Most owners do good work but never build the one moment that turns a satisfied customer into a raving fan. The Experience Gap is what's left when excellent work isn't paired with a deliberate Turning Point — a moment where the customer shifts from feeling served to feeling seen. In this episode, Alan introduces a Turning Point Catalyst and shows you how to find the moments you're already having by accident, so you can make them happen on purpose.

This week's Small Action: Think back over your last handful of clients. For each, find the moment their energy shifted — when they went from transactional to connected — and write down what you were doing. If you can't find it, that's your gap showing itself. Add it to your Fan Plan — the plan every FanMaker builds, one small action at a time.

Resources mentioned:

- The Raving Fans Scorecard (free — 6 questions, about 2 minutes): https://attractravingfans.com/scorecard/

**Next week — Episode 8, "The Story Gap"** — you've already got raving fans; we'll find the proof that's hidden where no new customer can see it, and move it into the light where the buying decision happens.

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Your credentials get you the job. Your message gets you chosen for it. In this episode, Alan tells the story of two accountants with identical backgrounds and opposite results — one price-shopped, one with a waitlist — and the three signs that you've got a Messaging Gap. Then he hands you the Customer Mirror: a ten-minute exercise that shows you whether you're writing for yourself or for the person who needs you, plus the one-sentence rewrite that changes how people respond.

This week's Small Action: Run the Customer Mirror on your most visible marketing — swap every "we/our/I" for "you/your" and read it aloud. If it falls apart, you're talking about yourself. Rewrite your first sentence so it describes your customer's world. That's the next piece of your Fan Plan — the plan every FanMaker builds, one small action at a time.

Resources mentioned:

- The Raving Fans Scorecard (free — 6 questions, about 2 minutes): https://attractravingfans.com/scorecard/

- Join the Attract Raving Fans community: https://attractravingfans.com/become-a-member/

Next week — Episode 7, "The Experience Gap" — the one moment in your service that turns a satisfied client into one who talks, and how to build it on purpose.

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You know there's a gap between your satisfied customers and the ones who actually talk. But *which* gap? In this episode, Alan walks through the three places a business gets stuck — the Messaging Gap (people never quite get what you're about), the Experience Gap (good work, but no moment that makes anyone talk), and the Story Gap (you have raving fans, but their stories live where no new customer can find them). The costly mistake is fixing the wrong one first. So you get the Five Questions — a two-minute, honest way to find the gap that's actually yours, before you spend a single weekend building.

This week's Small Action: Answer the Five Questions in writing, yes or no. Then notice the one you didn't want to answer — that flinch is pointing at your gap. Don't fix it yet. Just name it.

Resources mentioned:

- The Raving Fans Scorecard (free — 6 questions, about 2 minutes): https://attractravingfans.com/scorecard/

- Join the Attract Raving Fans community: https://attractravingfans.com/become-a-member/

Next week — Episode 6, "The Messaging Gap" — we close the first one, with a ten-minute fix called the Customer Mirror.

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