
Why Your Content Isn’t Getting You Clients (And What to Do Instead)
Why Your Content Isn’t Getting You Clients (And What to Do Instead) Does your content

Why Your Content Isn’t Getting You Clients (And What to Do Instead) Does your content

Putting all your energy into figuring out what marketing strategy works for your business is great. As long as you have a marketing problem. But what if the reason your business isn’t growing has nothing to do with marketing?

Thought leadership is more than just sharing knowledge; it’s about positioning yourself as a go-to authority within your niche or focus area. This guide explores the benefits of thought leadership for coaches and consultants, including building trust, attracting high-quality clients, and expanding opportunities.

The ability of AI to help solopreneurs be more productive extends way beyond blog posts. It can help by summarizing information, “atomizing” content for marketing and brainstorming. Here are some useful prompts.

Stop blending in. Your potential clients are drowning in bland, beige commentary — and your hot takes are the secret weapon that cuts through the noise and attracts the right clients.

How to Get Found by AI Search: What Consultants Need to Know SEO is dead. If you’re a consultant or expert relying on traditional search engine optimization to get found

You need to know your data before you ask AI to help you with analysis. Find out what happened when I asked it for help to grow my YouTube channel The GenXpert Show.

Teaching alone doesn’t bring in clients. It proves you know your stuff, but it doesn’t help people connect with you. That’s why you need “Vibe Posts”.
Want more clients just like your favorites? And for it to be easier to say “no” to the clients you don’t want? Here’s how to make it happen.

Social Media Time-Savers for Coaches & Consultants Is social media your own personal energy vampire?Same. And then, if you start avoiding it, the guilt and FOMO creep in. You start

How to Create an IRRESISTIBLE Offer for Your Online Business There are 44 different brownie recipes on the New York Times cooking website. 44 I’ve tried maybe eight of them.

Does Self Promotion Feel Cringy? Try This Instead. Before you hit publish on another piece of content, consider this: 65% of people say trust is the #1 factor in deciding

Make More Sales with Know/Like/Trust A few months ago, I got a DM on LinkedIn from someone I’d followed and exchanged messages with a few times. It was thoughtful, well-written,

Thinking About Creating an Online Course? (19)What No One Tells You About Building an Online Course in 2025 Did you know most people who buy online courses never finish them?For

The Marketing Funnel Is Outdated: Here’s What’s Working Now Did you know that the idea of the marketing funnel has been showing up in marketing textbooks since the 1960s? The

Why Your Content Isn’t Getting You Clients (And What to Do Instead) Does your content actually get you clients?If not, you’re not alone. Most coaches and consultants are making one

Putting all your energy into figuring out what marketing strategy works for your business is great. As long as you have a marketing problem. But what if the reason your business isn’t growing has nothing to do with marketing?

Putting all your energy into figuring out what marketing strategy works for your business is great. As long as you have a marketing problem. But what if the reason your business isn’t growing has nothing to do with marketing?

Your brand is not your logo or your fonts or your colors. It is the space you occupy in someone’s brain about what you do. It’s the answer to “Who ya gonna call?”. In this post I’m sharing what I think is the BEST way to build your brand as a coach or consultant.

Confused about which website platform is best for your coaching or consulting business? Here’s a comparison of Squarespace, Kajabi, and WordPress so you can make a smart, low-stress, budget-friendly decision.
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Wondering what tools you actually need to start making money as a coach or consultant? In this post (and video), I break down the essential tech stack for getting your first paying client—without wasting time or money.

Most businesses start marketing too soon. Before they’ve built up the parts of their business that make marketing work. Without a clear, validated product, a profitable price point and a differentiated message, it’s exponentially harder to get people to buy. If that’s where you are, this is what you need to do.

Women over 45 are crushing entrepreneurship. If you want to jump on the wave, here are the best businesses you can start to take advantage of your expertise and experience.

Business coach Laura Zavelson shares her outlook for the top trends in coaching and consulting for 2025 as well as the best ways
for you to take advantage of them.

Discover easy ways to incorporate the biggest trends in coaching and consulting into your programs for 2025.

Finding your coaching or consulting niche can feel challenging. Here’s a step-by-step process you can use to see where your passion, your talents and profitability overlap.

Sometimes we depend on one thing to make the whole plan work. But what if that thing doesn’t happen? Then you have to change the plan. Here’s how.

If you’re wondering if it makes sense to go narrow before you even have your first clients OR you’re wondering if your niche is the reason you’re not getting the right clients, this episode will guide you though it.

Here are some of the apps and tools I’m testing in my business in 2025. I’ll update this post in a few months and let you know how it goes.

If you’re staring a coaching or consulting business, your first clients probably aren’t coming from social media. Here’s a plan you can use instead.

If you’re ready to take the first steps towards exploring starting a coaching or consulting business, this is the place to start.

Here are 5 beginner mistakes that can cost you tine AND money. I’ll give you the work arounds so you can keep your business moving forward.

What I Learned While Standing in Line at See’s Candy My husband loves dark chocolate. And that’s how I found myself standing in a line that stretched out the door of

Choosing the right business coach is about more than chemistry. It’s about finding someone who specializes in solving the problems of the phase your business is in now so you can move on to the next one.

