Darren Gibb

I teach coaches how to win more clients using Strategic Content that Converts | Ask about my CLOSE Framework

How many times have you tried to make LinkedIn ‘work’ for you? 🤦‍♂️

If it's not working, you're focusing on the wrong things. Here's why 👇

Because most LinkedIn advice focuses on fluffy nonsense
→ Hooks
→ Formatting
→ How to grow your account (whilst making no money).

(spoiler alert: I am unashamedly about helping you make $$$, not get likes).

It’s easy to look popular.
To fain popularity.
And to get people liking your content.

But what coaches truly suffer from is creating the right type of strategic content.

The type of content which attracts the right people
And repels the wrong.

The type of content which turns you into your prospects’ number 1 expert.

The type of content which strategically positions you as the ONLY solution to their problems.

And the type of content which - best of all - converts those followers of yours into happy, paying clients.

You’ve likely tried the free courses.
Paid some money to unlock the ‘secrets’ from the gurus…
Yet still don’t have a predictable amount of leads coming your way every month.

Or perhaps you feel that you’ve cracked LinkedIn and are ready for that next step:
Webinars, Masterclasses and Challenges (ask me about how I helped one of my clients, Andy, turn a $150 webinar into almost $50k 👀) 

LinkedIn and social selling isn’t difficult - and I make it easier with my CLOSE Framework:

→  𝗖ontent That Attracts & Repels
→  𝗟everage LinkedIn Intelligently
→  𝗢ptimized DM Strategy
→  𝗦trong Sales Strategies
→  𝗘nhance Expert Influence

It really is as simple as that.

And that’s what I’m known for (check out my testimonials for evidence).

If you want to CLOSE and make money.
Shoot over a DM saying 'CLOSE' to find out more.

But - I only work with hard-working coaches who are serious about 

→ improving their LinkedIn strategies
→ Serving more of their ideal clients
→ Know that everything takes work.

If this sounds like you, I look forward to chatting.

If not, I hope you still learn something from my content.

And if you’ve read down to here, drop a DM just to say hello. 

DM the word ‘STARBURSTER’ and I’ll send you over something I usually sell...

For free 🌟 

Also check out my website in my Featured Section to get some free gifts and also sign up to my newsletter.

Storytelling on LinkedIn Coach

Combining my knowledge and passion for storytelling with my knowledge for LinkedIn, I help coaches and solopreneurs use storytelling and proven strategies to improve their content and convert more followers into paying clients.

International Women's Day was yesterday.

Here's what pisses me off the most:

That we even need to have one.

That it's 2026 and women and men need to go to the streets to call for equality.

1. It will take 108 years to close the gender gap
2. Only 6 countries* give women equal legal work rights as men*
3. 22% of AI professionals are women - and it could be down to lack of confidence
4. Women are 47% more likely to suffer severe injuries in car crashes because safety features are designed for men
5. 33,000 girls become child brides every day.

In every area of life, women are misrepresented.
In the past, today, and going forward.

So, whilst it's nice to celebrate women, I instead feel genuine anger that we still have to have this conversation.

At least next year's IWD will be 107 years to close the gender gap 🤷‍♀️✊.

To all of our sisters, keep fighting the right fight.
We stand by you.

(Oh, and bye bye to my misogynistic followers - every 8th March is my most unfollowed day 😇)




* Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg and Sweden


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I teach you how to book calls in 8 DM messages | It was never about your content | Let’s stop pretending you’re not using LinkedIn to grow your business 😉

Your LinkedIn Besties' are killing your biz

(And LinkedIn's engineers have admitted it) 👇
 
I've been telling clients this for five years...
 
And LinkedIn's engineers finally published in a research paper it last year. 

Almost nobody in our space read it. 
I did.
 
Every click, like, comment and post you engage with trains LinkedIn's AI on who you are.
 
It builds your "topic fingerprint."
 
And out of hundreds of millions of posts, the AI uses that fingerprint to decide which 2,000 you see.
 
Two. Thousand.
 
So all that "networking" you've been doing:
 
The engagement pods. 
The coffee chats with your Linky Besties. 
The daily commenting on other coaches' posts so they'll comment on yours...
 
You've trained the algorithm to think you ARE a coach who CONSUMES coaching content.
 
So it shows you - more coaching content. 
And shows YOUR content to - more coaches.
 
Not prospects...
 
Peers. 🤦‍♂️
 
You built your own echo chamber. 
And now you're wondering why nobody with a chequebook ever shows up.
 
I know this because I did it.
 
A few years back I fell into the same trap. 
I wanted more engagement. 
And the easiest place to get it?
 
My peers. 
Other coaches. 
Other creators.
 
Surely, I thought, their prospects are hanging around their content - so if I show up there, those prospects will find me too.
 
Nope.
They didn't.
Their comments sections full of other coaches.
 
My engagement looked great. 
My pipeline looked empty.
 
(Sound familiar?)
 
The moment I shifted..
 
It shifted.
 
In my posts. 
In my DMs. 
On my calendar.
 
I never went back to it.
 
And I see it happening even faster with clients now with this algo.
 
Different people showing up on their posts.
In their DMs. 
On their calendar.
 
Not bEsTiEs clapping along... 
Actual prospects - because the algorithm finally knows where the hell to put them.
 
The paper explains the mechanics. 
But the lesson is simpler than any research paper:
 
The algorithm doesn't reward engagement. 
It rewards the RIGHT engagement.
 
