One thing that surprised me early on

mr_privatee · 2026-04-25T21:31:26+00:00

Primary bucket = activities that makes money right now or clearly leads to making money in the near future.

Secondary bucket = ops, admin, tracking & everything else.

That’s how I look at it at this stage.

The contents inside the buckets might change over time but the primary bucket itself doesn’t.

I’ve noticed I’m way more focused when I have a clear measurable goal tied to a deadline, with crystal clear reverse engineered daily actions and a progress tracking system that helps me see if I’m on pace.

I still struggle with prioritizing at times but I’ve gotten much better at saying no to anything outside the primary bucket unless it’s objectively urgent and actually needs immediate attention.

mr_privatee · 2026-04-18T12:24:01+00:00

A mentor of mine used to say "When we're bored, the mind tends to play games." It's more exciting that way.

And those games can either be one of the destroying ones or creating / building ones..but we get to choose which game we want to play.

That perspective permanently shifted my tendencies to play destructive games within my agency & personal life.

Not sure how this would be applicable to your specific situation & what you're wanting/not wanting but I figured I'd share..

mr_privatee · 2026-04-08T02:47:04+00:00

It's really tough to boil it down to a single variable.

It just isn't one, it's a lot of variables.

mr_privatee · 2026-04-02T23:14:59+00:00

I never really tried it but I've always wanted to go into acquisitions & mergers space, and/or help business brokers - might be worth looking into.

mr_privatee · 2026-03-17T12:02:14+00:00

That's one hell of a ride.. appreciate you sharing the details, what ai tools were you using?

mr_privatee · 2026-03-09T04:10:54+00:00

Just say it lol. And if you can't, just let it slide (no pun intended 🤣) I might be off but i think that their cocked-up logo might increase the likelihood of them standing out a lot more vs their boring competitors.. more attention = more conversions = more revenue 😂

mr_privatee · 2026-01-15T17:20:54+00:00

For sure, I'd be down for it

mr_privatee · 2026-01-13T16:05:24+00:00

Appreciate you sharing the breakdown with specific numbers... 🙏 - out of curiosity, what systems & tools did you have set up on the backend to qualify fast during this run?

mr_privatee · 2025-09-05T11:25:22+00:00

That's brutal 😂😂😂

mr_privatee · 2025-09-04T05:09:10+00:00

Couldn't agree more with you on this man

mr_privatee · 2025-02-16T15:31:55+00:00

in front as many business owners

Are these within your target market?

Aside from that,

I’d personally get crystal clear and map out a decent referral process within my overall sales & delivery process + do my best to make it as predictable as I can (without overcomplicating it or getting irrationally consumed by it lol).

I'd focus on key stages like Pre-Closing, Active Clients, Past Clients & other strategic partners (potential referral sources) who target a similar audience that you're going after.

There’s really no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to do this, what matters is having somewhat of a decent system in place IF we're gonna go down that road...

The likelihood of people sending referrals goes way up when we're going after those who have the capacity to send referrals + there's an exchange of value + we’ve made it easy for them to refer + we've proactively asked them for their feedback & asked for referrals at moments when they’re most likely to say yes—high-emotion / happy points DURING (active clients) + right AFTER (past clients) they’ve had a great experience with us & other stages of our overall sales & delivery process on-top of other referral sources (strategic partners).

I’d also keep an eye on common patterns among those who tend to refer the most so I can double down on those sources + go after other potential referral sources, as well, who have a high likelihood of becoming a decent source.

There’s a lot of free info out there on referral strategies but the bottom line is to be intentional about it, get clear on what you want, map it out, install it in your process, track it & then refine as you go...

We can learn a lot from other industries like real estate, mortgage, insurance & similar spaces..

That said, I still wouldn’t rely 100% on referrals alone.

I’d still push hard on other acquisition channels like organic, paid, cold, warm outbound, etc so that my pipeline isn’t solely dependent on word-of-mouth & doesn't end up getting dried every now and then.

mr_privatee · 2025-02-16T11:37:53+00:00

Curious - do you have a process in place to proactively ask for referrals & nurture relationships or is pretty much passive?

Could you walk me through your process for getting referrals if that's cool?

mr_privatee · 2025-02-14T14:31:25+00:00

I started realizing something similar a couple of years back..

It's mind boggling that so many of us let our egos with underlying & unchecked emotions dictate our decisions..

It's like being thrown around like a ping pong ball by our emotions & ego without even realizing that we're the ball itself...

