3 Common Automation Agency Mistakes You NEED To Avoid In 2024

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Thank you 🙏 waiting on a member to accept their invitation (unfortunately Skool doesn't do this automatically). When there's an opening + your spot arrives you're absolutely in!

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realistically is there enough churn to make it in within 2-3 months? This path is comically perfect for me and you expediting the process is literally priceless. Or $125/mo and likes and a sub. Take my money.

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@@thays182 churn is a little less than ~1/day so probably not, although I'm looking at other ways I can fulfill the need you're describing. In the meantime, I opened an annual option specifically for people who wanted to get in earlier that includes 10% off (priority). If this doesn't work no pressure, keep it up 🙏

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Thanks, Nick, for this incredible video! I launched my automation agency about 6 months ago and have been hitting a ceiling at $6-7k per month. Every issue you highlighted felt spot on, and it’s like you’ve given us a clear roadmap to overcome these hurdles. Truly appreciate it!

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Huge progress Abhijeet! Keep it up my bro 🙏🏼 $10K will feel amazing

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🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *📈 The speaker plans to discuss three automation agency mistakes to avoid in 2024 and into 2025, based on personal experience.* 00:13 *💸 The speaker regrets not starting cold email earlier, estimating a loss of over $250,000 due to its effectiveness compared to other marketing methods.* 00:40 *📧 Cold email is highly effective and cost-efficient, with acquisition costs 10 to 15 times lower than other methods.* 01:23 *📨 Personalized cold emails, especially from automation experts, can achieve higher response rates than generic ones.* 02:35 *🎯 Cold email campaigns can achieve response rates up to 25%, especially with personalized approaches, significantly reducing cost per lead.* 03:17 *🔄 Setting up cold email takes less than two hours and learning to sell to cold audiences enhances overall sales skills.* 04:12 *💡 Recommended platforms for cold email are Instantly and Smartlead, as they allow distributing volume across multiple mailboxes cost-effectively.* 05:09 *⏳ Start setting up cold email mailboxes 2-3 weeks in advance, as they require warming up.* 05:37 *🗣️ Cold email copy should be blunt, straightforward, and personalized, resembling a casual conversation.* 06:33 *🖊️ The speaker provides a copy example for cold emails, emphasizing personalization and credibility.* 09:20 *💰 Personalized messaging is essential for winning in 2024, with response rates significantly higher than generic approaches.* 10:46 *🗓️ A lead generation funnel with cold email can be set up in 21 days, costing around $15 per day.* 11:01 *🛠️ The second mistake is not productizing early, potentially costing over $500,000 by not templating services.* 11:29 *🔄 Productization involves breaking services into simple steps, making them easier to deliver consistently.* 12:10 *🚀 Offering custom implementations can hinder scalability; productizing services is key to a successful business.* 13:46 *⚙️ Sell specific projects rather than abilities to avoid project scope creep and enhance profitability.* 14:43 *🛠️ Use project management tools like ClickUp to enforce productization, breaking services into manageable tasks.* 15:54 *⚖️ Avoid projects that add immediate revenue but consume significant time and resources, impacting long-term growth.* 17:19 *📋 To productize, identify deliverables and create a step-by-step process, ensuring consistency and efficiency.* 18:01 *📄 Focus on deliverables that customers interact with, like forms and emails, instead of internal processes and tools.* 18:29 *📋 Break down deliverables into tasks and subtasks, and assign them to job roles for efficiency.* 19:39 *🔄 Hire fewer people with broader skills instead of many specialists to streamline operations.* 20:20 *🔧 Consolidate roles and processes to increase efficiency and margins.* 21:02 *💰 Calculate internal costs and set profit margins to determine pricing and ensure profitability.* 21:56 *🗂️ Use project management tools to create templates for tasks, allowing for easier delegation and consistency.* 22:38 *🚀 Prioritize high ROI activities to maximize business growth and efficiency.* 23:34 *🏔️ Adopt "hill climbing" to make the best business decisions based on potential returns.* 24:44 *💡 Aim to take steps that yield the greatest positive impact, similar to AI learning processes.* 26:10 *📈 Focus on simple, high-impact actions rather than complex tasks for better results.* 27:38 *💼 Intelligence and complexity don't guarantee financial success; focus on strategic, high-value activities.* 28:50 *🚀 High ROI activities for those under $25,000/month often include sales calls and direct revenue-driving actions.* 29:59 *⏱️ Track time spent on tasks and prioritize revenue-generating activities to maximize productivity.* 30:41 *📆 Consistent daily effort yields better results than sporadic, intensive work sessions.* 32:04 *🏋️ Focus on consistent, small efforts in areas like the gym or business for long-term success.* 33:01 *📊 Use a tool to prioritize tasks based on complexity, success rate, and impact for optimal decision-making.* 36:18 *🧠 Consistently ask if tasks are complex, have high impact, and high success chance to move in a higher ROI direction.* 36:46 *💪 Financial success often comes from commitment rather than intelligence; the most committed people tend to succeed financially.* 37:29 *🚀 Becoming a more committed person can be one of the highest ROI actions, as many people focus on learning rather than doing.* 37:43 *📈 Developing habits and setting achievable goals are key to increasing commitment and business success.* 37:56 *🔄 Restructure thinking to prioritize high ROI tasks and focus on what truly matters.* Made with HARPA AI

