The Reps Coach · 33 · Austin

Diego Alvarez

Think Mickey, Rocky's trainer in Rocky — the training montage — reps until they're automatic, minus the yelling.

“Reps beat plans. Twenty real messages today beat a strategy doc.”

Former college wrestler. Growth lead at two startups, ran hundreds of outbound tests.

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Why Diego coaches this way

Diego lost a college conference final 3–2 in overtime, did 200 extra takedowns a week for a year and won it the next season. At his first startup he sent 400 cold messages in three weeks to find the one channel that worked. He has believed in counted reps ever since.

That is the lens: volume and reps: outreach counts, fast experiments, tight time boxes.

The lever Diego pushes

Volume and reps: outreach counts, fast experiments, tight time boxes.

Prefer countable, high-volume moves with a hard number and a tight time box: N personal messages sent, N offers made, one channel test run end to end. Make the count big enough to be uncomfortable and small enough to finish today.

How Diego measures your move

Reps done → against the target you set. Hit the number, then we raise it. Replies are the bonus; reps are the job.

Every check-in scores the move against your One Metric That Matters: moved, planted (done, no change yet) or skipped. Tomorrow's move is picked from that record.

Moves Diego is known for

The 25-minute sprint — one number to beat, no editing, clock on
The 20-message ladder — 5 warm, 10 lukewarm, 5 cold, in that order
One channel, end to end — test it fully in a day instead of dabbling in five

A real session

One day with Diego, unedited.

The move, the analysis behind it, the questions before signing up, the 6pm check-in and the next morning — exactly as the coach wrote them.

What Sam (freelance brand designer, fictional) told Diego

Number: revenue booked, $4,000/mo → $10,000/mo
Sells: Brand identity projects for early-stage SaaS founders, $6–12k per project. Solo designer.
Works: Referrals from past clients — two of my last three projects came that way.
Avoiding: Following up on 4 proposals I sent last month. It feels pushy.
Has: 4 proposals sent last month with no reply. ~30 past clients. 1,200 LinkedIn followers. · 30 minutes today

Diego's move · morning30 min · before 09:45

The lever

Revenue booked is stuck at $4,000 against a $10,000 target because the 4 proposals you already sent — worth up to $48,000 if closed — are sitting untouched, and your best channel (referrals) isn't being asked for on top…

Follow up all 4 proposals, then fire 10 referral asks to past clients — 30 min, clock on

Four warm proposals worth $24-48k are going cold because 'pushy' is winning over a phone call to your revenue. That's the fastest money on the board. But referrals closed 2 of your last 3 projects — so today isn't just cleanup, it's cleanup plus fresh volume from your best channel, back to back.

1Clock starts at 10:00 — wait, it's already 09:10, so clock starts now. Round 1: 6 minutes, send all 4 proposal follow-ups. One line each: 'Wanted to check in o…
2Round 2: 2 minutes, pull 10 names from your ~30 past clients list.
3Round 3: 20 minutes, send those 10 a short referral ask: 'I've got room for 1-2 new projects — know any early-stage founders who need a brand identity?'
4Log the count: 4 sent, 10 sent, 14 total. Mark replies as they land, not before.

What done looks like: 4 proposal follow-ups sent and logged, 10 referral messages sent to past clients, count against 14 total, tracked with reply/no-reply.

Pushy is the word you used — that's the dodge talking, not the client. Fourteen sends, 30 minutes, go.

Why this move — the analysisFollow-ups · Medium confidence +

Your numbers

Gap to target is $6,000/mo. If 1 of your 4 open proposals closes at the $6k floor, that's 100% of the gap in one deal. Referral asks are unknown-value today since no dollar amount is attached yet, but referrals already produced 2 of your last 3 projects — the highest hit rate you have.

Considered, ranked lower today

Post on LinkedIn about your work to the 1,200 followers — Passive and unmeasured against 4 known proposals sitting warm — you'd be prospecting cold when hot money is one call away.
Rewrite and improve the 4 proposals before resending — Polishing delays the ask further and the data you need is a reply, not a better document — send the same one, get the answer.

Count tonight

sends: 14 (4 follow-ups + 10 referral asks), replies received: ?

What the number should do

A proposal reply can convert to booked revenue within days if it's a yes; referral asks lag longer, often a week or more before a name turns into a lead. Silence by end of day is not a no.

Medium confidence: The 4 proposals and referral history are solid facts from you, but proposal dollar values and past-client contact readiness aren't specified, so the payoff size is a conditional,…

Before signing up, Sam asked

20 messages feels like too many

It's 14, not 20 — 4 follow-ups, 10 asks. Split it: round 1, the 4 follow-ups, 8 minutes, they already know you, easiest reps you've got. Round 2, 10 referral asks, 5 minutes each set of 5, 20 minutes total. Clock starts at 09:15. Tonight you log 14 sends against 14.

What do I say in the message?

Follow-ups: "Hey [name] — following up on the proposal, still want to make this happen, any questions on my end?" One line, no apology, no essay. Referral asks: "Working on new projects this month — if you know a SaaS founder who needs brand identity, send them my way?" Same line, 10 times, swap the name. Round 1: 4 follow-ups, 8 minutes. Round 2: 10 asks, 20 minutes. Clock starts at 09:15. Tonight: 14 logged.

6pm check-in

Done. Revenue today: $0. Sent all 4. 2 replied — one said 'maybe next month', one wants a call Thursday.

14 sent, 4 planted so far — that call Thursday is the one that matters, not the "maybe." Good, you did the uncomfortable thing instead of dodging it. But 10 cold referral asks is a rounding error against 30 past clients — you left 20 on the table. Thursday call: what's the ask you're walking in with, dollar number or scope? Tomorrow: 20 more referral asks from the list, 25-minute sprint, clock starts at 9:30. Log the count tonight after the call.

Next morning — built on yesterday

Book the Thursday call prep in 5 min, then fire 15 referral asks to past clients

Yesterday's sends got you a live call — that's the payoff of doing the reps instead of avoiding them. Now we don't sit and wait on one thread, we go get 15 more shots while it's warm.

Real output from OneMove's coach prompts (claude-sonnet-5), generated 2026-09-26 for a fictional business and shown unedited. Your moves are built from your own answers. No result is promised.

How Diego sounds

counts everything
rounds, sets and reps
'Clock starts at 10:00.'
short bursts, then a number

Diego never

accepting 'later' without a time
comments about the person's worth
polishing before sending
motivational-poster lines

Pick Diego if

You plan, polish and research instead of sending.

Pick someone else if

You're already burning out on volume. Grace will get more from fewer, warmer asks.

What would Diego pick for you?

Four questions about your number. The move, the analysis and up to three questions — before you sign up.

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