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Cold call live review: tone, preparation, and closing tactics

The Science of Scaling August 7, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Closing techniques 7

• Friendly-conversation tone beats polished delivery every time
• Use prospect curiosity as leverage to book the meeting, not to educate
• Know your proposed time slot before the prospect picks up the phone

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Why entrepreneurs struggle with sales and how to fix it

KeyPersonOfInfluence August 3, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Closing techniques 8

• Entrepreneurship is demand generation — sales is the core skill
• A weekly LAPS rhythm beats unpredictable feast-and-famine cycles
• One repeatable conversation pattern closes more deals every time

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Using ChatGPT to make $100 cold-calling as a complete stranger

Dan Martell August 1, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

AI tools & automation 7

MVP & prototyping 5

• Text outreach beats cold calls — prospects stall on the phone every time
• A working demo closes deals faster than any GPT-written sales script
• AI listing video tools all fail end-to-end — a wide-open market gap

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Four types of high-paying copywriting clients

Matthew Volkwyn July 31, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Niche selection 7

• Why most copywriters stay broke by targeting the wrong clients
• Agencies accelerate careers faster than going solo from the start
• Personal brands pay best — and their social content is pre-approved copy

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How a 17-year-old closed $10k copywriting clients from scratch

Matthew Volkwyn July 29, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Copywriting 8

Identity & self-belief 7

• Caring about the client's business beats faking authority every time
• AI can't find your core marketing message — only deep market knowledge can
• Ask clients their definition of success; it's rarely just revenue

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Why you don't pitch when a prospect says "pitch me"

The Science of Scaling July 24, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Automation & tools 5

• "Pitch me" is an opening for discovery, not permission to pitch
• Book the meeting the moment they're willing — skip the pitch entirely
• Mass outbound email from a young domain will get you flagged as spam

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Seven steps to closing a $5K/month copywriting retainer

Matthew Volkwyn July 17, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Resilience & grit 7

Retention & loyalty 6

• Target only seven-figure businesses with proven offers, funnels, and traffic.
• Positioning is reputation — every interaction compounds over time.
• The close is the start; retention requires tracking results and staying visible.

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Cold call review: the number one mistake SDRs make

The Science of Scaling July 17, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 10

Closing techniques 7

• Ask for the meeting before qualifying — qualify after it's booked
• Propose a specific time; open-ended scheduling kills momentum fast
• Referral calls to the wrong contact convert at over 50%

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Five ways copywriters get clients through referrals

Matthew Volkwyn July 10, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 8

Retention & loyalty 6

• Ask for a referral only after delivering a client's defined win
• Team colleagues — not just clients — are your most reliable referral source
• Becoming the referrer first creates reciprocity that brings clients to you

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Cold call coaching: turning objections into booked meetings

The Science of Scaling July 10, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Objection handling 7

• Replace a 60-second pitch with one sentence — ask immediately.
• "Not now" is a soft no; always fight back to the meeting ask.
• Booking live beats sending a calendar link every time.

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How to define and evolve your ICP to scale from zero to ten million

The Science of Scaling June 3, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Niche selection 7

Product-market fit 6

• Optimise ICP for lifetime value, not lowest cost to acquire
• Green/yellow/red framework forces explicit sell-or-walk-away decisions
• Reserve 10% of resources for expansion experiments before you need them

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How high performers land new business: the activator advantage

Coaching for Leaders June 2, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Retention & loyalty 6

• Client loyalty has dropped from 75% to 50% in five years
• Consistent daily business development beats sporadic bursts, even for introverts
• Proactive value — with context added — beats sending thought leadership as-is

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How to grow a copywriting career to six figures and beyond

Matthew Volkwyn May 30, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 9

Pricing psychology 6

• Big clients pay more, refer more, and teach you faster
• Copywriters plateau at 10k by pivoting too early — don't
• Undocumented wins are wasted leverage for your next client

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Objection handling

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A 7-step framework for selling without pressure or gimmicks

Neil Patel May 30, 2025

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Objection handling 9

Prospecting & outreach 8

Closing techniques 7

• Trust and evidence beat pressure tactics every time
• Buyers need 11+ interactions before buying — most salespeople quit too soon
• Lost deals are data: blunt feedback iterates your win rate

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Four skills that guarantee your first million dollars

Dan Martell May 27, 2025

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Prospecting & outreach 8

Content marketing 7

Public speaking 6

• A business starts the moment a stranger buys — not before
• Most salespeople lose by never asking for the order
• Ten years of daily content creation virtually guarantees seven figures

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