Tim Grahl landed a major web redesign client, Hugh McLeod of Gapingvoid, through a cold email after seeing his tweet. Tim runs engineering for I Will Teach You To Be Rich and operates outthinkgroup.com, and talks about his strategy for reaching out to people like Seth Godin and Kathy Sierra.
Alright, what's your name?
Tim Grohl.
Tim Grall. Tim runs engineering for I Will Teach youh To Be Rich. And Tim, you were just telling me.
A story about how you just got.
A huge deal just now, right?
Yeah, I'm doing Hugh McLeod's website, gabyboy.com we're going to be redesigning that and relaunching it.
So how'd you get that gig?
I basically just cold called him. I sent him an email and said that his website needed some work and his book was coming out and that I worked with you on your site.
You name dropped me.
Yeah, I name dropped you.
Possibly the worst move you could make.
Obviously not. He just, he tweeted me back and said he'd love to talk to me. So I talked to Hugh and now his business partner and we got hired yesterday to do his job.
And it sounds like it'll be a pretty good deal, right?
Yeah, yeah, big deal.
Gaping void is a big deal.
Yeah.
All right. Congratulations, Tim.
Yeah, well, I've been, you know, I'm such a huge fan of him for like five years, so. Now see, here's the thing though. If I had to pick four people I'd want to work with or meet, it would be seth Godin, Hugh McLeod, Kathy Sierra, and then Tim Ferriss. Now you know Tim Ferriss.
Oh my.
So that's your job.
He's pitching me on camera.
So that's your job. And then Hugh is close with Seth and Kathy, so.
And I. Okay, nice. And you know, I worked with Seth as well.
Yeah, I know that.
Interesting. So, man, this guy is hustling left and right.
I live in Lynchburg, Virginia.
And what's the, what's your URL, Tim? Timgrawl.com and outthinkgroup.com outthinkgroup.com the one that runs I Will Teach youh Be Rich. All right. Thanks, Tim.
Yours doesn't turn off either.
Oh my God, it's. This is a horrible.
