I find this to be next level.