(New podcast episode) Get your business back on track
Finn Patrick stopped by the "Natural Born Coaches" podcast today to help coaches who feel like they've been knocked off course by a crazy 2020. Finn is a business development mentor to ambitious visionaries and innovators looking to add 6 to 7 figures of revenue in...
Not your usual report
Some of the free reports going around online nowadays are a little "underwhelming". The person talks it up like it's the best thing since sliced bread, and then it's like something scribbled on a napkin in under five minutes. Or it doesn't contain anything that the...
What are you known for?
If you’ve followed me for awhile, you’ve probably heard me talk about “BBQ Pitches” for coaches. Here’s what it is, in a nutshell: Imagine you’re at a backyard BBQ, munching on a hot dog and talking to a fellow party-goer. After dispensing of pleasantries like the...
The importance of traffic lights
Back in the old days, traffic lights were a different colour than the red/yellow/green that we know and love today (I say "love" because without them the roads would look like "Mad Max") But it's not well-known that the colours used to be different back in the day....
The mental cost of not having enough coaching clients
If a coach is getting calls from bill collectors all day long, they aren’t going to be 100% tuned into the needs of their clients. Their minds will be drawn back to those money worries, and they won’t be on their “A-Game”. Their clients won’t get good results, so they...
You might be sick of the word “funnel”, but …
I admit it, I sometimes get tired of hearing the word “funnel” in the online world. Seriously, how many times a day do you hear someone talking about funnels? Probably 154 times in my newsfeed yesterday (besides “COVID" it must be the 2nd most-used word online...
Building your million dollar referral system
It's a heck of a lot easier to build a coaching business with referrals than by going with the old "hunting and chasing" approach. If you'd like to bring more referrals in, Referral Marketing Guru has released a 13 page report that's full of golden nuggets and...
(New podcast episode) How to generate consistent referrals!
"Natural Born Coaches" now has an exclusive sponsor, Referral Marketing Guru, and today I had its founder Michael Griffiths on the podcast to share how coaches can get more referrals rolling into their businesses. If anyone should know, it's Michael … he's the #1...
Boat vs island
I recently told a member of my Coaching Jungle Mastermind about the concept of a "boat" vs an "island" for online entrepreneurs. This member has been posting on his personal social media accounts, but doesn't have a community up and running (yet). While I'd never...
My thoughts on Cancel Culture and online shaming
Since I had a few openings on my Facebook to accept new friends, I went through some pending requests the other night. Before deciding whether to accept the requests or not, I had a look at each person's FB wall to see what they were posting. I found myself drawn to,...