Episode 236
Pre Qualify Your Clients (Focused Action Coaching: Heather Wyatt) [Ep. 236]
Today's episode is another Focused Action Coaching sessions. I'm thrilled to share a vibrant discussion with Heather Wyatt of Goddess Getaway Waves, who's courageously navigating the retreat planning business from the lush landscapes of Costa Rica. Heather's confronting a common snag: potential clients love the idea of hosting retreats until they realize the upfront investment involved. We dissect this dilemma and strategize ways to reposition her offerings for better client alignment and commitment.
Key Points:
- Heather's innovative three-tier pricing strategy for retreat planning services.
- The psychological barriers potential clients face in committing to upfront payments.
- How Heather's recent adjustment to a payment schedule may ease the financial hesitance of her clients.
- Identifying an ideal client profile who not only has the need for retreat planning but also the ready audience and financial ability to commit.
- The importance of having a pre-sold or at least a primed audience before planning a retreat to ensure success and justify the investment.
- The valuable insights gained from distinguishing between potential clients who are just interested in the idea of a retreat and those who are serious about executing one.
Take Action:
- If you're considering hosting a retreat, ensure you have a solid audience foundation willing to invest before seeking professional planning services.
- For retreat planners, qualifying clients by their commitment level and program pricing can save time and better allocate resources to serious customers.
- Explore breaking down your offerings into transparent package options to reduce client overwhelm and ease the decision-making process.
Links:
- To learn about retreat planning with Heather Wyatt and unpack her various options tailored to fit your vision, visit https://goddessgetawaves.com
- Interested in the live coaching sessions like the one you've just listened to? Click the link in the show notes to schedule your own focused action session.
Keywords:
coaching, consulting services, online business, high-ticket offers, business coaching, in-person masterminds.
Transcript
Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the real truth about business podcast. My name is
Speaker:Michelle Danayo. I am your host as always, and I am
Speaker:excited to get this new style of podcast
Speaker:started. These are the focused action
Speaker:live coaching sessions. So although I calling them
Speaker:live, but they're not live, they're pre recorded. Right. But
Speaker:they are in the moment. Right. We are recording it and the coaching is
Speaker:happening live as we are recording. So although it's
Speaker:pre recorded, that's what I mean by it. Um, so anyways,
Speaker:uh, a little bit of a digression there, but I have today
Speaker:with me Heather Wyatt with goddess ghetto waves. And she
Speaker:is in Costa Rica, the absolute dreamiest of
Speaker:places. She moved down there recently, right within
Speaker:the past year and starting her new business, or
Speaker:has a business that's, um, was established or getting going.
Speaker:So she's having trouble. I want to, um,
Speaker:read exactly what her struggle
Speaker:is. Um, and then we're going to just dive into it, we're just going to
Speaker:riff on it, we're going to go through it and we're going to figure it
Speaker:out. So, um, if you are interested in one of these
Speaker:live coaching sessions, you can click the link in the show
Speaker:notes and you can, um, get yourself scheduled.
Speaker:So please, by all means. And the more information you can give me,
Speaker:the better. So Heather's question to me
Speaker:was, I'm having a lot of interest in the retreat planning, but when
Speaker:it comes to people paying and people realize there's a cost, they
Speaker:back out. All the work is done on my end before they can promote
Speaker:their retreat. The fee is added to the retreat guest cost, so there
Speaker:is no out of pocket money for the host. But they do have to pay
Speaker:upfront and it is non refundable if they can't fill
Speaker:the retreat. So, Heather, I'm going to let you
Speaker:tell me a little bit more. I know you said that you've got a little
Speaker:bit more information since you filled that out. So tell me. Let's dive
Speaker:in. Welcome. Hi. Thank you so much.
Speaker:So, yeah, that's exactly it. And
Speaker:some more information to add is I've since broken it
Speaker:down into three different categories and so I'm doing
Speaker:500. Just consulting to map out your vision, what you need to
Speaker:do, your timeline to get there. I'm not doing any of the booking
Speaker:on that. So 1500 is your full
Speaker:itinerary. I book everything for you. You don't have to
Speaker:do a thing except bring the guests, collect the money from the guests,
Speaker:and then the third option is $3,000. That's where I do
Speaker:the full itinerary, book everything. But I'm there on site
Speaker:with you. And so I've broken
Speaker:it up into three different categories now. I felt like that makes it a little
Speaker:more options, which is sometimes,
Speaker:sometimes not. So the place I'm getting
Speaker:stuck in, the thing that I wrote to you is people are
Speaker:very excited. They want to have their retreat. They want me to plan it for
Speaker:them. But, yes, it's that $1,500 does have to be paid.
