wk27: Cold prospecting sucks

with a sweet turn

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👋 Hey Ultrapeople, it’s Vaibhav.

In the last Ultraupdate, I told you about:

  • Monitization status

  • Outreach efforts

In Today’s Issue:

  • a sweet turn

a sweet turn

You know what? Cold prospecting sucks.

Not that I don't enjoy cold emailing and building sequences, but it feels dry and feels like scamming.

Only scamming makes more money and more easily.

Why? This is because being cold already makes a person feel something is being pushed. How do I screen it down?
UNLESS - it's a problem that's on their desk, which is making them sleepless at night thinking about it.

For my ecom business, I am always looking for better freight forwarders, and for my newsletter, I'd gladly take anyone who wants me to promote them.

That's one!

For my ecom business, I am always looking for better freight forwarders and For my newsletter, I’d gladly take any one who wants me to promote them.

That’s one!

The second way is building relationships, deeply understanding their pain points, and helping them without pushing your **** (offer) down their throat. Instead, maybe referring a service or a friend that you know is great, maybe offering some help without expecting anything in return.

It feels good, and they might come back to you in the future with a referral - or they might not!

It shouldn't matter. I'm not saying don't market yourself or get your offers everywhere. But be a meaningful human being - be a giver, not a value taker.

Value follows.

This is what I'm planning to do for the next 2 months (while doing cold prospecting in a new way). That's it, one of the biggest changes.

BTW, I got inspired to do this while listening to Justin Moore! (not the singer)

📚 New Blog Posts:

📊 This Week in Numbers

PnL

-$786 +$170 = 616

Blogs Posted

2

Ultrapreneurs Subscribers

67 Subscribers (+1)

BotsGoneWild Subscribers

Total: 13282

beehiiv : 1,431 (-29)

Sub2 US: 6,182

Sub3 UK: 5,669

SmallerTesting : 10,865
new audiences (pr is the internal audience code)

(pr9)sub6:6,417

(pr8)sub5: 1,950

(pr6)sub4:2,498

Social Media Growth:

7+ reels and shorts posted

🎯 Next Week's Focus:

  • Build CRM with leads sorted

  • Setup Linkedin Ads

  • Experiments RPAs

🤯 Brainfart

Building an AI startup is like teaching a robot to dance – it takes a lot of training data to make it look natural, and there's still a good chance it'll step on someone's toes.

Thanks for joining me on this Ultrapreneur journey! Let's build something extraordinary, exposing vulnerabilities and the obstacles we face.

To your unconventional success,

Vaibhav

P.S. Got ideas to make this community even more badass? Hit reply. I would really love to talk.

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