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on October 6, 2025
Draft a Cold DM That Gets a 70 % Reply Rate from Small Brands
Slide the first DM in under 125 words, attach one 1080 × 1080 mock-up, and hit "following" 24 h before the message so the logo lands in their recent-notification stack.
One-day portfolio: export three school assignments as PDF, compress them with Smallpdf under 2 MB, upload to Canva Docs, toggle "public link," and paste the URL into your Upwork overview. Recruiters glance at samples, not résumés; live links outperform attachments 4:1.
<img src="https://pre00.deviantart.net/2d7a/th/pre/f/2014/005/5/5/genteel_by_quantumfoam1-d70y3s8.png"; style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" />Invoice & Get Paid via PayPal Before Finals Week Starts
Shoot over the payment request the very day you deliver the last file; each 24-hour wait adds 7 % to the chance the client disappears. Label the PDF "YourName_ProjectTitle_Date.pdf" so it won’t be misplaced in downloads.
Ahead of wipe, the extension exports a .csv to "/Backup/DeletionLog" with file ID, path, size, SHA-256. Rollback span: 25 days via the same panel; click any row to restore to original location. After 25 days the trash copy is purged permanently.
Reclaim 15 GB for free by mass-grabbing Gmail clutter in Drive
Hit drive.google.com/drive/quota, click the 15 GB meter, toggle to "Gmail" and press "→" adjacent "Files mirrored to Drive". The grid reveals every .docx that showed up in mail and was silently copied. Tick the header box once–Drive grabs 100 files at a shot. Slam Shift+↓ twenty rounds to mark 2 000 files in 12 secs. Click Bin → "Trash em" → "Erase permanently". Mean bulk of 2 000 Gmail files is 1.3 GB; repeat until the meter flatlines.
Re-grant the Google Drive scope in Win CredMan to restore offline sync
Shut the browser completely (ensure Ctrl-Shift-Esc for any ghost processes). Tap Win + R, enter control /name Microsoft.CredentialManager and tap Enter. Choose "Generic credentials", locate every entry with https://drive.google.com or accounts.google.com, expand each one and click "Remove". Launch PowerShell as elevated and execute:
Verify the 10 GB Drop: Inspect the Post-Cleanup Storage Receipt
Open the quota page at drive.google.com/settings/storage and snap the bar prior to you delete anything. After the sweep, revisit the same URL; the bar updates within 30 seconds . A ten-gigabyte drop shows as a 10 240 MB decrease on the left-side counter. If the delta is lower , open the "Storage used" breakdown: items deleted in the last 24 h are listed with a crimson minus ; their sizes must total ≥ 10 GB . Still short? Check the Garbage folder—deleted files remain billable until you hit " Empty trash ". Empty it, then refresh the quota page again; the counter should now drop the full 10 GB .
Secure one paid hour within 72 hrs: launch Fiverr, sort for "new seller" gigs under $50, copy the leading five blurbs into a Google Doc, rewrite each in your own voice, and publish with a 24-hour delivery promise. You instantly have a live gig indexed by search before most classmates finish updating their portfolios.
If the same prospect revisits the same file 3× in 24 h, replace the standard follow-up with a half-minute screen-share offer; close rate on those calls runs more than a third versus one in ten on plain check-ins.
View the dashboard by "Last 7 days" every start of week. Pull the CSV, paste it into the tracker below, and sort by "Total view time (min)". Anyone above 240 s on the flyer plus 2 min on the walk-through is a hot lead—ring within two hours while the page is still fresh in their browser.
Manage Deadlines Around Exams with a 15-Minute Daily Sprint
Schedule a phone alarm for 05:45, pop the project file before breakfast, and export one micro-milestone before 06:00. 15 focused minutes at that hour equals 45 groggy minutes after lectures.
If an exam unexpectedly moves forward, switch the sprint to "review & invoice" mode: 15 min is enough to log hours, fire PayPal request, and back up files to Google Drive. Payment usually lands within 24 h, buffering any pause in new orders.
Schedule client hand-offs on Friday noon; reserve Saturday–Sunday for past-paper blocks. Zero pings get answered after 19:00 – auto-reply cites "study lockdown" to kill pressure without sounding unavailable.
Use the "anyone with the <a href="https://Paste2.org/VJDctD3C">generate direct link Google Drive</a>" URL; shrink it to 17 characters with Bitly so the QR modules stay readable at 1.5 in wide.
Pick foreground to #000000, background to #FFFFFF, quiet zone 4 modules. Red tints cut scan success by almost 20 % in tests.
Output SVG, open in vector editor, add a 0.5 pt stroke around the corners so printers register color without blurring the corners.
Conduct validation runs on iPhone 12; reprint if any device needs more than two attempts.
Laminate after printing; uncoated codes shed 11 % contrast after a month outside.
Slap a 1 in border outside the quiet zone—stops grass blades from being read as black pixels.
Rotate the folder contents nightly; the QR never changes, so the sign stays fresh for the full listing period.
Log scans: append "?scan=yard01" to the tiny URL; analytics show nearly half of weekend visits come from curbside scans, peak at 1:30 PM.