Speaker:We do put that into the price of the guest attending the retreat,
Speaker:but it still has to be paid. All of my work is done in the
Speaker:beginning, and people are getting turned off by that, by having to
Speaker:pay so, like, upfront, because they feel like it's
Speaker:money out of their pocket.
Speaker:So it. Before, when I wrote this to
Speaker:you, I was, 1500 is the fee up front. I think that's
Speaker:fair. It's a service you have to pay for. You get your money back.
Speaker:And now I'm trying to make things cleaner and
Speaker:more efficient, as we should be doing, and
Speaker:I've broken it up into payments. So upon proposal, you pay
Speaker:$500 for the deposit, and then
Speaker:90 days after, you pay another 500.
Speaker:And so in that point, I'm still in the middle of
Speaker:planning your itinerary. And then the final
Speaker:$500 is due 60 days before you retreat. So by
Speaker:then, you will have had your itinerary. Everything's booked, everything's done.
Speaker:So that's where I'm at. That's all the information that I have right
Speaker:now. Okay, so tell me a little bit more about the
Speaker:calls that you're having, the people that you're having conversations with. Who is
Speaker:your ideal client for these
Speaker:retreats? So that's been
Speaker:evolving, the more conversations I have, because I'm
Speaker:realizing maybe these people just aren't right.
Speaker:Maybe they're not understanding what it is
Speaker:here. And so my ideal client
Speaker:is a person that has a community. They have a program
Speaker:they want to offer. But now part of this
Speaker:evolvement is they have to have at least a $5,000 program,
Speaker:because if you just need to,
Speaker:I feel like that's the qualifier. You have to have a $5,000 program, because
Speaker:then we can sell a lower priced retreat.
Speaker:And afterwards, the idea is to keep you making money
Speaker:from this, so you make money from the retreat, but I want you to be
Speaker:able to make money another way. I want you to keep that ball rolling.
Speaker:So, $2,500 retreat. We
Speaker:can enroll into a $5,000 program
Speaker:minimum. I mean, some of my clients are having, they have
Speaker:bigger ticket offers, but
Speaker:where was. I lost my train of thought. So. Okay, so
Speaker:that's okay. It's a good spot. Okay, good. A good point.
Speaker:So are you trying to
Speaker:get people to use the retreat as their initial, like, lead
Speaker:generator or. This is a warm audience. They already have,
Speaker:they already have people ready and waiting and they're
Speaker:waiting for this retreat or they're trying to sell the retreat?
Speaker:Are they, like, are they planning the retreat and then trying to
Speaker:sell it, or is the retreat already sold and they just need to plan
Speaker:it? Right. Like, are these, do these people you're talking to, do
Speaker:they have an audience that's ready and waiting for a retreat?
Speaker:They've already primed their audience. They've already prepped them. They already said
Speaker:in 2025, we're going to Costa Rica. It's part of this
Speaker:program. Or is it something where they have an audience,
Speaker:they're maybe in a program, and then it's like, oh, I'm thinking of doing
Speaker:a retreat and, and I'm thinking it will be in Costa Rica.
Speaker:And who do you, who might be interested in
Speaker:this? Where are they at? I think the people
Speaker:that I'm getting right now are more in the thinking about it. It's not
Speaker:the already have it planned, just
Speaker:need it planned. And you know that it's an idea. It's still, people are still
Speaker:in the more beginning stages of this thinking about it.
Speaker:And the other part of it is, I think that might be part of the
Speaker:issue is they're lacking the confidence that they're going to be able to fill
Speaker:the retreat. So they're like, oh, wait, this is non refundable, right?
