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If you need more clients, your first thought may be that you need to create more content.
Post more often. Make more Reels. Get back on Instagram. Start a podcast. Create a new content strategy.
But when I need clients in my own business, content isn’t the first place I start.
I believe in content and visibility. They play an important role in growing a business and bringing new people into your world.
But visibility supports your sales process. It isn’t your entire sales process.
When I need to generate revenue, I start by looking at the actual sales process: my goal, my existing leads, my pipeline, the conversations I’m having, my follow-up, the offers I’ve made, and the numbers behind all of it.
If you’ve been wondering how to get more clients without feeling like you have to constantly create more and more content, here’s the process I use.
Table of Contents – How to Get More Clients Without Making Content Your Entire Sales Strategy
1. Turn “I Need More Clients” Into a Number
“I need more clients” isn’t a sales goal.
It’s too vague.
Instead, I start with the amount of revenue I actually want or need to generate.
Let’s say you want to generate $3,000 and you’re selling a $1,000 service.
You don’t simply need “more clients.”
You need three sales.
Now you have something concrete to work backward from.
From there, you can ask:
- How many potential buyers are already in my pipeline?
- How many sales conversations am I currently having?
- How many people have expressed interest in the last 30, 60, or 90 days?
- How many offers have I actually made?
- What does my typical conversion rate look like?
The goal is to turn a general desire for more revenue into an actual sales plan.
2. Start With the People Already in Your World
Once I know how many sales I need, I don’t automatically go searching for strangers.
I look at who is already there.
That might include past clients, previous inquiries, people who told me “not right now,” people who said they wanted to join the next round, referrals, warm relationships, or people I’ve already been nurturing.
These aren’t random people you haven’t spoken to in two years who you’re suddenly messaging because you want to sell them something.
These are existing relationships.
Before you focus all of your energy on attracting someone new, ask:
Who is already standing in front of me?
There may already be potential clients in your world who simply need an opportunity to take the next step.
3. Generate New Leads Before Your Pipeline Is Empty
Eventually, you will need new people.
A healthy business needs new potential buyers consistently entering its world.
That’s where lead generation comes in.
But lead generation doesn’t have to mean finding strangers online and immediately pitching them.
For me, lead generation is about intentionally identifying people I could potentially serve and beginning genuine relationships with them.
I’m looking for people who fit my buyer profile, appear to have a problem I can help solve, and are having conversations relevant to the work I do.
Then I connect.
I talk to them.
I pay attention.
I get to know them.
The goal isn’t to treat every new person as a transaction.
The goal is to build genuine relationships that can be fruitful whether that person eventually becomes a client, sends a referral, becomes a peer, or simply remains part of your community.
4. Build a Sales Pipeline You Can Actually See
Once people begin entering your world, you need to know where they are in the sales process.
If all of your potential clients live inside your Instagram DMs, screenshots, email inbox, or your memory, it’s difficult to intentionally work your pipeline.
I like using a spreadsheet.
At any given time, I want to be able to see:
- Who is a new lead?
- Who am I currently connecting with?
- Who am I nurturing?
- Who has expressed interest?
- Who have I made an offer to?
- Who needs a follow-up?
- Who said “not right now”?
I don’t want to wake up every month feeling like I’m starting from zero.
A visible sales pipeline allows you to see the relationships you’ve already built and determine what needs your attention next.
5. Nurture Without Constantly Pitching
Nurturing is not repeatedly asking someone to buy.
It’s building the relationship.
Respond to something they share.
Remember something they told you.
Engage with their content.
Send them a resource that’s genuinely relevant to a conversation you’re having.
Invite them to something that could help them.
Be intentional.
People want to feel seen and valued—not like they’re simply the next name on your list of people to pitch.
And for many service-based businesses, knowing your clients well ultimately helps you serve them better too.
6. Follow Up
Following up is a natural extension of nurturing, especially after someone has expressed buying interest or you’ve had a sales conversation.
One thing I like to do is establish the follow-up while I’m already talking to someone.
I might say, “I’ll check back with you on Wednesday.”
Now they know I’m coming back.
And on Wednesday, I follow up because I said I would.
The goal isn’t to keep pitching until someone finally gives in.
The goal is to know where the relationship stands and identify the next natural step.
7. Look at Your Sales Data Before You Change Everything
This is one of the biggest mistakes I see business owners make.
Sales slow down for a few days, and suddenly they’re rebuilding everything.
The sales page must be wrong.
The offer needs to change.
The messaging isn’t working.
They need a new strategy.
Maybe.
But first, look at the data.
How many qualified leads did you generate?
How many conversations did you have?
How many people did you nurture?
How many people did you follow up with?
How many offers did you actually make?
How many sales happened?
Where did people stop moving?
If you generated two leads and had one sales conversation, you probably don’t have enough information to conclude that your sales page doesn’t convert.
Maybe hardly anyone made it to the sales page.
There can absolutely be an offer, messaging, positioning, or conversion problem.
But your data can help you identify the actual problem before you spend time fixing something that isn’t broken.
8. Stop Treating Sales Like an Emergency
The best time to work your sales process isn’t only when you desperately need a client.
That’s the cycle I want more business owners—especially moms in business—to get out of.
You get busy serving clients.
You stop generating leads.
You stop nurturing.
You stop making offers.
Then a contract ends or revenue dips and suddenly sales becomes an emergency.
Instead, create an ongoing rhythm:
Know the goal.
Generate leads.
Work your pipeline.
Nurture.
Follow up.
Make offers.
Track.
Repeat.
That doesn’t mean you have to spend your entire day selling.
It means sales becomes an intentional part of running your business rather than something you scramble to do when you need money.
How to Get More Clients When You Don’t Have Unlimited Time
As moms, we’re building businesses inside of very real lives.
There are children. Marriage. Homeschooling. Health. Ministry. Home. Responsibilities that have nothing to do with business.
I don’t want to teach moms how to cram more business into their lives.
I want us to get better at identifying the activities that actually make a difference.
If you only have an hour, what can you do with that hour that intentionally moves your business forward?
Sometimes it’s content.
Sometimes it’s following up.
Sometimes it’s generating leads.
Sometimes it’s having five meaningful conversations with people already in your world.
The goal isn’t always to do more.
The goal is to know what needs your attention and intentionally do that.
Not Sure Where Your Sales Process Is Breaking?
If you’re reading this thinking, “Okay, I understand the process, but I still don’t know what I need to focus on first,” I created something to help.
The 10-Minute Sales Reset walks you through the major parts of your sales system so you can identify where the gap is and determine what deserves your attention next.
How to Get More Clients: The Sales Process I Use When I Need Revenue
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