A client’s decision to work with you rarely starts in a spreadsheet. It starts in a feeling.They might like you, trust you, or feel an intuitive connection to the possibility of working with you. That emotional spark is what opens the door. But it’s not what closes the deal.The deal closes when the emotional “I like this” meets the logical “this makes sense.”<h2 id="6335c1fc-c9ab-4a15-b14a-2cd9d1d4834f" data-toc-id="6335c1fc-c9ab-4a15-b14a-2cd9d1d4834f" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2;">Where the Connection Breaks Down</h2>Many good coaches lose potential clients in this exact space between emotion and logic. When someone asks, “What can I expect?” and the coach responds with, “Well, it’s all up to you” or “We work on what comes up,” that initial spark dims.Think about it. Clients are engaging you to help them achieve something they know they can’t do alone. If the outcome really is “all up to them,” why would they need you at all? They don’t walk away because they don’t like you. They walk away because you’ve given them nothing solid to trust.<h2 id="c02e1aee-cbf8-45d0-b95f-08afe37bbfda" data-toc-id="c02e1aee-cbf8-45d0-b95f-08afe37bbfda" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2;">The Hidden Cost of Vagueness</h2>This is why many coaches unintentionally downplay their value and their pricing. They bundle sessions, offer discounts, and hope the emotional connection will be enough to tip the decision.But clients don’t invest in vague promises. They invest in clarity, structure, and confidence. Without a clear path, that emotional connection never fully lands in their logical mind.<h2 id="65dcf911-6741-4d67-bfe5-6f206bdc2d99" data-toc-id="65dcf911-6741-4d67-bfe5-6f206bdc2d99" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2;">The Coaches Who Thrive Do This Differently</h2>The coaches who are thriving have bridged that gap. They’ve built a clear, repeatable structure that turns their expertise into something tangible, something clients can see, believe in, and say yes to.Take one health coach we worked with. She went from charging $111 a session to landing a $22,000 package. Same expertise. Different structure. We can’t promise that for everyone, but we can show you what happens when your offer is packaged in a way that makes the decision easy for the client to justify.<h2 id="8af04792-8420-4ac1-861e-bb8a952c1c84" data-toc-id="8af04792-8420-4ac1-861e-bb8a952c1c84" style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2;">Clarity Closes the Gap</h2>Clients don’t need open-ended conversations about “what comes up.” They need to feel confident in you and clearly see why saying yes makes sense. When your structure speaks for itself, you stop overexplaining, stop discounting, and stop hoping clients just get it. <hr><a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabbybutton/">Gabby Button</a> is Co-Founder of Coach Training Campus, an award-winning facilitator, coach and leadership expert. She specializes in turning lived experience into structured intellectual property that positions coaches as irreplaceable experts in their field.<a target="_blank" class="underline" href="#">Book Your 30-Minute Breakthrough</a> I <a target="_blank" class="underline" href="#">Connect on LinkedIn</a>

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