Speaker:But what if I can't do it? Yeah. So $1500
Speaker:really, at the end of the day, for somebody with a $5,000 program is
Speaker:not a terrible investment. So I don't think it's the investment
Speaker:issue of it. I think it's that it all sounds good. Right. I
Speaker:think that there's a lot of issue in the people
Speaker:that you're having conversation with is that they have never done this. Right.
Speaker:For the most part, probably many of them have never offered a retreat.
Speaker:Um, the idea of it sounds exciting, but
Speaker:then they get into it and they think about all the things they have to
Speaker:plan and all of the selling and all of the things that go around it,
Speaker:and it's like, I don't know if I really want to put $1,500 into
Speaker:this, you know? So, because again, like, especially in the online
Speaker:space, like, retreats are the thing, and everybody thinks it's like the next best thing
Speaker:until they realize how much work it is. So
Speaker:one thing is I would potentially change your positioning, and
Speaker:this has been the thought that I've had since I originally got your request
Speaker:for this call was it's working with the
Speaker:audience of people who either incorporate their retreat and this
Speaker:is where your consulting piece may come in, is being able
Speaker:to help them figure out how this falls
Speaker:in line. So instead of maybe jumping right to that
Speaker:$1500, maybe the consult is the piece that you
Speaker:actually sell them first because it actually, actually
Speaker:will help them figure out how they can incorporate this into their
Speaker:already. Into their offers already. Right. So maybe they have a
Speaker:mastermind that they launch once a year and their mastermind
Speaker:is five to $6,000 to join in and they already have people ready
Speaker:and waiting on the waitlist for this mastermind. And then, oh, by the way,
Speaker:if you want to go to the retreat, it's at a reduced price if you
Speaker:buy into the mastermind. Right. And mastermind members get first access,
Speaker:they get first dibs, you know, so really creating more of
Speaker:a inclusive offer of, oh, the retreat
Speaker:is included in this program and you own.
Speaker:So there's two ways to do it. They can either increase the price of their
Speaker:initial program and just include the retreat costs in it, which is where that
Speaker:$500 consult might come in really handy because you
Speaker:might be able to say to them, okay, before you launch this program,
Speaker:let's just sell it once. It's much easier to sell one
Speaker:program than it is to sell multiple programs. Right. So if a coach is
Speaker:already or consultant is already struggling to sell one
Speaker:program, why not just incorporate it in? Oh, when you get
Speaker:this, you also get access to the retreat. You get upfront.
Speaker:Right. So you may just need to be more on the
Speaker:consulting side in the beginning to get people prepped
Speaker:and ready to help them incorporate it into their offers. That's one
Speaker:thought. The other thought would be to work
Speaker:with people that have already done retreats and are just
Speaker:looking for a new location. Have you spoken to anybody that's like,
Speaker:they run a retreat every single year and they've just, Costa Rica's
Speaker:been on their bucket list and they just have no idea and they're afraid of
Speaker:safety and they don't know anything about it. Right. But they're, they already have an
Speaker:audience primed and ready, and that knows that's what they do and that's
Speaker:all they offer is retreats. So I think that's really
Speaker:interesting, that part. And that's
Speaker:certainly an ideal niche market is the people that have done
Speaker:retreats and understand how painful it is to
Speaker:go through the process of it and just don't want to do it. They just
Speaker:want to hire somebody else to do it because they're tired of it. That is
Speaker:certainly the ideal market. Something
Speaker:there is also the avenue. There's the people that.
Speaker:Some people are very type a, and they want control of the retreat. So
Speaker:some of these people that run retreats, they don't want to let
Speaker:go control of that. So it is finding that very
Speaker:niche area where it's, oh, no, I don't want to do it.
Speaker:I have the market. I want to do it in Costa Rica, but I don't
Speaker:want to do the work. You do it. And somebody who's willing to pay that,
Speaker:we all have those things. I don't want to do it. I will pay somebody
Speaker:else to do it. And that's actually the market I need to get to. And
Speaker:it's just filtering out on my part who that person
Speaker:is. Yeah. So I really do think that
Speaker:right now, especially for you in the beginning, just because there are a
Speaker:lot of people, I mean, there's a lot of people in business that have great
Speaker:ideas. Right. Like, personally, you know, I've talked about trademarking
Speaker:a couple of my things. I look into it, I'm like, do I really want
Speaker:to spend the money on that? Like, I don't know, how serious am I
Speaker:about this? Right. And so I think in general, as business owners, things
Speaker:sound exciting. I mean, I think even at one point, I was like, oh, I'd
Speaker:love to do a retreat. It's not that. It's not something
Speaker:I don't want to do. It's that it's just I haven't actually
Speaker:taken the time to sit down and really pre sell my audience.
