AI Acquisition

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Simply Social Agency

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Funnels That Convert

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Co-Owner

Crisp Results

▪	Delivered high power integrated marketing strategies to provide high quality/qualified leads to Affiliate Clients
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Digital Marketing Specialist

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - ALSAC

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Marketing Specialist

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK®

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Director of Marketing

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Forever Fit

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Craigmont High School

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Assistant Coach

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Devan Dillard

Applause is not impactIt’s a symptom.I work with business owners and experts who speak on stages, panels, podcasts, and high-powered rooms — and are tired of those platforms producing compliments instead of commitments.Most people don’t have a credibility problem.They have a conversion problem.They speak.People listen.Nothing moves.That’s not because the talk was weak.It’s because the platform wasn’t designed to force a buying decision.I don’t train speakers.I don’t sell gigs.I don’t fix delivery.I work on what happens because you were on the platform.That means:• identifying where buying decisions are leaking• removing structures that reward applause instead of action• engineering decision pressure without pitching or hypeThis work is not for beginners.It’s for operators who have already invested in visibility and expected ROI.If you’ve paid to be on stages, events, or platforms that didn’t pay you back, that’s the failure I diagnose.Start with math, not motivation.Run the Platform Revenue Calculator.See what one platform should be producing.SellingCertainty.net

Dawnna Louis

You keep trying to speak better.

Cleaner stories.
Tighter transitions.
More inclusive language so nobody feels left out.

That is the advice.
Become a better speaker to increase results.

But your problem is not the talk.
It is the platform.

You are performing inside an environment you do not control.
So the only thing your “better speaking” can reliably produce is… applause.

Inclusive, make-it-for-everyone language is taught as good speaking.
It also deletes buyer self-recognition.

They clap.
They compliment.
They say “great talk.”
Then they go back to their life because nothing in your platform forces a next move.

You keep treating a mechanical failure like a personal skill gap.

Platform Ownership replaces the hope-based funnel you’re calling a brand.

Run the calculator on what your last stage cost you.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

Dawnna St Louis

Platform Conversion Advisor for Business Owners Who Speak | Turning Applause Into Qualified Commitment | Selling Certainty™

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When you know you know. Run your numbers and discover how much one platform should deliver at SellingCertainty.net

You tighten the story.
You sharpen the delivery.
You add a better close.

And the platform stays quiet.

Because applause is not a buying mechanism.

You keep treating conversion like a speaking problem.

The advice to “become a better speaker” is safe because it never threatens the platform.
It keeps you busy.
It keeps you improving.
It keeps you visible.

It also keeps the system intact.

You can feel it when the feedback is clean.
“Great talk.”
“Powerful.”
“Needed that.”

Nothing moves.

Dawnna-ism: If they loved it and didn’t buy, it worked against you.

Run the math on what your platform is trained to produce.
Then keep rehearsing.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

They keep telling you the same thing.
More visibility.
More stages.
More podcasts.
More content.

You did it.
You got the applause.
You got the DMs.
You got the “great talk.”

And then… nothing moved.

That advice assumes attention converts by default.
It doesn’t.

Here’s the sequence you keep calling “momentum”:
You speak.
They compliment.
They follow.
They watch.
They evaluate you.

Not their problem.

So your platform becomes a showroom.
High traffic.
Zero checkout.

Visibility without a buying mechanism delays revenue.

Run the numbers on your last 10 appearances.
Then keep calling it growth.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

I walked off stage and felt irritated.

Not because the talk went badly.
Because it went well.

People lined up.
They said “great talk.”
They asked for the slide deck.
They wanted the book list.

I watched it happen and felt that familiar drop.
The more I educated them, the more careful they got.

Education doesn’t create buyers.
It creates judges.

That’s the part nobody says out loud when they tell you to “educate your audience to build trust.”
Trust is not the problem.

I finished strong.
They clapped.
Nobody stayed to decide.

And I knew exactly what I had trained them to do next…

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

Advice is never neutral.

The “motivational speaking” playbook was built for applause, not decisions.

The industry keeps selling it as universal because universal advice scales.
It packages clean.
It sells to everyone.
And it protects the people selling it from being accountable to outcomes.

Motivational principles work perfectly in one environment.
The one where nothing has to happen after the talk.

Then you bring that same playbook into a decision environment and act surprised when conversion dies.
Not because your content is bad.
Because the rules you were given are designed to delay action while making the room feel good about it.

Here’s the sequence nobody wants to name.

They travel.
They sit.
You deliver the “inspiring” arc.
They stand.
They clap.
They tell you it was powerful.
They go back to their life.

And you call it a win because the feedback is clean.

Meanwhile, the only time you see higher on-site conversion is when the room is already in motion and the decision stage is compressed.
That’s not a vibe.
That’s mechanics.

Dawnna-ism:
Applause is the cheapest currency in the room.

This isn’t for everyone.
If you still want to be booked for being “great”… keep using rules built to keep buyers safe.

Run the calculator on what that safety costs you.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

This one principle explained everything I’d seen by super successful business owners:
“I act the way I want my business to be treated.”

I learned this simple principle from a 9-figure business executive who started with nothing. He explained it simply.

