These are the four methods I use, teach, and rely on. They’re simple and they work! https://www.melyndasmith.com/blog/how-to-get-coaching-clients

If you want people to feel confident investing in your work, three things must be present: connection, trust, and credibility. These five prompts are designed to build all three—naturally, without posturing or performance. This isn’t about trying to sound like an “authority.” It’s about letting your experience, process, and lived wisdom speak for itself. Let’s begin. 1. How my client went from ___ to ___ This is a simple before-and-after story. Where was your client when they came to you? What were they believing then? What shifted as a result of your work together? What changed in real terms? This kind of content helps your audience see the transformation clearly—point A to point B. It allows them to imagine themselves inside that result. This isn’t self-promotion. It’s evidence. When people can see what’s possible through your work, trust forms quietly. 2. How I went from ___ to ___ Now share your own transformation. This is embodied leadership. Not theory. Not teaching. Lived experience. What did you struggle with before? What did you learn the long way? What do you now hold with clarity that once felt confusing or impossible? Your audience doesn’t need perfection. They need resonance. People trust coaches who understand their experience because they’ve walked it. 3. Steal my ___ so you can ___ Share a framework, checklist, or process you actually use. This could be a template. A decision-making lens.A repeatable method you return to again and again. This shows your audience that you don’t just offer insight—you offer structure. There’s a difference between saying “I can help you” and showing how you help people get results. Show the work. 4. What most ___ won’t tell you about ___ This is where you name what feels misaligned, incomplete, or oversimplified in your industry. Not to provoke. Not to tear anything down. But to offer clarity. Pattern disruption builds trust when it’s grounded in experience, not reaction.

If you have a valuable, transformational solution to a real problem (and you do, if you’re here), then it’s part of your job to make sure people can actually find it, understand it, and say yes to it. Because if they can’t see it, they can’t choose it. And the people you’re meant to help keep staying stuck. So if you’re thinking, “Why is no one buying my offer?” Here’s the checklist. 1. Is your next step painfully obvious? In every post, email, podcast, or story, your audience should know exactly what to do next. Plain language. Clear action. One link. Do this thing next. Make it easy to book, apply, DM you, or join. You are the guide. Lead. 2. Is your invitation buried like a hidden treasure? If people have to scroll through three paragraphs of warm-up to find the actual offer… they won’t. Bring the invitation up. Say it early. Say it clearly. You don’t need a dramatic build-up. You need a clear doorway. 3. Have you repeated your offer enough? Most people are not ignoring you. They’re just busy. A large portion of your audience won’t even see your post. And the ones who do might forget by tomorrow. So if you mentioned your offer once, six months ago, that doesn’t count. Repeat it. Often. Calmly. Consistently. You’re not being annoying. You’re being clear. 4. Does your invitation sound confident, or apologetic? If your tone is: “Hi, sorry to bother you, and also here’s a discount and a payment plan, and I’ll overdeliver forever…” We’re retiring that. Invite people like someone who knows their work is valuable. Assume your audience is smart. Assume they want results. Assume they are capable of investing in themselves. Confidence is not pressure. It’s leadership. 5. Is your offer specific, tangible, and easy to understand? If your offer sounds like: “Come enter the portal of expansion and alignment…” Some people will love that. Most people will feel confused. Your audience needs to know: - What they get - The results they can expect - The process you use - Who it’s for and who it’s not for - Why it works - Proof that it works - The exact next step (with the link)

Say this outloud, right now: I’m ready to be seen. It’s safe to be seen. My followers and fans love seeing me and hearing what I have to say. The world needs my message, medicine, and magic. Marketing is my ministry. Marketing is my community service, and karma yoga. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TAKE ACTION: Repeat these daily for 30 days. There are people out there who can't wait to hear what you'll say next. They adore you and trust you. They think you're a genius. Keep those folks in mind when you market. And no one else.

Let’s slow this down and get honest. Are you openly and confidently talking about your work—what you do, how you help, and what you offer? Or are you quietly keeping it to yourself? If you’re holding back from talking about your offer, there’s a reason.Not a willpower issue.Not a marketing flaw. An alignment signal. Use the prompts below to locate it. Journal Prompts 1. Are you avoiding talking about your offer because it doesn’t genuinely excite you? When an offer feels generic, vague, or uninspiring, your body knows. Enthusiasm can’t be faked. 2. Are you holding back because talking about it feels awkward, salesy, or performative? Is there a fear that people will judge you for promoting yourself too often? 3. Are you silent because you honestly don’t know what to say? When the message isn’t clear internally, expression stalls externally. 4. Are you waiting to talk about your offer until everything feels finished or perfect? The site. The page. The wording. The timing. 5. Are you inconsistent simply because you don’t have a system for sharing your work? No rhythm. No structure. No container for consistency. 6. Are you afraid that mentioning your offer again will bother or annoy people? As if clarity might somehow be too much. 7. Have you overstuffed your offer with features, deliverables, and promises? Does the thought of actually delivering it create quiet resistance or dread? 8. On some level, do you know you’ve priced it too low for the effort and energy required? Underpricing has a way of draining desire. 9. Is there a deeper knowing that this offer isn’t the truest expression of your work?Not wrong—just misaligned. 10. Is the structure of your offer incompatible with the life you want to live? Always available. Always on. Little space to breathe. 11. Are you trying to force yourself into a role that no longer fits who you are now? Sometimes resistance is evolution knocking. 12. Or does it feel like a mysterious block you haven’t named yet? Something present, but not fully visible.