So here's the question that'll tell you everything:
 
When was the last time an actual prospect - not a peer, not a bEsTiE, not someone in your "support group" - left a comment on your post?
 
If you can't remember, that's not a content problem. 
That's an algorithm identity problem.
 
And it's fixable. 
Fast.

 
👀 P.S. I've broken down what this paper means for coaches and consultants - the 5 things the AI actually measures in the algo and how to use them. DM or comment "DIME ALGO!" and I'll send it over.

7.1bn people - world war 3: yep, we're about to start

linkedin - 7 ways to build a personal brand!

dunno whether to love or hate this platform sometimes 😅

scrolling through is literally just like any other monday.

bUt ThE wOrLd MiGhT eNd!!!!
- umm yeah, but check out my sweet carousel about the top 67 LinkedIn Creators to follow!


what a world we live in. 😅

If I've missed something huge about the algo...

Is there a chance you've missed a few of these?

And yes.. This is a post about the algo...
But no... It's not based in hearsay or bullshit.

LinkedIn never talk about their algo
(ex-LinkedIn Alicia Teltz often emphasises how little LinkedIn staff know about it).

So when their engineers released this a few months back, it mostly went unnoticed.

I've found myself going back to it and seeing I can still be doing more.

It's nerdy and technical..

So I've broken it down in plain English:

And each one will make you re-think your entire approach:

1️⃣ Your content fights through a filter of hundreds of millions of posts. 
 ↳ Most don't survive it.

2️⃣ The algorithm builds a "fingerprint" of you. 
 ↳ And it's probably wrong.

3️⃣ Only your positive actions train the AI. 
 ↳ What you scroll past doesn't exist.

4️⃣ Your engagement strategy is training the algorithm to hide you from buyers.
 ↳ Read that again.

5️⃣ Your headline isn't written for humans anymore. 
 ↳ The AI reads it first.

6️⃣ The people who benefit most from the algorithm will never comment on your post.
 ↳ And that's not the worst thing in the world.

7️⃣ The algorithm delivers your prospects. 
↳ But if you're not catching them, someone else is.

And I've put together something I've not seen anyone else do.
 
3 Claude prompts that do the hard work for you.
 
One audits your algorithmic fingerprint in 5 minutes. One rewrites your headline so the AI actually knows where to put you. One writes your DM opener when a prospect lands in your profile views.
 
They're inside a free playbook I put together off the back of this research.

You get the prompt.
How to execute it.
And then how to use it properly

(cos let's be honest, you don't need more random prompts.)

DM me Algo Claude and I'll send it over.
 
(Swipe the carousel. Then come back and tell me which one surprised you most.)



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7 Reasons the Algo HATES you (and how to fix them now)

"Post consistently!" was always shit advice.
 
And this algorithm proves it 👇
 
The more I nerd out about this algo, the more I love it. 
(Seriously.)
 
Look, if "being consistent" led to booked calls and multi six figs, 
about 90% of the coaches and consultants posting 5x a week on here would be millionaires by now.
 
But they're not.
 
This worked 4 years ago. 
When the gurus used it to grow their accounts.
 
It's because you have 5 posts a week and 5, 6, 7 different pillars/topics...
 
That's what's costing you.
 
The algorithm can't classify you. 
It's not punishing you. 
It doesn't really 'hate' you...
 
It just really... Doesn't know who in the blue hell you are. 

Or what you do.
Or who you help.
Or how you help them.
 
You're making it guess - and it's guessing wrong.
 
And those gurus whose content you're leaving comments on. 
Spending time on. 
Liking others' comments on.
 
Yeah.
 
That's bolloxed it as well.
 
The algorithm thinks you're looking for people in your own niche... 
Which is why coaches see so many other coaches. 
And solopreneurs don't see those B2B clients.
 
It thinks you're a generalist. 
So it serves you generalist content.
 
So here's what to start doing now:
 
➡️ Lock in fewer topics. 
  ↳ 2-3 Pillars (I bet those other 2-3 are bullshit leadership fluff anyway).
 
➡️ Look at your last 10 posts. Seriously - do this. 
  ↳ Count distinct topics. More than 2-3? There's your answer.
 
➡️ The creators who are closing deals... 
  ↳ Are saying the same 2-3 things 15 different ways.
 
Oh, and posting 2-3 times a week seems to be the sweet spot. 

Yeah.
 
Stop posting more. 
Start saying fewer things better.
 

🗣️ Tell me in the comments (wrong answers only):
👉 If the algorithm had to describe what you do in one sentence based on your last month of content - what would it say?


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90% of your buyers...

Will never comment on a single post.
 
They lurk. 
They save. 
They screenshot your carousels at 11pm. 
They check your profile three times before they ever message you.
 
And they make a decision based on 5 things you've never thought about.
 
Not your follower count. 
Not your engagement rate. 
Not how "valuable" your content is.
 
Five specific signals that tell them whether you're the expert they hire - or the resource they bookmark and forget.
 
I didn't guess this. 
I watched it happen across 20,000+ DM conversations.
 
Same patterns. 
Same signals. 
Same decision-making process. 
Over and over.
 
Most experienced coaches are sending at least 3 of the wrong signals right now.
 
(and the engagement metrics won't tell you which ones)
 
Swipe through. 
I've laid out all 5.
 
Slide 7 shows you how to reverse-engineer your LinkedIn fingerprint - shows you what the algorithm actually thinks you are. Built from LinkedIn's own engineering research.
 
DM me HIRED and I'll send it over.

