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Blog: Order On The Court — Now, Gwyneth Paltrow also wants in on Play To Win Pickleball action
Ottawa's newest website, Play To Win Pickleball, strikes gold a second time when Gwyneth Paltrow Friend Requests Doug on her private Facebook page. Knowing it must be her real profile because of the letters PRT, he accepts her invite immediately until late night chat requests disrupt his dog walks.
Gwyneth Paltrow shows support by sending Friend Request from her private Facebook chat. The PVT acronym means it must be authentic, right?
A funny thing happened to me this week that I have to share.
Remember my earlier Blog I wrote about Taylor Swift calling me wanting use Chaos on the Courts as the basis of lyrics for a new song she was working on, and to book a lesson for pickleball.
Of course, all of it was the product of an over active imagination, or a faulty AI request for building a website’s traffic. So imagine my surprise when I really did get a request from Gwyneth Paltrow this week to Friend me on her Private Facebook account. It must have been the real Gwyneth because it had a nice photo of her on her profile, and the letters PVT on it also, meaning it must be her private account. No, I thought maybe she wanted me to join her network to sell Goop, or Poop, or whatever her brand sells these days. I don’t think I would be qualified to do that. So I had to unfriend her, especially after she started sending me requests to chat in Messenger. I was a little worried though. Not that someone might be trying to scam me into believing it was her profile, when it was really an Uber driver in Nigeria. My wife asked me about it, and I said with false modesty, “Gwyneth Paltrow wants to chat with me.”“That’s nice, Doug. What about?” asked my wife convincingly. "Not sure. I think she wants me to book a lesson with her, or sell her Goop or something."”Ok, but make sure you get paid up front,” said Maureen, ever the pragmatist. “Let me know how it goes, and take the dog out for a walk.”So, basically Gwyneth’s sincere request for a friendly chat, got about as much response from my wife as Taylor Swift’s late night call.“Be sure you turn the lights off, after your call with Taylor,” said Maureen.And that’s the problem with a long marriage. It’s hard to get a reaction. I guess I’ll have to wait until Dakota Johnson asks me out to lunch on Instagram. I hear she plays pickleball also.Blog: Order On The Court: Taylor Swift drops by to say hi…
An early morning call from Taylor Swift confirms her status as a Play To Win Pickleballer. She shares with me the lyrics to a new song she's working, "It's Chaos, chaos, everywhere..." and asks my advice on growing her following. It this real? Or a case of distorted reality from using Microsoft's new AI assistant for the first time. You'll have to read this week's Order on the Court Blog to find out for yourself.
Taylor Swift takes time out from her busy concert schedule to check in on Play To Win Pickleball and book a lesson.
It’s been a busy week with the launch of www.playtowinpickleball.com and my initial Blog, Order in the Court. Search engine optimization has resulted in unexpectedly strong growth with international interest from as far away as Germany, Ireland, the Philippines and of course Canada and the United States.After ruling out the most obvious explanation for such a strong showing; I have relatives I didn’t know about, clicking with a show support from around the world. I can only put it down to the phenomenal world-wide interest in pickleball. Which brings me to share with you for my end-of-the-week blog, an interesting chat I had this morning with an avid pickleball player – Taylor Swift.I can’t share with you our entire conversation, NDA, and all, but it went something like this. “Hello, is this Doug@ playtowinpickleball.com “Yes, who is this?” I replied glancing at the 5 a.m. time on the beside clock. “It’s Taylor, Taylor Swift.” “Who?” I typed. “Taylor, THE Taylor Swift. Maybe you’ve heard of me…283 million followers, $1.3 billion net worth….” “Yes, sorry, I don’t really listen to your music, but you seem nice. What can I help you with Taylor?”
“Well, funny story, I was finished my concert the other night, and my assistant showed me your new website, playtowinpickleball.com. And, well, I am a huge pickleball fan… I love playing when I’m home in Nashville, and I read your blog, Order in the Court.
“ It made me think about all the chaos I’ve been having with those darn MAGA people, after endorsing Kamala.
“It really spoke to me, Doug. I’m thinking about using it as the basis of a new song I’m writing….Chaos, Chaos, It’s Everywhere! Even in the Court….”I could hear an acoustic guitar in the background and Taylor started humming the lyrics to the new song. “It’s Chaos, Chaos, Chaos in my court, and I’m going to take that little ball of yours and smash…” “Ah, Taylor,” I replied wearily, stopping her. “It’s 5 am and I have to get up and teach a new class of pickleball players in a City of Ottawa class today…can we continue this conversation another time…” “Sure Doug. I just wanted to say how much I loved the new site, and if you have any suggestions on how I can build my followers base, I’d love to hear them.” “Ok, Taylor. Sure…”“Oh, and Doug, can I book you to teach me how to beat Travis at pickleball? I could sure use some pointers from a professional, such as yourself.” “Anytime, Taylor. Just remember to fill out the Book an Appointment page and we’ll get back to you….It’s, um….$100 an hour…US” “Great Doug. Awesome. I’m going to go off and finish the song now while I drink my coffee. You’ve really inspired me. Disclaimer: The above may or may not be totally true. It was generated by the new Microsoft AI feature I’m adding to my site. It came up when I typed the term, “How to optimize a new website to attract new followers quickly. Teaching Taylor Swift how to play pickleball was the number one answer.