How to Reach Virtually ANYONE and Get Them to Respond

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A short, tactical tip for you that’ll help you reach virtually anyone you want to reach, even if they’ve ignored you in the past.

It’s super simple, but hardly anyone does it.

Follow up WITH something, something of VALUE, instead of just:

“Hey, checking in to see if you’re still interested” or some lame garbage like that. That’ll never get you noticed, and honestly?

It’ll kinda just annoy the people you’re trying to reach.

I do something different, and it’s resulted in thousands of $$$ in sponsorships and brand deals I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to arrange.

Send along something related to their field that they’d be interested in, an idea, etc. Forward any mentions you’ve seen of their work by someone else. I do that quite a bit. I’ll pass along a post or article by someone else and ask if they’ve seen that they were mentioned yet.

Often, they didn’t see it, and they’re grateful for me having shared it with them.

Other times I’ll DO something for them, like mention them in a publication or post of my own, etc.

The options are ENDLESS, and they’re ALL better than “Hey, just following up for the 497th time.”

That doesn’t work. Make it WORTH their time to respond. GIVE THEM something of value. Don’t be a number. Be a name.

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3. Time Management, by Brian Tracy

Within My Direct Control:

Finish Reading 20 Great Books | 17 Books Left

Publish 8 New Course Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 15 YouTube Videos | 15 Videos Left

Publish 150 Medium Articles | 141 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Entire Main Website | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 30 Patreon Book Notes | 18 Book Notes Left

Network with 600 New Authors | 560 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,484 Watch Hours Left (12.9% Complete)

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 12 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 12 Collaborations Left

Reach 119,000 Instagram Followers | 4,252 Followers Left

Reach 24,000 Threads Followers | 3,900 Followers Left

Reach 11,000 Twitter Followers | 3,209 Followers Left

Reach 4,000 Medium Followers | 2,042 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 690 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,109 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,449 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 5,455 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 426 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 11 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 19 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 New Books | 3 Books Left

Publish 2 New Course Videos | 2 Videos Left

Publish 3 YouTube Videos | 3 Videos Left

Publish 35 Medium Articles | 34 Articles Left

Upload New VSL for Skool Community | Editing Now

Upload Skool Community Testimonials | Gathering Now

Upload All Old Podcast Episodes | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Instagram Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My YouTube Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Website | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Newsletter | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon | Almost Finished

Network with 140 Authors | 120 Authors Left

Note: “Week Two” Runs From September 8th-14th

Woke Up: 2PM

Sleep Quality: 78%

Pages Read: 112

Workout: Legs

Leg Extensions - 170lbs, 160lbs, 160lbs, 150lbs (12 reps)

BB Squats - 155lbs, 155lbs, 155lbs, 155lbs (5 reps)

Leg Curls - 70lbs, 70lbs, 65lbs, 65lbs (12 reps)

Seated Calf - 100lbs, 100lbs, 90lbs, 90lbs (20 reps)

Work Completed:

Posted 1x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 1x on LinkedIn

Posted 1x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Scheduled 1 Medium Article

Worked on Updating My Website

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on My Next Book Breakdown

Published Next Reading Life Newsletter

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Okay, so today could have been a lot better! I like to be motivating and inspiring and never show up with negativity, but today was tough! Good, but tough.

I’m REALLY going to have to do something about my YouTube consistency, and even though my business revenue is good, I’ve got some collaborations coming up that I am just NOT ready for. Still so much work to do.

But hey, it’s 6:41AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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