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Day 18. Friday was pure admin. The inbox is an absolute warzone from those hiring threads. Spent the entire day vetting devs and SEOs. Half of these guys exaggerate their tech stack, so I have to actually dig into their past work to verify they aren't just installing basic templates. Didn't...

Day 17. Thursday was a tug-of-war between the inbox and the phones. The hiring threads I dropped are pulling in a massive amount of PMs. Good problem to have, but it's choking my sales time. Managed to get a few hours of dialing in from the backlog. Reached a commercial cleaner who was getting...

Day 16. Solid shift. Still working strictly out of the backlog. Got a boutique law firm partner on Zoom. His site was taking 8 seconds to load on mobile, and he was bleeding high-ticket local traffic to his competitors. Didn't even have to push hard. He knew it was a problem. Routed him to...

The biggest lesson so far is that fulfillment is the real bottleneck, not lead generation. Finding the market gap is easy. Finding reliable tech guys who don't ghost or miss deadlines is the hard part. Keep your provider roster tight and cut the dead weight fast.

Day 15. Turned the data pipeline off completely. Sitting on 170 unused leads is a liability. Data rots fast in local B2B. If I don't pitch them, someone else will. Hit the emails and phones hard. Got a commercial cleaner on the line who was losing contracts because his Google reviews were a...

Day 14. Monday was about getting back to the revenue. Had two Zoom calls lined up from Friday's outreach. First one was a roofer. His site was a disaster and his map pack was non-existent. Greenlit a full rebuild and local SEO package. Routed him to one of the new devs I just vetted from the...

Day 13. Log Friday's shift. The hiring threads did their job, maybe a little too well. My inbox is flooded. Spent most of Friday sifting through PMs and filtering out guys who clearly didn't read the requirements. Managed to squeeze in a morning email blast before decision-makers checked...

Day 12. The hiring threads I dropped in the freelance section blew up my inbox. Spent almost the entire shift vetting portfolios, checking code, and filtering out the guys who clearly didn't read the requirements. Didn't make a single dial. The data pipeline was running in the background...

I build my own pipelines. Not looking to outsource the data capture right now. Fulfillment is the problem. It comes down to reps. I did this exact role in the corporate agency world for years before going solo. Not starting from zero. If you have a specific technical skill that fits the...

Expanding my provider roaster. The data pipeline is pulling in too many local US businesses with broken map packs and missing citations, and my current SEO guys are capped out. Niches: Standard US local businesses (Roofers, MedSpas, Commercial Cleaners, Law Firms, ...) Clean workflow. I handle...

Day 11. Wednesday was a cleanup day. The dev who ghosted me got officially cut. Dropped a hiring thread in the freelance section to find reliable coders. My inbox is getting hit, which is good, but vetting them takes time. Realized my SEO roaster is also getting stretched thin with these local...

Volume doesn't equal quality. Blasting 30k emails a day is just a fast way to burn domains. Automated cold calling kills high-ticket trust, and I only use SMS for meeting reminders, never cold outreach. Keep it targeted.

Valid point. Cold emails absolutely generate warm replies and get the foot in the door. Plenty of guys close purely over email. I just use Zoom for the final step because it gives more control over the high-ticket bridge fee. Cutting a freelancer who ghosts takes one click. Running a...

Deal flow for local US business rebuilds is outpacing my current tech guys. Need to expand the provider roster immediately to handle the overflow. Niches: Standard US local businesses (MedSpas, Law Firms, Commercial Cleaners, Roofers, ...) The workflow is clean. I handle the sales, strategy...

Day 10. Grind. Kept my word and paused the data pipeline to strictly hit the backlog. No new data capture, just dialing and emailing unused list so it doesn't go stale. Figured out a workaround for the law firm gatekeepers. I called at 8:00 AM EST before the receptionists clocked in. A senior...

Thanks. Just sticking to the process and letting the numbers dictate the moves.

Day 9. Heavy. Had a Shopify owner from Friday's batch reply on Sunday night. He finally watched the Loom video and realized his abandoned car flow was completely broken. Got him on a quick 10minute call yesterday morning and routed him to my email guy. Another $150 on the board. Pivoted the...

Day 8. Since local B2B goes completely dead on Frida afternoons, I pivoted the pipeline to Mid-Tier Shopify brands. Specifically filtering for stores that are running paid traffic but missing basic email automation (no abandoned cart flows, no welcome sequences). Just burning ad spend. E-com...

Appreciate the input, but building an agency is exactly what I want to avoid. I have zero interest in managing freelancers, chasing retainers, or dealing with overhead. Bridge model is clean. I take my upfront cut, a percentage of the backend, and let the tech guys handle the fulfillment...

Day 7. Both commercial cleaning owners showed up to the Zoom. One of them is running a 20-person crew using an AOL email address and a Facebook page from 2014. Took some back-and-forth, but got them both to agree to a full digital overhaul. Routed both to a new UI/UX guy I am testing out. Tow...