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Happy New Year! I hope you're having an amazing start to 2022. As you create, flesh out, or implement your plans for the coming year, one important thing to consider is how you're going to handle situations where your clients are shopping around, or where they've been burned before and they aren't sure how they can tell that you're the real deal. Some people try to steer potential clients away from other coaches in their field by harping on their competitors' bad points, or by trying to claim that they're the only ones getting real... Read More

When you look at all the other coaches in your field, it can be easy to feel like you don't have what it takes to stand out and get clients. There are so many experts for your clients to choose from, and some of them probably have bigger followings, fancier graphics, and more experience than you. So why SHOULD the clients who need the results you and these other coaches offer choose you over them? In this video, I provide some specific, practical questions you can use to identify your unique strengths, so you can discover - and show your... Read More

Dear Badass, Beautiful Coach... Have you ever had a time when you told your clients about your amazing system or strategy that you KNEW would change their lives... only for them to respond with disinterest or confusion? And do you ever worry that you might not be ENOUGH of an expert, or wonder if your well of knowledge is deep enough to be worth the price you want to charge? In this video, I describe a deceptively simple, yet important truth that many coaches forget, and I explain how forgetting it causes them to confuse their clients,... Read More

Are you waiting to sell your expertise until your offer, knowledge or course is “perfect”? It can be tempting to hold off until you’re SURE. Sure you’ve included all the information. Sure your clients won’t be disappointed. Sure your offer is as good as the other ones on the market, if not better. Sure you won’t fail. While other coaches are serving clients, you’re getting ready to serve them. While others are making mistakes, getting feedback, and improving, you’re waiting for a guarantee that you won’t make... Read More

New Year's Day is fast approaching. For some people, 2021 will be the year when they reach some of their most cherished goals; for others, it will be just one more year of the same old struggles. Which type of person will you be? Obviously, we all want to be the first type. So to help you accomplish that, I made a quick video with some specific, actionable tips you can use to achieve your goals in the coming year, and every year afterward. What goals are you working to achieve? I'd love to hear from you in the... Read More

Do you ever worry about what kind of person you'll become when you make a lot of money, or about the impact your rise to wealth will have on other people? So many of us grow up with messages that tell us rich people are bad, and that it's greedy and evil to have a lot of money. "Eat the rich." "Power corrupts." "They're leaving so little for the rest of us." Message after message - some subtle, some overt. Of course, in some cases it's true. Some people have made a fortune by exploiting other people and refusing to contribute their... Read More

When coaches who are used to working one-on-one start to create their first group program, some of them worry that they don't have enough material to build a full curriculum. They get held up by doubts, such as, "I normally get a lot of my coaching material by listening to my clients and offering guidance based on what they said. How can I pull together enough information to make a full course without the client's active input?" In this video, I'll give you a quick, simple method for overcoming this obstacle. By the time you're done this... Read More

I was planning to write this on Tuesday, but I decided to share it a bit early, becauseI'm celebrating a new accomplishment: I just published a class on SkillShare, called Low-Cost Marketing for Small Businesses and Freelancers ... and for a limited time, you can get it for FREE. In this 68-minute class, you'll discover how small businesses and freelancers can attract leads while spending little or no money on advertising, and convert them into clients without feeling guilty, pushy or salesy. You can access this class, and thousands of... Read More

When you're having a conversation that you hope will lead to a sale, and it's time to ask for money, what kind of feelings come up? Do you feel confident, happy, and ready to give great value and be paid what you're worth in return? Or do you feel guilty, nervous, and uncomfortable with the idea of asking someone to part with their hard-earned money? For many people, asking for money is a challenge. The media, our peers, the internet, and sometimes our parents tell us that rich people are greedy and bad, and to ask someone for money is... Read More

Happy holidays! Today's blog post is a few days early, because who wants to read business emails and work-related blogposts on Christmas Day? OK, I'm sure there are some of you out there, and hey, I'm not here to judge. :P But if you ARE reading this on Christmas, that might be a sign that you have a special need for it, because today's article is about how to let go and relax during your holidays, instead of feeling constantly guilty because you "should" be getting work done. Full disclosure: this is an area where I myself need to... Read More