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Lesson
By the end you will be able to describe your customer in a single sentence.
12 min read5 min activity
Focusing does not mean refusing anyone. It means knowing who you speak to first.
What you'll learn
By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
The idea
When you speak to everyone, your message has to be so general that it says nothing special to anyone. It is like talking in a crowded plaza: many people hear you, but nobody feels you are talking to them.
When you know who needs you most, you can talk about their problem in their own words. That person reads your message and thinks: “this is for me.”
Knowing your customer puts three things in order: your pricing (what they value and why they would pay for it), your advertising (where to show up and what to say), and your decisions (what to offer first and what to say no to for now).
You are not closing the door. You are deciding who you greet first.
Picture it
01
Everyone
Anyone could buy from you. That is why it is not a useful description.
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Who needs it most
The group with the problem you solve best.
Illustrative example
Rosa has been selling for three years. She always believed her customer was “the downtown offices,” because those were her biggest orders. When she reviewed the last few months of sales, she discovered that the people who come back and recommend her are families in her neighborhood ordering custom birthday cakes. She learned from who actually buys, not from who she imagined.
Rosa still serves whoever shows up. But now she knows who she speaks to first, and her message finally says something to someone.
Compare
Weak description · Does not help
“My customer is anyone who wants to buy.”
It does not tell you what to write, where to advertise, or what to offer first.
Strong description · Helps
“Families in my neighborhood who need custom birthday cakes with 2–3 days' notice and prefer to order by WhatsApp.”
Your turn
Answer in your own words. The sentence is built only from what you type: if you leave something blank, it stays blank. Your first version is an assumption; you will check it later.
Your sentence
0 of 5 answers
I help [who] with [problem] in [where] by offering [what you sell]. They choose me because [why you].
It is built only from what you type.
Your answers are saved only on this device. Nothing is sent to Leonix or to any AI.
This sentence is your first customer draft: a working hypothesis, not finished advertising copy.
Your answers are now ready as context for the AI conversations just below.
Develop it with my AIAsk your AI
Three complete conversations, built from your own answers. Fill in what is missing, copy, and paste into whichever AI assistant you prefer.
Start here
Your conversation, ready to copy
version 2
I already operate a small business in [city]. This is what I currently understand about my customers. These are my observations, not verified data: What I sell: [what you sell] Who I believe my main customers are: [who needs it most] The problem I believe I solve for them: [what problem you solve] Where they find me or where I find them: [where they are] Why I believe they choose me: [why they would choose you] I want to understand whether my customer base is changing and whether there are other groups I could serve without losing the customers I already have. Act as a patient business mentor and use plain language. Guide with stewardship, service, integrity, excellence, responsibility, and wisdom. Profit is necessary: it should help the business survive, pay people, reinvest, serve better, and leave something sustainable. Do not advise domination, manipulation, inflated promises, or growth for its own sake. Do not quote religion or preach. 1. First ask me what real customer and sales information I have available. 2. Help me look for patterns using only what I share with you. 3. Tell me which possibilities of serving someone else are only hypotheses and what I should check against my real sales and by talking with my customers. Do not assume demographic, sales, or market facts I have not provided. If you assume something, label it as an assumption.
There are still blanks in brackets. You can fill them in here or directly in your assistant.
Before you paste: remove your customers' personal details. Afterwards: check what matters with real people.
More conversations to continue
Your conversation, ready to copy
version 1
I already operate a small business in [city]. This is my starting point. These are my own assumptions: What I sell: [what you sell] Who I believe my main customers are: [who needs it most] The problem I believe I solve for them: [what problem you solve] Where they find me or where I find them: [where they are] Why I believe they choose me: [why they would choose you] Do not give me answers yet. Interview me: ask me about 5 questions, one at a time, and wait for my answer before asking the next one. Ask me about who actually buys from me, who comes back, who stopped coming, and how they find me. When I finish answering, summarize in my own words what you learned about my customer, point out what is still an assumption, and tell me what I should ask real people. Do not invent anything I have not told you.
There are still blanks in brackets. You can fill them in here or directly in your assistant.
Before you paste: remove your customers' personal details. Afterwards: check what matters with real people.
Your conversation, ready to copy
version 1
I already operate a small business in [city]. This is what I believe about my customer: What I sell: [what you sell] Who I believe my main customers are: [who needs it most] The problem I believe I solve for them: [what problem you solve] Where they find me or where I find them: [where they are] Why I believe they choose me: [why they would choose you] I do not want you to agree with me: I want you to test my thinking, respectfully. 1. Separate what I seem to actually know from what I am only assuming. If it is not clear, ask me. 2. Point out the 2 or 3 weakest or riskiest assumptions and explain why. 3. For each one, tell me what I should review in my sales and with my current customers to confirm it or rule it out. Do not present market facts as if they were certain: if you did not get them from me, say so.
There are still blanks in brackets. You can fill them in here or directly in your assistant.
Before you paste: remove your customers' personal details. Afterwards: check what matters with real people.
Before you paste anything into an AI, remove real people's details. Do not paste your customers':
AI helps. You verify. What real customers tell you outranks any guess an AI makes.
Common mistake
The mistake
Choosing the customer you wish you had, instead of learning from the people who actually buy or show interest.
Do this instead
Start from the evidence: who has bought, asked, or recommended you? Describe those people first.
Key words
Checklist
Verify
Before you change your whole business because of an AI answer, or your own guess, talk to 3 real customers or people who could become one.
AI helps. You verify.
In short
Your customer is not “everyone”: when you speak to all, nobody feels spoken to.
Focusing is not refusing; it is knowing who you speak to first.
A clear customer has four parts: who, problem, where, and why you. And it is checked with real people.
Wrap-up
Almost there
This progress lives only on this device.
Just your sheet: your result, your checklist, and your main AI conversation. You can also save it as a PDF from the print window.
What comes next
Next lesson
Talk to real customers
How to talk with 3 real people, asking about what already happened to them and selling nothing.
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Your message
Words, photos, and places chosen for that person.