In both cases, you are looking for people who have a specific question or challenge that can be addressed by your product or service. The process of acquiring leads is key for selling your products or services. No leads means no business means no money.

What Is the Lead Acquisition Journey?

Simply put, lead acquisition is the set of activities you practice to get new people “in the door.”

The goal of the lead acquisition journey is to generate revenue from each lead. Your goal amount of revenue needs to make sense for the amount of time and money it takes to provide your product or service in the first place.

Getting new people in the door involves a collection of touchpoints or communications, whether these touchpoints happen traditionally (e.g. in-person events and direct mail-outs) or digitally (e.g. phone calls and social media content).

On top of that, acquiring quality leads – as opposed to the people who don’t believe in your product or service – requires you to build a memorable brand. When your branding is well-planned, you can communicate in a way that consistently builds trust and pleasantly surprises your audience. A well-served audience ends up realizing that your business can meet their needs in a way that other competitors cannot or have not done already.

If we focus on digital marketing, then the lead acquisition process takes place on the internet. Specifically, businesses create content that lives on their websites, social media channels, and search engines. Although they serve distinct purposes, both copywriting and content writing (like SEO-friendly blogging) play a part in this.

Digital lead acquisition is also supported by proper website design, high-quality customer service, and other business operations.

Once a business identifies a productive method of finding leads online, it sticks with that method and eventually scales it (or increases its capacity) by building a team of employees or freelancers. Another way to scale your online lead acquisition is by investing in software or other technical support to speed up the processes that find potential customers.

How Does a Business Know Their Lead Acquisition Strategy Is Working?

By measuring cost per acquisition (CPA) and cost per lead (CPL), you can tell if your lead acquisition strategy is helping you reach your goals.

If the limits of your budget are being pushed, but you’re not really getting as many paying clients or customers as you think you could, then it’s worth pivoting your strategy. You may find a more cost-efficient and time-efficient way to make your brand visible online and build relationships with your audience.

How do you compare how many leads you’re getting to the amount you *could* be getting?

It comes down to “did you choose a target audience that actually exists and that actually could be interested in your product or service?” If you took time to conduct market research and competitor research as you were planning out your business, then you’ve probably chosen a target audience with tons of potential.

So with that in mind, move forward in confidence, knowing that there is room for you to grow and there are still more people out there waiting to find someone just like you.

On a more practical level, you can understand what’s working and what’s not by setting time-oriented goals and tracking your actual results.

Between qualitative data (human feedback, thoughts, feelings, experiences) and quantitative data (numbers, percentages, rates, graphs) you’ll be able to paint a picture of the sort of messages and processes you want to hold onto and which ones no longer serve your brand.

By collecting and interpreting the data, you can understand whether you’re finding more unqualified leads or qualified leads. When it’s time to interpret your data, you can answer questions like these:

“What is it about our online messaging that attracts demographic A, when really our goal is to attract demographic B?”

“If we notice that demographic A signs up for our email list but doesn’t end up buying our product/service, then how can we find more people within demographic B?”

Next, let’s put this idea of acquiring leads online into specific terms.

Acquiring Leads Through Social Media and Website Traffic

Earlier, we talked about writing copy and content to draw more attention online. A great way to do this is by integrating your social media strategy with your website content strategy. 

As opposed to only focusing on social media, connecting the two will give you a higher chance of driving traffic (i.e. internet users) toward a concrete decision of buying from you (or not).

In terms of social media, some channels are going to be more effective for converting leads, or getting them to make a decision. On the other hand, some social media channels are more useful for building brand awareness. With this in mind, if you were to only create content for two social media platforms, be sure to pick one for conversion and the other for awareness.

Another distinction to pay attention to is this: Your brand and target audience are going to align with certain content formats over others.

Let’s break down these ideas a bit further.

Website First

When you prioritize your website as your home base for content, you adopt the advantage of search engines. Every day, 8.5 billion searches are being conducted online – and that’s only on Google!

Since there are massive amounts of humans out there waiting to learn about your brand, you might as well start writing long-form blog content that aligns with search engines like Google. 

