Today is day 8 of our “$10k in 30 days” challenge — 4th December 2025.

Here’s the breakdown of our inputs so far:

* Day 1: 100 voice notes sent

* Day 2: 100

* Day 3+4: 21

* Day 5: 11

* Day 6: 32

* Day 7: 22

* Day 8: 72 (today)

Day 3 and 4 were the weekends, so numbers dropped.Day 5 I had a summit, so the whole day was gone.Day 6 and 7 I struggled with the lists.Today is day 8, and I failed to hit 100 as well.

And here are the results:

* 21 positive replies

* 8 meetings

* 1/10 free setup confirmed

The complete numbers breakdown is as such:

* 358 voice notes sent

* 21 positive replies (5.9% positive reply rate)

* 8 meetings booked (38% booking rate)

* 1 client onboarded (3 pending)

Experimenting with New Offers

Initially when we first started the challenge, we reached out with the proposition to help B2B sales teams set up their outbound sales systems for free, in exchange for a case study.

Over the weekends, we went to revisit the initial traction we got for our product when we first pivoted months ago, and realised list-building was the one thing we hated the most during our agency days.

So we spun up a list-building offer towards agencies and reached out to agencies to validate the offer.

Interestingly, the responses have been pretty encouraging with 6/21 positive replies coming from this segment even though the volume is way lower.

We even had one immediate enquiry, which is a good sign.

My hypothesis on this is because we felt the same pain ourselves, so our messaging resonated with the agencies themselves.

3 Lessons I Learned

i. The list is the most important

With a targeted and qualified list, it’s way easier to both craft messaging for outbound campaigns, or to do manual outreach.

Without a proper list, more time is spent on cleaning the list than on prospecting itself.

ii. It’s easiest to solve your own pain points

When we came up with the messaging to agencies, it was easy because we felt the same pain.

I believe that’s why it’s translating into better results from our outreach to that segment.

iii. Follow-ups are important

Many of my replies came from the follow up messages, not the initial voice note.

Currently, I’m manually recording the first voice note, before pushing them into HeyReach for the automated follow-up campaigns.

The early signs are encouraging, but we need to do a better job with our own list-building to improve our efficiency and effectiveness with our prospecting efforts.

If you hate list-building like us, check out our website for our new approach and angle to list-building.

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