Key facts
- Give prospecting one fixed slot, about 30 to 45 minutes a day, and spend it on a short list of people who clearly fit.
- Build the list once a week, write short personal emails, follow up on a schedule and use software for the searching, drafting and sending.
- A steady half hour a day does more than one lost Friday a month.
- Put it on your calendar at the same time each day, before client work takes over.
How much time should I spend?
A steady half hour a day does more than one lost Friday a month. Put it on your calendar at the same time each day, before client work takes over.
Who should I reach out to first?
Start with people most like your best past client: same kind of business, same size, same area. Ten good names a day is plenty when each one is a real fit.
What can I hand off to software?
Searching for people, checking emails, drafting a first version and sending follow ups on time. Keep the parts only you can do: picking who matters and replying when someone answers.
A 30 minute daily routine
- Monday: build the list
Search for the week of people who fit, and save them.
- Each day: send ten
Short emails with one clear reason you picked them.
- Each day: reply
Answer anyone who wrote back before you send anything new.
- Friday: look back
Note who replied and why, and aim next week at more like them.
When does Buzzlist fit, and when does it not?
It fits when
- You run a small or solo business and sell to other businesses or households in the US.
- You want a routine you can keep during busy weeks.
It does not fit when
- You want clients without any outreach at all.
- Your clients are outside the United States. Buzzlist covers US people.
Questions people ask next
Can I start for free?
Yes. The Free plan searches the Buzzlist database with filters and includes 100 contacts a month, with no AI.
How does Buzz save time?
On a paid plan you can describe the people you want in a sentence, have Buzz Drafts write the emails and use Buzz Send to send them and the follow ups.
Should I use email or phone?
Use what you are comfortable with. Email fits a short daily slot well, and a call works great for someone who already replied.