In January 2022, I booked 8 outbound meetings for 400 minutes of prospecting. That’s 1 meeting every 50 minutes.
Here’s how I did it:
At the beginning of 2021, I decided to put a 30 minutes blocker at the beginning of every week day. It’s what Skip Miller calls a Power Hour. No one can book me, no one can disturb me as I’m 100% focused on getting rid of my prospecting tasks.
In 2022, I managed to reduce that slot to 20 minutes. It’s the first thing I do in the morning, no matter how busy my day is.
I start my day with this task because I know I will skip it if it’s not baked into my routine. It’s a bit like going to the gym. It’s not the most comfortable and enjoyable task, but it’s what you need to do to stay in shape (or generate opportunities).
I always start my day with the same ritual. I pour my coffee, I open my computer, and I start bumping messages to prospects in my sequences. It typically takes 5 minutes as I use one single sequence.
And yes, the 5 minutes include LinkedIn messages, videos, and LinkedIn voice notes. I always use the same asynchronous messages, which can be dropped in any channel or media.
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Now that I have done my follow-ups, I start drinking my coffee (I don’t touch it before). I have added this small hack to my routine to gamify my prospecting.
As I’m a bit of a coffee addict, I’m motivated to get rid of my follow-ups, because it’s the only way to drink my coffee. And if I’m too slow, I’ll drink a cold coffee (which I hate).
While I’m doing that, I look for interesting prospects who have visited my LinkedIn profile, reacted/engaged with my posts, or reacted/engaged with someone else’s post.
Sometimes I find them in 5 minutes, sometimes it takes me 15 minutes.
Finally, I contact these 5 new prospects. If I’m not connected with them I send them a connection request. If we’re already connected I skip the connection request and I go with a Tolstoy video.
If you’re curious to know what I say in the video, go check this article I wrote a few weeks ago.
This part of my prospecting routine never takes more than 5 minutes.
As you can see, booking 8 meetings in January isn’t the result of some magic new tool or channel. It’s the natural outcome of consistent, daily prospecting.
I show up every day and I:
Outbound prospecting is no rocket science. It’s about showing up every day and doing what everyone else won’t do.
It’s really that simple.
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