13:00:02 From Kellie W : Hello! 13:00:10 From Chris S. : Hi Susan 13:01:25 From Chris S. : I was a ranch hand at a Montana ranch for a summer, earing $10 a day and a big breakfast. 13:01:38 From Nadine : My first job when I was 16 was working weekends in a comic book store 13:02:08 From Macollvie J. Neel : Hi!!! 13:02:34 From Kellie W to Ed Gandia(Privately) : Lots of crackling on your line today. 13:03:08 From Kellie W to Ed Gandia(Privately) : better 13:04:08 From Kellie W to Ed Gandia(Privately) : W: I’m going to send out my first invoice this week! It’s not huge, but it feels pretty significant to me. :) 13:04:42 From Nadine : W - not too much yet, but started the program. Finished the Introductory and Session 1 13:05:22 From Matt Shannon matt@ascenify.com : W: I'm about 85% finished with my website update! 13:06:02 From Chris S. : W: I completed a draft of my About page. (Is that too long to share in the Facebook group as inserted text? Or should I use an attachment instead?) 13:06:56 From Chris S. : Oh, thanks. No I am not ready to share the entire website yet. 13:07:11 From Macollvie J. Neel : W: Contacted three prospects. Had 2 initial calls, delivered 1 pitch and proposal. 13:08:17 From Phillip : W I got all your comments incorporated in my website. 13:12:45 From Chris Dole : I can talk today. Adopted a new project (chatbot marketing) and was encouraged to start with local small businesses. Could use some tips on finding these, since my previous focus was LinkedIn / Internet. 13:13:07 From Kellie W : Q: I’m still pretty early in my biz-development process, and am finding it difficult to allocate my time. Generally speaking about what percent of my available time should I spend on business development, skill development, direct client work and admin work? Between all of these things, I feel really busy! :) 13:16:51 From Chris S. : (Chris S.) Q: Most of the lead-magnets I have see are B2C-focused. For mid-size to large software company prospects, can you provide examples or suggestions of high-converting B2B lead-magnets? 13:20:35 From Matt Shannon matt@ascenify.com : Q: [I am in a quiet room in a co-working space, so have to type rather than talk]…..While working on my website, I realized I am using "I" and "we" interchangeably (ex. "Why Me", "Contact Us"). I have an LLC and company name, so am as much marketing the company as myself. And I hope to be able to have VAs help me down the road, so my solo business will (hopefully) soon involve others assisting me. Do I need to be consistent in using only "I" or only "Us" across the site? 13:23:57 From Phillip : Q I am still having problems doing warm emails. I can’t seem to find the right companies doing the google/linkedin searches. Also the templates in lesson 5 don’t seem to work for me. 13:30:50 From Chris S. : Kelly, check out Ed's Podcast #187: A Systematic Way to Tackle Overwhelm. He shares a lot of good ideas about Task scheduling. 13:41:02 From Chris Dole : Q: Your comments on working full time brought this up for me: How much time to spend prospecting given small bandwidth to actually do work? 13:42:45 From Chris S. : Thank you, Susan. I will post the question in the Facebook Q&A thread. 13:48:57 From Matt Shannon matt@ascenify.com : Thanks Susan, that makes sense. I'll start with "I' for now, with a plan down the road to evolve to the "us" team messaging...And I expect to be evolving my positioning as I develop preferences for types of work, clients, etc. 14:11:53 From Chris Dole : Yep, no experience in sales ;-) The 50/50 approach sounds reasonable! I like the "I'm trying to help YOU out" approach. Thanks! 14:13:17 From Phillip : I have zero experience in sales in the last 40 years. 14:15:22 From Matt Shannon matt@ascenify.com : T: Get my website finished, and then focus up to 50% of my time on prospecting. 14:16:02 From Chris Dole : T: Try different ways to find companies as suggested 14:16:27 From Nadine : T: Loved the information about time management. Will definitely check out Ed's podcasts, while working on Session 2 and 3 over the next 2 weeks. 14:17:25 From Phillip : T Got to get 3-5 warm emails out per day. 14:20:40 From Matt Shannon matt@ascenify.com : A: Submit website for feedback 14:20:56 From Phillip : A Start session 6 14:21:17 From Chris Dole : A: Finish chatbot project and a client article by Monday, then circle back to B2B launcher program 14:21:27 From Sam F : Finish my website, go live and barrel through session 4. 14:21:43 From Phillip : I actually have 60 hours per week. 14:23:13 From Phillip : Looking for a big win by next session