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Are You Winging It With Your Content And What To Do Instead

Are you winging it with your content?

If you’re putting out content and you’re not getting consistent clients from it, there are probably a few things missing that I want to share with you.

Without compelling content your emails don’t get opened, your posts get lost in the newsfeed and you don’t get your unique brilliance in front of your ideal clients, which ultimately means you don’t get clients.

If you want to get clients consistently, it’s crucial that you know how to connect with your ideal clients to stop the scroll, get people to open your emails, and provide value that helps people.

Your content can so easily be flicked on past if you are not writing content that’s engaging and compelling.

Clients are everywhere. The only thing between you and them is the words you use to capture their attention.  To attract amazing clients, you need to learn the language that connects with them.

80% of what brings you success in your marketing is the words you choose in your content. to There are 3 things I recommend you need in order to attract clients through your content.

1 – Plan

The first thing you need is a content plan.

You need an overarching strategy, which you use to plan out all your content. A lot of business owners don’t have a content plan.  

A content plan is a map knowing how many times you’re posting, what you’re posting (blog, email, etc), and what topics you’re posting about. These all have to clearly be aimed at your ideal clients.

There are some necessary pieces that need to go in your plan to make it work. If you don’t have these pieces in place, your content is not going to be effective.

There are 7 elements I recommend to put into your content plan:

1. Knowing your offer: What is your main paid offer that you’re creating content to lead to?

This is so important because all your content needs to lead to your signature offer. Each piece of content will have some form of action that you are asking someone to do. The action might be small or large.

The action could be to ask people to post below what your favourite tip was, or to jump into your Facebook Live, or to grab your free resource. Each piece of content has to inspire action in some way.

Inspiring action is getting people to take one step closer towards you. Not every single post is asking people to buy your product or service. But every post needs to move the buyers along in their buying journey towards you.

Inspiring action is getting people to take one step closer towards you….every post needs to move the buyers along in their buying journey towards you.

Some people won’t buy from you and that’s okay. Just keep providing value and showing up for your community. But eventually, people are going to either get on a sales page or get on a sales call, and you’re going to invite them to work with you if they’re the right fit.

And so you need to know what your main paid offer is, so you can reverse engineer your content to lead them to this. So you ask: What is the purpose of each content post? How is it leading people along the buyers’ journey?

This is critical and it’s something that a lot of business owners don’t take the time to map out. And they wonder why they’re not getting clients.

2 –  Know where you will consistently share your content

You also want to decide where you’re going to consistently post your content. You don’t need to post everywhere.

I do recommend though that you consistently post on Facebook, and then you choose one or two other platforms like LinkedIn, or Instagram depending on your niche. Utilise your posts and stories also.  

3 – What topics you will share content about

Consider the topics that you’re going to share content about. You want to have one overarching topic that you share about and that should fall into a certain bucket or a category. The categories are separated into four buckets.

1 – Business – small business, corporate, wealth, finances, investing, property etc
2 – Relationships – parenting, divorce coaching, dating coaching, relationship therapy etc
3 – Health – physical training, weight loss coaching, helping people through chronic illness, mental health, emotional health etc
4 – Personal Development – a hobby, a creative project, personal skills, purpose etc

5 – The beliefs you will shift with your content

The next thing you need to think about is what beliefs are you going to shift with your content? Ask yourself, what does your potential client currently believe and what do you want them to believe after reading or watching your content?

You have to list each of these. You need to know what beliefs are not serving them and what beliefs are keeping them stuck. You need to target your content to help your potential clients to change their beliefs.  

I’m running a masterclass that will cover exactly how to shift beliefs through your content in just over a week. Find out more details at the end of this blog.

6 – When you will create your content

Taking time to create your content is really important so you need to block out some time each week for when you will create your content.

I have cave days. Every Wednesday I turn off my phone and internet and I create.  You need to be diligent to block this time out and not book people in during this time.

7 – When you will deliver your content

I really resisted delivering content consistently when I first was in business. I didn’t like that feeling of commitment. I used to be hesitant to commit to showing up every single week at the same time.

I do my Facebook Lives every week at 8 pm on a Wednesday. I’ve been showing up every week for about the last two years. I’ve only had a couple of times off because of illness, but most of the time I show up, whether I feel like it or not.

There are people who know I’m sharing in this timeslot and they know I’m showing up, and I don’t want to let people down. It’s helped me so much as a content creator to organise my knowledge and to communicate my value also.

When you’ve got a container to pour your ideas into, the ideas can keep flowing more freely.

When you’ve got a container to pour your ideas into, the ideas just keep flowing.

I’m constantly investing in business courses, coaches and personal development, and learning and reading, so I’m constantly inspired to share the knowledge I’m learning.

You can always leverage your content also. No one’s going to remember something that you posted six months ago, if you just rework it and change it slightly.

If you’re concerned about repeating yourself, think about this. Do you remember what you ate for dinner five days ago? Let alone what someone posted on their social media 3 months ago, right?!

It’s the same with posting. It’s unlikely that you’re going to remember what other people post, so you can cycle your content and leverage it if you feel like you’re going to run out of ideas.

8 – How often you will share content each week

Finally, decide how often you will share your content.

Will you share your content a couple of times a week? What I’d recommend as a strategy is that you share at least three content posts a week.

Share from your personal profile in Facebook groups, because this is where Facebook shows it to the most people.

You’ll notice that you hardly get any engagement and reach in your Facebook business page. 99% of people on your Facebook page aren’t going to see your posts because Facebook knows it’s a business page.

But Facebook rewards you when you are always posting on Facebook because it keeps people on there, especially if you’re posting things that a lot of people are engaging in.

2 – Formula

The second thing you need to think about when creating content is you need a formula. A formula is a structure for your post so that you’re planting seeds in that person’s mind.

You’re opening loops and you’re doing the most important thing that is needed with content, which is inspiring action.

Crafting compelling content is a skill. Copywriting is a skill and a profession. People spend a long time studying it and reading about it. It’s not something that you’re going to be perfect at straight away. It’s something that you need to practice.

But the good news is, there’s a formula to it. There’s a formula to influencing and using ethical influence principles that inspire people to improve the quality of their lives.  Anyone can learn the formula.

If you don’t have an effective formula, your posts don’t get you new clients, which is what most people want from their content.

