Facebook live with Glen Oliveiro
I did a Facebook live with Glen Oliveiro in The Coaching Jungle yesterday. We talked about the challenges facing coaches, and gave a sneak peek at the training we're doing on Thursday. If you have 7 minutes to spare, you can watch the live here:...
Coaches negotiating Middle East peace treaties
Every coach should be using an online calendar. Yet even in 2019, some refuse to have one. I've heard them say that online calendars are "impersonal", and that they prefer to talk directly with someone to make arrangements to book a call rather than sending them to a...
If you’re pulling your hair out managing your coaching business …
A brand new episode of the Natural Born Coaches podcast just went live, with my guest Glen Oliveiro from CoachVantage. In this episode, you'll learn: Why CoachVantage was built for coaches and how it’s developed over the years.What can happen when you get a grasp on...
Kaizen in action
This weekend I've been playing a golf video game with my son. It's not your usual golf - it's a side-scrolling one where you have to hit the ball around rocks, lava and other obstacles to get it into the hole within a certain number of shots. There are two factors to...
The Swiss Army knife solution for coaches
The world's largest Swiss Army knife is the "Wenger Giant". The thing weighs about 20 times more than the standard Swiss Army knife, and has 141 different functions. The vast selection of tools in that one knife includes: A laser pointer with 300-foot rangeA tire...
How to avoid feeling like “the nutty coach”
Earlier this week I watched "Dr. Strangelove". While I can't say that I liked the movie (I'm more of a "Dr.Strange", not Strangelove, kinda guy), I appreciated the performance of Peter Sellers, who played three of the main characters in the film. I also liked what...
Sneak peek inside the February issue of Secret Coach Club
The new issue of Secret Coach Club heads to the printer tonight, and here's a look inside its pages: -"A Unique (And Guaranteed Profitable) Joint Venture Strategy That Will Fill Your Piggy Bank And Save Your Precious Time": A few months back I changed how I do my...
If Jay Abraham had to start over from scratch …
Taki Moore once wrote about a question that marketing legend Jay Abraham was asked: "Imagine you had everything stripped from you and had to start your business all over again from scratch. You have nothing — no business, no money, no contacts — and you can only take...
What you can learn from special theme issues
In the two years that I've been writing my Secret Coach Club print newsletter, I've kept to a pretty consistent format. Most issues have about five sections and bonus inserts, detailing ways that coaches can get more clients/customers without throwing gobs of money at...
How to deal with entitled folks on The Interweb
There are a lot of entitled people online nowadays, who expect something for nothing. Last week, Ryan Michler (a past guest on my podcast) shared something that a troll said in his 53,000 member Facebook group. The comment he received was silly, and sums up the...