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Online Entrepreneur Stop Switching Your Offer

Online Entrepreneur Stop Switching Your Offer

by | Online Business

What do you do when something is not working in your online business? For example, let's say you have a launch on a new course that you've created or a done-for-you service that you offer, and it's not doing as well as you’d like, you're completely hearing crickets. Now, this is important. I'm going to tell you to stop switching your offer when something doesn't work for you, the first time.

For the love, Stop Switching Your Offer

Stop switching your offer when it doesn't work the first time, instead take that feedback and use it to launch the offer better than next time.
Stick with me here, because we only become good at something when we keep trying, tweaking, and offer it over and over again. While taking that feedback from the launch and improving upon it.

Figure Out Why

Now, I know what you’re thinking, it's not working, absolutely no one was interested in your offer, it will be much easier to start all over again.

That’s not true stop switching your offer. After each launch, you should debrief and look at the feedback and tweak it to generate interest.

I’m guessing you took care in selecting your offer in the beginning. You’re offering a course or service that you love right?

Launching something new can be a challenge, don’t give up after one attempt because you're going to become better and better and better every single time you launch your offer.

This is not groundbreaking we become good at things, and an expert at things that we keep doing over and over and over again.

It all boils down to this stop switching your offer. That will be even more confusing to your audience.

Stop Switching Your Offer

Believe it or not

Do you still not believe me? Well, you need to think about this, our natural instinct is to keep trying, even when it doesn't feel like it works the first time.

Here's a prime example for any parents out there.

Think back to when your children were babies, and they were starting to walk and talk did they get it the first time? No!

But, here’s the thing they kept trying, they didn't stop, they kept trying until they actually mastered walking and talking.

And that’s what I mean that tells us that our natural instinct is to keep trying, even when it doesn't work the first time.

Only a few

I’d like to point out it is only in a few situations that I would say, Oh, hold on sister, maybe you need to stop that.

Those are the situation that could be physically harming you, emotionally, or mentally, that would be the only situation where I would tell you to stop.

In Online Business

Here is the thing in your online business when it doesn't work the first time around, that is just feedback that you can use to make it better than next time around.

So at your next launch, you will know that you need to do X, Y, and Z instead of A, B, and C.

I’ll say it again you only become an expert when you keep doing it, meaning stop switching your offer.

When you take your launch debrief information and use that feedback you will do even better than next time.

Your Desire

Let me point out that desire to switch or to stop. That's your brain trying to pull you back into comfort.

What most people don’t realize when you're pushing yourself outside your comfort zone you do not feel safe, it’s scary and your brain is going to keep you safe every single time.

But that's okay because the more and more you do it, the better and better you'll get the more comfortable and the safer and safer you'll feel as you're launching your offer.

Today, I encourage you to stop switching and keep on with your offer and take that feedback and make it better.

Stop Switching Your Offer

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • Stop switching your offer when something didn't work for you the first time.
  • We only become good at something when we keep trying to do it and improve upon it
  • Our natural instinct IS to keep trying even when it doesn't work the first time.
    Here is something I'd like you to think about. Does a baby give up on walking when they fall down the first time, no they keep trying until they master walking! That tells you our natural instinct is to keep trying even when it doesn't work the first time. Only in a few situations would I tell you to hold up on trying, that would be if it is harmful to you physically, emotional,ly or mentally to keep going then stop it. But, that's very different than
  • When it doesn't work the first time that's just feedback to use to make it better the next time around. We only become an expert when we keep doing and use the feedback to do it better the next time.
  • You may be switching because your brain is trying to pull you back to comfortable
 

How to reduce decision fatigue for online business owners

How to reduce decision fatigue for online business owners

by | Online Business

All those tiny decisions that you’re making every day add up to cause decision fatigue. If you can relate to this business owner, here is how you win the daily battle to reduce decision fatigue.

Its lot

As a small business owner, one thing is undoubtedly true: making many decisions throughout the day. Am I right when I say lots of decisions?

The funny thing is you may not even notice that it at the beginning of your day, but one thing is sure, you're constantly making decisions.

How do you reduce decision fatigue?

What I want you to do is take a step back when a decision pops up.

Ask this simple question. Do I have to make this decision right now? What I mean, if you were to put off the decision until tomorrow, what would happen? If it would cause you a tremendous amount of extra stress and work. Go ahead and make the decision.

Now, this is important; if nothing significant is affected by putting off the decision until tomorrow, wait until tomorrow. Okay, easy, right? Maybe, maybe not.

The solution is simple if the answer is it can wait until tomorrow, put it on your decision log, or your decision parking lot, whatever you would like to call it.

Along with a due date

But wait, there’s more along with adding the decision to the log, also put a due date.

Let me break this down for you. This date should NOT be the nice to have due date but the absolute deadline, the hard deadline when things will start to explode in your online business due date.

Decision Blocking

You must be wondering why do we do this? 

When you capture all the decisions on a log, it gets all those decisions in one spot. 

This is the magic part, you can go through and make all the decisions at one time. 

You guessed it’s time blocking for decision-making. This is the key to reduce decision fatigue. 

Now, this is important your decision log may be electronic, on paper, in your planner, or a decision block on your calendar with all the decisions you need to make that day. 

Here’s the bottom line, it must fit into your work style for the decision log to be effective. 

