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Reinvesting the first revenue

Which paid capability to turn on first, and why that order.

Who this is for

You have a paying client and some budget. You are about to spend it in the wrong place.

Before you start

  • Revenue. Free channels running for at least a month.

How long

Staged over two or three months.

The sequence

  1. 01

    Turn on sending first. Outreach from your own mailbox is the highest-return paid capability, and it is the cheapest.

    /pricing5 minutes

    You should see: A monthly action allowance and one sending identity.

  2. 02

    Raise the watchlist next. More watched companies means more chances of several signals landing together.

    /venture?step=watchlist30 minutes

  3. 03

    Add person intel search after that. It is the most expensive thing per person and it changes what a first line can say.

    /settings10 minutes

  4. 04

    Only then consider ads, and only once the learning screen shows which message works organically.

    /learning, then /venture?step=channels20 minutes

    You should see: A message with a known conversation rate before you pay for impressions.

You are done when

  • Sending is on and inside its caps.
  • The watchlist has grown without dropping its qualification bar.
  • You have not bought ads for a message you have not tested.

The commonest way this fails

You buy ads first, because ads feel like the thing money is for. Paid distribution of a message you have not tested organically buys impressions for something that does not convert.

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