Launching a new offering? Book meetings with these 3 steps
In today’s newsletter, I’ll show you the exact steps I follow when launching a new offering. I’ve been working for myself for 6 years, and I launched many different services and products.
Right now, I’m working on creating a system to help remote salespeople go from being employed with a single source of income to highly sought-after portfolio professionals, so they can choose when, where, and how to work.
Here’s how, step-by-step:
Step 1: Build 3 to 5 assumptions
Before launching a new offering, you need to come up with a few assumptions about the specific challenges your prospects are trying to solve. You may already have a good idea of the solution to these problems, but it’s irrelevant at this stage.
Here are 5 assumptions I have about experienced remote salespeople trying to work for themselves:
- Salespeople don’t know how to market their skills → they think they need a product to sell to make money
- They don’t thing they have anything to offer → they don’t know how to package their skills
- They have golden handcuffs → they have great work conditions, so it’s hard for them to leave them
- They know this won’t last forever → they sense that the market is shifting, and employers want everyone back in the office
- Those who want to work for themselves want to do it within a year → when they made the decision to work for themselves, they want to do it quickly
Step 2: Do a LinkedIn poll to validate each assumption
Now that your assumptions are clear, you can start working on validating them with data from your prospects. At the time of writing this newsletter (August 2024), LinkedIn Polls are working well to generate good impressions and engagement.
Here’s a recent poll I did, where I validated assumption 5:

As you can see, 320 people voted on the poll. 81% of people who answered want to start working for themselves at some point in their career, and 29% want to do it within a year.
With a poll result like that, I can already validate that a good chunk of remote salespeople in my audience would like to work for themselves. Some may need immediate help setting up their offerings and activating their networks, when others may need help to structure their thoughts and work on their skills to start working for themselves in the long run.
Step 3: Start conversations with people who voted on your poll
The poll in the example generated 320 votes. A good portion of these people may be interesting prospects to contact. When people vote on a poll, the author can see who they are, and what they voted for.
In the example above, I reached out in priority to people who were interested in starting within a year, and sent them the following message (either DM or connection request):
“FirstName, thanks for voting on my poll about your plans to work for yourself. Planning on doing something soon? Super curious to know more!”
And these are some of the answers I got:



I then navigated the conversation and invited people who replied to join my waitlist or book a meeting, based on their answer.
And these are 3 simple steps you can follow to book meetings while validating a new offering. I recommend using this play if you’re getting started at a new company, validating a product-market fit, or launching a new offering.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Thibaut Souyris
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→ (NEW) Join the waitlist to build your portfolio career
→ Enroll in The Prospecting Engine
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