Trigger Your Decision Log

If you’re anything like me, you’ll need a trigger to remind you of this new process. Here’s how you solve this put a little post-it note reminder on your computer monitor.

On the post-it write the specific question, Does this decision need to be made right now? 

The post-it and question become a trigger to your brain until the new process becomes a habit and you love your decision log. This simple process will reduce decision fatigue. 

Win The Daily Decision-Making Battle  

When you get into the habit of asking yourself, does this decision need to be made right now? 

When you put those decisions on your log and time block your decision for when your brain is freshest, that is when you win the daily decision-making battle and reduce decision fatigue.  

With a process for handling decisions as they pop up throughout the day, it allows space for creativity in your business. 

Is that something you’d like for your business? 

I hope that this was beneficial. I appreciate you and I hope you have a wonderful day

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Little Side Note

Ready to go down a rabbit hole regarding Decision Fatigue? Let me help you, here is an article by James Clear How Willpower Works: How to Avoid Bad Decisions – You're Welcome (; 

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • As a small business owner, one thing is certainly true, you are making a lot of decisions throughout the day.
  • Reduce decision fatigue by asking this one simple question. Do I have to make this decision right now?
  • The solution is simple if the answer is it can wait until tomorrow, put it on your decision log.
  • Assign a due date to the decision.
  • Start decision blocking to reduce decision fatigue, it's time blocking for your decision-making.
  • Trigger this new habit with a post-it note on your computer monitor.
  • When you put those decisions on your log and time block your decision for when your brain is freshest, that is when you win the daily decision-making battle and reduce decision fatigue.
Does even a simple decision feel hard? Hello Decision Fatigue.
 

Be Picky About Your Clients and Who You Work With

Be Picky About Your Clients and Who You Work With

by | Online Business

Do you say yes to every client that wants to work with you? Not only will this cause you to be overwhelmed but also it will burn you out, the simple solution is being picky about your clients.

Yes, you should be picky about clients

When you say yes to a client that isn’t a good fit, you may have to say no to your dream client.
Now, I know what you are thinking, I need clients.
But there’s a catch, you have only so much available space in your online service-based or coaching business.
What most people don’t realize we need to keep our yeses for the right people.
Those right people will refer us, to other right people that light us up.

You Can Only Service So Many Customers

But here's the thing if you do not figure out WHO you want to work with.

Who are you trying to help, you'll get stuck wanting to help everybody.

You can only service so many people when you’re just one person in your business.

Guess what happens, it leaves you drained, feeling overwhelmed, and wondering why the heck starting a business showed like a good idea.

Being Picky About Clients Reduces Your Stress

The problem is working with the wrong clients will stress you out.

You’ll never truly make them happy if you both are not on the same page.

No matter how many hoops your jump through for them.

What do you do if they ask for a refund or never pay the invoice on work that has been done?

I speak from experience, it sucks not getting paid for all the hard work you put into a client.

Worst yet, if your gut was screaming no and you still said yes.

Be Picky About Your Clients

Be Selective

I know I'm not the only one that preaches this, stick with me here, because you want to be able to invest in people.

Be selective, you want to work with clients that understand your worth.

When I realized who I wanted to work with it caused me to love running my business.

And the best part is when you appreciate your clients, they appreciate you right back, and that’s the best energy to live in.

Here's the bottom line when you're not in alignment with your customers it drains you.

Agree with me or disagree with me from my experience I’ve found the penny pinchers suck your energy and are NEVER happy no matter all your efforts.

You can look at it like this too

Don't be selfish because you need a client, let them go find an online service provider or coach that is a better match for their needs and expectations.

If they aren’t your dream client, let them go find a service provider that be over the moon excited to work with them.

 

Be Picky, your clients should be a great fit for you

I promise God will test you, right before your ready to breakthrough, he will send you a test to challenge if you are truly ready to breakthrough or if you'll choose to stay low.

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Little Side Note

When we take on every client we may need to do some inner work. Here is a post about imposter syndrome that could be beneficial.

Imposter Syndrome, that feeling of who am I to...

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • You need to be picky with who you work with as an online service-based or coaching business.
  • But here's the thing if you do not figure out WHO you want to work with. Who are you trying to help, you'll get stuck wanting to help everybody.
  • If you’re not picky about your client, guess what happens, it leaves you drained.
  • I know I'm not the only one that preaches this, stick with me here, because you want to be able to invest in people. You want to work with clients that understand your worth.
  • Working with your dream clients caused you to love running my business.
  • And the best part is when you appreciate your customers, they appreciate you right back, and that’s the energy to live in.
  • Here's the bottom line when you're not in alignment with your customers it drains you. Agree with me or disagree with me from my experience I’ve found the penny pinchers suck your energy and are NEVER happy no matter all your efforts.
  • I promise God will test you, right before your ready to breakthrough, he will send you a test to challenge if you are truly ready to breakthrough or if you'll choose to stay low.
  • If you're saying yes to clients that aren't a good match for you, you're saying no to your dream client. Because you low energy will not be attracting them.
  • We need to keep our yeses for the right people. Those right people will refer us, to other right people that light us up.
  • If you need to gain clarity on who you should be working with, join the waitlist for the clarity muse membership. It's a community of service providers getting clear on who they serve, what they offer, and who they are as a business owner.