Speaker:And I think that's the biggest thing is they've got to have an audience
Speaker:pre sold and ready. And then it's like, okay, I
Speaker:know that I have at least six people. I mean, because your retreats are small,
Speaker:right? Aren't they? You're not looking to fill 10, 20, 30
Speaker:people size retreats. Aren't they smaller? I haven't. Yeah, I
Speaker:haven't talked to anybody over 20 at this point. Yeah.
Speaker:So I think that's, I think that is really the key in your
Speaker:positioning and in your marketing is if you want my
Speaker:done for you services, you have to have already, a, you have to already
Speaker:have an audience pre pre sold, ready and waiting for this
Speaker:retreat, or b, you've already run retreats, and
Speaker:you've never actually gone out of the country. Right. A lot of people do domestic
Speaker:retreats. Um, so people that do these style of
Speaker:retreats or high level masterminds, and they've always, ever done them in the states, and
Speaker:they're looking to do something out of the country. But the whole thought of, like,
Speaker:scare, like, where's the safest place? Where do we fly into? Right. Again,
Speaker:because they also know
Speaker:what they want to do as far as the actual retreat, but they don't know
Speaker:the area. And that's where your expertise comes in your boots on
Speaker:the ground in that area. You know what areas are safe,
Speaker:you know how to get them from point a to point b. You know what
Speaker:food is good. You know, you know what I mean? You've met the locals. You
Speaker:have these relationships. And so that, to
Speaker:me, is a positioning issue that I would change for you is I think you're
Speaker:just talking to the wrong people. It's not your pricing. Your pricing is.
Speaker:Is really, really reasonable.
Speaker:Um, so I don't think it's the pricing at all. I think it's just
Speaker:that you're talking to a. A lot of people that
Speaker:like, oh, my God, this sounds exciting, but then when they
Speaker:see how much work it is or they think about the fact that they have
Speaker:to sell it is like, I don't have anybody in my audience
Speaker:willing to pay that. Right? And so even if they have a $5,000 program, doesn't
Speaker:mean they have an audience full of people that are ready to go to Costa
Speaker:Rica. If they're. If they have a $5,000 program that's targeted
Speaker:at moms, then they all have, you know, little. Little kids.
Speaker:The chances of the. Them getting their moms away from the little kids.
Speaker:I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it's a lot slimmer. Right. So, again,
Speaker:I would really change your positioning and speak to the people
Speaker:that plan and do retreats on a
Speaker:regular basis. Right. Like, this is part of their marketing
Speaker:retreats. Masterminds high level out of, you know, getting
Speaker:people in person. Doing in person events is
Speaker:their selling. That's what they do. This is how
Speaker:they coach. These are their programs. And they've just never been to Costa Rica
Speaker:before. Yeah, I think that's a really good point.
Speaker:I really like the idea of targeting people to doing
Speaker:retreats in the US already, because there are a ton of people doing
Speaker:that. And you're right. I forget about the
Speaker:small questions people might have, like, is it
Speaker:safe somebody just asked me, do I have to eat mexican food the whole
Speaker:time? No, you're not in Mexico. But like,
Speaker:just taking my brain to the very beginning. If I've never
Speaker:been to Costa Rica, what would I want to know? And use that
Speaker:in my marketing? But it's been so long, I forget these thoughts go in people's
Speaker:head, like, is it safe? Can you drink the water? Well, yes, I
Speaker:know both are fine, but I forget, other people
Speaker:don't realize that if you've never been, why would you know?
