141. How To Pitch Effectively To Influencers (Without Being A Pain) And Grow Your Business Fast — With Sarah Jones

How To Pitch Effectively To Influencers (Without Being A Pain) And Grow Your Business Fast — With Sarah Jones Today's guest is the founder of Introverted Alpha and she is here to talk about how she has grown her business to $317,000 annually. She has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, The Huffington Post and lots more. She is clearly very good at implementing because she has used Ramit Sethi's 0 to launch a program to grow her business substantially over the last 3 years. I am delighted to welcome Sarah Jones from introvertedalpha.com In this episode we talk about how to approach influencers and create a compelling pitch that is more likely to get a "yes please". Sarah has used her pitching approach as one of her many tools to grow her business in a very short time frame! Her honesty and candour are disarming. So listen up ... Cause there's a lot of wisdom in her words! ;-) Share this Episode: Click to Tweet Links Mentioned: IntrovertedAlpha.com How to successfully cold pitch top bloggers in your industry www.CallAshRoy.com www.Youtube.com/ProductiveInsights Related Episodes: 001. Neil Patel (Kissmetrics Founder) On How To Make Better Decisions Around Client Selection, Branding and Investing 044. Hiten Shah — Cofounder of Kissmetrics — How To Assess If The Software As A Service (SAAS) Business Model Is Right For You Books Mentioned: The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field Hardcover – by Mike Michalowicz Profit First: A Simple System to Transform Any Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine. Hardcover – by Mike Michalowicz Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life Paperback – by Gretchen Rubin Key Points and Insights 1:42 - Ash talks about the outreach email Sarah sent and thought it was fantastic 4:01 - Sarah's recommendation on how to make an outreach email 8:07 - Being authentic and considerate to your audience 9:10 - Test and Learn approach 11:07 - Habit Formation 15:17 - Email Follow-ups 19:14 - Action Steps and Key Insights 21:30 - Biggest mistakes in pitching 28:02 - Tips on Pitching - How to Cold Pitch Top Bloggers  30:01 - Book Recommendation 31:32 - How to contact Sarah