If you don’t have an effective formula, your posts don’t get you new clients…

I’ve got an upcoming masterclass where I share the structure, formula, and ingredients to use in your content, no matter where and how you’re showing up online. There are ingredients that you can put into your content to instantly transform your content, so you can get clients reliably and consistently.

Even if you put in one of these ingredients, you can notice a shift in your content straight away.

When you have these ingredients as opposed to just showing up and throwing up (as the saying goes in marketing), with practice you will develop the craft of it.

Every time I need clients, you can use these skills to craft your posts. It does take more thinking and some extra time, but it’s worth it. You can trust it to draw you in more clients.

3 – Consistent Action

The third thing you need is to take consistent action.

It’s one thing to have a plan and one thing to have a formula. But if you’re not taking consistent action, it’s not going to work.

You have to take consistent action and that means showing up imperfectly. When I look back on my content, there are always things I wish I did better. There’s always more planning and perfection that you can add to your content, but it’s the consistency that gets you clients consistently.

Because I have kept posting regularly posting and people get used to seeing me. They see me in my emails, on my Facebook Lives, on podcasts, on LinkedIn, on Instagram stories and other social media.

You come into people’s world in all different ways, and you’re not just doing it when you need a client and when you’re desperate, or when you have an event coming up, you’re doing content consistently, and it takes a shift in your mindset to do this.

Having an abundance mindset enables you to keep showing up for your community and your people, even if they never buy from you.

You have to say to yourself that you are doing it for your community and for your people, even if they never buy from you. You just need to keep showing up and giving value. That’s the mindset that we need to have.

People begin to trust you. When you have an abundance mentality the right people will reach out to you.

People can book into my calendar easily. I’ve got lots of links, everywhere and I’ve got lots of landing pages, free resources – my website is full of links that lead people to Click Funnels, which I use for my landing pages.

People can download cheat sheets and guides, and then they come into my email list. I nurture them and provide value. And I see a lot of people open my emails and consume the content that have never bought from me, and that’s okay.

When you’ve got an abundant mindset, the right people are going to book into your calendar for a strategy session with you. And if they’re the right fit they will work with you.

I work together with people in the following areas:

1) Creating compelling content that converts

I help you craft the right language to attract your ideal client, so the right people can immediately see what you’re all about and that your program is right for them. We also makeover your existing marketing and online presence and make sure your offer is irresistible.

2) Creating automated marketing funnels

I help you create a 24/7 marketing machine that you can rely on and also massively frees up your time. You don’t need to be a tech expert, I hold your hand and walk through it every step of the way with you.

3) Creating profitable presentations

We use my proven process to craft the right language that signs ups truly ideal, quality clients from your presentations.

In order to be the best candidate to get results, you must have experience serving clients in your area of expertise and getting results, and already have a pretty clear idea of what problem you solve and who you enjoy helping the most.

If you’re not sure if you meet this qualification, message me on Facebook or email me at info@katmillar.com and we’ll discuss it.

You need to be willing to create content consistently, either writing and/or being on video and sharing your thoughts about the topics you’re an expert in.

If you’re interested, get in touch and we will have a chat and see if you are a good fit.

I look forward to chatting with you!

Kat

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The Difference Between High-Converting and Low-Converting Content

There are TWO WORDS standing between you and your ideal clients: YOUR WORDS.

In order to create content that converts, you need to know how to use your words to link people to your product or service.

Your word choices either widen the gap between you and your ideal client or close the gap.

Most people are winging it with their content and don’t have an effective content strategy, because they don’t realise that successful content follows a formula.

When your words hit the spot, they draw the right clients towards you and people consistently start reaching out wanting to work with you.

It seems like magic, but it’s actually very simple when you know how.

The best news is, creating high-converting content is a skill that anyone can learn, so that means you. All you need to do is learn the principles and then follow them.

Learning compelling content principles transforms your ability to create content that converts, so you never have to worry about how to get clients through your content again. I believe learning how to create content that converts is the most useful, yet underrated skill you can have as a solopreneur.

First I want to clarify what I mean by converting and what I mean by content.

Converting, by my personal definition that I’m speaking about in this blog means that the content does what it’s intended to do.

This means people take action on your piece of content. A high or low conversion rate could be based on a percentage or a number of people that take action from seeing your content.

Content, by my definition, is everything you create online. This includes your web pages, social media posts, sales letters, Facebook ads, emails, videos etc.

Every type of content can benefit from what I’m going to share because the principles I teach apply across all content.

Of course, different content has different purposes. A sales page is inviting someone to buy something directly, so a sales page has its own unique structure that it needs to follow.

There is a heap of things a sales page needs that are beyond the scope of this blog, however. A website also has a whole lot of factors that are needed for someone to take the next step.

So think of conversion as the person taking the action step you recommend in your piece of content.  And I’ll give you some examples of actions in this training.

You can benefit from learning these principles across the board in your content.

There are 7 ingredients that I teach in order to attract clients through your content. Today I am going to focus primarily on 3 areas.

1 – Trust

The first ingredient is trust. Without trust, it’s impossible for your content to convert.

There are 3 main things that are important to include in all your content, in order to get people to trust you.

1. Your Credibility

The first reason people will trust you is your credibility. Your trustworthiness as a person builds your credibility.

Think about someone that you trust, and think about why you trust them. What qualities do they have that lead you to trust them?

For example, I’m thinking of a friend now who I completely trust, and the reason I trust her is that she’s a person of integrity, she’s consistent, she does what she says she’s going to do and she is very real. She has an incredible heart and that shows in her actions, not just in her words.

You may have an incredible offer and your program may be great, but if you aren’t trustworthy as a person, people won’t trust your offer.

Ask yourself; Are you really living what you’re teaching? Are you walking the talk?

An example of this is if you are a coach, but you are not receiving coaching yourself.

Or another example is if you’re selling something you say is an essential product, but you don’t actually buy it yourself.

All of these things form your integrity, your character, and the depths of who you are. This is the first thing to look at if you want people to trust you.

2. Your Offer

The second thing people need to trust is your offer.

You could be the loveliest person in the world, and you could have the biggest heart ever. But people don’t just pay to work with a nice person.

When I went to a surgeon recently, I didn’t want him to just be nice, I wanted him to know what he was doing.

I wanted to know what his method was and I wanted to know that it would be a good return on my investment.

There are many different elements that go into making a great offer.