Speaker:Right, exactly. And so, and then as far as the other
Speaker:audience that you already currently have, instead of trying
Speaker:to sell them or you're in, remember, you're not in
Speaker:the business of convincing. And right now you've got an audience full of people you're
Speaker:trying to convince. This is a good idea. So work with
Speaker:the people that already know they love in person live retreats, and that's where
Speaker:you're done for, you, services come into play and then your other
Speaker:audience really just focus on, okay, if you're serious about putting a
Speaker:retreat, let's do this consultation. Let's figure out how can we incorporate it
Speaker:in. Let's look at your audience. Do you have an offer that you can add
Speaker:this onto? Is it something, you know, on average, we're looking
Speaker:at $1,500 per person and you're already
Speaker:charging 5000. So let's do 6000 and then maybe
Speaker:just add on a $500 upgrade to, if they want to
Speaker:attend the retreat, right? Something of that sort, like really looking at
Speaker:their actual business and saying, like, who are the people? Who's in your
Speaker:audience? Who, who would we even target? Who would you even want to bring
Speaker:to this? Right? Like, I think there is a level of, a high level of
Speaker:consulting that could go into play on the,
Speaker:on the front end of even helping them
Speaker:see, like, here's who I would talk to. Show me your list. Like, let's look
Speaker:at your list of people. Who would you even want to reach out to? What
Speaker:do they need to do? Like, what commitment does your client need to give you?
Speaker:You know, who is the right audience to even come to Costa Rica? What are
Speaker:we trying to even accomplish while we do this retreat? What's the goal?
Speaker:How is it going to add to your program? Right? Like really
Speaker:diving in and looking at it? Because I think too, the
Speaker:idea sounds good, but then the thought
Speaker:of actually doing it is overwhelming,
Speaker:is like, well, who am I to host a retreat in Costa
Speaker:Rica? Who's going to come with me? What are we going to do am I
Speaker:teaching? Is it just fun? Right? Like, how
Speaker:do I sell this? Do I need to get deposits first? Right. I would
Speaker:even also encourage them to pre sell
Speaker:it. Like, pre sell it if you're interested. I'm doing this
Speaker:retreat. It's a dollar 250 deposit, right? If they
Speaker:can get ten people to put $250 down,
Speaker:that secures their spot, which is also non refundable. Right. It
Speaker:may go towards another offer of theirs if for some reason they
Speaker:can't go to the retreat. But that $250 times ten people just paid
Speaker:your $1500 fee.
Speaker:Right. So let them resell it up front.
Speaker:They've got to get tickets pre sold to this
Speaker:retreat prior to you even remotely stepping foot
Speaker:in. Now,
Speaker:along those lines, something I feel like
Speaker:people want to know is the dates and how much are they spending
Speaker:total before I put down a $250 deposit, what would you
Speaker:suggest in terms of that? Because I feel like those are two things people want
Speaker:to know. I would want to know. Yeah. I would give a range.
Speaker:Do you have an, do you have a range or
Speaker:do you have budgets? Do you have retreats on average? Like,
Speaker:I just was. I'll give you an example. So I reached out
Speaker:to a travel agent a couple months ago
Speaker:and said, listen, here's what we're thinking. We're trying to plan this Christmas, like, all
Speaker:inclusive Christmas thing with. So it's totally different. But I'm coming
Speaker:back around. And she said to me, well, what's your budget? And I said, well,
Speaker:I don't really know. Like, I have no idea what to expect. I'm thinking, like,
Speaker:I can't imagine we'd want to spend more than three or $4,000 a person. Right?
Speaker:Like, at the time. And she kind of knew based on locations.
Speaker:Like, okay, for that amount, like I said, oh, let's go to Turks and Caicos.
Speaker:And she knew immediately off the top of her head, like, there's no chance you're
Speaker:getting to Turks and Caicos for $3,000 during Christmas, right?
Speaker:So I would say as long as you can give
Speaker:ranges, right? Like, it won't cost you any
Speaker:more than this. It may be less,
Speaker:but we're looking at approximately 1500 to 2000
Speaker:for a five day retreat. Um, and I would have
Speaker:them pick some dates. It's probably going to be in the month of April or
Speaker:whatever. Like, in the month of April or May. So I would give, I don't
Speaker:think people need exacts. Some people do before they're going to put a deposit
Speaker:down. But again, it's
Speaker:$200. It's not, you know, I'm not talking like half or
Speaker:a $1000 deposit, you know, you're talking like dollar 200.
