Most people spend six months "getting ready" to sell something and zero minutes actually selling. The pattern is always the same: they think the offer needs to be perfect before it can be public.
It doesn't. It just needs to exist.
An offer isn't a document. It's a promise you make in one sentence, with a price attached to it.
The 48-hour rule
Give yourself two days. Not two weeks, not two months. Two days to go from "I have a skill" to "I have a written offer I could send to someone right now."
If it takes longer than that, you're not building an offer. You're avoiding one.
What an offer actually is
An offer is three things:
- Who it's for (one specific type of person).
- What outcome they get (not what you do — what changes for them).
- How much it costs.
That's it. If your offer takes more than three sentences to describe, it's not an offer — it's a pitch deck.
The templates that work
Steal one of these:
- "I help [who] get [outcome] in [timeframe] for [price]."
- "[Outcome] for [who], without [the hard part]. $[price]."
- "Done-for-you [thing] for [who] who don't have time to [alternative]. $[price]/month."
None of these are clever. That's the point. Clever offers are for people who already have proof. You need momentum.
The price part
Pick a number. Not the "right" number, just a number. You will change it. You will raise it. You will discount it on the first three deals and feel weird about it. All of this is normal. The only wrong price is no price.
If you're stuck, start with what feels a bit too high, then subtract 20%. You'll still be above where you'd land if you started from "what would be fair."
What to skip in v1
You do not need: a logo, a website, testimonials, a portfolio, a case study, a sales script, a Notion page, a Calendly link, a Stripe account, or a business name.
You need one sentence and one price. Everything else is a way to feel busy while avoiding the actual scary part — sending the offer to a real person.
Fill in one of the templates above. Pick a price. Post it inside the community with the tag #first-offer. Someone will roast it in a helpful way. That's the point.
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