Collaboration > competition
Before I launched my podcast in 2014, I told someone about my plan for a show where I’d interview guests who could bring value to coaches. He flat out told me I was crazy to give a platform to my “competition”, and that I shouldn’t do it. “Natural Born Coaches” is...
An alternative to Facebook ads
I've heard some horror stories about Facebook ad accounts being shut down. In some cases these were people who were doing them for years, and had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads! If yours got shut down, or your FB ads haven’t been working, or you’re...
Is your market stale? Here’s a solution!
I love organic marketing, but there's a challenge that can pop up with it: A stale market. Having the same set of eyeballs on your stuff every day is great, but unless you’re consistently creating new offerings then some prospects who already bought won’t be able to...
(Podcast) Cultivating Simple Courage in the New Year, with Heather Hubbard!
On today's episode of Natural Born Coaches, my guest is Heather Hubbard from Simple Courage! Heather created a community and movement that helps you become the bravest person you know, and in this interview she shares how to make 2022 your best year ever. You'll also...
Having trouble getting booked as a guest on podcasts?
It's not easy to get booked to be a guest on podcasts … It was hard a few years ago, and it's even more difficult now. But it's easier to solve this problem when you have your own show. Then you can do an "interview swap", where you let someone on your show in...
When you’re being interviewed on a podcast, don’t do this …
Here's a quick tip for when you're being interviewed on a podcast, or while hosting your own show. It even applies when you're getting ads done up to run on air: When you're giving your website URL, don't waste valuable time saying "www" or "http://"! It's 2021...
Podcast perfectionism and that time I sounded like Darth Vader
A quick story about why perfectionism and podcasting don't mix very well: Shortly after I launched Natural Born Coaches, a friend sent me a message that went something like this: "Hey Marc, I listened to your podcast and I really liked it! But I wanted to let you know...
How frequently should you release your podcast episodes?
Here's a question that many new podcasters have pondered: "How often should I release new episodes?" I've seen some try to do too much/too quickly by releasing daily episodes right out of the gate, but then burning out and going quiet. This is the dreaded "podfading"...
What type of podcast should you launch?
When it comes to podcast formats, there are a few options, including: Interview-styleSoloHybrid (a combination of some interview episodes and some solo ones) My show is a hybrid - while the majority of my episodes are interview-style, I sprinkle in the odd solo...
How I came up with my podcast’s name
I'm sometimes asked how i came up with the name "Natural Born Coaches" for my podcast, so I thought I'd share the story here: Once I decided to start my show in 2014, I hauled out a yellow legal pad and began jotting down potential names for it. Unfortunately most of...

