Let's Get Tactical! (How I Got 67 Leads for My Paid Community)

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📚 Hey, good morning! Time to win.

Business doesn’t have to be complicated.

Like…at all.

I got 67 leads for my paid community, through Instagram, and it took me about 15 minutes to set up.

Briefly, I used Instagram Stories to set up a poll, and I asked people whether they wanted to know how I make my money online.

Here’s all I posted, and this took me 10 minutes to make in Canva:

That’s literally it. Just 3 Stories, establishing credibility ($5K per month), relatability (there are people who make way more than I do, which is true), and making an offer ($0-$1,000/month in less than 90 days).

Then, “if that’s something you’re interested in, let me know.”

No hard sell, no crazy promises…nothing like that.

Then I put up a poll with two options:

*Yes, show me how!

*No, but thank you!

The reach I got on that Story wasn’t even all that great! It probably reached like 500 accounts, 67 of which were people who said they were interested.

Then I sent each person this message, personalized when their name was clearly visible:

It took me a few minutes (but not too long) to send each poll respondent a personalized message, and I’m speaking to a few of them now. I’m going to bed now, but I’ll check back in the morning when I’ll probably have 30-40 messages waiting for me from people wanting to know how I can help them.

I’m getting super tactical in this email, but basically what I’ll do is speak with them for a bit, ask some questions, GENUINELY care about the answers, and see if I can ACTUALLY help them make some money online.

If I think I can help them, I’ll let them know about The Competitive Advantage community, where the most active members are already at $1K-$3/month and even more.

And if I DON’T think I can help them - at least not yet - I’ll let them know about THIS newsletter and they can learn for free and reach out to join the paid community when they’re ready.

No hard sells. No pressure. Just helpfulness and genuine care.

And it doesn’t have to be complicated. Just give a shit about people, try and be helpful, add “value” (that overused word) and they’ll pay you if that value they receive is more than the value of what they’re paying.

Simple!

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Within My Direct Control:

Read 20 Books | 15 Books Left

Publish 8 New Time Mastery Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 29 YouTube Videos | 26 Videos Left

Publish 150 Medium Articles | 135 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Incomplete

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Email Welcome Sequence | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 20 Patreon Book Notes | 15 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 600 Authors | 575 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,660 Watch Hours Left

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 12 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 12 Collaborations Left

Reach 115,000 Instagram Followers | 5,576 Followers Left

Reach 20,000 Threads Followers | 3,900 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 X Followers | 2,364 Followers Left

Reach 3,000 Medium Followers | 1,112 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 759 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,284 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,686 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 6,200 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 493 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 11 Members Left

Reach 40 Patreon Supporters | 14 Supporters Left

Note: I’ll update follower counts once per week, since it’s such a waste of time to go through all of them every single night. Also, Threads annoyingly doesn’t give exact numbers. Oh well.

Read 5 Books | 5 Books Left

Publish 3 New Time Mastery Videos | 3 Videos Left

Publish 5 YouTube Videos | 5 Videos Left

Publish 25 Medium Articles | 25 Articles Left

Completely Update My Facebook Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My LinkedIn Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My Threads Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My Medium Profile | Incomplete

Completely Update My Email Welcome Sequence | Incomplete

Update 10 Patreon Book Notes | 5 Book Notes Left

Introduce Myself to 250 Authors | 250 Authors Left

Woke Up: 1:30PM

Sleep Quality: 80%

Pages Read: 64

Workout: Back + Biceps

Low Rows - 145lbs, 145lbs, 145lbs, 145lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

Single-Arm Lat Pulldowns - 60lbs, 60lbs, 60lbs, 60lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

MTS - 100lbs, 100lbs, 100lbs, 100lbs (8 reps, last set to failure)

EZ Curls - 50lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs (12 reps, last set to failure)

Couple weird notes about my workout. Low Rows: I guess my other gym has older equipment that “sticks” or something on the Universal machine? Making it harder than it actually is? Because my Low Row used to be 90lbs at my other gym and here I was doing 145lbs with relative ease. And also “MTS” above - I did a new exercise and I forget what it was called haha. I seem to remember something like “MTS” in the name though. Oh well, you’d think after a decade I’d know…

Work Completed:

Posted 2x on Twitter

Posted 1x on Threads

Posted 1x on Facebook

Posted 1x on LinkedIn

Drafted 5 New Medium Articles

Managed My Skool Community

Worked on VSL for Skool Community

Almost Finished My Welcome Sequence

Organized Some Author Marketing Campaigns

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Alright I’m officially exhausted. Great day though! I started the new Musk biography and am LOVING it too.

But hey, it’s 5:02AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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