Antonia Wiltjer
Wiltjer Studio · Wellness · Inner Circle (Cohort 11)
Revenue figures attested by client and on file with The Queenie Effect Pty Ltd. Verifiable via the linked Wiltjer Studio entity.
Solo practice, capped by the founder's calendar
- Revenue: $84k ARR, all 1:1 coaching
- Team: Antonia + part-time virtual assistant
- Delivery hours: ~28 client hours/week, plus admin
- Pricing: $220/session, monthly retainers $1.6k
- Lead source: Instagram + word of mouth, no list
- Key constraint: "I can't see another client without breaking, and I can't raise prices without losing the people I want to keep helping."
Productised group practice with delivery leverage
- Revenue: $612k ARR (76% group, 24% private)
- Team: Antonia + ops lead + two contracted coaches
- Delivery hours: ~12 founder client hours/week
- Pricing: $4,800 group cohort, $24k annual private
- Lead source: 6,200-person email list, monthly waitlist
- Key shift: Founder hours down 57% while revenue up 7.3×
What actually changed
Mapped to the four pillars.
Every shift below is traceable to a specific pillar, a specific artifact, and a specific behaviour change. This is the working file, not a marketing summary.
Personal Brand Authority
What we installed: A re-positioning from "wellness coach" to "post-burnout recovery specialist for women in leadership roles." Authority artifacts: a 28-page methodology paper, a 6-episode podcast guest run on shows her ICP listens to, and a clear public point of view ("burnout is a systems failure, not a willpower failure").
Behaviour change: Antonia stopped publishing lifestyle content and started publishing diagnostic content. Inbound rate from sophisticated leads up 4×.
Marketing That Converts
What we installed: A single lead magnet ("The Burnout Inventory" — 18-question diagnostic with personalised report) replaced six competing CTAs. Email sequence: 11 messages over 21 days, ending in either a cohort waitlist or a private application.
Behaviour change: Email list grew from 0 to 6,200 in 11 months. Reply rate to sequence: 14%. Paid ad spend went to zero in month four and stayed there.
Repeatable Sales Systems
What we installed: A documented sales conversation script, a written application gate for the private tier, and a tiered offer structure (cohort / private / VIP day) that funnels qualified buyers without negotiation. Two contracted coaches now run the cohort delivery; Antonia runs only the private tier and certifications.
Behaviour change: Close rate on qualified calls went from 22% to 61%. Average sales cycle: 9 days. Antonia now reviews — but does not run — 80% of cohort sales calls.
Personal Mastery
What we installed: A weekly operating cadence (Monday strategic, Tuesday-Wednesday client-facing, Thursday team, Friday content + creative). A documented decision log so the team can act without her present. Quarterly 3-day shutdowns away from the business.
Behaviour change: Antonia took her first 9-day holiday in five years during month 12. Revenue that fortnight: above plan. The business ran without her for the first time.
Verifiable signal
Don't take our word for it. Take hers.
We publish the case. The client publishes the proof. Below are the public surfaces where Antonia talks about the work in her own words and on her own platform.
wiltjerstudio.com
Antonia's current site, current pricing, current cohort waitlist. Her offer architecture today is the architecture installed during the program.
Visit wiltjerstudio.com →"How I left the burnout I was selling the cure for" — The Long Game, Ep. 142
A 54-minute conversation where Antonia walks through the before/after with revenue figures, team build, and what she would do differently.
Listen to Ep. 142 →2026 year-in-review essay
Antonia published her own annual review with revenue, team, and offer breakdown — independently of The Queenie Effect.
Read the year-in-review →In her own words
"I came in thinking I needed a marketing fix. What I actually needed was someone to make me stop being the only person who could deliver the thing. The first time the cohort ran without me in the room, I cried. Then I sent the next invoice."
— Antonia Wiltjer, Founder, Wiltjer Studio · 14 months in
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Read the case →Where the work begins
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