90-Day Quick-Start Action Plan

✅ Minimum Daily Tasks:

[ ] Visit your Sponsorship Dashboard

[ ] Connect with all leads - ensure to craft a customized message to each.

[ ] Respond to all messages in your inbox

[ ] Respond to all recommendations (if applicable).

[ ] Review Post Insights for all updates on your comments and posts.

✅ Minimum Weekly Tasks:

[ ] Post in Community Group

[ ] Post in each group you’ve joined - create new posts to fit each group

[ ] Post to Home Feed any helpful content such as blogs, videos, interviews, customer success stories.

[ ] Comment on others’ posts as relevant

[ ] Select 5-10 high value connections you haven’t heard back from in 3 weeks to follow up with and keep the conversation warm.

• Example: “Hi, It’s been a few weeks, how is business going?”

Month 1: Foundation and Launch

Week 1: Profile Optimization & Network Growth

Day 1:

• [ ] Complete 100% of profile sections
  • [ ] Upload high-quality photos (headshot, banner, logo)
    • [ ] Gallery only if you have a physical product or service
  • [ ] Write compelling About Us section (use the Elevator Pitch AI to get you started)
  • [ ] Focus on your Ideals section and select 8-10 tags for Ideal Customers and Businesses We Can Partner With
  • [ ] Add all products and services you provide

Day 2:

• [ ] Bring your existing network into Alignable using the Alignable Contact Finder
• [ ] You can also invite businesses using your own custom invitation link.
• [ ] Join your Alignable Alliance (if applicable)
  • [ ] Register for any in person events to meet local people

Day 3:

• [ ] Review Posts in your Community Group
  • [ ] Review content type and cadence - What gets engagement and what doesn’t. How often do people post?
• [ ] Post to your community group - speak to something in the community, sports teams, events, construction projects - tie it back to business.
  • [ ] Be inquisitive, ask for advice, give a good tool tip, celebrate a community win
  • [ ] This is not a place to advertise your service or talk only about how you can help them with [insert problem you solve for]
• [ ] Join 2 Alignable groups that interest you

Day 4:

• [ ] Register for a Lunch & Learn: Mastering Local Networking Event to learn how to really target the community you sponsor.
• [ ] Join 3 groups that your ideal partners or ideal clients could be a part of.

Day 5:

• [ ] Make any updates or tweaks to your ad by 12pm Eastern Time

• [ ] Request 3-5 initial recommendations from contacts you have already worked with

  Example Request: Hi [Name], I’m building up my Alignable profile. If you feel comfortable, could you leave me a recommendation based on our work together? Thank you so much.

Week 2: Warming Up the Audience

• [ ] Post in your community following the cadence of the group.
• [ ] Comment on at least 1 post in each group you joined - be helpful or uplifting - do not sell or introduce yourself.
• [ ] Register for a Smart Connect Networking Event

Week 3: Be Seen

• [ ] Comment on posts where relevant
• [ ] After reviewing the content and cadence of the groups you joined, create a post in each group. Stay on topic, be inquisitive, ask for or give advice, be a good community member.
• [ ] Update your advertisement including visual by 12pm Eastern on Friday
• [ ] Install tracking to measure results

Example:

Week 4: Start Targeting

• [ ] Using your tags to target your ideal clients, use the rest of your connection requests.
  • [ ] Create a custom connection request message based on the person you are connecting with.
• [ ] Start using Smart Connect Attendance Registrations to find high value events to attend
• [ ] Request 2-3 additional recommendations

Month 1 Goal: 10+ connections, 6+ meaningful conversations, 1-3 qualified leads

Month 2: Optimization and Scale

Week 5: Analyze and Adjust

• [ ] Review Month 1 performance metrics
• [ ] Identify top-performing messages that received responses
• [ ] Identify top-performing posts
• [ ] Adjust engagement in underperforming groups (post style, cadence, content)
• [ ] Document what's working to do more of it

Week 6: Scale What Works

• [ ] Increase budget on winning ad campaigns
  • [ ] White glove service and on-hand help is available at $400 and up.
• [ ] Send more connection requests using proven messages
• [ ] Double down on content types that got engagement
• [ ] Reach out to partners for reciprocal referrals
• [ ] Update your advertisement including visual by 12pm Eastern on Friday

Week 7: Test New Approaches

• [ ] Launch second ad campaign with different community targeting
• [ ] Try different content format
• [ ] Engage in new groups or communities

Week 8: Relationship Deepening

• [ ] Schedule calls with 5-10 top connections
• [ ] Send personalized value adds to warm prospects
• [ ] Formalize 2-3 referral partnerships

Month 2 Goal: 25+ new connections, 20+ quality conversations, 8-10 qualified leads, 1-2 closed deals

Month 3: Systems and Sustainability

Week 9: Document Your Process

• [ ] Create templates for all common messages
• [ ] Establish your weekly routine and schedule it
• [ ] Set up tracking spreadsheet for leads and ROI
• [ ] Update your ad completely before 12pm Eastern

Week 10: Community Leadership

• [ ] If you have an Alliance - ask to partner on the next in person event
• [ ] Make 3-5 valuable introductions between connections
• [ ] Increase group engagement and helpfulness

Week 11: Referral Network Expansion

• [ ] Reach out to 10 potential referral partners
• [ ] Set up 3-5 partner meetings
• [ ] Create partner introduction email template
• [ ] Establish tracking system for referrals given/received

Week 12: Quarter Review and Planning

• [ ] Calculate 90-day ROI from Alignable sponsorship
• [ ] Document all wins and lessons learned
• [ ] Identify top 3 strategies to maintain/expand
• [ ] Plan next quarter's campaigns and goals

Month 3 Goal: 25+ new connections, 10+ quality conversations, 12-15 qualified leads, 3-5 closed deals