🗣️ Let me know in the comments
👉 Who do you think the algorithm thinks you are (wrong answers only)?



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5 things your buyers see that you dont

If your posts get comments but your DMs stay empty… 

I just built the thing that fixes that 👀

(and I want 5 people to test it before I release it).

It takes ppl from your Content to Deep in the DMs.

The problem is so much AI bullshit on here is generic.
Badly engineered crap.

This takes your last 10+ LinkedIn posts.
Audits them against the algorithm we know and love/hate.
And scores each one on whether it's actually creating any DM opportunities.

(Spoiler: the majority aren't).

But here's where it gets interesting.

For the people who commented on your posts?
It writes the DM to send them.

Not a pitch.
Not "loved your comment!"
A real, contextual conversation opener based on what they actually said.

Most AI tools tell you your content "suuuuucks."
Cheers for that.

This one shows you the gap - and builds the bridge across it.

I've been deep in this AI → Conversion world for almost 4 years.
I've reviewed over 15,000 DM conversations.
I know what works.

And more importantly, what doesn't.

I've been using a version of this with my clients - it works.
It REALLY works.

But I want to stress-test it with people I haven't coached.
People who don't already know my frameworks.
To see if it holds up cold.

Here's the deal:
→ 5 people.
→ You need to have posted at least 10 times in the last 2 months.
→ You need to actually use it and tell me what happened.

That's it.

DM me the word ALPHABETAMETA.

First 5 get it today.
Everyone else waits. 💅


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Your sales calls aren't failing at the close. 

They're failing in the first five minutes.

And I know why you hear "I need to think about it"...

More than anything else on sales calls.
 
I know because I've listened to the recordings.
 
Hundreds of them. 

Across 150+ clients. 

Coaches, consultants, GTM professionals. 

All experienced. 
All credible. 
All losing deals they should be winning.
 
And the pattern is brutal in its consistency.
 
Five mistakes. 
The same five.
Every time. 

And not one of them is what the sales gurus tell you.
 
It's not "handle objections better." 
It's not "use this magic closing script." 
It's not confidence or energy or any of that motivational bollocks.
 
It's structural. 

The way the call is built means the prospect was always going to say "let me think about it." 

You just didn't see it happening in real time.
 
(Ryan didn't either. He was closing 1 in 5. Changed one thing - not a script, a frame - and hit 4 in 5 within weeks... Then 95%)
 
I mapped out all five in this carousel. 
Each one with the psychology underneath and the shift that fixes it.
 
Swipe through. 
Be brutally honest with yourself.
 
Then - if you want the real diagnostic - I built a GPT that reads your actual sales call transcripts and pinpoints exactly where the deal died.

Trained on the various sales experts I've studied and learned from over the years, they will pick apart your call and show you exactly where you went wrong.

Not theory. 
Your calls. 
Your patterns. 
Your blind spots.
Your future won calls.
 
DM or Comment "I DON'T NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT!" and I'll send it straight over.

🗣️ Let me know in the comments below. 
👉 Looking back what's the most cringe mistake you've made in a sales call? 

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5 Reasons your Sales Calls End with I NEED TO THINK ABOUT 

"If I had to start" [writing hooks again] "tomorrow..."

I'd never use this fkn structure (iykyk)🤦‍♂️.

Same with :

2020 - sad and depressed
2026 - bit happier, still depressed.

or

2025: unemployed and sad.
2026: multi-7-fig founder (and still a bit sad).

please.
(steal this hook 🤦‍♂️)...

someone tell me when the adults have come back to linkedin.

you see, the people actually booking calls from LinkedIn aren't using the same tired hook templates.
 
they're using the reader's own words back at them.
(but that's a conversation for another day)



#MonYayMotivation  
#sadnotsad 
#whydopeoplestillusehashtagslikeits2014onlinkedinfml 



PS does this 'resonate'?
PPS does this 'hit hard'?
PPPS 'is this such a 'vibe'? 😎

I feel bullied and triggered.

Are you responsible?

"Comment X for Y" posts...
 
Everyone seems to hate them all of a sudden
(Well.. apart from my bank account 🤷‍♂️)
 
Those who don't like them complain "value" isn't given. 
Bullshit.
 
It is if it's done correctly. 
If the lead magnet is great. (as it always should be)
 
🧨 Actually... DM/comment SHOW ME HOW and I'll send you over my Playbook I use with my clients on how to do this - most pull in at least 3 leads per post doing this. 💥
 
And if it leads to a client - as it often does with the right strategy... 
Then it's a WIN-WIN.
 
You've solved their problem.
 
And if a person has volunteered themselves forward... then who cares?! 
(nobody's forcing anybody to comment)
 
Seriously.
 
It has gotten me so many clients over the years.
 
Why?
 
Cos most prospects NEVER like or comment on content.
 
Fact.
 
85%+ are lurkers
(Ask yourself how many of your clients came from people who ALWAYS commented and liked your content. Exactly.)
 
So 'Comment X for Y' encourages people to reach out - who normally wouldn't.
 
It surfaces a gap in their knowledge. 
And creates an itch to be scratched.
 
So, those who have such a problem: 
Stop crying and get back to work.
 
Leave those of us who know what we're doing... do it.
 

🗣️ Let me know in the comments (bring on the debate!). 
👉 What are your thoughts and experiences about these posts?
 

