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[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

Forget AI for a minute

This is the debate that actually matters

It's game day
You only get three

What's your lineup?

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

Every typo I have ever sent was forgiven by three magic words

sent from my iPhone

it is not a signature
it is a legal disclaimer

it means I was mobile and cannot be held responsible for what just happened

do you still have yours on?

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

7 ways to use Linkoln in real life

WiFi details
Your about me
Aftercare info
Trip plans
FAQs
Meeting prep
Menus

Send any of these as one clean link

Want to know more?

Visit https://t.co/nqltKWhhjz or message me

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

"please see attached"
there is nothing attached
"apologies, see attached"
still nothing attached
"I genuinely cannot see an attachment"
"so sorry, attaching now"
nothing
you are now four emails deep into a conversation with zero attachments and one slowly dying will to live

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

which button are you pressing?

🔴 see the exact second someone opens your message
🔵 send something that never vanishes into a junk folder again
🟢 change what you sent after you sent it, no resending

there is no wrong answer
mostly because all three already exist

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

This is what being a marketer feels like

social media
content creation
SEO
email marketing
analytics
paid ads
community management
and now AI tools on top

you have eight arms and somehow still not enough

which tentacle is strangling you the most?

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

Someone just sent me a four minute voice note
four minutes
that is not a message
that is a podcast
that is a TED talk I did not buy a ticket for
I replied "love this" with my whole chest
I have no idea what I agreed with
have you ever replied to a voice note you did not listen to

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

The human brain was not designed for email

It was designed for finding food and avoiding predators

Now it's spending 17 minutes deciding whether "Many thanks" is passive aggressive

Communication is exhausting

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

you sent a message
no reply
so you send another one
"just following up"
unbothered
you are not unbothered
you are rereading both like a detective on a cold case
why did you put a full stop on the first one
you sound like their manager
four hours later
"sorry just seeing this"
🤯

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

Is it efficient? No

Is it somehow still working? Unfortunately yes

That is exactly why nobody ever fixes it

This is most people and their inbox

Email became the place we send everything

Prices, proposals, schedules
Things people need later and never find 🧵

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

There are seven ways to hold a phone

2 and 6 are normal

7 is acceptable in emergencies

3 and 4 look like you're using a calculator from 1997

5 feels like you're texting something that starts with

"don't tell anyone but..."

What's your number?

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

the Nokia 3310 could survive a nuclear event and we traded it in for a glass rectangle that shatters if you look at it wrong

peak civilisation was 2002 and we walked away from it

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

someone emailed me
then Slacked me about the email
then texted me about the Slack
the message was "does Tuesday work"
Tuesday has passed
we never met
nobody knows what the answer is
one message
one link
one place
that is literally why we built LINKOLN

[Scoutware @ScoutwareLLC]

@coachlinkoln Yep!

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

There are two kinds of people.

People who turn read receipts off.

And people who are lying about why they turned read receipts off.

#Communication #TextingCulture #DigitalCommunication #ModernLife #RelatableHumor

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

Someone started typing.

Then stopped.

Then started again.

Then stopped.

Now you’ll never know if they were about to send:

“great idea”

Or a seven paragraph message that somehow ends with

“also the attachment didn’t open”

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

there is a voicemail on your phone
it has been there for three days
you are not going to listen to it
if it was important they would have texted
the voicemail stays
how many do you have right now?

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

First week back in the office full time.

The guy three desks away emailed me instead of speaking to me. I could hear him typing it.

“In-person collaboration.”

The reality is the same 121 emails a day, except now I have to wear pants.

[Stephanie Jane 🥒 @curlylinguist]

I am nosy.
I like receipts.
LINKOLN turns my emails into shareable links.
I send my prices as a link.
I send my proposals as a link.
I send my portfolio as a link.
And then I get a report back telling me exactly when they opened it and if they came back for another look.
That is how I know the lead is warm.
That is how I know to follow up.
That is how I know they have been back three times and are absolutely about to say yes.
Not blind anymore.
Just receipts.
https://t.co/fLPs0ceuar — code SJANE

[Abe Linkoln @coachlinkoln]

Communication has always had the same problem.
Getting the message to actually land.
The scroll got lost in the palace.
The inbox got buried under 667 others.
The link gets clicked.
We've been working on the third one.
https://t.co/nqltKWhhjz

#emailmarketing
#inboxzero