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Content Sells: Attract, Convert & Keep Your Ideal Clients with Content Marketing That Works

HerBusiness (Hosts: Suzi Dafnis | Michelle Falzon)www.contentsellspodcast.com
Can’t get traction with your marketing? Not sure how to turn your content into sales? Tune in for practical, education and advice on how you can attract, convert and keep your ideal clients using smart content marketing. Your hosts are Suzi Dafnis, HerBusiness.com and Michelle Falzon, We Are Content. Shownotes at: www.contentsellspodcast.com Instagram: @herbusiness Facebook: www.herbusinessgroup.com
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265 - Are You Attracting the Right Leads? (And What To Do If You’re Not)

If you’ve ever felt like your marketing is almost working — but not quite clicking — it might not be your funnel, your content, or your offer that’s the problem. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon explore a different perspective: What if you’re attracting the wrong leads? Because when the wrong people are entering your marketing ecosystem, it doesn’t matter how well-designed your strategy is — your content won’t convert, your sales conversations will feel heavy, and you...

Jun 30, 202530 min

264 - The Content CEO: How to Shift From Doing It All to Leading a Marketing Machine

If your marketing success is dependent on you doing everything — writing every email, scheduling every post, fixing every tech issue — this episode is for you. Because it’s time to shift from doing it all to becoming the Content CEO in your business. This week, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, share the 3 key shifts you can make to move from overwhelmed content creator to strategic content leader . Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The real reason your content feels in...

Jun 16, 202557 min

263 - Mini But Mighty: Small-Scale Strategic Alliance Strategies To Grow Your Business

Big partnerships aren’t the only way to grow your audience or boost your visibility. In this episode, your hosts Suzi Dafnis & Michelle Falzon explore how easy low-tech, low-cost, and low-lift alliances — like co-promoting with a local business or doing an email swap with a peer — can actually move the needle in a big way. Whether you’re just starting out, or looking for fresh ways to expand without adding complexity, these mini but mighty collaborations can create major momentum and growth ...

Jun 02, 202557 min

262 - The Content Marketing Tools We're Loving in 2025

It’s our Annual Content Marketing Tools Episode! Sharing the Content Marketing Tools we’re loving each year has become a bit of a tradition here at the Content Sells Podcast. In today’s show, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, give you the rundown on 8 tech tools that have made a real difference to their content creation and marketing this year. Some are cutting-edge AI-based tools and some are “old school” platforms with exciting new applications. PLUS you can download our FREE and NE...

May 20, 20251 hr 2 min

261 - 6 Ways AI is Saving Us Time With Our Content

Creating high-quality content takes time — whether it’s crafting emails, mapping launch sequences, analysing survey data, building frameworks, or preparing visuals for a workshop. And while many people are using AI to generate more content faster, that often comes at the cost of quality, voice, or effectiveness. In this behind-the-scenes episode, your hosts Suzi Dafnis & Michelle Falzon share exactly how they’re personally using AI right now — not to replace their thinking and creativity, bu...

May 05, 202556 min

260 - 6 Smart Questions - How to Know if You’re Ready to Add a More Expensive Product or Service

You’ve got clients. You’re delivering results. But maybe you’re starting to feel maxed out… or wondering if there’s a smarter way to grow. In this episode your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, dive into 6 powerful questions to help you know if it’s time to introduce a higher-priced product or service into your product suite — and how to do it in a way that increases your profit, deepens client transformation, and adds spaciousness to your business. If you’ve been sitting on an idea for a ...

Apr 22, 202559 min

259 - How to Use Bonuses to Overcome Buyer Objections & Make More Sales

You’ve created a solid offer. You’ve put in the work. You know it delivers value. But when it comes time to promote it… crickets. Or maybe you get some buyers, but you know there were people on the fence who just didn’t tip over into a “yes.” What if the missing link wasn’t in the offer itself… but in the bonuses ? In this episode of the Content Sells Podcast, your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon dive deep into how to use bonuses strategically — not just as a “nice extra,” but as powerful ...

Apr 07, 202546 min

258 - From Free to Paid: How To Seamlessly Convert Leads to Buyers

Is your free content getting you caught in the “Friend Zone”? In this episode of the Content Sells Podcast, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, delve into the art of guiding your audience seamlessly from free offerings to paid products and services. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> Why your content might be getting you stuck in the “friend zone” with your audience (and how to fix this!). -> The number 1 reason why your amazing free content still isn’t converting. -&gt...

Mar 24, 202548 min

257 - How to Get FREE Leads & Buyers on Instagram with Nicole Burke

Imagine turning your Instagram account into a lead-generating powerhouse—without spending a cent on ads! In this episode of the Content Sells Podcast, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are joined by Instagram marketing expert Nicole Burke of Gardenary, who has built a massive 1.2 million+ following and leveraged Instagram to grow a multi-million-dollar business. In this episode Nicole shares her exact strategy for turning Instagram followers into engaged buyers, including: -> How sh...

