{"id":14918,"date":"2024-07-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jochemkoole.nl\/?p=14918"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:02:52","slug":"focus-on-your-ideal-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jochemkoole.nl\/en\/blog\/focus-on-your-ideal-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on your ideal clients!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just like many other subject matter experts, you may currently be swamped with work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, are you doing your best work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you working on challenging and meaningful assignments? Projects that feel rewarding, give you energy, and keep you happy? Activities that are truly beneficial to your clients? And make for a solid and sustainable business model for your organization?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answered &#8216;Yes!&#8217; to all of these questions, you can stop reading. And get back to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answered &#8216;No&#8217; or &#8216;Less than I&#8217;d want to&#8217;, I encourage you to find 30 minutes in the next week and use that time to really consider&nbsp;<strong>your ideal client<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But, I don&#8217;t have the time to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand. You&#8217;re busy. However, you just agreed you wanted to do more of your best work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Fair enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in order to generate work that matters for clients that care, you need to understand what those clients look like. 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