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Using the Law of Attraction to Identify Your Ideal Client

Posted 07-29-2010 at 09:33 AM by OrganizedAssistant  
In the early days of running my business, the question "Who is your ideal client?" always threw me for a loop. In my mind I was thinking "anyone who is willing to pay me" and I’m sure that is pretty typical for people who are just starting out.

Some time later, I completed an exercise as part of a program based on the Law of Attraction. To identify our ideal customers, we wrote down the characteristics we wanted them to have, e.g. "financially able to invest in his or her business." Because we often have a clearer idea of what we don’t want, we also wrote down the characteristics we did not want them to have, e.g. "doesn’t follow through with plans." The negative characteristics were then turned into positive ones, so "doesn’t keep appointments" on the "don’t want" side of the page became "keeps appointments" on the "do want" side, and then they were crossed out, to allow us to focus on what we wanted and enable us to attract that into our lives.

Within a month of completing the program, I was contacted by someone who not only had all of the attributes I identified during the above exercise, but whose ongoing requirements brought my income to the level I was aiming for, and who remains a valued client to this day. Maybe that client would have come along even if I hadn’t done the exercise, but this experience confirmed to me that the Law of Attraction really does work.

If you’re having trouble identifying your ideal client, try the above exercise!
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Your Virtual Wizard's Avatar
Nice post, Janet!

I like the idea of evaluating the opposite...what characteristics we do not like and then turning those into positive attributes.

Thank you!

Janine
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Posted 07-30-2010 at 09:35 AM by Your Virtual Wizard Your Virtual Wizard is offline
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OrganizedAssistant's Avatar
Some people have said that with the Law of Attraction you only look at the positive side, but I found looking at the negative a very effective way to figure out what the positive side should look like.
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Posted 07-31-2010 at 07:24 AM by OrganizedAssistant OrganizedAssistant is offline
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RhondaHolscher's Avatar
This is great post thanks for sharing with us. I have actually heard of doing something like this before, but forgot about it. So I think I will pull out this exercise and give it a try. Thanks again!
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Posted 08-01-2010 at 08:10 AM by RhondaHolscher RhondaHolscher is offline
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It's a fun exercise, and a real eye-opener. Let us know how you make out!
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Posted 08-01-2010 at 08:34 AM by OrganizedAssistant OrganizedAssistant is offline
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Off~Site Secretary's Avatar
I like this idea very much. Great post!
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Posted 08-01-2010 at 10:01 AM by Off~Site Secretary Off~Site Secretary is offline
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eXPERT Business Support's Avatar
I loved your post. There is always a silver lining -- I am a firm believer in looking for the positive. And if you do that, you will usually come out of the situation as you did -- totally in control and taking with you a great contact, whether that be for your business or for something more personal. Keep up your positive outlook. It rubs off!
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Posted 12-14-2010 at 08:44 PM by eXPERT Business Support eXPERT Business Support is offline
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Ok. I'm probably going to sleep on this and try again in a couple of days, but I did do this exercise and it goes like this:

DON'T: does not communicate well
DO: communicates well

DON'T: not friendly
DO: friendly

DON'T: cannot pay
DO: can pay

DON'T: dishonest
DO: honest

DON'T:
DO: open

DON'T: not very agreeable
DO: agreeable within reason

DON'T: pesimist
DO: optimist

DON'T: time waster
DO: effectively utilizes my services

DON'T: lackadaisical
DO: doer

DON'T: acts like they don't have time for you, but expects you to jump through hoops to complete a job at the last minute
DO: respects and values my time

DON'T: don't treat me like i'm stupid because I'm a woman or they think that I am lesser than them
DO: respect me and my ideas for what they are and deserve regardless of their intelligence level or our sex

I would love to see other people's list. What do you think of mine?
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Posted 12-15-2010 at 02:18 AM by RhondaHolscher RhondaHolscher is offline
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OrganizedAssistant's Avatar
That's a great list, Rhonda! I would like to have more clients like that myself!
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Posted 12-15-2010 at 08:24 AM by OrganizedAssistant OrganizedAssistant is offline
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RhondaHolscher's Avatar
Wouldn't we all! I do have some great clients, but find it difficult to find that perfect match. <sigh> someday!

Another important thing to go with this list is that we have to be up to the list ourselves.
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Posted 12-15-2010 at 03:15 PM by RhondaHolscher RhondaHolscher is offline
 

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