Day #12 — How I ‘Create’’ Time
This is a LIVE case study where I am documenting my journey to becoming a highly paid marketing consultant by blogging everyday for 50 consecutive days. It’s called “50 Days to Freedom: My Journey to 5 Figures in 50 Days“. At the end of the post, you will find links to all the previous days.
Four weeks ago, I DECIDED I was going to wake up an hour earlier (5:15ish).
I immediately take a walk around the neighborhood. I then read, and do my journaling work. The first hour of the day is MY time.
Here is a picture from my walk this morning…
I’m trying to get to bed an hour earlier, so technically I’m not really “gaining” an hour.
However, I am gaining one more very productive hour by doing this. I guess I’m “optimizing” my time and being more efficient with it.
We all only have 24 hours in a day.
You get to DECIDE how you use your time
So many complain “I don’t have time”, and it’s typically the people who can give you a step-by-step run down of the latest TV show or Netflix series
Day #12 Breakdown
Today, I emailed CrossFit gyms in Ohio with the free 10 day trial of Facebook advertising I have been using, as that seems to be working. I also emailed Ohio & California chiropractors about uncovering their hidden assets.
Currently, I am in talks with 10 CrossFit gyms, so spending quite a bit of time coordinating everything.
To be honest, it is a considerable amount of time back & forth with email. The last couple days, I have been trying to push them to hop on a phone call, as it’ll save both us a heap of time. Unfortunately, it seems most prefer to communicate via email.
I am also working with 3 other people who requested action plans (I prefer that over proposals). I sent one out yesterday, and will send the other 2 out before the weekend is over.
Soon, my friends…
The pipeline is filling up, and that is a good problem to have.
From my past experience, you need to constantly be feeding the pipeline. Something I did not do years ago, and I learned the hard way — it can dry up FAST!
I got comfortable, and that is the silent killer in business.
My original goal was 100 emails per day, 5 days a week. This week, I only managed to send out 182.
Last week, I sent out 335 emails, so a two week total of 517 emails sent — and 10 hot leads from that. A 2% conversion is not too bad with cold email.
Trying to balance the email outreach with the hot leads. It’s not as easy as I thought, but again, these are good problems to have.
Amazing when you do the work, consistently, things start happening. This is only day #12, and things are happening. It is quite exciting. No revenue yet, but that should change in the coming days. And if there is one thing I have learned over the last 7 years, is that momentum is a POWERFUL force in business. It’s also a great confidence booster, and becoming a highly paid marketing consultant is all about confidence.
This challenge has also lit a fire in my belly, as it’s public for the whole world to see. I know the “whole world isn’t watching”, but in a way, it feels that way, and that’s motivating.
Hopefully, this inspires others that when you follow a plan, and do the work, you can create your own magic.
Day #12 Numbers
Emails Sent: 37
Sales Calls: 0
Facebook Posts: 2
Leads Generated: 1
Committed Trial Offers: 0
Action Plans/Proposals Sent Out: 0
Revenue Generated: $0
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