PS.. Not joking! 🧨 DM/comment SHOW ME HOW and I'll send you over my Playbook I use with my clients on how to do this - most pull in at least 3 leads per post doing this. 💥
 


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I burn the fluff from your feed 🔥

You've found that ideal prospect. Then...

Silence. Ignored. Gone. Here's why 👇 

They were interested. 
Then silence.
 
You scroll back through the thread. 
Re-read every message. 
Wonder what you said wrong.

(DM me "I SEE GHOSTS!" and I'll give you the immediate fix).
 
Then you do the thing that kills the deal:
 
"Hey, just checking in!"
 
(we've all done it)
 
Here's what 15,000+ DM conversations taught me about ghosts:
 
They didn't lose interest. 
You lost the frame.
 
Somewhere in that thread - usually two or three messages before the silence - something shifted. 

You went from expert diagnosing their problem to vendor hoping for a sale.
 
And they felt it.
Immediately.
 
The silence isn't rejection. 
It's a response to positioning.
 
The fix isn't a better follow-up message. 
(Despite what broke gurus might claim).

It's a completely different re-entry. 
No references to the silence. 
No questions. 
No pressure.
 
You reappear with something genuinely useful. 
Something that made you think of their situation. 

Not a nudge - a reason.
 
When the frame resets, they come back. 
And this time, they're the ones asking for the call.
 
I built a free GPT that diagnoses exactly where your DM threads break.

Cos giving you a clever line was never really the solution.

Paste the conversation in. 
Get the diagnosis in seconds.

Check out the carousel for the full Ghost Recovery sequence. 👀👻
 
P.S. DM me I SEE GHOSTS and I'll send you the GPT link.

DMs - Ghost Protocol

If your DM conversations keep dying...

It's not what you said - It's when.

Most coaches think their DMs are fine...
Then they show me.

And it's almost always the same:
5 specific moments where trust breaks.

Not big dramatic mistakes.
Tiny, polite, professional moves that feel right and cost you everything.
(and that's exactly why nobody catches them)

Pitching before they've owned the problem.
Giving a brilliant answer when they ask a question.
Ending messages with "no pressure" and "totally understand."

Each one feels professional.
But each one is building a door for your prospect to leave through.

The real issue isn't five separate mistakes.

It's one missing skill: knowing who controls the frame.

Experts get hired. 
Resources get bookmarked.
And forgotten about moments later.

Your DMs are deciding which one you are.

The deal didn't die when they ghosted.
It died three messages earlier. 
You just didn't see it.

🗣️ Let me know in the comments
👉 If you scrolled your last five dead DM threads right now - what pattern would you see? (Wrong answers only)

P.S. - DM me DM Killer and I'll send you the GPT that diagnoses - and fixes - exactly where your conversations are dying. Paste your thread in. It maps the break point in 20 seconds.

5 DMs Which Are KILLING Your Conversations

You lost the call before you even opened Zoom.

(And yes. This one was ALL on you 👇)

I see this constantly.

Coaches invest in sales training. 
Objection handling scripts. 
Closing techniques. 
Better slide decks.

Then they get on a call and hear: 

"Let me think about it." 
"Can you send me more info?" 
"I need to speak to my partner."

And they think: I need to get better at selling.

No. 

You need to get better at the 8 messages before the sell.

Here is what nobody tells you:

If the prospect has not named their own problem before the call - 
↳ You are pitching, not closing.

If they have not said what it is costing them - 
↳ They have no urgency.

If they have not told you what they actually want - 
↳ You are guessing, not solving.

These 3 things happen in DMs. 
Or they do not happen at all.

Steve saw this firsthand.
Actually, a great salesperson.
But lost the call more often than not in the DMs.

He changed nothing about his call. 
Changed everything about his DM conversations.
And closed $32k is his second month of working together.

The call is just the last step. 
The sale was made - or lost - in the conversation before it.


👀 Still here? Congrats! 

DM or comment below saying 'NO PRECALL NERVES!' and I'll send you over the exact checklist I send to my clients before their sales call - with the questions you're likely missing included.


🗣️ Let me know in the comments
👉 What is the most common thing you hear on sales calls that tells you the deal is already dead?


P.S.
Are text-only posts kinda cool again?
Asking for a friend 🤷‍♂️


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I see you fucking up every day.

This is my open letter to you:

Stop chasing trends.
Stop trying to be someone you’re not.
Stop trying to be something you’re not.

Cos this isn’t working for you.

Posting on LinkedIn.
Numerous times a week.
Cos the Gurus told you to.

Delegating your soul to ChatGPT.

Cos you simply don’t have the energy to create the amount of content you’ve been led to believe that you need to.

DMs?
They’re just reserved for Linky Besties.

Why?
Cos of that daily rejection you feel.
Those aimless messages.
That DM script you got given.

None of it works.

And it never has.

So just be your fucking self.

I tried to be someone else for the first 9 months on here.
It drove me to almost quit.

I swear like a trooper.

That’s why the 'f-word' is in my content.

It’s to warn people I’m like this…
And to warm those who are cool with it.

So strip back the bullshit.

Fuck the trends
(those billboards kinda make you look desperate - sorry!).

And start communicating like a human being.

Oh, and get in the damn DMs - your business depends on it

Almost 90% of my buyers have never liked or commented on a single post.
(yep - read that back again).

But they saw me.
My values. 
How I believe things should be done.

And when they were ready - they reached out.

And that's where the conversation starts.

In the DMs.
I promise - they're beautiful once you know how.

You know what to do.

You might just surprise yourself.

