One of the key things that you can do to PULL new clients in that most people in business do not do (especially when they're working from home) is have an outgoing message on your voice mail or answering machine that describes EXACTLY what you do, especially when it's your home phone at the same time.

The idea here is to USE your voicemail, the one that your friends, colleagues, family members, leave a message on, explaining what you do. (Of course, I recommend having a separate phone line, but if for whatever reason you don't do that at first, use this method.)

So, instead of saying, "Hello, it's Mary, leave a message, ? (this DOESN'T get you clients) you can say, "Hello, it's Mary of so-and-so business, helping (insert target audience) who struggle with (insert common problem) achieve more (desired outcome). Visit us at blankblankblank.com ?

Then, you can list your website or e-mail address and your tag line, or invite them to visit your website. What we're looking for is a CALL TO ACTION, whatever the most requested action (MRA) is going to be for you: to sign up for your newsletter, visit your website, call for a get-acquainted session, or email you to set up an appointment.

There are lots of different ways you can use your voicemail outgoing message as a way to get new clients. Remember to keep it relatively short or clients will not want to call back.

Your assignment:

Create an outgoing message that can also act as a marketing tool. Include your tagline and e-mail address if it is easy to remember, direct callers to your website, and make sure to list any upcoming workshops you are promoting.

Worksheet 33 in the Appendix of the Client Attraction Home Study System will give you the exact voicemail script I used for YEARS to attract new clients, and will give you a worksheet to help you get started. You can get yours here: www.TheClientAttractionSystem.com.

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Fabienne Fredrickson

Using the very principles she teaches, Fabienne Fredrickson went from a mediocre private practice to a practice that was bursting at the seams, in less than 8 months! She then did it again with a second practice a year later, again filling it to capacity in less than 8 months.

Fabienne Fredrickson is the founder of ClientAttraction.com and creator of The Client Attraction System?, the most complete one-on-one Client Attraction training program for private practices and small businesses in North America.

Fabienne is also the celebrated author of the Client Attraction Home Study System? entitled “How to attract ALL the clients you need” and “The Secrets of Networkers".

Fabienne is known for combining a unique blend of innovative, straight-shooter, no-fluff strategies that really work, with an endless compassion for small businesses owners that are rarely seen together.

Her high-energy, cut-to-the-chase style keeps her audiences literally spellbound and taking copious notes. Fabienne’s motto about filling one’s practice quickly is, "If I can do it twice, you can do it too!" and her unique ability is getting people who’ve never had real success in attracting clients to take immediate action on a systematic basis to produce a full practice with more clients, in record time, every time.

She is a well known and respected expert on marketing for small businesses and speaks nationally to audiences whose members are looking for more clients, in record time, every time.