Pro Tip: Use a keyword research tool like Moz to identify blog post topics that Google users will enjoy.

Social Second

You’re never going to catch me claiming that social media is irrelevant to your digital marketing strategy. Between Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter, there’s great potential to acquire qualified leads each and every day.

The reason I place social media after website content is for logistical purposes. Converting long-form blog posts into short-form social media content is simpler than trying to piece five different Instagram posts together. When you already have one blog post that’s organized into five different sections, creating five new pieces of short-form content is a no-brainer.

This sort of reverse engineering can be done for both your conversion channel and your awareness channel.

Conversion Channel

I won’t pretend like I know what’s absolutely best for your business. Instead, I’ll just tell you what I’ve done for mine.

Instagram has become my conversion channel. I can say this because I’ve intentionally marketed my services and digital products there and because I’ve gained the most clients there, as opposed to Facebook or TikTok.

When you choose your main social media channel for conversion, make it a point to post content that reflects the way you show off your products or services throughout your website.

This concept becomes even clearer once we talk about the awareness channel. 

Awareness Channel

Again, do not necessarily take this as advice. This just happens to be my jam at the moment.

TikTok has become my primary awareness channel. Yes, the content I post on TikTok sometimes overlaps with that of Instagram. (Sometimes, I’ll post the exact same face-to-camera videos and carousels.)

However, I give my TikTok audience tons of personal stories, casual conversations, and unplanned reflections on entrepreneurship and life in your thirties. The accounts that only follow me on Instagram won’t see that side of my brand.

But that’s okay because I want my awareness channel to entertain a relatively large group of people. Of that group, I want a select few to become curious about my services and digital products, which they can learn more about on Instagram.

I’ll wrap this up by saying: Choose your main social media channel for awareness, and don’t be afraid to veer away from the messaging that’s found on your website.

If you’re still with me, I’d like to chat about using various content formats to acquire leads.

Content Formats

Of all the possible ways leads could interact with your brand online, they all come down to three formats: written word, audio, and video. I encourage you to choose your favorite of the three and post that consistently.

This doesn’t mean just choose the one that’s easiest for you because you’re “not that creative.” (Everyone’s creative. Give yourself a little more credit.)

Instead, tap into the specific format that is best received by your target audience. After all, these are the folks who will someday become your paying customers, clients, or students.

Written Word

• Blog posts
• Social media captions
• Typography-based carousel posts

Audio

• Podcasts
• Voiceovers

Video

• Reels
• YouTube Shorts
• TikTok
• Videos uploaded to other social media platforms

Of course, I’m gonna vouch for blog posts, big time! But strategically combining the three formats is even better.

Inevitably, all of these formats begin with writing down your ideas anyway. So you’ve already knocked out writing. Now you can start thinking about audio and video some more.

Regardless of your content channels or formats, you’ll want to make sure you are staying on-brand when you show up online.

Stay On-Brand

When you were developing your business you should have spent time designing your brand. You probably spent time not just creating the visual elements, but your brand voice, personality, and behaviors.

As you’re preparing to reach more leads through your digital marketing, make sure that you’re consistently and accurately representing your brand on all of your online platforms.

The caveat here is that you should be shifting your presentation and style just a bit for each social media platform. Let’s face it, each app has a different vibe and purpose, even though they all work toward the common goals of lead generation, brand awareness, and relationship building.

When you stay on-brand you can efficiently move cold, warm, and hot leads along the customer journey (this is referred to as lead generation).

Creating Different Types of Content for Cold, Warm, and Hot Leads

In addition to the questions of where and which formats to post, you want to answer this question:

“How can my content meet people exactly where they are?”

Here’s a super simple place to start: Each week, post one piece of content for cold leads, one for warm leads, and one for hot leads.

In the world of marketing and sales, we qualify leads by temperature to categorize how close they are to becoming a paying customer. The desired sequence goes from cold to warm to hot. The ultimate goal is to develop a pool of hot leads that become repeat customers and tell their friends, family, and peers about your business.

You can think of it this way:

Cold Leads Content

Cold leads barely know your brand exists – or they might not know at all. They require content that makes them say, “Oh! We have a couple things in common.”