I’ve tried almost every digital productivity tool out there, and for most solo business owners, Asana is the best choice.

Thought leadership is more than just sharing knowledge; it’s about positioning yourself as a go-to authority within your niche or focus area. This guide explores the benefits of thought leadership for coaches and consultants, including building trust, attracting high-quality clients, and expanding opportunities.

A well-crafted business plan is a flexible roadmap to your 2025 goals. In just a few hours, you can gain clarity, reduce overwhelm, and laser in on your plan to attract and retain clients. Grab the downloadable template with examples.

Get More Coaching Without the “Ick” of Selling “Selling is ick…just ick…” “I hate selling.” “Selling is the thing I hate most about my business.” I have hundreds of conversations

As a coach or consultant, your number one competitor is actually inertia.

Optimizing your website so that referrals take the next step is easier than you think. Your home page, an about page, a showcase of your authority content and a CTA are all you need. This post shows you how.

If you’re a coach or consultant selling into businesses, you may face the common challenge where your service is purchased by someone other than the person or team you’ll be working with. If that’s your situation, read on to find out how one team’s fix for the problem came down to an extra beer.
Defining a demographic persona like an ideal client avatar or perfect future client isn’t enough. You’ve got to go one step further to see real impact from picking a niche for your coaching or consulting business.
Let’s fix the #1 program design and marketing mistake that’s keeping you from enrolling clients in your signature coaching program. Inside I explain what it is, how it happens, and how to create a coaching program that sells.

There are 2 changes you can make that will have a profound effect on how much stress you have in your business. Find out what they are and how to redesign your business for more calm.

The Hero Section of your landing page needs to hook the viewer right away. But do you know who’s supposed to be the real hero of the story? The answer might surprise you.

Marketing is powerful but it can’t grow your business by itself. This video shows you exactly where to focus in your business to help marketing do its job of driving sales.

It takes more than information to sell an offer in today’s market. A proven way to stand out from the crowd and increase the value of your offer is by adding an access component. Watch the video to find out how.

There’s a lot of noise out there suggesting you need to go big or go home. I emphatically disagree. It’s much easier to build a $400K business than a $1MM business. Here’s are some reasons why.

Watch me show you exactly how you can avoid comparison pricing by using my Inside Out Pricing method.

1:1 conversations beat surveys and focus groups for uncovering customer insights every time.

High-ticket or low-ticket? If you want to add a packaged offer to your business and you don’t know where to start, this article is your guide.

Successful businesses, products and services have one thing in common. They are super clear on what they do, who it’s for and why it matters. Here’s how they do it.

The benefits of creating a packaged offer for your coaching, consulting or creative business include operational efficiency, more value for your customers and additional revenue opportunities.

Most experts use free content at the top of the funnel in the form of podcasts, blogs or YouTube videos. Just over half of the experts analyzed push their content to more than one platform.

If your marketing isn’t working, it’s normal to start wondering if there’s a problem with whatever marketing strategy you’re using. But it’s far more likely it’s that the problem lies with your offer or your pricing. Here are 7 things you can try.

The ability of AI to help solopreneurs be more productive extends way beyond blog posts. It can help by summarizing information, “atomizing” content for marketing and brainstorming. Here are some useful prompts.

When Your Dream Client Says “I Can’t Afford You” 6 Solutions for Consultants, Coaches and Content Creators There’s a delicate balance between charging what you’re worth and hitting that sweet

Show your prices on your website for standard offers, starter offers and self-service offers. Use a Call to Action (Book a Call, Email for Pricing, etc.) for custom offers, complex offers and offers where you need to qualify the buyer in order to deliver the best results.

If you’re trying to generate more revenue, and you have a validated offer, the next step is to develop an effective marketing plan.

Launching digital products is easy. Maybe too easy. People get so caught up in launching and marketing that they overlook a key element of actually having a successful business – the offer design process.

If you’re not sure what number to pick when you’re setting your revenue goal this year, this post will walk you through exactly what to do based on your stage of business growth.

The amount of happiness you get from your business is tightly linked to your definition of success. Don’t let social media define success for you. Build your goals around what actually makes you happy.

In this post I share the research-backed best bet for avoiding shiny object syndrome and managing entrepreneurial overwhelm.

Setting annual business goals (and writing them down) helps you figure out where you’re going, know when to celebrate, combat overwhelm, stay motivated and adapt to change. They can be a powerful force in managing the ambiguity of entrepreneurhsip.

Set aside 4 hours over 2 days to create countable 2024 business goals so that you can start the year feeling excited and optimistic.

People are attracted to what’s different. If you’re struggling to get noticed, it might be time to design “different” into your business.

Your biggest obstacle to success probably isn’t your competition. Inertia and habit are far more likely to be what’s getting in the way of your sale.

If you’re looking for a business opportunity or developing a new offer, stay on the lookout for a Poison Ivy Problem. It’s a problem so persistent and bothersome that people are actively seeking solutions and are ready to buy from you.

