Your competition is playing head games with you right now
I was reading something in Ben Settle's Selling From The Trenches recently about "Gamesmanship". Gamesmanship is when someone distracts another person or uses psychological intimidation to throw a competitor off his game. "Head games" is another word for it. You see...
Interview on Angles of Lattitude
I was just interviewed on JC Preston's podcast, Angles of Lattitude, where I talked about building a successful coaching business, sending daily emails to your list, and the power of Facebook groups. Here's the link to listen:...
You’re not posting enough
I'm often asked by coaches how often they should post on Facebook. My answer: "More than you are right now!" If you think that posting on Facebook once a day is good enough, you're wrong. I talked with an expert on FB stuff yesterday, and he recommends doing *at...
The Christmas that Santa and Spider-Man disappointed me
Back when I was a wee lad (about five years old and three apples high), I asked Santa for a pretty cool Christmas gift. At least I thought it was cool - and totally do-able. Being a fan of the old Spider-Man cartoon show, I decided that I wanted suction cups that...
Building a coaching business isn’t always sunshine, lollipops and rainbows
Despite the promises of some marketers, there are no magic funnels or formulas that will help you make 7 figures in your first month of coaching, while working just five minutes a day from your hot tub. (Sometimes I wish there was - that would be fun, right?) I prefer...
The Hardcore Closer comes to Natural Born Coaches today
They don't call Ryan Stewman "The Hardcore Closer" for nothing ... Ryan spent time in prison, but took the lessons learned to build a successful business helping others with their sales once he was released. He's created a massive business, and he stopped by the...
Confessions of a closet geek
It's easier to make it in business if you love what you're doing. It doesn't matter what industry you're in, there's going to be ups and downs. And if you don't enjoy what you're doing, it'll be hard to stick it out during those rough times. Doing stuff you love means...
Is anyone plucking your flowers?
It seems like everyone is out to get stuff for free nowadays. Just yesterday, Julia and I were stopped in traffic and we saw something strange. A woman was walking down the sidewalk, when she suddenly stopped by a fence and reached up over it to pluck flowers from a...
Where were you one year ago today?
It's easy to lose sight of how far you've come since you started your journey. Think back to early June 2016. Where were you at? What were you doing? I often get those Facebook memory reminders, where I'm shown a post that I made one year ago from that day, and I...
I was just a guest on Ray Wood's podcast, where I share how you can grow, engage and monetize your Facebook group! http://www.topagentsplaybook.com/podcast/tap-85-launch-facebook-group-interview-marc-mahwinney/