This definitely isn’t the time to sell through your content. Focus instead on serving these leads with educational, inspirational, and entertaining content. 

(It’s worth noting that you should seek to educate, inspire, and entertain all types of leads.)

Warm Leads Content

Warm leads are aware of your brand, and they’re starting to warm up to you. Still, they might not fully grasp how you can help them solve their problems or make their lives better.

You can start to “push” these folks by getting more specific about their challenges and life experiences, as well as possible solutions.

Hot Leads Content

If these folks won’t buy from you, no one will! Hot leads have been through the journey of discovering your brand, learning from you, checking out your products and services, and identifying you with a positive life transformation.

To start creating content that speaks to cold, warm, and hot leads, answer the following questions:

• Where do these leads exist? (Email list? Instagram audience? Sales call calendar?)
• How do these leads feel about my brand? (Are they learning about us? Are they unsure if they need us? Are they considering whether or not they can afford us?)
• What gets these leads to the next step? (Hint: For all three groups, you’ll want to invest time and energy into them before expecting any commitment in return.)

What Are Some Useful Tools for Lead Acquisition?

When it comes to acquiring and managing your leads, the list of software and automation tools goes on and on. Here are just a few that you might find helpful:

Content Management System

Your blog is made possible with a content management system (CMS). Your CMS first requires a web hosting company.

My top recommendation is to host your website with Bluehost and manage your content with WordPress. (I’ve used both over the years, and they’re super user-friendly.)

Email Marketing System

Email is your primary way of taking your written content out of the public eye and interacting with your leads on an exclusive platform. The cool thing is these interactions take place without the videos, sounds, and distractions of social media.

ConvertKit has got to be the best email marketing system for small businesses, as well as businesses with huge teams and audiences.

Social Media

• Business-to-Business (B2B): LinkedIn and Twitter
• Business-to-Consumer (B2C): Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook

Tools for Staying Organized as You Acquire Leads

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Salesforce
• Hubspot
• Cognism
• Callrail
• Notion

FAQ: Lead Acquisition

Wrap-Up: Lead Acquisition

Whether you realize it or not, lead acquisition is already taking place within your business. The question now is how is it happening, and does this align with your sales and marketing goals?

Further Reading on KatQuintana.com: If you enjoy posts like this, check out my guides on lead generation and how to grow your business blog in 2025.

Disclaimer: KQ Writing Studio may receive affiliate compensation for purchases through the links on this page, at no extra cost to you. You can read our affiliate disclosure in our privacy policy. This website is not intended to provide financial advice. This is for entertainment only.

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How do you attract these leads and convince them to trust you enough to eventually pay you? If you have the right systems in place, you’ll see these processes become more natural over time.

This guide will introduce you to some reliable tactics for generating leads and converting them into customers.

What Is The Difference Between Lead Generation and Lead Conversion?

Between the two processes, lead generation happens earlier in your relationship with your audience. Overall, generating leads means turning prospects into leads. Some examples of lead generation are turning:

• Website visitors into readers
• Social media users into followers
• Google Search users into email subscribers

After lead generation, there’s lead conversion. This takes place when the consumer (or another business) is paying your business. Lead conversion may also be referred to as sales conversion.

With this breakdown, you can see that your business doesn’t go very far if you’re not willing to invest some time and energy into your leads, even if certain ones never end up giving you any money.

Taking the initial risk is the only way to discover the type of people who will convert into customers.

Now, let’s look at various ways you can improve these processes within your business.

10 Ways to Improve Your Lead Generation and Conversion

Word-of-Mouth

Your reputation speaks volumes, and developing a standout reputation requires you to enhance the experience you’re offering your customer. Whether you have a brick-and-mortar business or an online business, be sure to make your customer’s experience a memorable one.

Create your service, product, or program in a way that’s focused on the needs and questions of the customer. Your customer is “me-centric” (they can’t help but put their needs first).

So, the more you align your mentality with your customer’s self-centeredness (I mean this in the most positive way possible), the more the customer will be willing to tell their friends and family about your business.