For example, a great offer needs to have some type of guarantee. It also needs to have some element of curriculum where you clearly lay out the path from Point A to Point B .

Ask yourself, how much can people trust your offer?

If you need help in creating an irresistible offer, then please reach out to me. I loved to help people craft an offer they can have rock-solid confidence.

3. Your Method

The third thing people need to trust is your method.

Let’s say you’re a health coach and your method is that you teach eating 6 meals a day.

Do the people that you want to attract actually all want to eat 6 meals a day? Is this a method that can work for most people?

Your method has to line up with what your potential clients want and also line with your core beliefs.

Something I found really valuable as a personal trainer, was not siding with these controversial fad diets as the only way to do things. We are all different in what works for us.

I had an opinion on every single one of them, but my opinion was to show both the pros and the cons. You have to be willing to stand for and against things and be strong in your personal method, but that doesn’t mean saying there’s only one way.

You must believe in your method, so people trust you and trust your method.

You need to have lived experience because if you’ve lived it, people can feel that.

For example, if I was teaching Google Analytics, and SEO, that’s not something that I’ve really learned.

However, I’ve lived content creating, presenting, and automation systems. These are the main ways I’ve grown my business. So these are the 3 main things I help people with.

The 8 pillars in my accelerator program are all things I’ve done myself. It’s so important that people can trust your way of doing things.

Now I want to touch on 3 other things that sit under the banner of building trust.

Social Proof

You can show trust for your content with social proof. You can include stories, case studies and testimonials of people you have helped.

When you tell a testimonial, you don’t have to say, “Here’s a testimonial…” You can let it come naturally through in your content. You can be talking about a subject, and then you might bring an example of someone you’ve helped within that subject.

For example, I have a client recently who did a webinar and she made over $12,000. I just include stories like this within my content, that line up with the content I am creating.

I also have a client who I helped move from being a CEO of a medium-sized company to leaving his job and starting his own business, so I shared this in my content around the difference between a 9-5 mindset and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Bringing stories and examples of lived experiences of your clients that you’ve helped adds social proof to your content.

Social Circle

Who are the type of people you attract? Who is attracted to you and who is in your social circle? Do you have a community that is full of people bitching or complaining? Do you attract people who are toxic?

We have to really look at our standards of who we allow to spend time with us in close proximity.

Last night I went to my friend Lisa Jane’s networking event online. I’d had a full day of clients before so I had a long day. I turned up because I knew she attracts quality people. I knew that the people who came would be quality people.

Your social circle makes an impact on the way people trust you also. If you surround yourself with like-minded, authentic, growth-minded people, those are the types of people you will attract.

Social Experience

Do you have a lived, embodied experience of what you’re teaching and sharing?

Are you being an example of possibilities?

Few things are more of a turn-off than someone not living what they’re saying.

An example of this is a health coach who has some bad nutrition and lifestyle habits.

Or a relationship coach that wasn’t good at relationships.

Obviously it’s not about perfection, but about being a role model.

Would you rather work with someone who has lived and embodies what they teach or would you prefer to learn from someone who is just teaching a theory they’ve never actually put into practice?

Are you constantly setting your standards high and growing towards them, and not just teaching theory?

2 – Curiosity

The second ingredient you need in order to attract clients through your content is curiosity.

I’ve spoken about this before in previous blogs, but it’s such a powerful ingredient to include in your content, so you can open up a desire and have your content convert.

It’s the difference between something being nice to read or it being a must-read. It’s the difference between something being nice to watch or something that you absolutely have to watch.

TV series do this well. They leave open loops in your brain, so you’re just wanting to close that loop. You are just waiting to see the new episode so you can close the loop. This draws curiosity.

In business, you do this by teaching people something they didn’t know. And then you show them that there is more that there is still to know, which makes them realise they need to know more. This shifts their perception and makes them somewhat more curious.

It’s not that you’re trying to be elusive or vague, or dangle a carrot and then take it away and say, “Hey, contact me if you want more information.” You need to give as much value as you can.

You also need to open the slope of curiosity, where they want to know more because they’ve just had an epiphany that there is more to what you are teaching.

This helps people realise that you do something different from what they’re used to, or you come from an angle that is different to what they’ve heard before. They see that you teach in a way that’s slightly different or your content lands differently.

To make this happen you have to craft your content. When you take time to craft your content, you don’t just check it to make it perfect,  but you craft your words to create a shift in someone’s perception and this opens up that curiosity.

That’s what makes people private message me. After I share a video or share a piece of content, I often have people DM me. I share a lot in my content and I don’t hold back, but I am also transparent in that I show that there’s so much more to know

Curiosity is a really cool ingredient to include in your content. If you learn to make people curious and you apply this in your content, it can be a  game-changer in your content and the way you connect with potential clients.

3 – Take Action

The third thing I recommend that every piece of content needs is it has to have a call to action.

I recommend that all of your content inspires some form of action. You might do this overtly or covertly.

I don’t always say to people to DM me or click a link in my bio. Some posts pose a question, and this gets people to start shifting in their minds, in order to take action.

You have to ask yourself – what is the purpose of the content piece.

What’s the point of crafting a beautiful piece of content that’s interesting and nice to look at, but if it doesn’t inspire someone to take action?

All your content should help someone take action, and that action might be a very small step, but it’s one step closer to them improving their life.

Not everyone who reads your content is ready to talk to you or to invest in you straight away.

Some people wait 3 or 6 months before they contact me, for example. I’ve had people sit on my email list for a year before they get in touch with me. Other times people contact me straight away and make a fast decision to work with me.

I consistently put out content and I consistently get clients, because of the varying stages of the buyer’s journey that people go through.

The buyer’s journey starts with someone becoming aware of you and then they need to build trust. This leads them to become aware they have a problem, then they become aware of the cause of the problem, and this flows to them becoming aware of the solution. This then follows to the buyer becoming aware that you provide the solution.

People go on the buyer’s journey at different rates, some people do it quickly, some people take longer.

When you sit down to create your content posts, start with the action you want the person to take and then work back from there.

A major benefit of starting with the end in mind is that people get used to you inspiring action. They get used to you popping up in their social feeds, and they begin to know that you give quality content that will inspire them to take action. So they take the time to read and watch your content.

These are the keys to consistently making offers but having them not seem like you are trying to push a sale, because the next step is not something they will have to pay for and also you have provided value.

