Free Time with Jenny Blake

086: The Cyrano Strategy for Delegating Important Comms


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How valuable is your time? Are you conveying that value to your potential clients? In the first five years of running my business, I spent way too long thinking I was the only one who could handle important communications with current and potential VIP corporate clients. Taking inspiration from Cyrano De Bergerac, today I’m sharing a mindset and process that enables a team member to take on the heavy-lifting of client communications. 


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🌟 3 Key Takeaways:

  • Delegate does not mean abdicate. Work with a trusted team member, or hire one, and start by having them reply, even if you’re reviewing and guiding every draft at the start.
  • Document all of your standard responses somewhere central (we use TextExpander), and document the stages of communications along a client’s journey in your manager manual from the sales process to onboarding to wrapping up.
  • Make yourself available behind the scenes for the tricky situations that will inevitably arise, and make sure your team knows the best way to reach you for a fast response.

  • 📝 Permission: To “hide in the bushes” and let your team shine as they handle the up-front communications, even if you’re still heavily involved at the start. 


    ✅ Do (or Delegate) This Next: Choose a tool like TextExpander or Notion (or a combination of the two) to start saving your common communications, and start populating it with templates.


    📘 Books Mentioned:

    • Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business 
    • Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One 
    • Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending

    • 🔗 Resources Mentioned

      • Summary: SparkNotes for Edmond Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac
      • Movie: Roxanne starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah
      • Apps: TextExpander, HelpScout, Slack, Notion

      • Related Podcast Episodes

        • 034: Organizing Research and Ideas—Notion Walkthrough #1
        • 036: Shaping Big Ideas—Notion Walkthrough #2
        • 038: Tracking Progress Toward Finishing a Book (or Big Idea) with an Essay Tracker—Notion Walkthrough #3

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