Not many marketing gurus out thre talk to you about walking yur talk. That said; it’s important to hve your image fit what you do. Lving your message makes all the dfference in attracting clients. Your image is jst as important as your marketing mssage and your claim in the mrketplace.

If you are a seriously overweight, out-of-breath personal trainer or a consultant whose own company is struggling to succeed, you’re probably not going to attract many clients, no matter what you say or do.

Client example: a former client of mine was a fellow business coach helping small businesses. She came to me because she wasn’t attracting ANY clients and was at a loss as to what to do. It quickly became clear to me why this was happening.

She positioned herself as being the one to help you jumpstart your business and grow it to the next level. The problem was HER business was a mess. Her marketing materials were weak, her marketing message was murky, her materials were shoddy, she had old business cards with the phone number crossed off and written in pen, she used a hotmail e-mail address for business instead of a dedicated domain name and her e-mail newsletter was really vague.

It was difficult for me to tell her this, but no one else was telling her , and that’s why she was paying me, so I bit the bullet. (She was glad I did.) I told her that potential clients were probably not working with her because she wasn’t walking her talk. The image she was portraying was not one of a serious business coach who could help people jumpstart their business.

Now, I’ll be the frst to admit that this often cmes straight from the “cobbler’s kids dn’t wear shoes” syndrome. Often we’re so bsy working on our clients’ issues; we brely have time to work on our wn. (I too have been known to ned to carve serious time to wrk on my own marketing, after-hours, so I’m not thrwing stones here.) But in this cse, it was extreme and it was keping this poor business coach from ttracting ANY new clients.

We cleaned up her act by having her spend some time on her own business as if she were her own client. We scheduled a set number of hours per week where she would work on cleaning up her act and start walking her talk.

Your Assignment:

What message are you sending out about your business? Are you walking your talk?

• Make a list of things you would INSIST on seeing if you were your potential client wanting to hire someone in your industry.


• Do you fulfill all of these criteria? (Be a hard grader. It’s really worth it.) If not, start working on it ASAP.


• Hire someone to help you and keep you accountable.


• Live your life like your message and getting clients will become big-time easy. You’ll just ooze inspiration, motivation, and solutions!

To find out more about ways to attract clients in your practice using proven, tried-and-true marketing techniques , check out www.TheClientAttractionSystem.com for more info on the ultimate Client Attraction self-study manual.

© 2006 Fabienne Fredrickson

The article Walk Your Talk (and You'll Naturally Attract Clients) was Submitted by Fabienne Fredrickson through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Fabienne Fredrickson, The Client Attraction Exprt, is founder of the Client Attrction System™, the proven step-by-step program to hlp you attract more clients, in rcord time and consistently. To learn mre about Fabienne's Client Attraction Home Stdy System™, sign up for her FREE clent attraction tips and no-charge teleclasses on ttracting more clients, visit http://www.ClientAttraction.com .

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