Mar 10, 20251 hr 11 min

256 - How to Charge More (and Stop Underpricing & Overdelivering) with Dr Claire Zammit

Are you undercharging for your offers? If you've ever hesitated to raise your prices because you're worried about scaring off clients, feeling “salesy,” or questioning how to define and charge for the value you bring – this episode is for you! Your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, are joined by Dr. Claire Zammit, founder of the Women-Centered Coaching Institute and creator of Feminine Power, to explore the hidden costs of undercharging—not just for your business but for your clients, too....

Feb 24, 202556 min

255 - Marketing Case Study - Creating a High-Converting Offer

See a real-life case study of what a high-converting offer looks like from our Masterminder, Gillian Erskine of Piano Teaching Success. Join your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, as they step you through the 7 elements in Gillian’s offer for The Studio, her successful Membership program to help Piano Teachers grow successful, profitable businesses. Special thanks to Gillian for kindly agreeing to let us share her case study with you. You can learn more about Gillian and her awesome busine...

Feb 10, 202547 min

254 - NEW & UPDATED! How to Craft an Offer that Sells

NEWSFLASH! We’ve updated one of our most popular episodes EVER with the latest strategies, examples and success tips and it comes with a Brand NEW and highly valuable downloadable worksheet! Get yours now! Join your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon as they share why THIS is the “Year of the Offer” and why you need a high-converting offer now more than EVER. PLUS they share the 7 universal elements every high-converting offer must have in order to succeed (regardless of your niche, your prod...

Jan 23, 20251 hr 24 min

253 – Best Books for Content Marketers – 2025 Edition

It’s time for our annual review of the books we’re recommending for the new year! Join your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon as they share books they’ve loved and learned from that can help you be a more effective content marketer and create the business and live you love in 2025! Plus get your hands on our NEWLY UPDATED and hugely popular Content Sells Recommended Reading List! Go here to get the FREE 2025 Content Sells Recommended Reading List Now ! Listen to this Episode to Hear More Abo...

Jan 13, 20251 hr 2 min

252 - Winning Proposals - How to Get More Clients To Say Yes More Often - Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of this Episode! If you’re someone who makes proposals to clients you definitely want to tune into today’s show. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis & Michelle Falzon, continue to share their best advice on how you can uplevel your proposals and win more of the projects you’re pitching for more of the time! And even if you don’t sell via proposal, the tips being shared can be mapped over to sales conversations and other parts of your marketing - so this episode has som...

Dec 30, 202430 min

251 - Winning Proposals - How to Get More Clients To Say Yes More Often - Part 1

If you’re someone who makes proposals to clients – perhaps you sell high-value products and services - like solar installations, leadership consulting, interior design services, custom software development, etc, you definitely want to prick your ears up for this episode. Just like there’s a formula for a winning webinar, sales video, or sales page, there’s also a winning formula for sales proposals. Most businesses that we see are getting this wrong in some fairly important ways, and so we wante...

Dec 16, 202431 min

250 – 5 Fast & Free Ways to Create Community in Your Marketing (and Why that Gets You More Sales)

In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are sharing ways to START creating a powerful community even BEFORE people become your customers – that is, how you can build community and connection in your MARKETING. Because when you can do that, you actually make it EASIER for people to buy from you and you can accelerate the lead time before someone becomes a customer. You can even enlist your paid customer community – those raving fans who really love what you do, to participate...

Dec 02, 202454 min

249 - The Smart Way to Plan Out Your Social Media

Social Media can be a “hungry beast,” and trying to keep up with social posts that get results can feel overwhelming, confounding, and like we’re always playing catch-up! That’s why, in this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, are sharing their top tips for creating a Social Media Calendar that gets results while keeping YOU sane :-) Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The biggest mistake small businesses make with social media (and how to avoid it). -> Why wing...

Nov 18, 202434 min

248 - Why You Need to Plan Next Year NOW!

As this episode goes to air we’re right at the start of November so we thought it would be great to give you a gentle nudge to get your annual plan for next year done THIS MONTH. And here’s why… You don’t want to be planning the year in January. You’re already behind. That’s why your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, are sharing the planning structure and framework they use in their Mastermind and businesses for planning the upcoming year in the November of the year before. When you can st...

Nov 04, 202437 min

247 - Plan Your Next Launch Like a Pro

Launching is one of the most powerful things you can do in your business. Whether you’re launching a new product, service, or even a course, a well-thought-out launch can mean the difference between ‘winging it’ and getting by versus hitting your goal number of sales and creating real momentum for your business. And, while there are many aspects to launching, in this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, walk you through a step-by-step roadmap for the planning part of a successfu...

