If you are at the ramp up phase of building your business, let me share the single most valuable piece of advice I can give you:

Get out from behind your computer and meet people!

Many new business owners struggle with many marketing concerns such as naming their business, constructing a website or picking the best niche. But in truth, the most effective steps you can take for building your business is to network like crazy
and speak to groups.

I’m talking about getting out to network at least three to four times per week. You also want to speak before groups as frequently as possible. Both of these marketing tools give the people you meet a personal experience of you.

When I started my nutrition practice way back when, I didn’t only attend my own BNI meeting, I went to several others. I went everywhere I thought I could find business professionals since that was my target.

When I was shaking hands and someone said, “Oh wow, that sounds interesting. Can I have your card?” I would say, “Yes and better yet, let me give you my workshop flyer as well. I’m having a workshop next week. You should come and join me.”

It’s really about getting out there in a big way and staying positive when you are building your business. Many times people are hesitant to get out from behind the computer and talk to people. It somehow feels safer to work at your desk. But, you’ve got to shake hands and pass out flyers to generate the number of “get acquainted” calls you need to get new clients and grow your practice.

Today people are inundated with emails and Facebook and tweets, so the best connection is to look into a person’s eyes and make a direct connection in order to ramp up quickly. If you hide behind your computer, emailing your list and hoping your new website generates enough leads, that is going to slow down your progress for building your business.

Of course, I’m not suggesting that you give up those other marketing tools, because they are very effective too. But, they become much more impactful as your list grows and you’re business is established. During the initial start up phase, you cannot beat personal contact for attracting the clients you need and building your business.

Your Client Attraction Assignment
How is your networking plan shaping up? What do you have scheduled? Where can you go to find new groups and unexplored networks for even more exposure? When you can attend 3-4 networking opportunities a week, on a regular basis, you know you are on your way to filling your practice and achieving the success you deserve.

Now, if you’re just starting out and trying to fill your practice in the FIRST place, then follow a step-by-step system that feels easy and authentic to you. The Client Attraction  System^® gives you the most important things to do to set up simple, solid systems, so that you consistently fill your pipeline and continually get new clients. It’s all step-by-step, not a big mishmash of things. So, you do step one of the system, and when you’re done with that, you move on to step two, and so on. All the tools, scripts, templates, and examples are handed to you on a silver platter. Easy. You can get it at TheClientAttractionSystem.com.

If you are relatively new at building your business, you may wonder, “What do I say to a prospect who asks me how many clients I have?” Let me share with you what I used to say when I was just building Client Attraction.

Here’s how I would answer this seemingly touchy question, “I have five clients (or whatever the number is) and the reason you want to work with me is I’m not on a pedestal. I’m still building my business. I’m in the trenches with you. Everything I’ve tried that is working, I’m immediately showing you exactly how to do it.”

This let’s your potential clients know you are consistently trying new ideas and improving existing methods because you are in the trenches with them. You are building your business too, but a few steps ahead. That’s how they benefit from working with you.

In addition, when you share your compelling story, you let prospects know you are not just building your business and helping them from books. You are not simply regurgitating what you’ve learned from books, but sharing real life, current experience. I have found people want that “relatability”. They want to know you’re not going to judge them. They want to know you understand what they are going through because you are currently going through it, building your business too.

Here is an important distinction. People say to me that I have “walked my talk”. But I say, “No, that’s not what I’ve done. What I do is I talk my walk – I walk it first. Then I talk about it.” I share every single step of what I did myself, whatever worked in my life with my clients. It’s the proprietary system combined with my compelling story that helps you build your business.

To be in the trenches with your clients, you’ve got to come from your heart which is a place of service. Remember what it was like or is still like for you and go from there.

Your Client Attraction Assignment
If you are just starting out, do you worry about your credibility? Don’t worry. If you use this model of getting in the trenches with your clients, you have the credibility that comes from working on your business. Admitting you are there too, but a few steps ahead can be inspiring and reassuring.

Write your compelling story and develop your proprietary system so you can take them through the process you are going through while building your business. Then when talking to prospects, you let them know you are right beside them in the trenches, sharing everything that works.

Now, if you’re just starting out and trying to fill your practice in the FIRST place, then follow a step-by-step system that feels easy and authentic to you. The Client Attraction Home Study System™ gives you the most important things to do to set up simple, solid systems, so that you consistently fill your pipeline and continually get new clients. It’s all step-by-step, not a big mishmash of things. So, you do step one of the system, and when you’re done with that, you move on to step two, and so on. All the tools, scripts, templates, and examples are handed to you on a silver platter. Easy. You can get it at TheClientAttractionSystem.com.