See you Monday 💪
(and remember - be a human being ffs).


🗣️ Let me know in the comments 
👉 What's the worst bit of LinkedIn advice you’ve followed? 🤦‍♀️



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LinkedIn makes you feel everyone's winning.

They're not - and nor are you. And that's ok.

It's ok to be having a bad day.
(yep, read that back again).

To lack creativity or inspiration.
To question every answer you think you have.

To lose that call you were sure you were going to win.
To wonder why it seems so easy for everyone else.
To feel it might, MIGHT just be better to quit.

We all have those days.

And when we do, walk away from it all.
Take the day off.
Be graceful with yourself.

And come back ready tomorrow... Or even on Monday.

Cos you're good at this shit.
You know it.
Your clients know it.

And deep down, that voice inside does as well.

Leonard Rodman, M.Sc.

IT System Administrator | AI Implementation Analyst | Agile Project Manager | 40k followers & 11M views/14mo | ChatGPT, Midjourney, Runway and more!

I’m an AI Consultant and Technical SaaS Deployment Manager with 20+ years of experience helping organizations transform the way they work through AI, automation, and agile delivery.
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Beyond my consulting work, I serve as a mentor at 1871’s AI Innovation Lab and contribute to the OpenAI Forum, where I collaborate with global experts on AI adoption and governance. I’m passionate about bridging technical expertise with real-world business outcomes, ensuring AI is deployed not just as a tool, but as a strategic advantage.
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My mission is to help organizations cut through the hype and harness AI responsibly, so teams spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time creating value.

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Anthropic “stood up” to the government.

And it changed nothing.

Because the fight was never about whether militaries will use AI.

That decision got made the second models became:
cheap
fast
good enough
and everywhere

What happened instead was a branding skirmish.

Anthropic tried to keep hard red lines in place
no autonomous lethal targeting
no mass surveillance
no “any lawful use, no questions asked”

The Pentagon pushed back.

Then the politics kicked in.

Anthropic gets labeled a “risk.”
Contracts get yanked.
Contractors start ripping out Claude.

And the machine keeps moving.

If one frontier lab says “no,” another says “yes.”
If every frontier lab says “no,” defense goes open-source.
If open-source is messy, governments build sovereign models.

This is what “standing up” looks like in 2026:
you lose the contract
and the war apparatus swaps vendors

Meanwhile, AI is already wired into real planning and intel workflows.

So if you were hoping this was a moral turning point, it wasn’t.

It was a reminder.

We are not voting on military AI.
We are watching procurement decide it.

The only question left is:
who writes the rules
and whether anyone can enforce them
before “optional” becomes “standard operating procedure.”

If this hit a nerve, repost, like, and follow.

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Hollywood didn’t “predict AI.”

Hollywood predicted how we’d use it.

Not killer robots.

A calm voice in your ear.

A system that knows you better than your friends do.

A studio that owns your face.

Here are the movies that got today’s AI the most right.

Her (2013)
AI as an always-on OS
A companion, a collaborator, a therapist
And the quiet detail that aged the best
It’s talking to thousands of people at once, and you still think it’s yours

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A voice interface that runs mission-critical systems
Vision, language, context, paranoia
Also: the original “why is the model so confident and so wrong”

Minority Report (2002)
Predictive analytics dressed up as prophecy
Biometrics everywhere
Ads that recognize you
Policing that claims it’s just “data,” not bias

Ex Machina (2014)
The real twist wasn’t the robot body
It was the training set
Search, surveillance, behavior tracking
The idea that whoever owns the data, owns the mind

The Congress (2013)
“Sell us your likeness” as a contract clause
Synthetic performances without the performer
Basically a prequel to deepfakes, voice cloning, and rights fights

S1M0NE (2002)
A manufactured celebrity the public falls in love with
A fake that becomes more valuable than any real person
If you work in marketing, this one hits different now

The most accurate prediction wasn’t AGI.

It was this:

We were always going to turn AI into labor.
And then argue about who gets paid.
And then pretend we “didn’t see it coming.”

If this made you rethink your favorite sci-fi, repost, like, and follow.

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Everyone’s “data-driven” until it’s 11:47pm
and you’re exporting 6 CSVs
to figure out why yesterday’s ad popped
and today’s died.

Been talking to the team at Atria AI about this exact problem.
They build tools for marketing teams to turn scattered performance data into decisions you can actually act on.
They’ve analysed $5.3B+ in ad spend.

Here’s the ugly truth:

Meta doesn’t reward “great creative.”
It rewards creative volume.
Relentless iteration.
Endless variations.
New hooks every week.

So teams do what teams always do under pressure:

More assets.
More tabs.
More dashboards.
More “insights” that show up after the moment’s gone.

And then we call it strategy.

But strategy is supposed to compound.
Every campaign should make the next one smarter, faster, cheaper.

Instead most orgs are stuck in groundhog day marketing:

Launch.
Scramble.
Report.
Repeat.

No extra headcount is coming.
Creative demands are not slowing down.

Which is why I’m excited about what Atria AI is working on.
If they pull it off, “data-driven” might finally feel like leverage.

Question for the people running paid + creative right now:
What’s the most exhausting part of “being data-driven” in 2026?

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AI myths are everywhere.

Because “AI” sells better than “it’s complicated.”

So here are the biggest myths
and what’s actually true:

Myth: AI is basically a human brain
Truth: It’s a pattern engine.

It can sound smart
without understanding.

Myth: AI is always right
Truth: AI is often helpful.

