The way services actually sell: trust, in front of the 1,000 people who could write you a $25k check.
Built for productized services and agencies — $10k–$250k engagements, where the buyer hires the human before the playbook.
Three problems you actually have — not three a generic playbook assumes.
Two months without a discovery call. The plan stands up a founder-content cadence that compounds — so referrals become a multiplier, not a single point of failure.
Scope, price, and outcome must be one sentence. We productize before any outbound or content goes out.
Specifics > opinions. Numbers + named frameworks > hot takes. We rebuild the cadence around the posts that actually book the call.
The Services / agency shape
Three phases. Each one assumes the previous one worked. No "test five channels in week two" generic scaffolding.
Scope, price, outcome must be one sentence before any outbound or content.
Targeted outbound to ICP + founder POV content where the buyer hangs out.
Anchor case studies, referral program, repeatable delivery.
What actually works here.
- Founder LinkedIn (daily for first 90 days)Specific, with numbers from real engagements. Anonymized OK.
- Operator-only Slacks (Superpath, MeasureSlack, Pavilion)Be the person who gets named when a CMO asks for a vendor.
- Podcast tour — 8 niche shows over 8 weeksOne specific angle per show. Compounds for 2+ years.
- Co-published teardowns with one peerCross-promote on launch day, both audiences win.
- Targeted outbound to past-win lookalikes1 send + 1 polite follow-up. Hand-written, not sequenced.
Things we cut on day one.
- ✕No paid display or programmatic — buyers don't hire agencies off banners
- ✕No SDR outbound — your buyer needs the founder on the call
- ✕No DTC creative-testing rhythm
- ✕Paid display, programmatic, or Meta ads as a primary lead source
- ✕SDR/BDR hiring before founder content compounds
- ✕Cold email at volume — services buyers price humans, not throughput
Four priorities, in order.
This is the actual shape of your first week — not a feature tour.
- 1Write the productized offer page — one sentence each on scope, price, outcomeEvery other tactic bounces off a fuzzy offer page.
- 2Ship one LinkedIn post with three numbers from a real engagementSpecifics convert. 'Thought leadership' without numbers doesn't book calls.
- 3DM 5 past clients asking for one warm intro eachHighest-converting lead source you have. Don't wait — ask explicitly.
- 4Map the 8 podcasts your buyer listens to + pitch the first one8-week tour compounds for 2+ years and replaces a $10k content budget.
Instead of: PLG SaaS plans, DTC creative loops, or marketplace liquidity plays.
If that's actually your motion — pick the right vertical below. Generic plans cost more than wrong ones.
Build the Agencies & services plan in two minutes.
Eight questions. Branched for Services / agency. No credit card.