Watch this video to check out tips on how to get more clients, close the deal more often, boost your conversion rate, and keep customers coming back for MORE.
You don’t have to be as good-looking as Leonardo DiCaprio to be greater than Gatsby in your business.
It’s a question we ask ourselves often, don’t we? Watch the video above and you’ll know why you aren’t getting more clients.
*SPOILER ALERT*
YOU are the reason.
How are you spending your time? Are you doing “enough”?
You need to do more than “enough” in order to grow.
People who did enough in school got C’s in class. Because they were doing AVERAGE amounts of work. Not exceeding or surpassing their own or anyone else’s expectations.
You need to embrace a higher level of expectation for yourself. If you aren’t holding you accountable, then the rest of the world (including me) will think you don’t care. If you need help with accountability (AKA if you need a boot in the tuckus), you might be a good candidate for coaching with me.
If you sent me this email, it’s now a video.
Watch what you send to others and heed my advice so you write emails more professionally.
If you experience typographical word vomit, try to call the person over the phone and work it out.
If you dish it out… don’t.
That means:
1. Use spellcheck.
2. Call someone when you’re upset about something.
3. Be respectful. Don’t say hey. Say hi or hello.
4. Don’t name drop or threaten someone over email.
5. Respect the other person’s intelligence. Don’t insult people.
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I was watching Good Morning America today and the brilliant Robin Roberts said these words in passing. Such an incredibly helpful reminder to all entrepreneurs.
Sometimes you feel like you’re only inching toward your goals because there just aren’t enough hours in the day to be the #1 Salesperson, Marketing Head, Website Developer, Social Media Manager of your own company.
If you spend too much time in those arenas, you are expending energy that needs to be invested in improving your current products and services so that you are better equipped to serve your clients.
You may also miss a meal or two.
Here are some ways you can optimize the way you’re spending your time so you can think big and take small, productive steps toward achieving your big-time goals.
For example [shameless plug], I’ve recently launched the “Raise Your Rank SEO Support Plan” — this product was really put together to support those clients of mine who don’t want to learn SEO and do it themselves.
Marketing can be exhausting to the mind – especially for you coaches who give your whole selves to your clients in-session, you need to be able to hold a space for that energy. Otherwise, you’ll be completely spent by the time your session time comes around. Not fair to you. Not fair to your client.
Hiring out for marketing tasks is a big step toward your larger goals.
You may schedule updates on Hootsuite for Twitter, but are you using TimeTrade? TimeTrade is a fabulous application that can take all the fuss out of scheduling sessions with clients.
And don’t forget about autoresponders! These are super helpful and valuable tools to check in with prospects after they sign up for your list. Why don’t you ask them what they thought of the free gift? Invite them to join you on Facebook to boost your page likes. Offer them a free 15 minute consultation. The possibilities are endless.
Play is important too – especially for service providers. Otherwise, your brain will get mushy every day around 2:30 pm. You don’t want to resort to drinking too many energy drinks (as OD-ing on that could probably knock out your heart). Instead, create time just for you.
Because yes, you deserve it.
If you’re new to time-blocking, try plotting what you do in the first hour of your day first. Then, decide what time is break time. And add it to your Google Calendar so you know you will stick to it.
Have a ritual for the firs thing you do when you go to work in the morning. For me, it looks like this…
It doesn’t look like much, I know. But it’s SUPPOSED TO BE SIMPLE. So keep it that way. This has to be something you will stick to.
I don’t actually do meetings or work until after 10am and yet complete far more simply because I made my to do list. Make sure to add one item every day that will help you attain a larger goal in your business.
I use the songs of the incomparable Taylor Swift to teach entrepreneurs like YOU how to create a magnetic online presence.