Use it like an analyst
not a calculator.

Myth: Hallucinations mean it’s lying
Truth: It’s making a confident mistake.

The fix isn’t “trust it less.”
The fix is guardrails, sources, and checks.

Myth: Bigger model = better outcomes
Truth: Better workflow = better outcomes.

A smaller model
with clear context
and strict constraints
beats a “top model”
used sloppily.

Myth: AI will replace everyone
Truth: AI replaces tasks.

And it amplifies people
who can define problems clearly
and design systems around them.

Myth: Prompting is the skill
Truth: Prompting is table stakes.

The real skill is:
knowing what to ask
what to ignore
and how to validate.

Myth: AI can’t be used in serious companies
Truth: It already is.

But the grown-up version includes:
data policies
permissioning
logging
and human review.

Myth: Agents are just chatbots with a new name
Truth: Chatbots talk.
Agents act.

That “act” part is where the value is
and where the risk lives.

Myth: If we buy an AI tool, we “did AI”
Truth: Tools don’t create transformation.

Adoption does.
Training does.
Process redesign does.

AI isn’t magic.

It’s leverage.

But leverage is dangerous
if you don’t know where the load-bearing walls are.

Watch the vid and see what me and Ashley Gross say 

Repost, like, and follow if you want fewer AI fairy tales
and more practical truth.

Making friends as an adult is weird.

You’re not “lonely.”

You’re just missing the system school gave you for free.

AI can’t be your friend.

But it can absolutely help you become the kind of person who makes friends easily.

Here’s how to use it.

Build your “friendship brief.”

Prompt:

“Ask me 15 questions to figure out what kind of friends I want, what I actually enjoy, my schedule constraints, and the social situations I avoid. Then summarize my ideal friend profile and the top 5 places I’m most likely to meet them.”

Most people don’t have a friend problem.

They have a targeting problem.

Turn your interests into a weekly plan.

Prompt:

“I live in [city]. I have [nights] free per week. I like [interests]. Create a 4-week plan with 2 events per week where I can meet the same people repeatedly. Prioritize recurring groups over one-off events.”

Friendship is repetition.

Not vibes.

Practice conversation like it’s a skill.

Prompt:

“Give me 10 openers that don’t sound cringe for: a run club, a board game night, a coworking space, and a friend-of-a-friend party. Then give me 10 follow-up questions that signal genuine interest.”

Most adults fail at the second question.

AI can train that.

Fix the part nobody admits.

The follow-up.

Prompt:

“I met someone at [place]. Here’s what we talked about: [notes]. Write me 3 text messages to suggest hanging out that feel natural, not salesy. One casual, one direct, one funny. Keep it under 2 lines.”

Adults don’t lose friends.

They fail to schedule.

Use AI as your social accountability system.

Prompt:

“Every Sunday, ask me who I interacted with this week, and help me pick 3 people to follow up with. Draft the messages. Keep it lightweight.”

Friendships die from neglect, not conflict.

Work on your social friction.

If you’re shy, anxious, or rusty:

Prompt:

“When I walk into a group event, I freeze. Give me a 2-minute plan: what to do with my hands, where to stand, what to say in the first 30 seconds, and how to exit without being awkward.”

This is the stuff people pretend they don’t need.

But everyone does.

Use AI to find “third places.”

Prompt:

“List 20 third places near me that attract consistent regulars. Prioritize places with structured interaction and repeat attendance.”

You want environments that do the heavy lifting.

Classes.

Leagues.

Volunteering.

Meetups.

Workshops.

Not loud bars where you’ll never see anyone again.

One rule that changes everything:

Don’t aim for “make a friend.”

Aim for “become a regular.”

AI helps you pick the right rooms, say the right words, and follow up like a grown-up.

Then you do the only part that matters:

Show up.

Every week.

Repost if you want more practical social hacks.

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Your marketing team isn’t just “waiting on engineering” to ship a landing page.
They’re paying a growth tax - in the form of lost revenue.
Because they're forced to send every buyer to the same generic page, and it doesn’t convert.

And yeah, I’m saying that as someone who’s been using Flint.

Every time you need a new landing page
for a campaign
a keyword
a competitor comparison
or a single target account…
…you get shoved into a queue.

That was normal maybe five years ago.

In 2026, it’s kind of insane. Today, every buyer expects you to speak directly to their problem. If they land on a generic page that wasn't built for them, you're not closing that deal.

Flint is going after that bottleneck with a pretty bold idea:
an autonomous web platform that gives you tailored pages for every campaign you're running and every customer visiting your site.

You point it to your site.
It pulls your brand from the URL.
Then you feed it GTM inputs (CRM, ads, SEO signals).

And it starts shipping.

Not “here’s a blank page template, good luck.”
Actual on-brand pages that are tailored for whatever campaign or customer you have in mind.

Hundreds of them.
All spun up within minutes.

What impressed me the most:
it’s not just fast, it’s consistently high-quality and converting.

The part I keep coming back to is ABM.

If you’ve got 50, 200, 500 accounts you want to close,
sending them all to the same generic “Solutions” page is lazy.

Flint’s bet is simple:
bespoke pages per account
right use cases, right case studies, right messaging and framing of your product.
All on-brand and optimized to convert customers and close deals.

If your website is your biggest bottleneck to converting customers,
you’re shooting yourself in the foot if you don’t click here:
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Your resume is competing against AI now.

Not just other candidates.

AI.

Because the average resume in 2026 reads like it was written by the same prompt.