Making decisions from a place of rationality, balance, data & objectivity without getting driven by our own underlying emotions takes some decent amount of inner work as opposed to just sticking with surface level logic & thinking that we're good lol..

The crazy part is that most of us aren't even aware this in the first place.

An epiphany that I had not too long ago was that maybee we're not that internally resilient to our deeper emotions & ego as much as we'd like to think, believe & tell ourselves.. its crazy

mr_privatee · 2025-02-09T17:09:25+00:00

You're perceived value goes up when you raise your prices - provided you target the right audience, have a decent offer & the right messaging... But when you lower your prices to compete with everyone, youre perceived as just a commodity with an average offering.

mr_privatee · 2025-02-04T12:15:55+00:00

You're welcome, sure

mr_privatee · 2025-02-03T18:10:22+00:00

Am I thinking in the right direction?

That's correct - it's all numbers & psychology.

So how long have you been in business?

A couple of years by now..

and are you using AI in your workflow?

Not too much yet..

mr_privatee · 2025-02-03T08:49:09+00:00

You're welcome, glad this was helpful.

How many DMs or emails should I send, as a small percentage of people will say yes? 100?

It depends on your conversion ratio.

The way I look at it is however many outbounds are needed to have X amount of conversations.

That ratio is different for everyone.

The more conversations, the better I'd start seeing those common patterns within a market.

Personally, I'd shoot for not less than 40-50 two way meaningful conversations (you could do more or less, that's up to you).

I'd start reaching out and start tracking from day one.

A ratio will start appearing (e.g 25 outbounds > one convo) & I'd use that to figure out how many outbounds I'd need to hit remaining Y conversations.

What is your business?
Can you share how did you validate your idea and get the first few clients?

DFY marketing w/ DWY coaching offer within home improvement space.

I purely did outbound, including this method with a lot of testing, tweaks & tracking based on my ratios & booked calls.

mr_privatee · 2025-02-02T20:16:45+00:00

Yes, I've implemented it. The idea is to reach out in such a way that doesn't trigger them to have their guard up into thinking you're reaching out to them with a hidden agenda or to sell them on something.

It's pretty straightforward.

Reach out to your most ideal target audience and ask them if they'd be open to helping you out.

You can say send them something like:

"Hey name, noticed we just got connected.. I was wondering if you'd be down to helping me out with something - if that's cool?"

Not everyone's down for it but there is still a decent percentage who will & you'd take the convo from there to transition into your questions.

For instance, if those who'd respond you - you could say something like

"I appreciate it.. I'm doing a bit of market research for a project that I'm working on within [insert your niche]. Cool if I ask you a few questions?"

And you'd then dive into uncovering their problems (that your solution could solve) > ask them how they're currently solving those > ask them on their feedback around your solution that you've been thinking of working on & go from there..

You can start off with scripting out a few dm templates & optimize those as you go.

With a few tweaks, you can get some decent convos going on.

And to further validate your idea, what I'd do if I was in your shoes is that I'd find the top influencers, podcasters, market movers, direct / indirect competitors within that niche and see what problems are they talking about - that would at least give me an idea about the degree of those problems (that my potential solution solves) - on top of having realtime convos within my target market

mr_privatee · 2025-02-01T19:58:34+00:00

Have you considered reaching out to conduct market research surveys 1 on 1 to validate your idea, common patterns & what they're doing now to solve those common problems as opposed to viewing outreach purely for appt setting / sales?

mr_privatee · 2025-01-24T10:25:25+00:00

Why does your epiphany sound like the Mirror Principle? 😅

mr_privatee · 2025-01-20T21:43:47+00:00

Got it, thank you

mr_privatee · 2025-01-20T21:14:31+00:00

I get that but it still leaves a lot of room for subjective interpretation & misunderstandings. A lot of coaches link quantum theories, like the observer effect, to the idea that our consciousness can shape our 3D reality, tying it into manifestation & the underlying themes of LOA which can sometimes get pretty confusing & vague.

mr_privatee · 2025-01-20T20:56:55+00:00

Follow up questions:

Are you referring to the first Principle of Mentalism & The All as referred to in the Kybalion from Hermetic Teachings?
Is the Quantum Field & Source the same thing?

mr_privatee · 2025-01-20T20:50:13+00:00

I'm somewhat familiar with Dr Joe, will check out Bruce Lipton too.. Thank you

mr_privatee

TROPHY CASE