Being perceived as “salesy” or sleazy or pushy ranks high on the list of Things Entrepreneurs Fear In Sales and Marketing. Why? To me, it’s pretty simple: We don’t want to make others feel bad. I’m sure you can recall the last time you felt like someone was pushing...
“Should I put my prices on my website?” is a weighty question that dredges up a lot of fears for service providers, consultants, and coaches. Fears like… If I put my prices on my website, will a bunch of potentially perfect clients get spooked by “how...
Blink once if you could use more clients or customers. If you’re in the early stages of your business, chances are, you blinked. (No shame in this, by the way. You have to start somewhere.) The dream is to eventually scale, right? To not have to do the leg work, to...
There comes a time in every entrepreneur’s journey where we look at our sales page, emails, or website and think, “If only I could write more ‘punchy’! THEN my copy would be attracting people!” But writing with more “pizazz” is not the remedy for bad...
Last December, I chose a “word for the year” with a great deal of self-consciousness and embarrassment. Because openly caring, plainly trying, and eagerly naming what I want used to feel shameful. But this December, I found myself leaning over to my...
