The Truth About Making Sales Online!

How do I make sales through social media? I get asked this question a lot!

From working with entrepreneurs, I have found that there are a few general misunderstandings about making sales. If you are perplexed as to why you can’t seem to make sales, listen closely because I’m going to dispel a few common myths here.

Myth 1: Pushing your offers is how you make sales.

Yes, it’s important to include your offers on social media but not directly. It’s always a good idea to start a post with something genuine about yourself and gently bring in your offer, or alternate sales posts with a dominant focus on authentic content throughout the week. 

The truth is that your ideal clients are people who have struggles that you have experienced – that’s why you saw the need for your products or service, right? This makes them very similar to you and less likely to dislike what you have to say.

Instead of thinking of it as putting yourself in the limelight, consider your presence as a “big sister” role in your followers’ lives. Your experiences, personality and thoughts are bound to be so relatable and helpful for your ideal clients.

Remember that people buy from people so don’t be afraid to let your personality shine through!

Myth 2: Big ticket offers make you money.

Again, this is partly true. While big ticket offers are the core of your income, there is money to be made in smaller, passive offers as well. In fact, if done well, these smaller offers can bring in a more consistent income every month. Over the last two years, I’ve been learning & I have created a high converting business with all the working parts to grow my audience and turn them into buyers. In business, we want to take every opportunity to make money, and this is one of those areas where we can make a few bucks while not even thinking about it.

So if you want to stop leaving money on the table, my Lead Magnet & Tripwire Course is just for you!

Myth 3: You only make sales if you have thousands of followers.

There is no truth in this myth at all! In fact, you could have thousands of followers and make no sales at all because your audience is completely wrong. What matters is that, whatever followers you have, are your ideal clients – 10 ideal clients makes more money than 1K random followers.

CREATING A SALES-DRIVEN BRAND THAT WORKS!

I know you want to fast forward to having #allthethings in place so you can work in your zone of genius.  You’re going from thinking “I need guidance from a coach” to “Nah, I can figure this out on my own and it’s exhausting.  

You’re downloading all kinds of free PDFs and trying to piece it all together but you have no idea where to even start. 

Your heart and intuition is telling you what the next step is, and you just want to make sure this is the best way to invest your money. 

You’re tired of feeling overwhelmed, and finally want guidance to help you put all the pieces together to finally get your business going and attract dream clients that will turn into buyers.

What would it feel like to:

  • Finally, have a clear plan, so you can create the business you’ve been dreaming about and confidently share it with the world.
  • Receive guidance & support on creating a beautiful cohesive high level brand style so that you stay top of mind.
  • Have someone help you get organized and give you step-by-step instructions on how to create the building blocks you need to make your business grow and stand out.
  • Start attracting your ideal clients organically so that you can build that know, like and trust factor and turn them into buyers.

Ready to turn this into a reality? 

Do you want the exact steps & methods you need to attract, nurture, & convert leads right in your DMs.  Here is my affiliate link for Victoria’s “DM to DOLLARS” course. 👇🏻👇🏻

OR

Are you ready to build your community, get more engagement, and get clients from Instagram? Here is my affiliate link to Tara’s mini course “Instagram for Introverts”.

 

Stay Beautiful,

Julie xo

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