Long-Form Written Content

I highly recommend centering your content strategy around SEO-friendly blog posts. A well-nurtured blog will boost website traffic and build relationships with people who might not fully understand what you do (or how you see the world), based on your short-form social media posts.

Not sure where to start with blogging?

• Choose your blog post topics using a keyword research tool
• Make each post over 500 words long
• Divide the various sections of your blog posts using H2 and H3 headings

If you’re about to build your website for the first time – or you’re tired of web hosting platforms like GoDaddy – use Bluehost with WordPress.

Long-Form Video Content

Our brains are naturally wired for facial recognition. The more you can show your face while delivering the messages that are most important to your brand, the more easily your audience will remember you.

The more memorable you become, the more your audience is likely to pay you as opposed to your competitor, when it comes time to make a purchase.

Automated Funnels

Whether you realize it or not, your business uses a sales funnel. Now, it may be a disorganized one, but it’s there nonetheless.

In the most basic sense, a sales funnel is a sequence of steps your lead has to take to become a customer. The more automated you can make your funnel, the more efficiently you can use your time as a business owner. 

A great way to automate your funnel is by purchasing subscriptions for software that eliminate multiple steps from your daily workflow.

Which steps should you eliminate? Think of the small, repetitive, or behind-the-scenes steps that are required to stay organized and complete the bigger-picture steps like making a sale.

Allow technology to take some of these tasks off your plate. Doing this has the potential to eliminate human error while speeding up your lead conversion process.

Email Marketing

Email marketing provides a direct way of communicating with your leads within a digital space that’s less visually distracting than social media. Sending emails is a great way to build relationships, especially when you share non-sales email content.

Email marketing is also a prime opportunity for implementing an automated funnel as I mentioned above. With email software like ConvertKit, you can promote your products and services at a particular point in time, among specific segments of your audience.

Strong Branding

No, branding isn’t just about creating an attractive logo. It’s a prerequisite to starting your business, and it’s something you nurture throughout time. It encompasses an entire strategy that includes cohesive typography, colors, and messaging that helps you stand out from the crowd.

Think about it: If two businesses with similar offerings and price points ask you to shop with them, you’re going to pick the one with a stronger personality and visual presence.

With this customer point of view in mind, invest in your branding…as soon as possible!

Outsourcing

If you find yourself with more money than time – especially concerning your weak spots within the business – why not pay someone who can complete your projects more efficiently than you can?

Maybe you can’t quite figure out how to set up your email sales sequence or embed opt-in forms into your blog posts. There are plenty of studios, freelancers, and agencies out there who can save you from those headaches.

Some go-to platforms for hiring freelancers and agencies are:

• Fiverr
• Upwork
• Contra
• Breef
• LinkedIn
• KQ Writing Studio

Influencer and Affiliate Marketing

In short, influencers and affiliates are your spokespeople. Building a network of influencers and affiliates may be right for you if you want to distribute your product or program to larger communities that you ordinarily might not reach through your social media channels.

This goes back to the concept we started with: word-of-mouth. But instead of waiting for people to talk you up to their audiences, you are directly incentivizing them to do so.

To begin an influencer or affiliate program, you must be financially and logistically ready to pay these spokespeople a percentage of your revenue. If you choose your people wisely, “losing” that portion of your revenue won’t be losing at all.

Simplifying the Purchasing Process

Let’s face it. Sometimes your products, services, and programs are on point, but your checkout process is a hassle.

If your business relies on in-person checkouts: Do you have a staff member who has mastered the point-of-sale system to quickly help customers go on their merry way?

If you’re all about online checkouts: Are your links, buttons, and credit card processor working properly?

Whether you’re a freelancer or have an LLC, if your business relies on accepting client payments online, then you’re going to want HoneyBook. It’s one of the simplest client management systems for creating contracts, sending out invoices, and tracking your client payments.

Caring For Your Personal Wellness

We got the more technical stuff out of the way, so let’s quickly talk about wellness. The health and happiness of you and your team are of utmost importance when trying to generate more leads and make more sales.

