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  <item><title>Most executives don&#x27;t hate LinkedIn prospecting. They hate bad LinkedIn prospecting.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/nobody-hates-linkedin-prospecting</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/nobody-hates-linkedin-prospecting</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>They hate &quot;just circling back.&quot; They especially hate discovering someone has been sending those messages from their own account.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>Outreach is a marathon. You don&#x27;t have to run it on foot.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/outreach-is-a-marathon</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/outreach-is-a-marathon</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Nobody lands a client from one message. There are three ways to run the race, and only one of them still works in 2026.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>LinkedIn reply rates fell 37% in a year. Your templates did that.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/templates-killed-your-reply-rate</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/templates-killed-your-reply-rate</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>An automation vendor measured 13.2 million connection requests and published numbers that hurt its own pitch. The channel is fine. The template is dead.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>If you disappeared for 30 days, would your pipeline survive?</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/would-your-pipeline-survive-30-days</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/would-your-pipeline-survive-30-days</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>I sold $20M before I admitted I didn&#x27;t own a business. I owned a sales job. Here&#x27;s the test, and what changed it.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>Prospects are thanking me for cold outreach.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/prospects-are-thanking-me-for-cold-outreach</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/prospects-are-thanking-me-for-cold-outreach</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A law firm partner gave it &quot;the internet award for today.&quot; A VC replied &quot;How can I help?&quot; Here&#x27;s the exact difference between the message that gets ignored and the one that gets answered.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>What I tell every client in week one, before they sign.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/what-i-tell-every-client-in-week-one</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/what-i-tell-every-client-in-week-one</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Weeks one and two will look slow. I put that in writing, because the fastest way to lose a client is to let them expect magic.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>The first client of my outreach agency is me.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/client-zero</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/client-zero</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Every system we sell gets tested on my own pipeline first. Ask any vendor one question before you sign, and watch what happens.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>Coaches, what fills your calendar when referrals slow down?</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/what-fills-your-calendar-when-referrals-slow-down</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/what-fills-your-calendar-when-referrals-slow-down</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>I asked 20 coaches this month. Nobody said &quot;my outbound system,&quot; because for most of them there isn&#x27;t one.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
  <item><title>I saved fifteen &quot;AI appointment setting&quot; ads. Here&#x27;s how to tell who&#x27;s real.</title><link>https://inroadagency.com/blog/how-to-tell-which-ai-appointment-setters-are-real</link><guid>https://inroadagency.com/blog/how-to-tell-which-ai-appointment-setters-are-real</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>They all promise the same thing, with no names, no receipts, and no humans anywhere. I sell this for a living. The difference is checkable.</description><author>Jonathan Dickey</author></item>
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