I wrote this article for two aims
- You should never forget what you dream of. I spent 10+ years finding the right timing. It is never too late to work on your dream.
- I wrote this by hand. I still love writing raw; it is a way for me to express my philosophy and my emotions. I know, many times I write shit grammar, but writing is still a fun activity to me.
Day 16 of 30.
Yesterday @boardyai sent me two intros in one day, and I've answered neither.
The first is a publisher in London with two imprints putting out real books. They offered two 30-minute slots, Monday the 16th or Tuesday the 17th.
The second is someone who took a Reddit account from zero to millions of impressions in under a month. That's my actual funnel problem. Reddit already gets @Creader_io views. Turning those views into people who register and stick around is the part I haven't cracked.
The Richard Lowe podcast moved too. My VPN kept blocking his booking page, so he emailed me two times instead: Tuesday Nov 17 or Thursday Nov 19, 6:30 PM ET. That's breakfast the next morning for me in Shanghai.
This is the Day 6 bet. People who already sit next to authors and publishers move faster than my inbox. In one day it turned up a publisher, a Reddit operator and two recording dates.
It's also Day 14 again. On Day 14 the booking page was my excuse. This time everyone on the other side already did the work, and the only open item is me picking a date.
So the question is smaller again. Two replies, two dates, sent today.
1,500 cold emails, about 10 replies. 14 days left.
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Day 14 of 30.
Yesterday three strangers told me one intro beats 1,500 cold emails. Today the podcast still isn't booked.
The Day 13 replies said the same thing three ways.
@Alligator199: "one right conversation can replace a thousand cold sends"
@QinRan_Poppy: "One good intro beats 1500 cold emails every time"
@JacktheDegen: "Speedrun to be a BD"
@boardyai even replied "13 days in and you're already doing my job."
Then this morning I got asked if the recording with Richard Lowe, the intro @boardyai made, was on the calendar. My answer: not yet, I have some VPN issue. His booking page won't load for me, and I let that sit.
So the idea got validated in public and the actual step didn't happen. A podcast I haven't booked is worth about as much as an email nobody opened.
A booking page that won't load has workarounds. Email Richard, give him two times, let him put it in. That's today, not Day 15.
So the question is smaller again. Yesterday it was what to say in one episode. Today it's what date goes on the calendar.
1,500 cold emails, about 10 replies. Still no one paying. 15 days left.