Do you want help doing this so you can get more clients and grow your business?

I work together with my clients in the following areas:

1) Making your offer irresistible. I help you get clear on the best packaging and pricing for your stage in business and the stage that your ideal clients are at.

2) Clarifying your language. I help you understand the beliefs your ideal clients have and what you want them to believe. Most importantly I help you use the right language for your ideal client, so the right people can immediately see what you’re all about and that your program is right for them.

3) Creating organic, compelling content that converts. I use my proven process to craft the right language that calls in truly ideal, quality clients and I make sure you’re following the frameworks as precisely as possible. This will ensure you get enquiries from your content.

In order to be the best candidate to get results, you must have experience serving clients in your area of expertise and getting results, and already have a pretty clear idea of what problem you solve and who you enjoy helping the most.

If you’re not sure if you meet this qualification, message me on Facebook or email me at info@katmillar.com and we’ll discuss it.

You need to be willing to create content consistently, either writing and/or being on video and sharing your thoughts about the topics you’re an expert in.

If you’re interested, get in touch and we will have a chat and see if you are a good fit.

I look forward to chatting with you!

Kat.

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3 Things Your Social Media Posts Must Have To Attract New Clients

Are your social media posts attracting the clients you’re hoping for?

If you want to grow your business to $10k+ months consistently, knowing how to craft content that connects with your ideal clients is essential.

You need to understand the principles to gain and MAINTAIN people’s attention, so you can inspire and influence the right people to work with you.

Have you ever wondered what makes a post a MUST-read, not a ‘nice-to-read?’

Over the last 5+ years helping coaches, consultants, and experts to create compelling content, I’ve discovered there are 3 main things that need to go into social media posts to attract quality clients.

This is a major piece of what I do as a business coach: helping people to create content that not only gains attention but MAINTAINS attention so that people want to take action on what you’re sharing and be inspired to work with you.

When you include these 3 elements into your content in the right way, your content PULLS the right people to your posts, and attracts clients to you CONSISTENTLY, without you having to pay for ads.

You can apply these elements in your content straight away to be seen as an authority, sign up more clients, and finally make the money you deserve!

You can use these principles on video as well as in written content, including blogs and emails.

The 3 main issues I’ve discovered that stop people’s social posts from connecting with ideal clients are:

  1. Not enough credibility
  2. Not creating a mindset shift
  3. Being too vague

So how do you overcome these problems? Here are 3 powerful ways…

1 – Authority Positioning

Content with very little (if any) authority is an issue I see all the time.

This is where people post tips or ‘how-to’ teaching, but don’t come from a place of sharing their own credibility and experience.

Positioning yourself as an authority builds trust and credibility.

If you don’t position yourself as an authority, people won’t value you.

In order to position yourself as an expert, it’s important that you don’t just give tips, because anyone can Google information. What you need to do is ‘move’ a person when they consume your content. Inspire and influence them to act.

You can up-level your positioning by giving case studies, testimonials, and sharing from your own life.

A lot of people resist positioning themselves as an authority and expert because they have fear around it.

One of the biggest problems people have when it comes to positioning is that they’re not confident in making bold statements, asking bold questions, and being boldly niched.

Being boldly niched is really important because when you niche down and become micro niched, this is when you will find your ideal clients.

Sharing your credibility and presenting yourself as an authority is key to having people listen to you.

A lot of people struggle with imposter syndrome and not feeling good enough to present themself as an authority. It’s a massive mindset issue that can take you out of business.

You need to get over this fear of not wanting to position yourself as an authority. It doesn’t take long to fix this issue. I’ve had people clear this in as little as one session with me.

Obviously, there are layers to this issue and you need to go to the root cause and clear that limiting belief.

This invaribly pops up when you are wanting to go to the next level.

If you want to go from a startup to 5K months, your mindset around this might create a ceiling for you to keep you ‘safe’.

If you want to go from 10K months to 20K months, then you must address the limiting beliefs you have to get you to the next level.

Remember, when you’re positioning yourself as an authority, you can’t guarantee that someone will make what you are claiming, cecause each situation is different. The person has to do the work, be committed, and work towards an outcome. If they do the steps you advise and put in the work, then they can achieve what you are claiming, but they have to do the work.

If you have achieved it, or you’ve had someone achieve it, you can be confident in your authority positioning. There’s no magic rule that says you have to help a certain amount of people achieve a result before you can position yourself as an authority.

However, you need to know how to articulate how to help someone get it. Then you want to show up with that authority.

The definition of authority by Merriam-Webster dictionary is…

“The confident quality of someone who knows a lot about something or who is respected by other people.”

I really like that definition because confident qualities are when you know a lot about something, you have studied and researched it, and you’ve got experience about something, and you’re probably respected by other people.

There are 3 E’s you need to share when you are showing your authority…

1 – Evidence

2 – Experience

3 – Education

The way to position yourself as an authority is to give evidence of the fact that you know what you’re talking about, show your experience and then also educate people. Your social media posts have to have some element of authority positioning in them.

2 – Belief-Shifting Language

Belief-shifting language is where we are super clear on the belief that our ideal client has, and the belief we WANT them to have, and we craft our content in a way that bridges that gap.

Often people are actually consuming your content but not actually having a shift in their beliefs.  So they learn something, as opposed to having an ‘a-ha’ moment.

I was working yesterday with my mastermind private group, and we were talking about the beliefs that their clients currently have. It’s these beliefs that you have to aim for in your content to shift.

To shift a mindset, you need to be super clear on what beliefs are not serving your ideal clients and then shift them to a mindset and belief that will serve them. This is based on the premise that you have something that’s going to improve their life, that is going to be valuable to the right person.

So you want to work out what beliefs your ideal client currently has and then address these beliefs. You can do this on a piece of paper.  And then you craft your content in a way that bridges that belief gap.

Aim to shift only one mindset or belief in each of your posts. People don’t take any action on your posts because they haven’t had that epiphany moment. And it doesn’t need to be big, but it’s a revelation or a shift in their thinking.

Think of content as a strategy. It’s not just one post, but it’s multiple posts. I signed up 3 clients this week and the one I signed up today was because she had been reading multiple posts from me.

It’s been a journey for her to trust me and my capability as a business coach. And this has been built over time.

It’s not about selling to people on one post. It’s about pre-selling people over time. Then when you’ve planted lots of seeds, and the person is ready and had an ‘a-ha’ moment, they will be pre-sold before they have a strategy call with you.

