30 days to better videos (and more clients)
I'm about to hop on my weekly Tuesday morning call with my client Darren Carrington, a coach who helps people use video to build their businesses. I really love these calls, because in addition to helping Darren, I also learn a lot from him about video ... It's nice...
Santa Marc is coming to town
It's a winter wonderland out there today ... I think it's the 4th snowstorm in a week or so in these parts! Any Floridians want to swap houses for a few months? With the snowy weather and calendar approaching Christmas (can you believe it's in less than two weeks?)...
You weird entrepreneur, you
If you're an entrepreneur, you're weird. It's ok, I'm weird too. Maybe "weird" isn't the right word. How about we call ourselves "misfits"? We're misfits because: - we refuse to conform to society's expectations that we get a 9-to-5 job that we hate. - we don't want...
Here’s a trick to get anything done (99.4% guaranteed)
I had an interesting coaching session with a client this week, and I wanted to share (with his permission, of course) My client - Andrey Seas - is a coach who needs to get something done before our call next week. Lately he's been procrastinating on doing it, so we...
Listen to Alec Baldwin and (A)lways (B)e (C)losing
Alec Baldwin has been talked about a lot lately for his portrayal of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live. Regardless of your political leanings, you have to admit that he's pretty bang-on playing the President-elect ... But my favourite Alec Baldwin role is actually...
Start a podcast, rule the world
Ok, that might be an exaggeration. I'm not promising that launching a podcast will help you take over the world ... But it will give you credibility, exposure, and more clients. And that's not bad, right? I have podcasting to thank for the growth of my business. Since...
R.I.P. my LinkedIn group
A few days ago I killed my LinkedIn group. It's something that I should have done months ago. I post to LinkedIn daily. I've gotten some business from it, but I just wasn't doing anything with the group. (I'm more of a "Facebook guy") It had become a distraction, and...
Escaping the local sandbox
In my previous life before coaching, I was in an industry (real estate) where I was trapped in a local sandbox. It was a small-ish market ... not exactly New York City or Los Angeles. Regardless of how good I was, I could never expand out of that market. I could never...
What the show Billions gets right about coaching
One of my favourite television shows is Billions. A big reason why I like the show is because one of the main characters, Wendy Rhoades, is an in-house performance coach for a large hedge fund called Axe Capital. We get to see coaching play a role in the series, and...
I wanna hold your hand (for podcasting)
Back in the fall of 2014, I had a decision to make. I wanted to use something else to get my message out to the world and grow my coaching business. I had plenty of choices (it felt like *too many* choices). Would I: - Find a hot new social media network to tackle? -...