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Need advice — struggling to get first SMMA client, email outreach only
Hey everyone,
Looking for honest feedback from people who’ve been here.
My situation:
20 years old, working a 9-5 until end of August so outreach is limited to mornings, lunch and evenings as home late. Running a Meta ads agency targeting local contractors in Dublin, Ireland. Everything is built — website, booking system, scripts, lead list of 500+ businesses segmented by review count. Have some savings and wanna try scale asap before leaving 9-5.
Case study:
Ran a live test campaign before approaching anyone — 10 leads in 5 days at €7.50 per lead. No actual paying client yet.
What I’ve done:
10 days of outreach. 5 to 8 cold emails per day manually. Got 1 reply on day 1 from a warm lead who said they’re interested but too busy to book a call. No other replies yet. (Want to increase this but trying to warm up first)
My problems:
No testimonials making it harder to close
Limited to email only — is this enough or do I need other channels
Not sure whether to automate now or wait for first client
One warm lead interested but won’t book a call — how do I close without being pushy
Worried peak season is passing while I’m still getting started
My questions:
-What should a cold email to local contractors actually consist of to maximise reply rate? (Also not even sure if email is the best outreach for them but based on my current situation I cant really cold call as im home late)
-Should I automate outreach now or wait until I have real client results?
-What’s the fastest way to land first client with no testimonials?
-Is cold email alone enough or do I need to add DMs and calling?
-Is SMS blasting to local contractors legal in Ireland under GDPR — anyone done this successfully here?
-Anyone been in this exact position — what moved the needle?
Thanks for the help it is really appreciated
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Need advice — struggling to get first SMMA client, email outreach only
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