If you keep showing up with the right content for the right people, you’ll keep getting clients.

When they’re ready, they’ll reach out. It’s a beautiful thing!

3 – Clear Problem, Cause & Solution

The third thing your social media posts need to include is the clear problem, the cause of the problem, and the solution to the problem.

Many times the reason people’s posts don’t lead to attracting clients is that they’re too vague. They’re too big picture, too fluffy, or even too overwhelming.

There are too many ideas going on, as opposed to addressing a clear problem, the cause of the problem, and giving a clear solution.

This is what I help people to achieve in their content. It’s one of the main things I work on with my clients, because ‘closing the gap’ is so important.

Being too vague leaves people nowhere.

An example is people may write in their post, “Are you feeling stuck in your life?” Or “Do you want to fulfill your potential”

The problem with this is that is not typically the conversation people are having in their own mind.

The conversation people are having in their own mind, is usually very specific and quite detailed.

If you think about conversations that you have at a bus stop or at a checkout line. You don’t normally say things like, “I’m stuck” or “I’m not fulfilling my potential in life.”

People don’t typically use that kind of language. They use more specifics.

Like “My daughter is misbehaving, and she’s constantly throwing her toys out of the cot.”

Or you may say something like, “I just really want to be able to fit my fit my dress for this party coming up.”

Compelling content addresses specific concerns.  You need to be bold and niched and be specific about who you help and with what area you help with.

You’ve got to choose a very clear problem and a very clear niche that is not too big picture.

Once you’ve chosen your micro-niche, look at the problems the people have and address these problems.

But don’t just go on about the problem. Share the cause of the problem, and provide ways to solve their problem, and the solution in your content.

This is where you present a framework, process or roadmap that people can follow to get them to the solution they are seeking to their problem.

So ultimately, what need to do is create multiple posts as a strategy.

The steps I follow to create compelling content that resonates with my ideal clients are:

Step 1 – Create a post outlining a problem someone has, and write it directly to a person who wants a specific outcome you can provide.

Step 2 – Explain the connection between the outcome they want and the type of help you provide.

Step 3 –  Explain what your offer includes and who it’s for, then invite people to reach out to you.

Always call out a group of people in your posts. These are your niche. If you go through some of the posts on my Instagram and on my Facebook, you’ll see that I do this.

I explain who the events are for – ie: coaches, consultants and service-based entrepreneurs. I then mention the specific results that people are seeking help for, like building a pipeline of ideas and a pipeline of clients so they can scale their business to 10k months or more.

The reason we invite people to reach out to us, rather than posting an external link, is because Facebook doesn’t show your posts to many people if it has a link in it. They don’t want people to jump off Facebook onto your landing page or your website.

When you put an external link, maybe 1% of your followers see this. So you invite people to reach out to you instead. And then you can share your landing page with people.

I signed up 4 dream clients this week by applying some of these compelling content principles, as well as the other ingredients I teach in my ‘Compelling Content Formula’

The system is what I personally use to get clients consistently and make $10k+/month in my business.

I typically get at least 3 discovery calls booked into my calendar every week by applying these principles.

And now I’ve decided to create a brand-new 30-day content makeover mastermind to share the exact strategy!

I’ll be leading a small group of people through my proven process to create the right language to call in truly ideal, quality clients.

It will cover how to craft organic content so that the right people will be attracted to you and want to work with you.

I’ll also be doing weekly live ‘make-overs’ of your content using my compelling content formula…

…so you not only learn the skill of creating content that converts but also know exactly how to apply it to your particular business straight away, and on an ongoing basis.

This mastermind is for people who are already in business, have already had clients, and are pretty settled on a particular niche.

You must enjoy sharing your thoughts about the topics you’re an expert in.

It will be a very exclusive small group so that everyone gets personal coaching with me on their content in order to attract the right clients.

If you’re interested and you’d like to be considered for the mastermind, send me a message on Facebook, or email me at info@katmillar.com.

I’ll ask you some questions to see if you’re the right fit for the program. If you are, I’ll share with you the details to get you started.

I look forward to chatting with you!

Kat

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3 Little-Known Ways To Grab Attention Instantly With Your Content

How good are you at getting people’s attention online?

In this blog and video, I share how to get people’s attention fast and maintain it.

You can have an INCREDIBLE program or service, but without being able to grab attention, it’s like having a Porsche, but leaving it in your garage. You won’t get far.

If you want to attract more clients, you need to understand the power of attention.

So, what is it that gets people’s attention?

A Harvard study showed that 90%+ of our buying decisions are made subconsciously.

We all have an internal subconscious ‘gate-keeper’ that’s designed to filter what to pay attention to. It helps us decide which content posts, videos, and emails to keep consuming…and which ones to scroll on by.

Often we don’t even know what we’re looking for when we’re online. What we decide to keep reading or watching is predominately subconscious.

If you don’t know how to speak directly to the subconscious mind, you’re probably trying to get people’s attention logically… (which rarely works). Because attention goes in order of the brain stem.

But when you know how to arrange your words in a way that gets people’s attention, you get more engagement, interest, and most importantly, more people inspired to take action to work with you.

This is what I call compelling content. It’s something I’m super passionate about helping coaches and entrepreneurs to improve on because if you can get this right, your written and spoken content can attract clients for you consistently.

You can start applying these principles straight away and make money fast, it’s super exciting!

So to get someone’s attention, we need to understand the science of action. What makes someone take action?

To get this, we need to understand 3 parts of the brain and the order in which each part is engaged.

1. Instincts 

The first level is instincts. With all our content, it’s important to always speak to the hindbrain first. The hindbrain is the ‘survival mode’ part of our brain, also known as the lizard brain or reptilian brain.

When people are scrolling through social media or looking through their inbox, they are typically in ‘instinct’ mode.

The instinct acts like a ‘gatekeeper’ and makes decisions super quickly, it’s subconscious, it’s super quick. And what we’re asking at a subconscious level is “Is this going to move me up my hierarchy of values”.

That’s what’s happening under the surface. The hindbrain is analysing super fast “Is this going to waste my time, or is this going to give me a return on investment”… whether that’s through entertainment, learning something that we didn’t know, being inspired, or a story that warms our heart.