Speaker:And if they decide they can't go because the dates don't work out or something
Speaker:of that sort of, they can use it towards something else with that
Speaker:person, with the provider, but they just don't get
Speaker:money back. I think that, you know what I mean? Yeah,
Speaker:I mean, I would try to come up with. Yeah, like on paper for
Speaker:yourself, come up with some ranges. Like
Speaker:if you want this style of retreat, we're looking at approximately this amount
Speaker:of money. If you want this style retreat, it's approximately this per person.
Speaker:So I would give yourself, do some of that homework just so you have it
Speaker:so that again, when you're presenting it to people, because I think you have to
Speaker:also understand is that there's so much unknown. And the second things
Speaker:start to become unknown, they become overwhelming. And when we get overwhelmed, we shut
Speaker:down. Right. So it's almost like we can customize
Speaker:this, but we have retreat, package a, package b, package c.
Speaker:A is, you know, more of a yoga retreat. B is more of a
Speaker:mastermind. C is more of like this super fun boats,
Speaker:catamarans, luxury. Right. And these start at this
Speaker:price. This one starts at this price and this one starts at this price. So
Speaker:you can kind of give people a bit of a range to. And that may
Speaker:also help with your selling if you can say to them, listen, here's
Speaker:the three different styles of retreats I typically plan. What one,
Speaker:you know, what is your audience think and what do you feel most comfortable
Speaker:with? Yeah, and we have something
Speaker:like that. Now I have to find, I have to work
Speaker:on a better way to present it without giving away all of my
Speaker:sources as well. So that's something I need to work on.
Speaker:I would definitely work on that. Yeah. Yeah. I. I think that would help
Speaker:a lot is to be able to present and say, okay, here's what we can
Speaker:give you. You're not giving away the sources. And the reality is, is that if
Speaker:they're going to take and run with it themselves, again, this is all part of
Speaker:the consultation or whatever. You know, they've paid you some money. But again,
Speaker:if they're going to take and run with it themselves, then let them take and
Speaker:run with it themselves. It's not any, you know, who cares at this point
Speaker:because there's somebody else that's not going to. They're going to try
Speaker:it. Let them try it, then they're far more likely to come back and be
Speaker:like, I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm ready to pay you. You know
Speaker:what I mean? But if you can give them, you know,
Speaker:three different styles to think about, like, hey, here's
Speaker:this. If you really want just the lowest cost, you just want to get your
Speaker:people together, have a great time, not do a lot of
Speaker:excursions, just kind of really enjoy the space and do it
Speaker:as, you know, inexpensively as possible, but just as a way to connect and
Speaker:be more in person and very intimate. We can do it this way. If
Speaker:you're looking for that more luxury experience, we can do
Speaker:all of these things. Options include a catamaran. Um,
Speaker:didn't you do, like, that fire? I think at one point I saw something with,
Speaker:like, a fire ceremony. You know, a yoga, private yoga
Speaker:instructor, a chef. Right. Like high end. Like, you can pick and choose
Speaker:and we can customize it. But these are some options that would include,
Speaker:or you can kind of blend the both, you know? I think, too,
Speaker:that it shuts down the overwhelm a little bit. Like, it
Speaker:seems more manageable versus like, well, what do you want it to do? You
Speaker:know? Yes, that's true. That's a good point.
Speaker:Because just for education purposes, you can't promise people
Speaker:a $2,000 retreat and promise all these luxurious activities
Speaker:like, it's just not going to happen. If you want a $2,000 retreat treat, you're
Speaker:getting a $2,000 retreat. It's just some
Speaker:people wave that. Right? Education. They do. Yes. Some people want
Speaker:their rustic kind of just in nature. Just exactly.
Speaker:Exactly. And I think that's what you people are just not
Speaker:understanding. Like, I don't know. I can't even come up with a price
Speaker:because I can't even fathom. I have no idea
Speaker:even what to expect. Yeah,
Speaker:I think you're right. Something visual would be helpful. Mm
Speaker:hmm. Just to give them. And again,
Speaker:what I always try to tell people is there's always room for customization.
