💸 Musk sells X

Together with Artisan

Hire an AI BDR to Automate Your LinkedIn Outreach

Sales reps are wasting time on manual LinkedIn outreach. Our AI BDR Ava fully automates personalized LinkedIn outreach using your team’s profiles—getting you leads on autopilot.

She operates within the Artisan platform, which consolidates every tool you need for outbound:

• 300M+ High-Quality B2B Prospects

• Automated Lead Enrichment With 10+ Data Sources Included

• Full Email Deliverability Management

• Personalization Waterfall using LinkedIn, Twitter, Web Scraping & More

Book a demo to see what Ava can do.

Working With Clients

The 7 Deadly Sins of Freelancing

One of the most effective ways to achieve success in anything is by learning what NOT to do.

And building a profitable freelance business is no different.

So if you’re looking to attract top tier clients who are happy to pay premium prices and want to work with you again and again…

Avoid these 7 deadly sins of freelancing:

1. Missing deadlines

2. Not building your network

3. Not investing in your skills

4. Overpromising and under delivering 

5. Not responding quickly to client messages

6. Not diversifying your client acquisition channels

7. Responding negatively to criticism or constructive feedback

What else would you add to the list?

Hit reply and let us know.

Making the Rounds

• Elon Musk says he sold X to his AI company
  
  

• AppLovin and Amazon emerge as TikTok bidders ahead of deadline
  
  

• OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users
  
  

• Instagram is adding ‘re-posts’ to amplify content
  
  

• Scammers may benefit from ChatGPT's new image tool
  
  

• 66 countries with a Digital Nomad Visa Program for Americans

Working For Yourself

How to Set Yourself Up For Success in Q2

The first 3 months of 2025 are up.

Here are two things you can do to set yourself up for success in Q2:

1) Conduct a quarterly review

Use these questions to guide yourself:

• What happened this quarter?

• What learning lessons & corrections came from this quarter?

• What wins did I have this quarter?

• What am I looking forward to next quarter?

It’s important to extract lessons and wins from your day-to-day experiences on a regular basis.

This also sets the stage for the next step.

2) Set goals for Q2

Once you’ve completed your Q1 review, set goals for the upcoming quarter based on how you’re pacing.

Metrics you may want to focus on include:

• Topline revenue

• # of pitches sent

• # of new clients closed

• # of days off

• Etc etc

Which metrics you decide to focus on are totally up to you.

But the goals you set should reflect your priorities within the business.

One way to frame this is to consider growth vs development:

Growth is all about increasing revenue, clients, and profits.

Meanwhile, development is all about building the foundation you need to grow further.

No business can sustain the same rate of growth forever.

And on the flipside, no business should be stuck in a development stage forever.

Healthy businesses shift back and forth between the two.

Use this as food for thought when mapping out your goals for Q2.

AI Prompts For Freelancers

Prompt of the Week: The Strategic Advisor

This AI prompt is designed to give you instant clarity on whatever roadblock you’re facing right now — and without the weeks of self-reflection or coaching sessions it usually takes. It comes to us courtesy of our friend and AI wizard Jim Carter III.

Here is the prompt:

NOTE: Jim built a second digital mind where you can ask him anything, including how to write prompts like this. Tap here to check it out for free - it’s super cool.

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Tool of the Week

Optimize Your Writing For Readability & Conversions With This Free Tool

Even if you’re not a pro copywriter, being able to write well is a superpower.

It helps ”grease the skids” in all areas of life.

The only problem is…

Writing for business and writing for the classroom are two different things.

Five dollar words might get you an A, but it’s the two dollar words that get your message across.

That’s where Hemingway comes in.

Copy and paste your text into the free app and you’ll get instant feedback on readability:

• Adverbs

• Passive voice

• Run-on sentences

• And those dreaded $5 words

Aim to write at a Grade 5 reading level or lower.

Give Hemingway a try for free today and see how you score.

P.S: Copy and paste the above section into the app to see how we did ;)

Bonus Points

💼 Careers: Meet the people who work fully remote—and hate it (link)

🗣️ Marketing: The best time to post in 2025 (according to 30k brands & creators) (link)

🎧 Work Beats: Music for Work — Maximum Focus & Productivity | Brain-Boosting Music Lab - Chill Lab (link)