So, at a family party when my Uncle talks about motorbikes, that is lower in my values. And he couldn’t care less about hearing all about business and personal development, things that I’m into. So, this is happening at that level.

2. Imagination – Emotions

The second level is imagination. The next gatekeeper we’ve got to get through is the emotion, which is activated in the imagination.

We’ve got to move people and evoke their emotions.

We do this by getting them to imagine a scene playing out – to be aware that you understand their problem SO well that they think “oh my gosh, she gets me. I really feel the truth of what she’s saying”.

We do this by painting a picture using specific language.

3. Intelligence – Logic

Once you’ve gotten through the instinct, and the imagination, then you get to the intelligence.

This happens at the prefrontal cortex of the brain, which is the logic, the analysis, the order and structure part of the brain.

A lot of people try and reach people with logic, and they haven’t come through the gatekeepers of instant and imagination.

It always goes in this order. Always. This is the science of voluntary action.

In order to get someone to take action, we need to work our way UP the brainstem.

So how do we do this?

There are 3 things I teach that are super effective in grabbing attention:

1. Talk about a specific PROBLEM your ideal client has

ATTENTION is based on a hierarchy of values. Anyone on the planet will be receptive to your content if you shift them UP their hierarchy of values.

Certain things are more important to us than others.

Research shows that most people are thinking about their problems. So if we try and reach them with a solution too quickly, we don’t build trust with them.

Today I was in Macquarie shopping centre and the Flying Doctors tried to stop me. But because I was on a mission for something more important in that moment, I didn’t stop.

The day before I was approached by someone asking me to donate to dry July because she saw my post on my recent skin cancer scare. And that made me stop and pay attention because it was in my ‘attention field’.

When you have to make quick decisions, we do it based on our values.

Any time a human tries to pull you down the hierarchy of values, you will probably get annoyed.

One of the reasons communication breaks down is because one person talks about what is important to them, and not important to the other person. Then the other person starts talking about what is important to them.

Most issues we have with human beings are that we’re trying to pull their attention lower into things that are less important to that person.

The question to always have in mind when creating content is – Is what I’m about to talk about important?

When people are shifted up their values scale, they will be grateful.

If there is a problem preceding your information – the solution becomes important.

People scroll past if you shift them down their attention scale. They stop and consume your content when you shift them UP their attention scale.

This is why it’s so important to be clear about who you’re wanting to attract, so you know the language that shifts their attention UP their values hierarchy.

2. Share the CAUSE of the problem, revealing something contrarian

Once we’ve gained someone’s attention, we can unpack the cause of the problem, being contrarian – meaning, going against something.

Russell Brunson calls this ‘throwing rocks at your enemies’.

You don’t throw rocks at the person or business, but more like a concept.

So let’s say you’re a nutrition coach, and you help people with losing weight, and you do it through a keto diet. You might throw rocks at a calorie-counting diet.

If you teach people how to run marathons, you might be contrarian to CrossFit, or high intensity interval training.

If you’re a parenting coach, and you’re all about hands-on parenting; that’s a method that you teach, you might go against people who are very hands-off parenting.

If you’re a mindset coach you may focus on self-care as a healing modality, vs. a coach who focuses on contribution and service as the priority for healing.

In my business, I teach that that doing a blog once a week, or joining a clubhouse room or starting a podcast is not the fastest way to get clients.

The fastest way is by having a profitable presentation.

Think about the opposite of what you want to share. What do you stand for and against?

Use this when you’re unpacking the cause of the problem your ideal clients have.

3. Share the exact SOLUTION of that problem

The third thing we share is the solution of the problem. We show people clearly exactly what they need to do.

This is all about POSITIONING.

If someone’s knowledge is organised, they change position in your brain and value goes up.

Every time you open your mouth you are constantly positioning yourself. Are you subconsciously lowering or raising your positioning?

The best way to position yourself is to teach people something they didn’t know – or teach in a different way.

When you organise the knowledge in a way that has a pathway, that’s what people pay for.

They pay you to take them through a process that speeds up their results. A roadmap or game-plan that accelerates the process for them.

This system is what I personally use to get clients consistently and make 6-figures per year in my business and what I teach my clients.

I typically get at least 3 discovery calls booked into my calendar every week by applying these principles.

I use them in my written and spoken content. You can do this in ads and organic content, in your social media captions, emails – everywhere you show up online.

This strategy is so powerful because you understand how to do it, you can get clients very fast.

So I’ve decided to teach a small group of people how to do this. I’m creating a new 30-day compelling content mastermind, where I’ll be leading people through this powerful process to create the right language to call in truly ideal, quality clients.

This will be available only for people who are already in business, you’ve already had clients, and you’re pretty settled on a particular ideal client.

I’ll help you craft your content in a way that attracts and converts, so the right people can immediately see what you’re all about and that it’s for them and want to take action to work with you.

It will be a very exclusive small group so that everyone gets personal coaching with me about how to use your content to attract the right clients.

If you’re interested, reach out and we’ll have a quick chat to see if you’re a good candidate for the mastermind.

So just send me a DM on social media or email me: info@katmillar.com if you want to be considered to be part of it to make sure you get results.

See you soon!

Kat

 

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5 Things You Need To Grow Your Business To $10K Months Consistently

I have a question for you.

When was the last time that you sat down and planned out a clear game plan to bring in consistent clients every single month?

If you haven’t done it for a while, you’re not alone.

It’s not always easy to step back and move from working IN your business to actually working ON your business, from a strategic point of view.

In business, there are literally hundreds, if not thousands of things that we could be doing right now, in order to grow.

Like Blogging, Podcasting, Clubhouse, Google SEO, Facebook ads, YouTube videos, Instagram Reels…

We could be doing joint ventures, email nurture sequences, crafting great sales pages, DM strategies… the list is endless!

To grow our business, it’s crucial that we are in action. But how do we actually decide WHAT action to take… when there are SOOO many options of what we could be doing in our business?

Can you relate to this? You wake up in the morning, you’ve got a huge ‘to do’ list…

…you get caught up in life and appointments and next minute the sun is setting, and you realise that you haven’t posted on social that day.

And now you’ve got to go pick up your kids or meet your friends.

Maybe you’ve also got a side hustle, also known as your job (I call jobs ‘side hustles’ because they’re not the main thing 😉

Add to it your social life, and your family, hobbies, and everything else you want to be doing…

You just want to know how to make it all work to get your business delivering consistent results for you.