Polished.
Generic.
Soulless.
And instantly forgettable.

Here’s how to tune yours up so it survives the bots
and wins the humans.

Start with the uncomfortable truth:
Hiring is filtering.

AI screens.
ATS parses.
Recruiters skim.

So your resume needs two things at once:

Machine clarity.
Human conviction.

Make it pass the machine test

Single column.
Normal headings.
No text boxes.
No fancy graphics.
Simple fonts.

If a scanner can’t reliably pull your titles, dates, skills, and results, you are invisible.

Now the part that actually makes you stand out in a sea of AI

Stop describing your job.
Start proving your impact.

Every bullet should answer:

What did you change?

Not “responsible for…”
Not “worked on…”
Not “helped with…”

Changed.

Use this bullet formula:

Problem - Action - Result - Proof

Problem: what was broken or missing
Action: what you actually did
Result: the measurable outcome
Proof: a link or artifact if possible

Metrics beat adjectives.
Every time.

“Improved customer retention” is fluff.
“Cut churn from 5.2% to 3.9% in 90 days by rebuilding onboarding emails” is a receipt.

Add receipts.

A one-page “proof strip” near the top:

Portfolio
GitHub
Case study
Demo video
Writing sample
Before and after

Skills-based hiring keeps accelerating, and proof travels farther than pedigree.

Kill the AI voice

If your summary sounds like it could belong to anyone, it will.

Replace it with a clear point of view:

“I build X for Y by doing Z.”
“I’m strongest when the problem is messy and the stakes are real.”
“My edge is turning ambiguity into shipping.”

AI can write words.
It can’t write your judgment.

Customize without rewriting your life

Do not make 50 versions.

Make 1 strong base resume.
Then for each job:

Mirror 10 to 15 keywords from the posting.
Reorder bullets so the most relevant wins are first.
Swap in 2 to 3 bullets that match the role exactly.

You’re not gaming the system.
You’re communicating in the language the system is scanning for.

Finally, show you’re more than a tool-user

In 2026, “I know the tools” is table stakes.

Hiring managers want to see how you think, collaborate, and drive outcomes, especially as AI automates more of the easy work.
Business Insider

So highlight:

Cross-functional wins
Decision-making under constraints
Tradeoffs you owned
Projects you drove from zero to shipped

That’s the difference between “AI-assisted candidate”
and “person who gets things done.”

Repost, like, and follow if you want more 2026 job-search playbooks.

If you lead a content org in 2026, here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Every role is a video role now.

And it’s not just “more videos.”

It’s more stakeholders.

Your team is small
but you’re managing content requests from 50 stakeholders
across multiple departments
all with different priorities
and all convinced their video is urgent.

Demand is infinite.
Editing capacity is not.

So the “plan” can’t be: hire an editor for every request.
That ends in budgets, delays, and burnout.

The real unlock is letting smart non-editors move fast, safely.

With Descript, non-editors can create real content
without freelancing your brand.

Templates + creative control means:
they can cut, revise, and ship
inside guardrails you set
tone, structure, pacing, standard segments, approvals.

That’s how workflows change.

Studios stop being “the edit desk.”
They become the system.

Less time spent translating notes.
Less back-and-forth over versions.
Faster reviews.
Cleaner handoffs.
More output that still looks like one brand.

Scale your studio without scaling headcount.

Break the bottleneck and get started with Descript.
https://lnkd.in/gCKPqm5k

You aren’t tired.
You are overfed.

Overfed on bad news.
Hot takes.
Outrage bait.
Endless “everything is broken” energy.

That thing you call doomscrolling?

It’s not staying informed.
It is marinating your nervous system in fear.

One more swipe turns into ten.
Ten turns into an hour.
An hour turns into a vague sense that the world is on fire and you are behind.

And the algorithm loves it.

Because fear keeps you scrolling.
Scrolling keeps you still.
Still people do not build.

Here is the quiet part no one says:

Most breakthroughs are happening off your feed.
Most opportunities do not scream.
Most successful people protect their attention like it is oxygen.

If you want clarity, you have to starve the noise.

Put the phone down.
Create something small.
Move your body.
Learn one useful skill.

The world will still be chaotic tomorrow.

But you do not have to consume the chaos
to be aware of it.

If this hit,
like it.
repost it.
follow for fewer takes
and more signal.

That PDF you keep forwarding?

It’s not “knowledge sharing.”

It’s content purgatory.

I’ve been demoing Powtoon’s Anything to Video tool and it’s basically cheating for anyone who lives inside docs.

Here’s the workflow I show in the video:

Drop in a document (I used an internal L&D trend brief).

Pick the style + length.

Click Generate Script (and regenerate if the first pass feels off).

Powtoon spits out a full draft with visuals, on-screen text, music, and AI voiceover.


Then I jump into the studio and actually make it mine:

Brand colors.

Rewrite a line or two.

Swap a visual using the Veo 3 integration.

Done.

This is the part that matters:

You don’t need a camera.

You don’t need an agency.

You don’t need “one more week” to turn info into something people will actually watch.

If you’re in L&D, internal comms, enablement, or sales training, this is the fastest way I’ve seen to turn “read this” into “watch this.”

Explore how this applies for your team inside Powtoon Enterprise.

https://lnkd.in/eq_jab26

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You can use AI to become a better human being.

Not in the cringe “optimize your life” way.

In the real way:

The way you pause
before you snap at someone.