Before you spend the time and energy to launch an offer, make sure you have absolute clarity about what problem you solve, who you solve it for, and maybe most importantly, why does solving the problem matter to your customer.

Set your prices based on your annual revenue goals, your expenses (your time is an expense too!) and a realistic sales rate. Then build in the context of your market, the competition and how much your customers are willing to pay.

Investing time and effort in refining your product yields better long-term results than marketing.

Narrowing your customer focus as a small business can help you save time and money, attract more customers who are ready to buy and potentially charge a higher price.

Customer insight interviews are key in developing products and messaging that resonate with your customers. But there are some questions that deliver tons of value and some that will steer you down the wrong path.

Are you talking to your customers? Insights from customer conversations can help you design your product/service and supercharge your marketing message. Here’s how to do it.

Building an offer people want to buy starts with talking to your customers. Here are 8 “secrets” that are not only time tested, but based on what I’ve observed after working with more than 1,000 founders and students.

When someone tells me they’re launching a new offer, a new line of business or a new company, I always ask the same question. Have you talked to your customers or the people who you want to be your customers? This is a mission critical step in the offer/product development process and one that often gets overlooked.

As an entrepreneur, which social media channels should you focus on? Do you really need to be on all of them? No. Your best bet is to focus on one or two channels.

If you find another business doing what you’re doing, it shouldn’t scare you off. In fact, it should probably give you confidence. Here’s why….

You know that charging the right amount is essential to the success of your business? But how do you figure it out? And how do you make sure your clients are still willing to pay your rates?

About 30% of your time each week should be spent on marketing your business. But marketing goes way beyond social media and promotion. It includes product, pricing, place and people too. You need a plan and a willingness to experiment to figure out what generates revenue for your business.

Attn: Founders – Problems Need Love Too If you’re trying to start a conversation at a networking event with entrepreneurs, “Tell me about your business,” is a pretty good choice.

When I was pregnant with my second child, I had just finished a four-year marathon of co-founding a software company, moving across the country and having my first child. My

What is the customer lifecycle? The Customer Lifecycle helps you figure out not only how your business is going to get customers, but how you’re going to keep them. Customer

Why Make a Customer Journey Map? A customer journey map is simply a tool you can use to better understand your customers so you can craft a more successful marketing

How to create a customer persona when you don’t have any customers (yet) If you don’t have a lot (or any) customers, you might be thinking “How can I create

What’s the Difference Among Customer Personas, the Customer Journey Map and the Sales Funnel? The difference among customer personas, the customer journey map and the customer lifecycle are the questions

Are you always looking for a better system for managing your time? All the things, all at once, all you. The majority of entrepreneurs are starved for time. When you

Research shows that entrepreneurs who achieve their business goals share the ability to implement a well-defined action plan. They are able to create a strong connection between their long term

How to Organize Your ToDo List The best way to organize your ToDo list is to combine all your ToDo Lists into one supreme list so you can get a

How do you think about your business goals? At the beginning of our journey together, a lot of the entrepreneurs I work with say something like this: “I’d like to

Advisor Whiplash. It’s the pain founders feel when multiple people give conflicting advice and its major symptoms include delays in progress, self-doubt and fear of pissing off investors or future

“Put it on the Calendar” is a top strategy for managing overwhelm, and in my previous post I called it the Secret Sauce of getting things done. But today we’re

Wow. It’s only been a month since I wrapped up my analysis of managing the overwhelm recommendations and already my thinking has changed so much. Part of the reason is

Planning and Prioritization are really the Dynamic Duo of Managing Overwhelm. But you can’t really do either without knowing where you are going. That’s why about 25% of the responses

I did the reading and the research for you. Prioritization topped the skill set list of more than 250 expert recommendations about how to manage Overwhelm. Why? Because prioritization is

Overwhelm. It’s that stress and anxiety you feel because your ToDo list is so big and so deep and so tall….. it’s impossible to know how to even get started.

To inspire a team you do need to be able to create a clear picture of where you are going and what it will look like when you get there.

I was thinking about the challenges that come with growing a startup and in my opinion it all comes down to two things: Leadership Getting (the right) Things Done I

When early stage businesses get stuck, the first place they look is marketing. “We have to get out product/solution in front of more people.” But sometimes the question they need

I’m lucky to have the opportunity to talk to lots of smart, engaging women about all things entrepreneurship, leadership and decision making. And I have a few favorite tools I

Let’s say a woman is contemplating starting a business. Startup, small biz, whatever. Perhaps she asks herself, “Do I have what it takes?” So she Googles it. And here’s what
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I help independent consultants and small agency owners build businesses that let them spend more time in their zone of genius—and less time trying to fill the pipeline.
I’ve spent 25 years doing this work—as a founder, agency owner, entrepreneurship professor, and consultant to experts across industries.
And here’s what I’ve seen again and again:
Different is what gets noticed.
Different is what sells.
The best way to get to different?
Uncover your unique way of doing things—your point of view.
If you’re ready to start that process, head over to the Work With Me page. You’ll find two ways we can dig in—whether you want a fast burst of clarity or deeper support to build out your POV and your plan.
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