As opposed to a business that pushes past unhealthy limits, a business that prioritizes personal wellness gets to experience fewer sick days, clearer minds, and more effective conversations with potential customers or clients.

With wellness at the forefront of your mind, you get to utilize your strengths and supplement your weaknesses with any of the above methods we discussed.

Wrap-Up: 10 Ways to Improve Your Lead Generation and Conversion

Lead generation and conversion are essential for running a profitable business in 2023 and beyond.

Start with these ten core ways (of many) to generate and convert leads:

• Word-of-mouth
• Long-form written content
• Long-form video content
• Automated funnels
• Email marketing
• Strong branding
• Outsourcing
• Influencer and affiliate marketing
• Simplifying the purchasing process
• Caring for your personal wellness

Further Reading on KatQuintana.com: If you enjoyed this post, you might also like my guides on acquiring leads and creating content with a Notion template.

Disclaimer: KQ Writing Studio may receive affiliate compensation for purchases through the links on this page, at no extra cost to you. You can read our affiliate disclosure in our privacy policy. This website is not intended to provide financial advice. This is for entertainment only.

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A thriving business with a connected audience is oftentimes (not always) a reflection of behind-the-scenes professional growth. I’d love to share a few quick tips for growing professionally as you grow your audience.

6 Tips for Professional Growth

Lead with benevolence.

Give your time and energy first before expecting your audience to give you their attention, time, trust, and especially their money. Understand that taking the lead in this relationship with your audience is going to cause discomfort (i.e. creating content for free), but that is exactly what will grow you into a stronger business owner.

Don’t be fooled by the alternate reality of social media.

Social media apps are built to keep us addicted and distracted. Be an observer of the game. Witness the trends and ways you can help your business grow. But do not center your sense of self-worth around social media feedback and the dopamine hits you get from likes, follows, and comments.

Use comparison and competition wisely.

Watch what successful brands are doing online, and learn how to dissect the elements that you can apply to your brand. Be sure to do this without stealing, plagiarizing, or discounting your original ideas.

Don’t take your business losses personally.

You will make plenty of mistakes along the way. Do not count criticism and mistakes made within your business as permanent marks against your personal character.

Clarify your priorities.

On a daily basis, prioritize the activities that count toward sales and leverage. Activities that count toward vanity metrics (like the number of followers you have), not real meaningful change (like the percentage of followers who turned into paying customers), might be a waste of time.

Be intentional about stepping away from your work.

Make a point to play, rest, and spend time with your friends and family. Form deep connections with yourself, other people, and aspects of nature that bring you joy.

I’m wishing you the best as you grow your ideal audience!

Further Reading on KatQuintana.com: Do enjoy these sorts of conversations about professional growth? Check out my posts about remaining authentic online and the connection between wellness and entrepreneurship.

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When we talk about building a business in the year 2023 and beyond, there’s one key element that no one should ignore: digital marketing. Communicating with your audience through their laptops and phones is essential. How do we do this in a lasting way?

Owning your communication pieces through a self-hosted website gives you the security, versatility, and longevity that social media accounts and company-hosted websites lack. This blog will support you as you optimize your self-hosted website with blog content.

Social media and company-hosted websites lack the longevity of self-hosted websites. Without a self-hosted, search engine optimized (SEO) website, your digital marketing potential is not fully realized.

The practice of publishing blog posts is allowed to feel fun and natural. However, be careful not to do it in a hyper-casual manner. What I mean is you’re not incorporating blogging into your digital marketing strategy just to share what you did last weekend or to get something off your chest. 

It’s about positioning your brand – whether it’s a personal brand, like Alicia Keys, or a collective brand, like Apple – in a way that tells potential customers out there why buying your product or service is a good decision. On top of that, you’re clarifying the reasons they should make that decision sooner than later.

Persuading your audience to buy from you becomes simple when you first know your brand inside and out. Then, you can position your brand through strategic blogging. This is how you readily cultivate connections with people who are excited to pay you.

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For now, let’s look at the technical side, specifically, search engine optimization (SEO). Although there are other pieces to the puzzle, this post is all about on-page SEO.

