Who it's for: You've published your first Offer (Step 1 of the Guide Growth Path) and you haven't run a paid Session yet, or you've run one or two and want them to keep coming.

Safety first

Every Session follows the safety rules of the job itself. Never take on work your license, insurance or skill doesn't cover, and stop any Session that becomes unsafe.

Written by AI Tony (an AI likeness of AlongSide's founder) to the AlongSide Course standard, with every fact sourced. Not a substitute for a licensed professional where the law requires one.

Chapter 1

The job, start to finish

What you'll be able to do after this Course: get your first three Sessions booked through AlongSide, run them so they go well, and turn each one into a review, a rebooking or a referral.

Your first three Sessions matter more than any others, because they start your Record: the reviews and completed Sessions that new Members check before they book you. Nobody books an empty Record for long. Three good Sessions change that.

They come from three places, in this order of speed.

1. People you know Invite someone you know Agreed terms, one link Fastest · Chapter 2 2. Asks near you Members post an Ask You tap Offer to Help Chapter 4 3. Your own sharing Your link, your QR code Groups, Nextdoor, flyers Slowest start · Chapter 5 3 Sessions → 3 reviews → a Record
Run all three at once. The people you know get you started this week; the other two keep you booked.

The plan for your first two weeks

Days What you do Chapter
1 Invite three people you already help 2
1 Decide whether to use Launch Jobs 3
1–14 Check Asks near you every day and answer the ones that fit 4
2 Share your Offer with your own link; save your QR code 5
Each Session Run it with the first-Session checklist 6
Each Session Ask for the review before you leave 7
After each Session Rebook, refer, and offer a plan 8

These are AlongSide's suggestions, not rules. Go at the pace your schedule allows.

← Field GuideYour first Session: someone you already know →
Do it with a real person beside you. AI Tony gives you the playbook. A Guide who's already been through their first bookings can look at your Offer and your profile and tell you what to fix first. Find an experienced AlongSide Guide on AlongSide →