Why Your Sales Strategy Doesn’t Match Your Power (And How to Fix It)

July 28, 2025

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Helped hundreds of women build their dream businesses, breaking the rules and becoming their most authentic self since 2016, from a tiny island called Nusa Lembongan, located next to Bali (Indonesia). I love freediving and spending time with my 2 rescue doggies, hubby and 6 years old boy.

I'm GWEN — Business mentor & mindset coach

If you’ve built powerful offers and seen client results but you’re still not hitting the kind of consistent income you should be, there’s a gap, and it’s not your content, your niche, or your branding. It’s your sales behavior.

Most online coaches and service providers are walking around with high-level offers… and beginner-level sales systems. You’ve done the work. You know your stuff. But your backend doesn’t match your identity. That disconnect? It’s costing you thousands every single month.

In this post, we’re going to look at exactly why your sales strategy isn’t aligned with your brand power, and how to fix it using a simple identity-led approach paired with smart backend systems.

Your offers aren’t the problem, your behavior is

If you’ve got people DMing you things like “I love your content” but not buying, that’s a sign your current sales behavior is still rooted in convincing, not leading. You’re trying to “explain your value” instead of owning it. And it shows.

Here’s the deal: if you removed every urgency trigger from your content, the countdowns, the 24-hour bonuses, the flash offers, would anyone still buy?

If the answer is no, that’s a positioning problem. The people you want to attract (the ready-to-buy, premium-level clients) don’t need to be tricked or rushed. They just need to see that you’re the obvious choice. That requires authority, not urgency.

What is identity-led strategy, and why does it matter?

An identity-led strategy means selling from who you are, not what the market expects. It means letting your systems and structure match the level you already operate at.

If you’re still selling like it’s month three in your business, don’t expect month thirty results.

Here’s what selling like The One looks like:

  • You stop chasing and start confirming. Your content, funnel, and emails don’t convince, they clarify.
  • You build backend systems that reflect your expertise, not your energy levels.
  • You speak to the 3% of your audience who are ready to buy, instead of over-nurturing the other 97%.

That shift is what separates leaders from lurkers.

Your backend is your power source

Content can bring visibility. But it’s your backend systems that bring consistency. If the only way you make money is when you’re launching or showing up daily, you don’t have a business, you have a full-time hustle.

And you already know that hustle doesn’t scale.

That’s why building the backend matters. A strong backend means:

  • Your funnel is converting your best-fit clients on autopilot
  • You have nurture systems that warm leads without manual effort
  • You’re not reinventing the wheel every launch cycle

When done right, backend systems position you as the go-to expert, even when you’re offline. You get to lead like the decision’s already been made.

Stop chasing, start leading

The biggest shift you can make right now isn’t adding a new content pillar. It’s building systems that reflect your authority.

You already have the brand. You already have the results. Now you need a strategy and backend that makes those visible and sellable. That’s what an identity-led strategy backed by smart sales systems actually does.

Ready to fix this?

This is exactly the work we do inside Elevate, my 6-month mastermind for women ready to align their messaging, offers, and backend so that sales happen consistently, without needing to launch every month.

If you’re tired of feeling like your business depends on your presence, let’s fix that.

Applications for Elevate are open. DM me “ELEVATE” on Instagram

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Helped hundreds of women build their dream businesses, breaking the rules and becoming their most authentic self since 2016, from a tiny island called Nusa Lembongan, located next to Bali (Indonesia). I love freediving and spending time with my 2 rescue doggies, hubby and 6 years old boy.

I'm GWEN — Business mentor & mindset coach

I help ambitious women build businesses that are bold, profitable, and fully aligned with who they are,  without following cookie-cutter strategies or burning out trying to do it all.

I’ve built three multi-six-figure businesses from scratch, and I’ve helped hundreds of women (starting from zero to 7+ figure) refine their offers, master their messaging, step into their power with positioning that actually gets them paid, and build systems and funnels to automate their sales.

I don’t teach one way to grow your business online. I help you find YOUR way. The way that matches your energy, your vision, and your big goals. I know you are building an empire, not a cute little side business. 

As a mom of a wild 6 years old boy, living on a tiny 7km² island in Asia, running a business I love and working just four days a week, I know that you don’t have to choose between ambition and freedom. You get to have both.

Ready to stop doing business like everyone else and finally become the one people buy from because your content and offers are fire?! Let’s go!!

Hi, I'm Gwen!

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