Speaker:So setting packages or creating these three set
Speaker:style offers of retreats doesn't mean that you can't bring somebody in
Speaker:that says, I want this and this and this. Right. Like, there's always
Speaker:room for customization. But what this does is make the
Speaker:selling easier because it eliminates
Speaker:overwhelm. So it doesn't mean that people aren't going to say, I
Speaker:want package a. And then, oh, but wait, can we get one meal catered?
Speaker:Right? Like, there's always opportunity for customization, so keep
Speaker:that in mind. But you can't you can't present
Speaker:customization up front with all the options
Speaker:because then it seems very overwhelming and they think, oh, God, this sounds expensive. My
Speaker:audience is never going to go for this. Yes,
Speaker:you're 100% right. Because I realized that in my very first conversations,
Speaker:I was too many choices, too much, and it was
Speaker:just decision overwhelm. Like, I don't know. I have no
Speaker:idea. So that's definitely something I need to
Speaker:implement, is just presenting those packages just so it's
Speaker:visible. Yep. So to wrap this up, here's
Speaker:my. My action items. I want to make sure I give you action items. So
Speaker:number one would be to create some type of visual
Speaker:with package starting rates, you know, something
Speaker:of that sort. Just to be able to use that in your marketing, use it
Speaker:in your lead generation, use it in your discovery calls, everything that
Speaker:allows that. Number two is I would start researching
Speaker:people that already host retreats domestically,
Speaker:get a list of those people, find them, and start targeting those
Speaker:people that really want to take their audience outside of the
Speaker:US, um, for something maybe a little bit more luxury or maybe
Speaker:more of just that intimate nature jungle feel.
Speaker:Um, and really start having those conversations because again, their
Speaker:audience is already ready and waiting for retreats. That's what they're
Speaker:used to buying. Um, and then as far as your. Your
Speaker:current audience, I would reach out to
Speaker:some that you feel like are warm leads that you felt like you lost out
Speaker:on and offer more of that consulting level to say, what can
Speaker:we do? Let's really look at and see. Can we
Speaker:come up with this? How can we get a deposit? How can we pre
Speaker:sell this? I would even call it something like a pre sell console.
Speaker:Right? Like, let's pre sell
Speaker:your retreat. Let's figure out if your audience
Speaker:is ready for it. Like, help them
Speaker:pre sell it. That will then get them the
Speaker:money to pay you to plan
Speaker:that. Right. I like that
Speaker:idea. I like that.
Speaker:Good. Any other last minute questions? Was this helpful?
Speaker:Super helpful, yes. I don't think I have any more
Speaker:questions. Those three action steps are
Speaker:really good. Give me something to
Speaker:focus on and reach out to people and different
Speaker:avenues to pursue. Yeah. And I would get really
Speaker:focused on a couple. So spend the next maybe 60 days reaching out
Speaker:to just retreat planners or. And
Speaker:just consulting. Right. Like, so it's bringing money
Speaker:in, but it's also targeting people that are already ready. Stop
Speaker:getting in the business of convincing, and start getting in the business of, like,
Speaker:I already know I have this. I already have an audience ready and waiting. I
Speaker:just need to know that you're the best person for me.
Speaker:Yeah, agreed. Awesome. Awesome.
Speaker:Heather, how can people find out more about you? If they want
Speaker:to schedule a retreat, tell everybody. Where can
Speaker:they find you? Where can they learn more about your retreats? So
Speaker:you can go to goddessgettawaves.com.
Speaker:Know why the like waves. And that will
Speaker:have my contact information. It will have a little bit information on the
Speaker:retreats and all my social media platforms if you want to
Speaker:reach out to me there. Awesome. I'll make sure I get all of those links
Speaker:in the show notes. If you want to connect with Heather, if you are listening
Speaker:and you are somebody who would love to have a retreat in Costa
Speaker:Rica, reach out. Reach out to Heather. Have the conversation. If you know
Speaker:somebody, if you're listening to this and you know somebody that is a retreat
Speaker:planner or somebody who sells retreats domestically, please make
Speaker:the introduction to Heather. Um, if possible, we can. The more
Speaker:we help each other, the more we grow. So, Heather, thanks so much for being
Speaker:here with me. I appreciate it. And if you have any other questions, you know
Speaker:how to find me. Thank you.