After being in business for the last 18 years now and trying so many things, I’ve discovered there are really just FIVE things that you need to focus on to grow your business to 10K+ months consistently.

It wasn’t until I did these things and looked back to reverse engineer it to see “Oh, that’s what I did to get there.”

The sooner you learn them, the sooner you’ll be able to implement and get better at them!

Here are FIVE things you need to grow your business to 10K+ months consistently.

1. Accelerated Attraction Strategy

The first thing you need to grow your business to 10k+ months consistently is what I call an ‘Accelerated Attraction Strategy’.

Attraction is the very first step to building awareness of your business – getting visibility onto what it is you do. So you need a strategy to attract the right people consistently.

Not just as a one-off, for example like one video on your website or one post on your Facebook page, but a consistent strategy that you’re out-working every single week.

And the most important thing about your strategy is that you have clarity on three things.

a. The Big Problem That You’re Solving

The first thing that you need clarity on is the big problem that you’re solving. What is that one big problem that people will pay you to solve?

A lot of entrepreneurs jump in and they start posting content straight away until they’ve got that clarity.

b. The Ideal People That You’re Serving

The second thing that you need to know is who are the ideal people that you’re serving. Who is that select group of people?

It’s not everyone. It’s not even women in Australia, aged 30 to 50. It’s not that.

It’s who are the exact people that you’re serving in terms of the unique problems that you can solve, and then it’s who of those people who will pay for your services.

c. Your Point of Difference

The third thing you need clarity on is your point of difference.

How are you going to stand out?

If you’re a health coach, what makes you different from all the other health coaches?

You need clarity on the problem, the people, and the point of difference.

A lot of clarity comes when you’re moving and on your way.

Clarity doesn’t come when you’re stuck and not putting yourself out there.

You need to have as many conversations as you can and start looking for the patterns.

This is how I did it. I did lots and lots of conversations with people and I realised what I was good at.

I didn’t realise until I actually started working with people and coaching them, what some of my unique gifts were.

Do you know what your unique point of difference or your brilliance is?

A lot of people say they don’t know so if you’re not sure, start working with people. Then you’ll see that you’re actually quite good at that. I thought everyone could do that but actually no, that’s not true. Not everyone can do that.

They call it ‘unconscious competence’ where you’re really good at something and you don’t realise it’s actually something that you’re really masterful at.

I didn’t realise that I was actually really good at copywriting and helping people with the actual structure of their writing, and I was good at seeing the things that people needed from a strategic point of view – seeing the gap seeing the holes.

So that point of difference comes along the way.

However, you don’t want to just jump into doing five posts a week if you haven’t really nailed down those things that could actually push away the people that you’re trying to attract.

2. Compelling Content Formula

The second thing you need is a Compelling Content Formula.

You can have an INCREDIBLE program or service, but without compelling content, it’s like having a Porsche but leaving it in your garage. You won’t get far.

There are two ways that we can do content – either written or spoken.

What I recommend to all of my clients is that you have a combination of written and spoken content.

Then you need a strategy and a structure.

Firstly you need an overarching strategy – knowing “this is what I do on a weekly basis for my content.” – the types of videos, the types of posts, you’re going to do, like one Facebook Live video a week and then maybe turn it into a blog post, leveraging that content, sending an email once or twice a week, for example. That’s your strategy.

Your structure is what actually goes into that video or that post.

It’s really important that you don’t just write ‘how-to’ content, just telling people what to do but don’t actually inspire action. Your posts, every piece of content that goes out should inspire some type of action.

It should talk about a pain point that someone’s going through so it’s not just telling someone what to do, it’s influencing them to want to change.

When you take the time to educate your clients, it can really dramatically shift things. Because quality clients need to be educated, they need to understand why you are different in terms of the result you can offer.

3. A Profitable Presentation

The third thing you need is a profitable presentation.

This could be a live video, it could be a video training, a pre-recorded video, it could be an event, even an online event like a webinar or it could be a workshop but you need some way that you can present what it is you do.

Written content is important but reading content on its own, like blogs, emails, social media captions, all of that is never really enough to attract clients consistently.

So written content alone doesn’t usually inspire or influence someone to actually make a significant purchase decision unless you’re doing a really low ticket offer like a $7 or $47, or a $97 offer. Usually written content isn’t enough to actually get someone over the line unless you’re really brilliant marketer, a really great copywriter, and really great writer.

Let’s be real, how many people have transferred money into your bank account because they’ve read one of your posts or because they’ve read one of your blogs? The reality is, it’s not a reliable enough strategy to consistently have a pipeline of clients coming in.

If we want people to trust us, we need time with them. In order to get trust, it takes time. Think about a relationship, you’re not going to jump into a committed relationship until you’ve had enough time with that person.

So in order to build trust, we need to ask for people’s time, however long it takes for them to go from what we call ‘cold to sold’. It’s very rarely from cold straight to sold. They need time in between.

And the reason people give us time is because we educate them.

There’s a great book called “Oversubscribed” by Daniel Priestley. He talks about a study that showed that people need about seven hours of time with us before they make a significant buying decision. Seven hours. It’s interesting, isn’t it.

And if you think about how many social media posts they need to read in order to make a significant brand decision, that’s a lot!

I compare it to doing one pushup every day. You could do one pushup every day for 30 days but you’re probably not going to get a significant result.

Or you could do one event, let’s say a seven-hour workshop, and in that one event you’ve got all those seven hours all at once – which is why events are one of my favorite strategies.

Even like the 60 minute event. You could never get a 60 minute time with someone on social media. It’s so hard to do that. Some people do that on a Facebook Live if they really, really engaging but it’s very rare.

So an online event where people actually register for it, I compare it to busking versus having a concert. You can walk past a busker and say, “Hey, that looks cool”,  and just have a little nosy or stand there and watch them for a while but then you just wander on.

That’s what it’s like on social media – it’s a scroll fest, but when someone registers and comes in and hears your presentation it’s such a win-win scenario. You’re giving them your time and your education, and they’re giving you their trust.

So written content and a presentation is the most potent combination to attract clients.

It helps you build authority, it helps you build trust, it helps you to be able to overcome people’s false beliefs, and it inspires action. It’s super leveraged.

4. An Automated Funnel

Number four is an Automated Funnel.

In business, there are two distinct paths.