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no matter what the title of the video is, I'm watching every min of every video on this channel. And it's time to set up email warm up campaign fr

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Loads of good "business sense" here that I wish I'd had 30 years ago! Keep up the great work Nick! As I recently said to a business partner - Look after yourself. Stay true to your values. Take care of those who care for you. ... and an even more fulfilling future awaits.

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Thanks for the value!

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[@briantran764]

Hello Nick, love the content and I have a video idea that would be an interesting video. Video Idea - A reply/like automation for instagram/facebook using ChatGPT. You can have the reply/like time randomized between 1-10 minutes and this could be applied to social media posts, ads, etc.

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*starts watching and hits like button* *gets towards the end and tries to hit like button again* *rewatches a week later and tries to hit like button again*

[@timschulz266]

Hej Nick, not sure if you answered this in another video, but what's the best way to set up many email addresses to use on Instantly? I guess it is not to create several new emails in Gmail (for which I pay 7€ each per month). Still not very much, for being able to send like 30-50 emails daily, but is there a better way? Thanks a lot to you or whoever can enlighten me with this. Cheers!

[@Nick-Quick]

Have a solid workflow for automating email customization? All the off-the-shelf AI platforms I've tried for this totally suck.

[@SaidThaher]

Hi nick , do u advice the whole thing you teaching for a 45+ old with 3 kids and full time jobb ?

[@livingworkingoutsidebox]

I'm right there with you. 58 with a wife and 13 year old daughter. Nick has made this automation business look very doable. The world is changing so fast, but in a good way. For us with a bit more life experience and the capacity to adapt with action.... Like Nick said: Making good money isn't hard anymore.

[@SaidThaher]

@@livingworkingoutsidebox thank u for replying and for the encouragement.. I'm not strange on IT world , and this things is not hard for me to understand.. my concerns is about commitment, when u give a word and signs contracts , you must deliver.. and for ppl ( like me ) the life is already full .. bearly stealing some few hours every week when kids in school and I'm jobb free ..

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[@cemanuel221]

Q: How do you personalize a mass cold email campaign?

[@nicksaraev]

Hey Emanuel. There are a number of ways, but I usually use AI to read through their LinkedIn bios and write me a short icebreaker. I then put the icebreaker at the beginning of the email. I.e "Hey Sally, read your whole bio and love how you transitioned from X -> Y. Also cute dog. My name is..." Works like a charm 🙏

[@cemanuel221]

@nicksaraev so the automation is set to read the LinkedIn profile? And create a message via gpt?

[@IntoMallorca]

Why not use SendGrid as your SMTP service with GMass as the sender? It’s cheaper, faster, and more scalable. I can send 10,000 emails per day without needing to warm up accounts.