Prospecting
Finding and researching prospects to fill your pipeline.
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Multi-Channel Sequencing: The 1-3-7-14-21 Day Pattern for High-Ticket Services
Five touches over 21 days, each on a different channel, each with a different angle. Why this rhythm beats daily-spam cadences for $10K+ engagements, and…
The 14-Touch Multi-Channel Cadence That Books Discovery Calls With Skeptical CMOs
A day-by-day, channel-by-channel breakdown of a 14-touch cadence mixing email, LinkedIn, voicemail, video, and a handwritten card, including the specific…
Prospecting When You're Slammed: A 20-Minute Daily Protocol for Booked-Up Freelancers
When delivery floods your week, prospecting dies. Here's a stripped-down 20-minute daily protocol. 5 follow-ups, 3 referral nudges, 2 cold touches, that…
Voicemail Science: The 22-Second Message That Gets Callbacks From C-Level Buyers
Voicemails over 30 seconds get deleted. Under 15 sound rushed. Here's the 22-second sweet-spot script, name twice, reason once, curiosity gap, callback…
The 3-2-1 Daily Prospecting Quota for Solo Consultants
Three follow-ups, two cold touches, one referral ask. Six actions, less than 25 minutes, every business day. Why this minimum-viable quota outperforms…
The Mental Ritual: A 3-Minute Pre-Call Routine That Kills Approach Anxiety
Box-breathe for 60 seconds. Read the prospect's last LinkedIn post. State your goal out loud. Three minutes, in this order, drops cortisol and lifts…
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The 3-Tier Lead Magnet System: Top, Middle, Bottom of Funnel Assets That Feed Cold Outbound
A checklist for cold contacts, a benchmark report for warmed prospects, and a paid audit for late-stage. How to map each asset to a specific touch in your…
The 30-Day Pipeline Rule: Why Your Slow August Was Actually Caused in June
Revenue droughts aren't random, they're the echo of three weeks of skipped prospecting. Learn the lagging-indicator math behind the 30-day rule, plus a…
The 4-Layer Persona Map: From Title to Trigger Phrase to Inbox-Opening Subject Line
Personas die in PDFs. This four-layer map (role → priority → trigger phrase → subject line) turns a job title into a sentence the buyer can't ignore.…
The Tactical Play Script: A Plug-and-Play Cold Email That Books Meetings From a 4-Sentence Template
Trigger sentence. Relevance sentence. Proof sentence. Ask sentence. That's it. Why short emails outperform 'personalized' novellas, plus 9 fill-in-the-blank…
The 5x5 Account Research Method: 5 Insights in 5 Minutes Before Any Cold Touch
Hours of research kill volume. Skipping research kills relevance. The 5x5 method, funding, leadership, recent post, tech stack, competitor angle, gets you…
Video Prospecting: The 60-Second Loom Script That Triples Discovery-Call Bookings
Show their website. Point at one thing. Say one specific insight. Ask one calendar question. Sixty seconds, no edits. Watch a real example and steal the…
The 90-Minute Golden Hour Block That Doubled My Agency's Pipeline in 30 Days
Most freelancers prospect in scattered 10-minute bursts and wonder why nothing converts. Discover the 90-minute "Golden Hour" block, when to schedule it,…
Account-Based Prospecting for Agencies: Picking 25 Dream Logos and Working Them for 6 Months
Spray-and-pray hits no one. Pick 25 dream accounts, build a 6-month plan with 18 touches per account across 4 stakeholders, and treat each as a long…
Adapting Messaging in Real Time: Reading Reply Sentiment to Pivot Your Cadence Mid-Sequence
A 'thanks but no' needs a different next step than silence. Decode four reply sentiments and map each to a specific next-touch playbook, including the…
Anchor Activities: The 4 Non-Negotiables That Keep a Consultant's Pipeline Full Forever
Most prospecting plans collapse the first busy week. Anchor activities are four tasks so small (one referral ask, two re-engagements, three follow-ups, four…
Eliminating Bad-Fit Leads: A Pre-Call Scorecard Built for $5K-$50K Service Engagements
A 10-criterion scorecard you run before booking any discovery call, covering timeline, decision-process, prior vendor history, and budget signals. Anything…
The Breakup Email: 7 Last-Touch Templates That Resurrect 1 in 5 Dead Sequences
"Should I close your file?" is overused. Seven fresher final-touch templates, from "the door is locked" to "one favor before I go", with reply rates…
The "Buyer Journey Inversion": Mapping Your Cadence to Where the Buyer Already Is
Most cadences shout "buy now" at someone in problem-aware stage. Inverting the cadence, content for unaware, comparison for aware, proof for evaluating,…
Cadence Design 101: The 5 Variables That Make or Break Your Outbound Sequence
Length, channel mix, message angle, day-of-week, and exit criteria. Change any one and your reply rate swings 3x. A diagnostic walk-through for auditing…
The "Champion Map" Before You Pitch: Identifying Internal Allies in Target Accounts
Before any cold touch, sketch the buyer, the user, the blocker, and the champion. The 4-box map clarifies whose pain you sell to and whose ego you protect.…
Objection Rebuttals: 12 One-Liners for 'We're Not Interested,' 'Send an Email,' and 'Call Back Later'
Every cold call dies on the same three objections. Twelve sub-15-word rebuttals, tested on 4,000 calls, that turn brush-offs into 90-second conversations.…
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