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Jason B. This is really useful, thanks. The trust point especially. That's the third time someone here has said some version of it, so I'm taking it seriously. Agreed on niching down. MSPs are the focus, I listed too much in the post.

Suchandan have a meeting in 4 minutes but I can connect at 12:30 ET if that works

Suchandan Dylan W. Sure, here's roughly how it runs: • ICP from their own data. Pull the pattern out of closed-won history: which segments renew, which churn, what closed fast, what was actually profitable. No guessing. • Build the target list properly. Research accounts against that pattern, find the person who actually owns the decision, verify every contact before anything goes out. • Infrastructure first. Separate domains, warmed inboxes, DNS set up properly, placement tested before scaling. Most programs skip this and wonder why nothing lands. • Work the replies. Every response handled and qualified against their criteria, so only real buyers reach the calendar. • Revive what's already there. This is usually the fastest revenue. Old quotes, closed-lost deals, past clients who went quiet. Segment them and run email and SMS follow-up against their own database. Costs nothing and it's a warm audience they already paid to acquire. • Keep deals alive after the meeting. Follow-up sequences, proposal chasing, long-term nurture. This is where most of these programs quietly fall apart. Not magic, just the stuff that usually gets half-done.

Dylan W. That's useful, thanks. I'd buried that line at the bottom and you're right that it should be the first thing out of my mouth. Taking that one.

Suchandan Fair, and I'd be skeptical too. Most of the ones I've seen sell booked meetings as the deliverable, which pretty much guarantees a calendar full of people who were never going to buy. Then nobody touches the follow-up or the stalled deals, so even a decent top of funnel goes nowhere.

Dylan W. Really appreciate this. One thing I didn't make clear: I'm not going after seed or Series A. My clients are established MSPs and software firms, 5 to 50 people, So the ICP problem is different than you described. They're not guessing with no data, they've got a few hundred closed-won clients sitting in their history. The job is pulling the pattern out of that, not inventing one. You're right about the CRM though. Usually a mess, and normally the first thing we fix. On hiring instead, honestly I don't disagree. Someone full time who lives in the business beats me long term. It's the short term that's brutal. Median SDR OTE is around $85k, ramp is about 3 months, and turnover is high enough that plenty of firms pay for it twice. Add a marketer and you're past $200k before anyone's produced anything, and neither shows up with infrastructure or a list. They build all that first. I get a system running in about 30 days and the client owns it, so if they hire later that person inherits something that works. On proprietary method, I'd rather not claim one. Usually when someone says that, the method is the pitch. What I've got is 10 years closing this kind of deal and running the whole funnel instead of stopping at the booked meeting, which is where I think most of these fall apart. The idea came from me working with companies doing over $50M in revenue but still don't have the right processes and SDR churn is very high.