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4 Easy Ways to Grow Your Facebook Group with Your Ideal Clients

by Karen Pattock | Nov 29, 2022 | Build a List, Building A Business, Building An Online Business, Business Coach for Health Coach, Business Goals, Business Strategy, Business Tips, Client Attraction, Client Relationship, Coach Health, Coaching for Health, Coaching Health, Creating Content, Email List Growth, Email Marketing, Entrepreneur, Facebook Engagement, Facebook Groups, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Tips, Get More Clients, How To Build A Business, How to Build a Coaching Business, How To Build A Health Coaching Business, How To Find My Ideal Client, How To Get Clients, How to improve Facebook group engagement, How To Market, Ideal Client, Increase Profits, instagram & facebook, Social Media, Social Media and Marketing, Social Media Marketing | 0 comments

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When I first started my Facebook group years ago I didn’t really know what I was doing or have much of an action plan for strategically using it to build my business.

Needless to say it was a very bumby start that continued on for a number of years.

I knew that many other coaches were building robust groups where the conversation between them and the members was engaging and really exciting. I thought to myself, ‘I should do that too’.

It makes me laugh now at how clueless I really was.

My Facebook group has had three different names, people have come and gone, and I’ve had waves of showing up consistently in a way that supports my members.

It’s been a learning curve that’s for sure but now, after many bumps in my road, I have a group with over five thousand members and my action plan is more strategic and consistent than ever.

If you have a free Facebook group for your health coaching business, you are likely looking for ways to grow it each and every week. Your Facebook group can play a key role in bringing new people into your ecosystem where you can form and nurture connections with those who are interested in your area of expertise.

Your group is often people’s first step in the customer journey with you, so growing it with the right people is important.

STRATEGIES TO GROW YOUR HEALTH & WELLNESS FACEBOOK GROUP

Let’s dive into 4 ways to grow your group with your ideal clients, so you can build a cohesive community that looks to you as the expert.

STRATEGY #1: Social Media

There are several different ways to use social media to invite people to your group, and you can switch these up each week to have some variety.

When you’re promoting your group, be sure to include who it’s for and what’s in it for them. Do you do monthly or weekly live demos, trainings or something else? Be sure to mention that if you do, to give people an enticing reason to join.

Here are 4 ideas to get you started:

  • Use Instagram stories and instruct people to click the link in your bio to join your group or include the link right in your story by using one of the story stickers.
  • Use your Instagram BIO – or use linktree for multiple links you want to display, including a link to join your group
  • Static image posts – You can do this to invite people to a livestream you’re doing in your group, so there is some urgency to join, so they don’t miss out.
  • Reels – This can be done to highlight a topic you are covering in your group and a call to action to join to learn more.

Get creative and test different formats to see what works – have fun with it!


STRATEGY #2: Use a follow-up email series

After people opt-in for your free offers, include an invitation to your group in the first email that goes out to your new subscribers. Your new subscriber has just taken a step to learn more from you by signing up for your free resource, so this is a great opportunity for them to connect with you on a deeper level in your group.


STRATEGY #3: Email your subscribers when you are going live in your group – either a training or demo on a topic, a live office hours Q and A or a guest

I’ve tested this and here’s what I have found to work best for me: I send an email 3-4 days before I’m doing my live office hours, I send email #2 1-2 hours before I go live, and then a 3rd email right when I’m going live.

I know people get busy and have other things going on in their lives, so these reminders have made a big difference in the number of people who show up live. At first, I wondered if it was the time or day I chose, but once I added in the reminder right when I was going live, attendance increased.


STRATEGY #4: Put a tab on your website that says “Join my Facebook Group” or “Facebook Group” and link it to your group

This helps people see your group information when they go to your site (just make sure your group opens in a new tab, so visitors can quickly get back to your website). This is a great set-it-and-forget-it strategy that can be working for you behind the scenes, 24/7, so whenever someone goes to your website to read a blog post or check out something you have to offer, they’ll see you have a group. Maybe they aren’t ready to work with you just yet, but by joining your group, they have the chance to get to know more about you and how you may be able to help them.

HOW TO GROW YOUR FACEBOOK GROUP WITH YOUR IDEAL CLIENTS

If you’ve struggled to grow your group this year or are planning to start one soon, you’re going to love what we’ve put together for you in episode 285 of The Wellness Business Podcast.

In this episode, you’ll discover some of our top strategies for growing your group, including:

  • How to screen people before you approve them, so you get more of the RIGHT people in your group which means it’s easier to convert them to paying clients
  • 4 ways to use social media to grow your group without spending a penny
  • The “set it and forget it” growth strategy that runs behind the scenes 24/7
  • How to get more people showing up for your livestreams in your group

Tune in to find out how to use the 4 strategies we share for your own group and watch what happens!

Links/Resources mentioned on the show:

Free Checklist: 10 Free Ways to Grow Your Facebook Group

Group Accelerator

Links to resources:

Wellness Business Accelerator

Karen’s Facebook Group

Karen’s Instagram

Kathleen’s Facebook Group

Kathleen’s Instagram

The Wellness Business Podcast Facebook Page

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I started my business about two years ago to help new moms navigate the post-baby fitness world, because it can be confusing and also damaging to their confidence.

Prior to this, I had a personal training business, but it was a struggle to be constantly looking for (and keeping) clients. You never really knew if you were going to make an income, and with two young kids, I needed to make money but still have flexibility.

I first learned about Amy from an episode of her podcast with a fitness coach who had built a multi-million dollar business online. I was like, “Oh my goodness, I want that too!”

I knew I needed to create my online course, but I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t have an idea, I didn’t know how to put it together, how to market it… nothing.

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My first webinar, I got 130 people signed up, 10 people live, and no sales. But then I sent out e-mails with the structure that Amy laid out and it made the whole process so authentic and genuine. Every time someone would sign up, it was such an amazing feeling. I ended up making almost $3,000!

I honestly can’t believe that I created this in such a short amount of time. The way that Amy structured the program made it so simple, so easy, and so doable.

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I started my career in the music industry over 20 years ago, went to music college, and started my own record label. I was struggling financially, so I got my master’s degree in new media marketing and started taking on marketing projects, just to pay the bills. 

My business really took off, I started getting awesome results for my clients, and I was getting lots of referrals.  But working 1-on-1 with hundreds of entrepreneurs was very time consuming and I knew I needed to build a course that could be my main source of income. 

A couple of years ago I saw one of Amy’s Facebook ads, and once I was in the webinar, I didn’t need any more convincing. I just said, “Put me in.” That’s how it’s been for me with all of Amy’s courses (and I bought them ALL). 

I first signed up for Webinars that Convert, and I was totally committed to getting a return on my investment. It was important that I followed everything, because I paid for it on my own, and it ended up filling in a lot of gaps for me.

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I didn’t have a huge list when I first started. On my first launch, I had about 1,000 people and over the course of the next few launches, I’ve built my list all the way up to 11,000.  I just kept following Amy’s formula, and I’ve now made over $400,000 in sales the last several years !

Now I’m on track to have my first ever six-figure launch this year, I’m running a mastermind, I’ve got amazing affiliate partners, an incredible support team…  and I’ve already bought a ticket to Paris to celebrate my next big launch!

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I discovered Amy’s podcast and I immediately knew she was the direction I needed to go in. I bought DCA and stopped taking 1-on-1 clients so I could put my full attention on the creative process.

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