When I say running ads outclasses cold ANYTHING. I mean it.
Now you might be thinking, "That's great, but I don't have a budget set aside for ads."
I would implore you to find out why?
You sell ads and ad adjacent services to your clientele, but don't trust them enough to use for yourself. That seems to go against the age old adage of "Only sell what you believe in".
With a budget of simply $50 per day you can go from - spending 3-5 hours cold calling per day, 1-3 hours of optimizing emails and responding, or 2-4 hours typing out FB/IG/X DMs - to having appointments flood your calendar without lifting a finger.
The only obstacle stopping you is you.
So I would encourage you to figure out a budget for ads and figure it out quick. You could be spending time on the wrong tasks.