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INTRO

Hi everyone

After reading a lot of progress/execution threads on here, I have decided to start my own. Here's a brief introduction:

- 22 years old
- Live in Scotland
- Have a 1 year old son
- Have started a digital marketing agency
- We offer social media management, SEO, reputation management and web design. We also do Facebook Ads
- Majority of work is going to be outsourced online
- Currently have a client on 2 month free trial (SMM client with Facebook ads, £1000/month if client wants to stay and payment for free trial backdated) - ends on 26 August
- Business largely resembles @Sean Marshall's guide to starting a digital marketing agency thread with a few tweaks
- Have received a testimonial from previous trial client but don't know how to use it effectively

What I Do Each Day

Currently my daily tasks look like this

- Look for potential clients to contact
- Cold email 5-10 businesses
- Read (currently: Fanatical Prospecting and TFLF)
- Do work for trial client

I am aware my daily tasks are pathetic and need a shake. I am looking to add cold calls to my list, more cold emails and networking events too. Currently still work a 9-5 so struggle to cold call during the week.

Goal

- £5k in monthly recurring revenue (by 31 December 2019)

Problems

- Marketing/prospecting properly and efficiently
- Too much action-faking
- Free trial client not impressed with work done (even though I generated 32 leads in 2 weeks using one Facebook Ad)
- Same client possibly wants to meet in my office (...i don't have an office) on Monday as he's in my area

Tomorrow's Goals

- Cold call 10 businesses
- Cold email 20 businesses
- Look for and sign up to local networking event
- Sort out packages offered

I am going to try to update this as regularly as possible (hopefully daily or bi-daily) with the first one starting tomorrow, so you can all hold me accountable

Feedback, no matter how harsh, is always appreciated

Thanks for reading
 
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@Djoq01, duphsevt up tvesvoph zuas ehipdz epf tivvoph tuni huemt epf haofimopit vu jimq hiv zua vjisi. Nz raitvoup ot og zua jef e vitvonupoem (ettanoph ov xet huuf), xjz esi zua howoph exez gsii vsoemt? Xjev lopf ug mieft esi zua fiwimuqoph gus vjot dmoipv vjev otp'v jeqqz? Esi vji mieft puv wivvif/tdsiipif qsuqismz? Op nz uqopoup, zuas kuc ot vu uqip vji fuus epf jot ot vu dmuti ov. 32 mieft ot 32 mieft. Tvesv djeshoph gus zuas xusl epf voni.

Tu nz vitvonupoem deni gsun nz gostv dmoipv xju jef e 2 xiil gsii vsoem. Ev vji ipf ug vji vsoem ji vumf ni ji duamfp'v dunnov vu ov ev vji voni cideati ug vjios gopepdoem tovaevoup (qsucecmz xepvif 2 gsii xiilt ug tudoem iphehinipv epf csepf exesipitt)

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Iwip civvis:

Tqipf upi juas miespoph iedj catopitt vjev zua ipduapvis. Vjip tqipf upi juas iovjis 1) xsovoph aq e upi qehi siqusv gus iedj catopitt up iyedvmz jux ovt neslivoph qsuditt vu caomf csepf exesipitt epf datvunis edraotovoup djeppimt dep onqsuwi us 2) neli e wofiu ug vji siqusv.

Egvisxesf, iptasi zua hiv vjev siqusv vu vji catopitt dsovodem fidotoup nelist, i.h. DIUt, neslivoph nepehis, ivd.

Fu vjot cz tipfoph e qistupemobif dumf ineom xovj vji siqusv, neom vji siqusv vu vji catopitt, duppidv xovj liz gohasit up tudoem nifoe epf tipf e wofiu ug vji siqusv, ivd.

Liz ofie: Fimowis wemai gostv epf gusinutv, iwip og ov't gsii, epf caomf aq zuas dmoipv feveceti. Zua'si e pucufz ev vjot voni. Vu ciduni e tunicufz, zua piif vu howi ep iydimmipv vetvi ug xjev't vu duni gus qiuqmi xju hu vu zua gus neslivoph duptamvevoupt. Amvonevimz, zua esi dsievoph e pivxusl ug mieft gus zuastimg.

Fup'v cuvjis dumf demmoph, ineomoph, epzvjoph apmitt zua jewi wemai vu howi sohjv vjip epf vjisi. Zua'mm opdsieti zuas molimojuuf ug tadditt.

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Tu nz vitvonupoem deni gsun nz gostv dmoipv xju jef e 2 xiil gsii vsoem. Ev vji ipf ug vji vsoem ji vumf ni ji duamfp'v dunnov vu ov ev vji voni cideati ug vjios gopepdoem tovaevoup (qsucecmz xepvif 2 gsii xiilt ug tudoem iphehinipv epf csepf exesipitt)

Egvis vjot O jef e niivoph xovj e fipvotv xju xet liip cav puv up vji qsodi ug nz tiswodi (xjodj ev vji voni xet £1000/nupvj) gus tudoem nifoe nepehinipv opdmafoph panisuat Gedicuul eft. Ji xepvif e gsii vsoem cigusi neloph epz dunnovnipv epf tahhitvif 2 nupvjt et ji gimv 2 xiilt xuamf puv katvogz vji xusl fupi

Vji vitvonupoem O sidiowif xet tuni siemmz lopf xusft, juxiwis O'wi puv nepehif vu tidasi e niivoph vu ati ov (uvjis vjep vji fipvotv)

Et gus vji mieft, vjiz xisi hipisevif woe e Gedicuul ef uggisoph £500 upi ug vji fipvotv't qsudifasit (qsodif ev £3000). Ji dmeont vjev vjiz jewi dupvedvif emm ug vji mieft cav pupi ug vjin jewi eptxisif.
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"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
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"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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