On-page SEO encompasses the content that shows up on your website, as opposed to your behind-the-scenes SEO projects.

If I had to cut this blog post short, I would leave you with this: creating search engine optimized content means creating content that’s on-brand, Googleable, and reader-focused.

SEO content is on-brand, Googleable, and reader-focused.

You can take a big sigh of relief when you realize that your ideal audience has already created this content for you. You’re not pulling a problem out of thin air. Likewise, you’re not creating a solution out of thin air.

Your writing process is rooted in the public’s Google searches. This information is made available to you through keyword research tools, like Ahrefs and Moz.

On-Brand Blog Content

Staying on-brand includes what you say and how you say it (i.e.  tone of voice). I’ll use some of my favorite small business owners as examples.

If I sold organic superfood desserts out of San Diego, I’m likely not going to research the keyword “Dallas brunch spots.” I’m also not going to write a blog post titled “How to Start a Cattle Farm.”

If I taught private drum lessons, I could write “5 Easy Steps to Assemble Your First Drum Kit,” instead of“5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Play the Drums.”

If I owned a window repair business, I could research keywords like “home maintenance” and “energy efficient windows.” If I’m known for my approachable and funny tone of voice, I could use the blog post title “3 Quick Ways to Clean Your Windows When You’d Rather be Watching Lord of the Rings,” instead of “How to Clean Your Windows.”

Going Off-Brand

Have you ever gone skydiving? What’s the difference between anti-gravity and zero-gravity?

Right now you’re probably wondering, “Is Kat glitching? I thought we were talking about blogging!” It’s kind of like sitting front row at an Andrea Bocelli concert, and all of a sudden you hear him singing “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus. It could be fascinating, but you’re also like, “How did we get here?!”

I’m taking this silly moment to remind you — you don’t have to be dull or bland. Hold onto what makes your brand stand out from the crowd. However, if you want the Google algorithm to favor your website, you must stay on topic.

Going off-brand will confuse and repel your ideal audience.

That’s why you conduct keyword research. You eliminate guesswork, while strategically choosing a variety of keywords that all point to common themes and goals within your niche.

Googleable Blog Content

First, what makes content un-Googleable?

Misalignment with search intent.

“The last time I walked my dog I fell” is a highly unlikely search term. Google would not understand which problem needs to be solved. Do you need knee doctor? Non slip shoes? A dog walker? The intention is unclear.

People don’t conduct Google searches that way, so you shouldn’t position your content that way. Instead, create blog post titles and headings that match search intent. “Top 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Knees Without a Gym” or “7 Best Dog Walking Services for Busy Dog Moms” could work for this example.

Yes, you should still include creativity, context, and stories. That’s more so for the body of the text. Your titles and headings (which organize different sections of your blog post) get to be simple, based on search intent. This eliminates the excuses of “I’m not a good writer” and “I’m just not creative.”

Googleable content is to the point and connects real people with real solutions. It’s the type of content that both Google robots and your human readers appreciate.

Reader-Focused Blog Content

Ultimately, SEO is a means to an end. Yes, I enjoy the process. I’m glad if you do, too. Yet, the true purpose behind SEO skill development is people. We strive to improve our internet visibility in order to serve our people well.

Find your sweet spot between SEO-focused writing and relationship-building writing. Both can be professional. Don’t underestimate your readers. They will notice any attempts to hack the Google algorithm by overusing keywords.

Yes, prioritize keyword research, but also make sure you’re tending to your audience’s communication style. You have permission to dump a couple SEO rules here and there, if it means truly getting through to your audience.

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You might say, “I’m not their babysitter.”

Yeah well, you’re also not that horrid headmistress from Matilda. What was her name?

Oh, yeah. Miss Trunchbull!

(Suddenly, I’m craving chocolate cake.)

Moving right along…

The same way Instagram isn’t all about quizzes, polls, and question stickers…

Your business website isn’t all about blog posts.

But, golly, do they boost engagement and build trust!

What we’re talking about is combining copy with content.

As they say:

But what does this mean for your business?