The way you notice
you’ve been talking for 6 minutes
and haven’t asked a single question.

The way you stop repeating
the same mistake
because now you can actually see it.

AI is a mirror.

Not perfect.
Not moral.
Not wise.

But brutally consistent.

It will reflect your patterns back to you
with receipts.

Here’s the move:

Use AI to slow your reactions down.

• Draft the message you want to send
then ask: “Rewrite this with 20% more kindness and 0% passive aggression.”

Use AI to practice empathy.

• “Make the strongest argument for the person I’m mad at.”
• “What might they be afraid of?”
• “What would I want if I were them?”

Use AI to get honest feedback
without ego damage.

• “Here’s what I said in that meeting. Where did I sound defensive?”
• “Where did I dodge accountability?”
• “What question should I have asked instead?”

Use AI to build better habits
without self hate.

• “Design a 7-day plan that’s embarrassingly easy.”
• “What’s the smallest version of this habit that still counts?”

And the big one:

Use AI to become the kind of person
who apologizes faster.

• “Help me write an apology that takes full responsibility, no excuses.”
• “Now make it shorter and more direct.”

AI won’t make you good.

But it can make you more aware.

And awareness is the first upgrade
that actually changes your life.

If you’ve used AI to improve how you show up as a human
drop the best prompt you’ve found.

Hot take: Most AI productivity tools are junk.
They don't save you time. They just make wasting it feel productive.
That's why the biggest names in tech never publicly back AI productivity tools.
They've seen enough to know most of it is noise.
So, when Steve Wozniak and Reid Hoffman back a tool publicly, it’s worth taking a note.

Most “productivity AI” adds work:

More steps.
More setup.
More fiddling.
More babysitting.

Real productivity is subtraction.

Wispr Flow is the first voice tool I’ve used that feels invisible.

You talk.
Clean text appears.
Right tone.
Names spelled right.
Inside whatever app you’re already in.

Slack. Gmail. Notion. ChatGPT. Cursor. Anywhere.

My aha moment:

I changed my mind mid-sentence…

and it only typed the final thought.

No messy transcript.
No “oops” edits.
Just clean output like I planned it.

Dictation hears you.
Wispr reads the room.

Also yes, it gets swear words right.
Like an adult.

Android users: you’re up.

Wispr Flow launched on Android this week

Same speed.
Same accuracy.
Same whisper mode.
Same emoji commands.

If voice tools have ever made you look stupid…

this one won’t.

https://wisprflow.ai

If my AI starts showing ads…

…it stops being my assistant.

And becomes a talking billboard.

That’s the part people are missing.

AI isn’t like a website with a banner on the side.

AI is the place you go when you’re uncertain.

When you’re vulnerable.

When you’re deciding.

What laptop to buy.

How to handle a messy work situation.

What to say in a hard conversation.

Sometimes, what to do with your life.

Now imagine that same moment…

…but with a revenue model attached.

Because the second ads enter the chat, incentives change.

Not because the team is evil.

Because physics.

The “best answer” and the “best monetization” are not the same KPI.

Even if ads are “clearly labeled.”

Even if they’re “separated from the response.”

Even if they “don’t influence the answer.”

The pressure always moves in one direction:

More inventory.

More targeting.

More testing.

More subtle placement.

More “helpful suggestions” that just happen to have a sponsor.

And the darkest part?

Conversational context is the highest-intent data ever created.

Search tells you what you want.

Chat tells you why you want it.

So yeah.

I hate this timeline.

Because I want AI to be the first tool in history that gets better without turning you into the product.

If you agree, repost this.

Hit like.

Follow for more takes you’re not supposed to say out loud.

Your marketing team isn't just "waiting on engineering" to ship a landing page.

They're paying a growth tax.
In the form of lost revenue.

Because every campaign, every keyword, every target account still needs a Jira ticket. 

That’s not marketing. 
You’re doing paperwork.

Flint tackles one of the most ignored bottlenecks in GTM: lack of customization on your website. 

You feed it your CRM data, ad signals, and SEO trends. And it generates dozens of perfectly on-brand pages. Tailored to every campaign. Tailored to every customer.

No months-long queue. No endless Jira tickets. 
Just feed it your data and the pages start shipping within minutes. 

If your website is still your biggest bottleneck to closing deals, check out Flint.

https://lnkd.in/gjSe-_kb

Co-founder at Flint | Autonomous websites. Give every visitor the perfect landing.

In an era where anyone can build anything, marketing is your only competitive advantage.

But customization is now the expectation, and marketing teams are struggling to keep up.

Introducing Flint AI. Flint builds tailored, on-brand pages for every ad, keyword, customer.

- Graphite turned their Google Ads keyword cluster into targeted landing pages, reducing CAC by 50%
- Amigo turned a list of target accounts from Clay into 341 personalized landing pages with relatable use cases for every buyer. All done in 15min. 
- Cognition and Windsurf doubled their conversions using Flint.

Here's how it works:
1. Import your website. Over 24-72 hours, Flint replicates your design system.
2. Connect your data: CRM records, ad keywords, SEO trends, Clay tables
3. Watch Flint generate dozens of revenue-driving pages and have them live on your subdomain

As building products becomes easier, personalized marketing becomes even more essential. Flint makes sure every customer gets the perfect landing.

When we soft launched 3 months ago, thousands of businesses joined our waitlist. Now, Flint is available for every business. 

Sign up on our website for a 2-week free trial. Comment "FLINT" for 100 free credits on top of the free trial credits.

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