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If youre' a Conscious Entrepreneur, some of these results may sound familiar to you.

Your Biggest Challenges?

Survey said...

1. Getting Clients
2. Marketing (aka, getting clients)

and in a tie for 3rd place...

3. Time Management and Communicating My Message
4. My Own Resistance

 

60% of you do NOT have a Growth or Marketing Plan – mostly for a lack of clarity about the 'what you want' and 'how to create a plan.' So –– if YOU don't know where you're going.....just how exactly is the Universe supposed to deliver that abundance you've been asking for...?

 

and looking at what's working...

 

How Do Clients Find You Now?

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Notice those 3 big columns...

Word of Mouth, Networking and your own Website are waaay up there, and all that other stuff we think is going to make all the difference...isn't so much.
(I will point out something though –– see how the results from online and print ads are dead even? Well, the costs aren't. Web advertising costs typically 50-90% less than print advertising)

And when I asked,

"Of ALL the marketing methods you've used, which have been the most effective?" ... the results were almost the same as above.

The winners by a BIG margin were the same big 3!

1. Word of Mouth
2. Networking
3. Own Website

(runners up in order were; business cards, OurCommunityConnection.com, flyers, speaking, workshops, connecting w/past and current clients, bulletin boards)

Wow!

cost graphNumber #1 costs nothing!

So here we see that the absolutely most effective method for getting clients is WORD of MOUTH – the one that's free! (that's consistent for pretty much all small businesses)

Followed by networking, (costs a little) and your website (costs more, but still less than advertising).

Isn't it interesting that the effectiveness of these methods is exactly opposite of the cost?

So where would you like to focus your energy? What skills would you like to master?

If you want to take on Networking, come join a bunch of like-minded Conscious Entrepreneurs every month at our free networking luncheon (the only cost is your lunch).

Email me to get on the invitation list.

And if you want to master the "Big 3," Word of Mouth marketing, Networking and Effective Websites, take a look at the program I've put together for the Conscious Business Circle!