weekly live class is tonight at 7:00 PM PKT, starting shortly.

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7:00, not 7:30. the time moved because prayer is at 7:45.

three things tonight, all of them from DMs this week:

1. picking one kind of client and saying so out loud. how you choose the group, and the one line that goes at the top of your profile so a stranger knows in four seconds whether you're for them.

1. you sell what you build, so you get paid like a builder. "I do WordPress", "I do GHL", "I do 2D animation". same work, said as an outcome the client can picture, moves your rate more than getting better at the work does.

1. fixed price or hourly, and how to scope so the budget survives. we'll do it on a real example.

bring the thing that's actually stuck. and if you've never said anything in here, you can just turn up and listen, nobody has to speak.

see you at 7, Inshallah.

weekly live class is tomorrow, Friday at 7:00 PM PKT. not 7:30, the time moved because of prayer at 7:45.

join here: https://whop.com/joined/khancircle/weekly-live-class-yffsbxUnLaQ9tv/app/

three things came out of my DMs this week, so this is the session:

1. narrowing down to one kind of client, out loud. someone in here finally did it this week. he went from answering every brief to picking one group and saying so. we'll go through how you choose the group, and the one line you put at the top of your profile so a stranger knows in four seconds whether you're for them.

1. you sell what you build, so you get paid like a builder. "I do WordPress", "I do GHL", "I do 2D animation". all true, all priced like labour. i'll show you how to say the same thing as an outcome the client can picture, and why that one change moves your rate more than getting better at the work does.

1. fixed price or hourly, and how to scope so the budget survives. this keeps coming up and i keep seeing people guess. we'll do it properly on a real example.

if you asked me something this week it's on that list. if yours isn't, drop it in the comments tonight and i'll add it.

and if you've been quiet in here, you can just turn up and listen. nobody has to speak.

quick one this week and it takes about twenty minutes.

send five real outreach DMs today, before you sleep. that's the whole challenge.

real means five different businesses or people you actually picked, each with a first line written for them. not the same message pasted five times, and not something ChatGPT wrote about how you're passionate about helping brands grow. if you don't know where to start, pick one kind of business you could genuinely help and go find five of them on Instagram.

then report the number you sent. not the replies. replies are not the point this week and most of them wouldn't land for days anyway. five sent is a pass, three sent is worth posting too.

drop your number in the comments when you're done and i'll go through them tomorrow. if you've never sent one of these before, say so and i'll look at your first message before you send it.

quick and important, the class time has moved.

class starts at 7:00 PM PKT tonight, not 7:30. half an hour earlier than usual.

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the reason is prayer time, 7:45 doesn't leave room for a 7:30 start. so from now on the weekly class is at 7:00 PM PKT, every Friday. same day, just half an hour earlier.

if you saw yesterday's post saying 7:30, ignore that time, it's been corrected.

the four things we're covering are unchanged:

1. how the first earning actually happens, and what the routine looked like at the start.

2. you already have good work and still nobody picks you. why naming one problem beats listing your skills.

3. why your outreach gets ignored, especially if ChatGPT is writing it.

4. turning a skill you already practice into the first paid job.

see you at 7.

weekly live class is back tomorrow, Friday.

UPDATED: the class is at 7:00 PM PKT, not 7:30. the time moved because of prayer at 7:45. from now on it's 7:00 PM every Friday.

four things came up in here over the last week, so this is the session:

1. how the first earning actually happens. someone asked me straight out what my routine was as a beginner, so i'll walk through what the first few months really looked like instead of the tidy version.

1. you already have good work and still nobody picks you. why "I do UI/UX" or "I do design" loses to naming one problem for one kind of business, and how to rewrite that line in about two minutes.

1. why your outreach gets ignored. specifically if you're pasting the business into ChatGPT and sending what it writes back. i'll show you what the client sees when they get that.

1. you've got a skill you practice but no income from it yet. AI video, design, whatever it is. how you turn practice into the first paid job.

if you asked me something this week, it's on that list. if yours isn't, drop it in the comments and i'll add it.

and if you joined recently and haven't said anything in here yet, you can just turn up and listen. nobody has to speak.

weekly live class is tonight at 7:30 PM PKT.

join here: https://whop.com/joined/khancircle/weekly-live-class-yffsbxUnLaQ9tv/app/

the four things i said we'd cover, all of them came from questions asked in here this week:

1. your gig or profile is live and nothing is coming in, and why that is almost never a pricing problem.

2. why your outreach messages get ignored, and where to look besides Google Maps.

3. what to call yourself, and why naming one problem beats listing your skills.

4. scoping and pricing a real project so the budget doesn't get eaten halfway through.

i'll take whatever else is in the room after that, so bring the thing that's actually stuck.

if you joined in the last couple of weeks and haven't said anything in here yet, you can just turn up and listen. nobody has to speak.