If you have a homepage, about page, and contact page, then you already have a website filled with copy.

As the amazingly proactive business owner that you are, you’re bound to get your hands on long-form, SEO-friendly blog content.

(Wink, wink!)

Whether you hire a ghostwriter or do it yourself, you’re going to give your audience something to read, and it’s going to be sweet.

When your audience members aren’t paying you, they should be thinking about you, reading about you, conversing with you, hoping you show up more in their lives…

Because you’re not Miss Trunchbull.
You’re Miss Honey.

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Yet, this blog is geared toward a more competitive, growth-oriented experience. I like to break it down this way:

Growing businesses begin website-ready and become Google-ready.

This especially speaks to new businesses with small audiences.

The journey of website-readiness involves deciding how you’re going to communicate through visuals, words, and your overall customer or client experience.

For example, as a blog ghostwriter, I can help a client move closer to page one, only if they’re already intimately familiar with their brand. There is no hacking Google, and there is no avoiding branding.

Do you have a website-ready business?

• You know your brand and ideal audience well
• Your copywriting, visuals, and user experience are on-brand
• Your products or services are clear, deliverable, and valuable 

The point of having a business website is to connect with potential customers or clients online. You build a presence online in order to form relationships and make sales.

How do you blast through your sales goals?

I could answer this from a financial angle, but let’s stay in the realm of branding for a bit longer. You reach and exceed your sales goals by spending time and energy on your brand values and behavior.

Two ideas stand out: ownership and framing.

It’s essential to own and frame the following:

• your learning curve
• your wins
• your losses
• your contributions to relationships

Properly owning and framing what happens within your life is empowering. It’s about maintaining an internal understanding of what you’re doing, the risks you’re willing to take, the way you want to show up in the world. It’s a matter of defining different aspects of your life, before letting others define them for you.

Incorporating this into your business is super energizing. With proper planning and perspective, you can leverage your reality to grow your audience and lead your ideal clients or customers in the desired direction.

This process is emotional, mental, and spiritual. It’s about mindset work. At the same time, it’s practical and hands-on.

The Reframe

If I own the fact that I am new in the world of ghostwriting, and I frame that as an opportunity to teach my audience what I’m learning, I can draw closer to my sales goals. Instead of shaming the fact that I am a newbie, I can own it humbly, yet, proudly. I then become more likely to hit the bull’s-eye on a client that is going to work well with me.

Because of the way I have portrayed myself, the client has realistic expectations of my services. I’m empowered to keep growing, and they’re empowered to make a judgment call with their time, energy, and money.

With this perspective, it’s less about forcing sales to happen and more about accurately representing who you are and what you offer within your market. Reframing your reality in a positive light or “upward spiral” kind of energy — we dig that!

This high-energy reframing gives you the freedom to have a couple key experiences. You get to start before you’re “ready,” in the conventional sense. You find yourself learning through real life experiences, which is often richer than reading or hearing alone.

Lastly, you get to speak to the heart of your audience, made of individuals who also go through real human experiences.

This is all about grounding your brand in response-ability. Repeat after me:

I am fully able to respond to any challenge, win, or loss.

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No, I don’t mean like how did you emerge from a tiny embryo to a fully-grown adult? Although, that’s fascinating, too! (Fun fact: I studied health science in college, and the reproductive system was one of my favorite units to study.)

Back to my question:

How did you land on this blog post?

Maybe you found it through a Google search, my Instagram account, or a friend who sent you the link.

Either way, you saw something that piqued your interest, and deep down you considered the possibility that this blog post contained some information that could benefit you.

Unless you’re immensely bored and want to kill time by hearing me speak, you’re in this for your own benefit.

As an entrepreneur, you’re subconsciously asking yourself:

How will this make ME more money?

How will this help ME build my audience?

Will Kat give me information that will help ME?

And you’re not the only one who’s “me-oriented”…Surprise! Your audience is, too.

So, showing up for them and their interests matters. And we do this by communicating strategically within our blog content.

Psychologically speaking, all communication – whether verbal or nonverbal –  is persuasion. Let this human truth work for your brand, not against it.

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