“I don’t make promises and then ghost — because I don’t want to be ghosted.
I make decisions with my gut — because I only want to work with decisive people who trust themselves.
I show up prepared — because I expect respect for my time.”

Then he said:
“I put into the world what I expect back... in every situation.
And that’s exactly what I got 20x over.”

That one principle explained everything I’d seen in high-performing organizations.

They don’t chase.
They don’t beg for clarity.
They don’t tolerate indecision.
They don't wait for everyone to get on board.
Or everything to be in perfect alignment.

They model the standard; make the decision; and then everything moves around that decision and those standards. The market simply responds.

People think culture, clients, and momentum come after scale.

They don’t.
They come after behavior.

The way you operate teaches people how to treat you.
The way you decide determines who stays in the room.

That executive didn’t build a decisive business by demanding it.

He became decisive first.
And the business followed.

Being respected is not the same as being chosen. Run your numbers and discover how much one platform should deliver at SellingCertainty.net

Applause is not the outcome. Run your numbers and discover how much one platform should deliver at SellingCertainty.net

You’re burning weeks of output for a spike of attention that never turns into revenue.

Not because you’re invisible.
Because you keep giving the market an exit.

“Save this for later” is not value.
It’s a delay mechanism.

The applause is the tell.
Compliments mean they felt something.
They did not choose anything.

You end the podcast.
You drop the takeaway.
They screenshot it.
They forward it.
They go back to their day.

Later enters.
Conversion dies.

The advice to “give them something they can implement” is built for people who sell hope, not decisions.

Your platform is training buyers to leave with a souvenir instead of a transaction.

Run the calculator on how many “great talk” moments you can afford.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

You paid for the room.
You got the mic.
You got the crowd.
And afterward you walked out with a stack of “great talk” comments.

That feedback was treated like traction.
It wasn’t.

You made them feel inspired.
You made it complete.

That is the motivation trap.
It ends with people clapping and going back to their seat.

Encore looked like momentum.
It produced more waiting.

Run the calculator.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.

https://lnkd.in/ebgEuPPT

A market does not buy visibility.
A market buys a mechanism.

Attention is a neutral force.
It amplifies whatever is already engineered.
If the system has no buying path, attention becomes delay.

The advice to “get more visibility and the sales will come” assumes conversion is automatic.
It is not.
It is conditional.

When the next step is not obvious or safe, the system defaults to the lowest-risk action.
Applause.
Compliments.
“Great talk.”

That feedback is not momentum.
It is discharge.

The moment you sound like a peer, authority collapses.
And peers do not get purchased.

Run the calculator on your last 90 days of attention.
Then keep pretending the missing piece is more reach.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.
SellingCertainty.net

The best talks won't convert... if the formula is wrong. Run your numbers and discover how much one platform should deliver at SellingCertainty.net

The advice to “just give them time to think” sounded reasonable.

You paid for the room.
You took the stage.
You left with a line of people waiting to talk.

“Great talk” was the signal you trusted.
It was never a buying signal.

You ended it clean.
You wrapped it up.
You sent them back to their day.

That created a gap.
Not time.
A break in decision continuity.

The momentum handoff failed.
So the Encore carried attention, not pipeline.

Run the calculator.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.

https://lnkd.in/e875J_jD

Great talks don’t close deals. Run your numbers and discover how much one platform should deliver at SellingCertainty.net

Visibility is not leverage. Run your numbers and discover how much one platform should deliver at SellingCertainty.net

Advice that sells venues rarely sells decisions.

Exciting entertainment cities are the default recommendation.
It sounds like a flex.
It photographs well.
It also competes with the only thing you rented the room for.

You fly people in.
They land and start spending.
Meals. Shows. Shopping. “Since we’re here…”
Their decision metric gets satisfied somewhere else first.

Then you walk them into a borrowed room that was supposed to produce a revenue signal.

The talk hits.
The room laughs.
They clap.
They line up to say “great talk.”

And then the schedule wins.

Run the calculator on what that city took before your offer ever had a chance…

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.

https://lnkd.in/eaiFKuxk

You paid to be in the room.
Stage slot. Hosted event. Borrowed platform.
You got the attention you expected to turn into decisions.

The applause and “great talk” feedback sounded like momentum.
It wasn’t.

You spoke like a peer.
You used colleague language.

That produced a room where nobody had to decide.
So nothing moved.

Look at what your borrowed rooms produced on paper.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.

https://lnkd.in/eaduQD9S

My client rented a stage slot and walked off to applause.

They took “Great talk” as a buying signal.

They used language that applied to everyone.

The right buyer never saw themselves in it.
They nodded.
They clapped.
They left with nothing to decide.

Missed high-ticket deals never show up as a rejection.
They show up as silence after the room.

Run the calculator.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.

https://lnkd.in/ewXC2Y2u

I paid for a room, walked off stage, and watched people drift to the hallway.

I expected sales conversations.
I got compliments.

“Great talk” was the signal I trusted.
It wasn’t.

I taught.
I made it complete.
I gave them homework.

And the room had escape hatches.
Borrowed space. Encore energy. People could leave.

So nobody had to decide.
They planned to do it later.
Sales turned into delay.

Count the gap.

Run the Stage Revenue Calculator.

https://lnkd.in/eAtmkyv5

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