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I stopped adding more follow-ups when the touchpoints-fix-everything advice stopped making sense
By Kyle Campbell, founder of Clients.ai · · Originally on LinkedIn
In brief
I stopped adding more follow-ups when the touchpoints-fix-everything advice stopped making sense. You know the feeling: you pour hours into free audits, long discovery calls, and more demos, then prospects go quiet. It works because you’re trying to buy motion instead of clarity.

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I stopped adding more follow-ups when the touchpoints-fix-everything advice stopped making sense.
You know the feeling: you pour hours into free audits, long discovery calls, and more demos, then prospects go quiet. It works because you’re trying to buy motion instead of clarity. The hidden tradeoff is obvious: more activity buys you complexity and gives prospects a list of ways to stall while you prove your worth.
Flip: fewer, sharper decision points win. Make each interaction ask for a single micro-commitment that reveals real intent, not another low-value favor.
Three quick moves you can do this afternoon:
- Map every sales touch to a single ask: book, pay, sign, or say no.
- Remove or shorten anything that asks them to carry your work, like free audits or multi-step forms.
- Design one small deliverable you give only after the micro-commitment - that turns curiosity into a reason to buy.
I use this exact test at Clients.ai to cut stalled deals in half.
DM DECISION POINTS AUDIT and I’ll send a free 3-step audit showing where your prospects stall and one exact change you can make this week.
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