We are all well-aware of programmers volunteering their time to open source projects. Another common example are lawyers who work on cases pro bono.
Which got me thinking, what about marketeers? I have never heard of marketeers volunteering their time and skill. Could it be that such marketeers work in small organisations that nobody has heard of? Could it be that marketing requires way more resources than building software or legal work, such that the barrier of entry to volunteer marketing work is set too high for individuals?
This question came to me while looking at
inspiration for question; off-topic
this post. This is clearly a marketing problem, and I thought it would be nice if there are some professional marketeers to lead the marketing effort or provide some advice to the community.
All true. But…
Don’t make your online accounts your identity.
They aren’t you. They aren’t real.
Neither is your social security number nor your passport or dericing licence. Your email serves the same purpose online. Losing/changing it is extremely annoying as it’s tied to so many other services.
You’re missing my point.
Not sure if it’s intentional or not.
If your point is more than everything online is virtual anyway, then you’re missing the point.
Your email being tied to your online identity doesn’t mean it’s part of your sense of self or personality. It means it’s ties to multiple online services that identify you partly by using it. If you change or lose your email, you lose those log-ins or, at least, it’s a pain to change them all.
Many places now use a phone number as an identifier instead of an email or as an alternative. Again, because it’s unique to you and unlikely to change. However, that makes you easier to track and susceptible to losing it being a loss of things beyond your phone number. This may include access to things like bank accounts or personal photos or friends contact details.