One path is the path where you keep letting your business rule you and you work manually. You just keep up as best as you can with that never-ending ‘to do’ list … and anyone can do that.

Or, you can choose a second path which is the path of building an asset. This is when you bring automation into your business.

And this is what so many of your competitors are not willing to do because it takes some thought. It’s not the easiest road.

Les Brown says, “The hard road gets easy and the easy road gets hard.”

The easy road is like, “I’ll just show up and just randomly post and just post when I feel super inspired.” And, “Hey, just contact me if you want to work with me.”

There’s no system, there’s no structure, there’s no automation.

But one of the most powerful ways to succeed is to look at the places your competitors aren’t willing to go and this path, yes, it takes some work, it takes some thought takes some energy but if it’s easy for you to do, it’s easy for your competitors to do.

And I was talking to someone about it today actually saying, “I like the challenge. I like that it’s hard to kind of break my brain to come up with a great piece of content or great video idea” because this is what so many people aren’t willing to do.

A lot of business owners start out and they’re running their business manually because they want to get going and they want to focus on sales, but then they attempt to just keep doing this manual, old school way of doing things where there’s no system, there’s no automation.

All it takes is what I call an ‘adoption of automation’.

I’m not saying you have to have everything automated because there are elements of manual things that we do in our business. But
if you can work on getting the funnels in place and stop running your business, trying to figure it all out, that’s quite an old school process.

You’ve got to decide, the technology’s there for things to be more automated, to look after people so that they’re not falling through the gaps and so that they get an email nurture sequence to then move through my funnel elegantly. This way I’m building my list, I’m building an asset and it’s not just random.

Very few people do this well.

However, you can decide that you’re going to build more of a scalable asset and you can make a heck of a lot of income, without doing a heck of a lot of work. You don’t need to do so much work on an ongoing basis, you just need to do the work once and it’s done.

It does take some energy to learn it. I needed to learn the skills. It took me a few weeks to learn it but even if it took me six months, I’d still do it because now I get to benefit from a funnel that I created years ago and I’m still benefiting from it.

You do it once and it’s done.

Funnels have been such a game-changer in my business. Having a funnel in place would generate that consistent flow of leads into your business and when you get it right, it can really change everything for you.

Right now, just in your mind, stop for a second and think about what it would be like to have a 24/7 marketing machine working for you. You don’t have to do that hustle.

It’s a real game-changer.

There’s great power in having an automated funnel.

They’re so powerful because they elegantly bring people in so that when you get on the sales calls, it doesn’t feel salesy. It doesn’t even feel like a sales conversation. It just feels like people are excited and ready to work with you because they’ve been educated and they’ve been looked after, every step of the way.

5. A High-Performance Mindset

The fifth thing that you need to grow your business to 10k months or more consistently is a High-Performance Mindset.

There’s a mindset when you’re earning 1k or less per month, or when you’re in a startup compared to when you’re earning 10k or more per month.

There are some key differences so I’m going to give you just three of them here.

a. Improving Your Craft

The first one is when you’re at that lower level, there’s a real focus on improving your craft. So I may need to do another certification or to get better at coaching or adding hypnotherapy or NLP to my services, or adding other skills.

A lot of service-based entrepreneurs and coaches want to uplevel their craft, so they’re getting good at what they do but actually, they’re already good enough at what they do. What they’re lacking is actually the business skills – the sales and the marketing side of the business.

So that’s a real shift in mindset by saying, “I’m good enough right now to position myself as an expert. It doesn’t mean I have to be perfect or the best, it just means that I have to have a unique point of difference”, which you already do – you’re different than other people just by being you.

b. Overcome the Fear of What People Think

The second distinction between the 1k or less mindset and the 10k mindset is that when you’re first setting up, there’s a real thing about playing it safe and not putting yourself out there as much. But when you realise that in order to scale your business, you have to get out there more and you have to take more risks.

You have to overcome the fear of what people think and that requires a level of vulnerability, of showing up, of getting on video, and taking a risk to maybe run an event while thinking, “Well, I don’t know if people are going to come or not, but I’m going to do it anyway and I’m going to get people there. I’m going to use my influence skills to invite people.”

There’s a whole strategy around that I teach about how to actually get people in and I’ve never had anyone that I’ve worked with run an event where people haven’t come. They’ve always been able to get people there when they follow the strategy that I teach.

It’s really that shift from playing it small, being timid, being quite passive, just hoping people come to you, and actually stepping up and being willing to take risks.

c. An Abundance Mindset

The third mindset shift is when you’re first starting out, or when you’re stuck at that 1k or 2k month levels, and it’s not having the confidence to really solve a clear problem, and trying to be everything to everyone.

It’s really a mindset shift of abundance that there are enough people.

So it’s stepping across to positioning yourself as the authority, as the expert, and having that abundance mindset.

There’s a lot of money mindset things that need to happen to transition and actually feel like you’re worthy of charging what you’re worth.

I had to go through a lot of money mindset coaching myself, and really diving deep into what I believed in from my childhood and the way I was brought up in order to step into being a six-figure business owner.

So I have a question for you. How would you feel having a day to work on your business and learn exactly how to do all of this?

If you’re in Sydney, this event is unpacking each of these five things, telling you exactly what to do so that you can have a consistent pipeline in order to enable you to get to that 10k mark consistently. You will know exactly what to do by the end of this event.

If you’re not in Sydney, we are going to be running an online version soon so stay tuned for that.

If you are in Sydney and you are free on Saturday (19th June), we’re taking a whole day to dive deep into how to do these things because it is very hard to do it just after watching one video.

You can check it out by clicking here.

You’ll walk away knowing how to apply each of the five steps to your business.

We’ll show you how to

Create an Accelerated Attraction Strategy,

Structure your content using a Compelling Content Formula

Create a Profit Presentation

Set up Automated Funnels so you’ve got that 24/7 client attraction machine

and how to overcome those money mindset blocks and move into having those keys of a high-performance abundance mindset.

You’ll also get the support of three experts and a really cool community!

I’ve seen the list of who’s coming and there are really great people that you’ll get to meet!

So if you’d like to join us, you can check it out by clicking here.

Keep showing up. Keep sharing your brilliance with the world.

Even if you have doubts, even if you have fears, it’s totally normal.

Keep showing up anyway because the clarity comes when you’re moving – not when you’re staying stuck.

The world needs YOU!

Kat

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