Do you struggle with showing up for your potential clients without feeling pushy?

It can be a tough balance to strike, but it's an important one.

This podcast episode explores the topic of "Showing Up" for potential clients without coming across as pushy or salesy.

Building strong relationships with potential clients is essential for success in the business world.

Often, our feeling of being pushy is underpinned by a fear of being seen as pushy or ‘too much’.

In this episode, we discuss:

-> The importance of showing up for potential clients and building relationships with them.

-> Tips for showing up authentically, offering value, being transparent, and following up without being pushy.

-> The importance of proactively asking for the sale regularly so that you can sell more products and services.

-> The fear of being visible and standing out and how to overcome it.

-> Knowing your purpose for showing up and being true to that purpose is important.

-> How to understand your potential client's needs and pain points and offer solutions to help them.

-> The concept of "Connection Moves" and the importance of becoming known by the people who can open doors for you, refer clients to you, and do business with you.

We also discuss the importance of regularly asking for the sale and the fear that can come with it and offer tips for overcoming that fear and becoming more comfortable making offers. We emphasise the importance of showing up and being visible to reach more people and grow your business.

Mentioned in This Episode:

-> The HerBusiness Network

-> Marketing Success Mastermind

Bonnie Christine is a surface pattern designer who's built a successful, profitable business in a small niche. She's passionate about helping creatives achieve their dreams and has helped tens of thousands of people through her programs.

In this episode of the HerBusiness podcast, Bonnie shares her secrets to success in a small niche. She talks about developing a success mindset, believing in your talent and business, setting achievable goals, taking risks, investing in tools, and leveraging the talents of others to reach new heights.

Bonnie's business has grown from $19,000 to multiple seven figures per year and she encourages listeners to use her 17 secrets to success or business breakthroughs in their own lives or businesses.

One key point she makes is that doing inexpensive work for too long can trap a business in inefficiency. Bonnie emphasises that success doesn't come from hacks or tech tricks but from creating the right mindset and prioritising what you do in your business.

"The longer you do the inexpensive work, the longer your business will be trapped in inefficiency."

Listen to Hear:

-> Why the words "there's room for you" totally changed Bonnie’s sense of abundance and the possibilities for her business.
-> How doing just one thing a day, every day, took her from average results to sky-rocketing results.
-> The best thing you can do right now if you're stuck or 'spinning in circles'.
-> How discomfort is essential to getting to do the work you are called to do.
-> Why you need to find and change whatever is creating a bottleneck in your business
-> And a whole lot more.

Mentioned in This Episode:

-> Bonnie Christine’s website
-> The Professional Creative Podcast
-> Episode 205 - Your Business Everest: Lesson in Big Goals, Preparation, Strategy and Community with Peter Johnston (PJ)
-> Michelle Pascoe, CEO of Optimum Operating Procedures

Now more than ever, our connections are so crucial to the growth of our business. We want to be deeply connected to the right people to have solid and sustainable businesses, no matter what the economy throws at us.

In this episode, I share the most overlooked and misunderstood approach for growing a lucrative network that brings you sales, connections and support and works EVEN for introverts or people who hate networking.

OK, so let's get started…

Firstly, this episode is ALL ABOUT YOU and how you can avoid the five big connection-breaking mistakes business owners make!

So, If you know you have a great product, but you remain the "best-kept secret."

Or, you have people say they love what you're doing, but they don't seem to buy

Maybe you need to get more leads or sales.

Or, you're giving lots of value but don't know how to ask for the sale

Or maybe you're struggling to communicate the value of your products and services

You're in the right place.

Getting more clients and feeling like you have a flow of business opportunities coming your way comes down to recognising these 5 Ways You're Isolating Yourself From New Clients and Connections.

These mistakes prevent you from getting the desired results - more clients, growth, and profit.

Here's a sneak peek at what we cover in this episode:

-> The effortless changes you can make to your approach to get more connected and comfortable with what feels natural to you.

-> How to create long-term mutually-beneficial relationships.

-> How to steer yourself away from transactional, superficial and often self-sabotaging actions.

-> The first thing to do if you want others to recognise you as having the solutions they need in their businesses and feel an authentic rapport with you.

-> Madonna's advice about asking for what you want and why it's a lesson we can all learn from.

-> The simple method that I've used to make thousands and thousands of dollars in business and have clients stay with me for years

Mentioned in This Episode:

-> The HerBusiness Connection Scale

-> HerBusiness Network

-> Episode 205 - Your Business Everest: Lessons in Big Goals, Strategy, Preparation and Community – with Peter Johnston (PJ)

-> Samantha Konyeshi of - MY UNO Drafting and Design