Oct 21, 202445 min

246- 5 Numbers to Track For Sales Funnel Success

Knowing your sales funnel metrics can also make all the difference between consistently hitting your sales goals and constantly feeling like you're falling short. And yet, even though these are some of the most important numbers to track in your business, they are often the most overlooked and misunderstood. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, dive into the 5 numbers to track for Sales Funnel Success. Plus how you can understand them and actually USE them to confidently...

Oct 07, 202458 min

245 - 4 Must-Have Marketing Systems

We love a good system. And when it comes to content marketing, having clear systems, or ways of doing things can save you a lot of time and rework. In fact, you can create a ton of successful marketing content in a streamlined way when you have good systems. Which is why, in today’s Content Sells episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are sharing 4 Must-Have Marketing Systems That Can Save You HOURS Every Week! Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> Why even a “back of th...

Sep 23, 202445 min

244 - Attracting High Paying Clients & Growing a Successful Coaching Business with Melinda Cohan

Attracting high-paying clients can make ALL the difference in terms of your profitability and also how much you ENJOY and THRIVE in your business. In today’s Content Sells episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are speaking with coaching and business expert Melinda Cohan about her Brand New Book “The Professional Coach” and how you can use her frameworks to grow your business and find more high paying clients you LOVE working with. While her book is geared towards Coaching Business...

Sep 09, 202455 min

243 - How to Be Famous - Using Free Publicity to Grow Your Business with Amanda Farmer

Have you ever tried to get PR? Does it feel like you need to speak some “strange language” or pay a PR agent thousands of dollars to get TV, Radio and Press journalists to pay attention to you? If so, you’re going to LOVE today’s Content Sells episode! Your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are speaking with someone who has unlocked the power of FREE Publicity to grow her business and “become famous” in her niche. That person is one of our Marketing Success Masterminders – property lawyer, ...

Aug 26, 202436 min

242 – How to Find Your Core Message & Purpose with Erin Weed

Finding the best way to get to the core of your authentic message can be a frustrating and difficult journey for many content marketers. That’s why, in this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are speaking with messaging expert, Erin Weed about how to find your core message and express yourself in a powerful and authentic way. Erin helps leaders excavate and distil their truth through her unique method called The Dig®. She says “ I created The Dig to help you remember who you ar...

Aug 12, 202441 min

241 – The Power of “Plain Language” With Susan Bell

Are you bamboozling your audience with jargon? Are you being too complex or technical with your copy? In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon chat with HerBusiness Marketing Success Mastermind member, Susan Bell of Susan Bell Research about the power of “Plain Language” and you can be massively more effective with your content when you are more straight forward. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> Why Plain Language is a lot more than using simpler language in o...

Jul 29, 202443 min

240 - 8 Website Mistakes That Cost You Sales

Your website is one of your most important assets as a small business owner. It’s often the first point of contact potential clients have with your business. So you definitely want to know the common website mistakes that could be costing you clients and sales. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon draw on their decades of experience seeing plenty of websites to identify some of the TOP website mistakes that cost you sales. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> ...

Jul 15, 202452 min

239 – Why Your Promotional Emails Aren’t Working and What to Do About It – with Kathy Farah

Wondering why your promotional emails aren’t working? Maybe you’re not getting enough people opening them or clicking on them or buying from you! In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon chat with email marketing expert Kathy Farah about why your promotional emails might not be working, the common mistakes and practical steps to overcome those mistakes so you can get better results from your email list (even if you have a small list!). Listen to This Episode to Hear More Abou...

Jul 01, 202449 min

238 - 5 Ways a Virtual Assistant Can Help You Do Better Content Marketing

We get it! Creating, sharing, posting, saving, scheduling content – it can be a lot! In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are sharing 5 ways a virtual assistant can help you with your content marketing. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The FIRST thing you need to realise about ANY VA -> Our big “gripe” with the current mindset around Virtual Assistants (and why this has to CHANGE!). -> Why looking for a “unicorn” VA who can do all the things is being...

Jun 17, 202459 min

237 - How & When to Hire a Copywriter with Belinda Weaver

Are you thinking about hiring a copywriter? When should you do it? What is the best way to go about it? How much should you pay? These are questions we get asked all the time. And getting good answers to these questions is important because good copy can make a MASSIVE difference to your results. There’s a lot to think about when hiring a copywriter. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon speak with copywriting expert, Belinda Weaver from Copywrite Matters. Belinda is not o...

Jun 03, 202443 min

236 - How To Make a Quiz That Generates Leads & Gets Sales For You

There is a really powerful type of content marketing that you can use at various points in your marketing funnel. Whether that's at the very top of your funnel when you are acquiring new leads or in the middle of your funnel when you want to help people get more informed so they can feel ready to buy from you. Or even at the bottom of your funnel where you can use this strategy to help people figure out exactly which of your products or services is the right one for them to purchase. And that st...

May 20, 202448 min
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