Get clear on what you want from your business. What does success look like? What targets would you like to hit, by when? What, specifically, would you like to achieve?

Once you know where you're going, you can take steps to get there. You can do this 🔥

Love, Claire xx

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Don't create a business that makes you unhappy - change whatever isn't working for you and do what YOU want.⁠
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Why shouldn't you be successful?⁠
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Why can't you build this business of yours and make some decent money?⁠
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Why can't someone like you be a successful business owner?⁠
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The answer is: there is no reason at all why you can't do this.⁠
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You might not do it the 'usual' way (whatever THAT looks like).⁠
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You might take longer than you would like.⁠
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You might have to do it in bite-sized chunks around your busy life.⁠
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You might not do things the same way as that successful ⁠
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There are people out there right now doing what you want to do and making a success of it in their own way. You can do that too.⁠
Get past those worries and doubts.⁠
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See if you can figure out YOUR best path (ignore what everyone else is doing) and go for it. What do you have to lose?⁠
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You are awesome.⁠
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Love, Claire xx⁠
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🛒 We don't need Superman, we need Super Customers! ⁠
What are they?⁠
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😍 Well, they are your SUPER FANS. ⁠
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❤️ They are the customers in our business who are a GREAT FIT, they LOVE what we do and VALUE it. They keep coming back, they tell their friends, they are a total hero in your business!⁠
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😊 If you had an order book or diary full of them, your life would be a breeze and you would LOVE being in your business every day.⁠
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🎉 When you have Super Customers it makes your life much easier. You don't have to discount or haggle, you don't get snarky comments, you just have to keep being yourself and doing your thing and they will buy from you.⁠
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🧡 When you market to Super Customers you get more Super Customers.⁠
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😞 If you're not marketing to Super Customers, you're probably trying to market to everyone which is difficult and not very efficient. You'll get more bad-fits than good-fits and it will feel like very hard work.⁠
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❓Do you have any Super Customers in your business yet?⁠
🔸 If not, start by working out what sort of person is the best fit for your business (hint: not everyone). ⁠
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🔸 Narrow it down a bit (or a lot). Why are they such a good fit? What makes buying from you a no-brainer for them? Is it your customer service? Your location? Your choice? They way you do things? What do they value about you? The least important bit here is your pricing - if they only like you because you're cheap, that's not a Super Customer.⁠
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🔸 I could market to EVERYONE who has or wants to start a business but I wouldn't be able to speak to 'everyone' in same way that I speak to my Super Customers - women business owners who struggle with marketing and lack of time and want someone to help them make it easy. That's me. ⁠
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🔸 Have a think about your customers and who is the loveliest to deal with and start there. How can you attract more people like them? Market to people like them.⁠
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Love, Claire xx⁠
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PS: I have help on Super Customers in my Dream Business Academy - link in the bio! ...

Just saying! Do you think like a business owner yet?⁠
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It's not just about including the cost of your ingredients or kit (yes, even the stuff you already 'had in'), it's about including the cost of your time and then adding a profit.⁠
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You shouldn't end up out of pocket!⁠
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Value your time, value your expertise and market to people who value them as much as you. They are out there.⁠
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Love, Claire xx⁠
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STUCK FOR MARKETING IDEAS?⁠
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My DAILY MARKETING INSPIRATION newsletter subscribers get this fabulous little e-book in their welcome email.⁠
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I send out marketing tips and ideas every day to my subscribers, so you're never stuck for ideas to grow your business.⁠
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Click the link in my bio to sign up (I think you'll love it!)⁠
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If you want more sales and more engagement, you need to keep making offers, not just posting information posts. What's the difference?

An information post is 'here is my thing'

An offer is 'here is my thing, it could be exactly what you need - buy it now!'

It's not a big change, it just means adding calls-to-action to your posts, videos and emails.

What's a call to action? Well, it's asking/telling them to take action and you can use it to get more sales and more engagement.

🔸Try it now, you might love it!
🔸Buy now!
🔸Sign up now!
🔸Jump in now before it's too late!
🔸This could be what you're looking for, give it a go.
🔸Click to join!
🔸Hit that buy button!
🔸Quick, only a few left!
🔸Tell me what you think!
🔸Tag a friend!
🔸Drop a 'yes' in the comments!
🔸Vote now!

See what I mean? It takes an 'information' post and turns it into an 'action' post, just by adding a few words.

If you add a call-to-action people are more likely to buy. That's why we use them. You should try it now! (see what I did there?)

Love, Claire xx

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❓How many times have you sat at your computer trying to write a blog, just to have ZERO ideas even though you KNOW you must have stuff to write about? It's really common, it happens to us all - it's called Blogger's Block! 😟

💡So when it happens to you, how do you get past it? Well, I have 3 tips to help you get unstuck and get the ideas flowing again.

1⃣ Stop trying so hard. Have a browse through social media. Take a walk. Have a shower.

🚿Go do something else. The more you struggle to come up with ideas, the harder it will be to have any. If you give your brain a break and forget about blogging for a while, you will often be struck by inspiration when you least expect it!

2⃣ Look at your emails and the comments on your social media accounts.

📧What are your customers and fans asking? What would they love to know? What do they need help with? Take your cue from them. Blog about something THEY are telling you they are interested in - answer their questions. You will find it much easier to write a blog that way.

3⃣ Do my BLOGGING BRANCHES exercise.

🌿Come up with 2 or 3 BIG topics you can easily talk about right now, related to your business. For me it might be marketing, social media and confidence. Then for each, draw little branches out from it with all the sub-topics you could cover. For marketing my sub-topics would include blogging, copywriting, websites, list-building, e-marketing, and so on. For each sub-topic branch, then use the WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN, HOW questions to come up with blog topics. You will have LOADS to use then!

Give them a try and let me know what you think. TAG anyone who needs this!

Love, Claire xx

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Being small doesn’t mean you’re not powerful⁠
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Being small doesn’t mean you’re not capable of huge things⁠
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Yours is a micro-business.⁠
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This is a GOOD thing.⁠
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* You might have a tiny or non-existent marketing budget. This means you have to be creative and stand out in other ways. And you do.⁠
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* You might have tiny amounts of time to build this business around a job or raising children. This means you have to work smarter and become a productivity ninja. And you are.⁠
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* You might have a tiny space to work in but this means you make every bit of space count. Your work area has to multitask. And it does.⁠
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The big guys want what you have.⁠
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They would love marketing creativity on a tiny budget.⁠
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They would love every team member to be a productivity ninja.⁠
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They would love every bit of space to be giving an amazing return on investment.⁠
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But they can’t. Because they are too big and a bit unwieldy.⁠
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Wheres YOU are SMALL AND MIGHTY.⁠
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Love, Claire xx⁠
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Tears, tantrums, disagreements, name-calling, mean comments, as a business mum I've dealt with them all 😂 (not to mention injuries, emergencies and more).⁠
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I've had to make a pirate costume with 30 minutes notice. I've had to magic up gifts out of thin air. I've juggled classes, clubs, parties, appointments and school without missing a beat.⁠
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I'm a taxi service, cashpoint, nurse, counsellor, diplomat, referee, guardian, protector, emotional safety net and magician.⁠
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AND AROUND ALL THIS I RUN A BUSINESS.⁠
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I'm a tough cookie, so don't mess with me! 😂⁠
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Anyone else?⁠
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Love, Claire xx⁠
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