Some of the folks that you see in your DMs
Over the years I've noticed that strangers direct messaging others fall into a couple of categories: There are the "clueless" ones who ask "What do you do?" even though it's all over your profile.There are the "inappropriate" ones who ask stuff like "So, how much do...
A different (more profitable) way of selling with direct messages
Direct messages (DMs) are a hot topic in the online coaching space now. A lot of the chatter out in CoachWorld is complaining about being hit with unsolicited messages from strangers that are annoying, thinly-veiled sales pitches. Full disclosure: I've ranted about it...
(Podcast) A Non-Sleazy Way To Sell By Chat!
Chris Baden and Sean Malone from FlowChat are on the Natural Born Coaches podcast today, and in this episode you'll hear: How Chris and Sean pivoted their business after creating a small software business and then reaching burnoutThe struggles they heard from clients...
Jimmy Carter 2.0?
Things aren't going too well with the economy at the moment. I wasn't around for much of Jimmy Carter's presidency, since I was born near the end of it, but I've heard stories of the malaise, crazy inflation, skyrocketing gas prices, etc and I'm getting some déjà vu...
About those “zombie coaches”
Although "The Walking Dead" will finally be dead after this (11th) season, a number of spin-offs, including one called "Isle of the Dead", will be hitting the boob tube. I used to enjoy TWD and watched it religiously until about five or six years ago, when it became...
A different way of doing joint ventures
I do my joint ventures differently than 99% of the people online. For example: Most do joint ventures where they promote a partner for a little a bit, and then take a percentage of sales from that campaign. But I do mine as a “flat fee” – the partner pays a set...
About that darn fear thing
Although Franklin Roosevelt arguably has the most famous quote about fear ever (“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"), I came across some other good ones on the subject recently. I was reading the late Felix Dennis' book "How To Get Rich", and it includes...
Wanted: a good “battery mate”
A very cool record could be made in Major League Baseball this season. St.Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina are just 20 starts away from the all-time "battery" record (a battery in baseball is the combination of the pitcher and catcher)...
Joint venture fees increasing on July 1st
I regularly increase my coaching fees, and on July 1st I'm bumping them up across the board once again. I've done this for eight years, but full disclosure: Every time I do it I feel some hesitation! That darn little voice in my head gets chirping with nonsense like;...
The best quote about coaching ever?
Bob Nardelli, former CEO of Home Depot, had this to say about coaching: “I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their full potential" I agree with what Bob said, but unfortunately a lot of people respond better to hearing about dollars and...
