March 25, 2020

Clarity is more important than ever

Sent by Jonathan Stark on March 25th, 2020

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Most people who tell me that they aren’t attracting enough leads have the same problem:

A lack of clarity.

This fogginess is usually business-wide:

They have a hard time explaining what they do
They don’t know what kind of clients they’re trying to attract
They can’t articulate their core value proposition
They are not sure how they are different from their competition

If you don’t have the answers to questions like these, OF COURSE you’re not attracting leads! Nobody (not even you) understands who you can help with what, and why you’re the best person for the job.

Whether the economy is up or down, you need to answer these questions ASAP because not bringing in enough leads is awful for you and your business.

Here are three big reasons:

You get desperate for work, which can kill your confidence
You jump at any potential client that comes through the door, even when you know they’re going to be a nightmare
You conduct very few sales interviews, so you never get a chance to practice and improve your sales skills

The people I see who are doing fine right now have clarity on what they do (i.e., their discipline) who they help (i.e., their target market), what they help them with (i.e., the client’s expensive problem), and how they are different from their competitors (i.e., their unique differentiator).

The faster you can get those questions answered, the faster the health of your business is going to improve.

Yours,

—J