You have sold something
to someone.
Now what?
Three questions. Your answers. No wrong answers. Just what is actually true right now.
Three questions. Your answers. No wrong answers. Just what is actually true right now.
01 — The clarity gap
Answer these three questions. Write what is true, not what sounds good.
Your favorite client — describe them in a few words
Your least profitable client — what made them the wrong fit
Your biggest problem in the business right now
Your favorite client is already telling you exactly who you are built for. Your worst client is telling you what happens when you say yes without that clarity.
And your biggest problem almost always traces back to one thing: you cannot consistently find more of the right person because you have never fully named what made them right. That is not a sales problem. That is a clarity gap.
02 — The sequence gap
Drag these into the order you actually use when you first explain your work to someone new.
drag to reorder ↓
Most founders lead with what they do. Most clients buy what they get.
The order you use to introduce your work is the order your client uses to decide. If the outcome is not first, they are evaluating your process before they have felt the result. That is the sequence gap. Not what you offer. What you lead with.
03 — The filtration gap
Two descriptions of the same offer. Read both. Notice which one makes you pause.
Version A
We help small business owners grow their revenue through operational systems and strategic support tailored to their needs.
Version B
You have sold something. It worked. You just cannot get it to happen twice in a row without you being the one who makes it happen.
Version A describes a category. Version B describes a person.
One of them stopped you. That is not a coincidence. The version that stopped you is the one that felt like it was written about you specifically. That specificity is what reaches the right person. General language reaches general traffic. A description that names exactly one person reaches that person every time.
CGS installs the clarity, the sequence, and the precision. You keep doing the work you are built for.
CGS Global — cgsglobal.net