CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A COACH….
LET ALONE A **GREAT** OR
**TRANSFORMATIONAL** COACH…
WHEN YOU HAVE **NO**
OR VERY FEW
PAYING CLIENTS?
Short answer: no.
Long answer: Definitely not.
Although a lot of coaching programs
seem to confuse this in the minds of their coaches.
In training, FINE…
when you’re trying to learn HOW to coach,
during the CERTIFICATION process,
if you want to make appointments with pseudo-clients, and “trade” coaching hours,
fine. (I guess.)
But, it always amazes me how many “coaching appointments” non-monetized coaches (coaches making NO money) seem to have. They’re “coaching” non-stop.
Anyone they talk to on the phone is a “client.”
“I’ve got three clients tomorrow.”
REALLY? THAT’S GREAT. 3 CLIENTS IS A GREAT START. WHAT ARE YOU CHARGING?
“Oh, well… we were all trained together so we all still coach each other on the phone.”
WHAT???
If this thinking didn’t hold coaches back for SO LONG,
I wouldn’t begrudge them this little fantasy of having ACTUAL “clients.” I’d be content to let them live in the land of make believe.
But, it DOES hold them back.
And it holds them back with an iron-like grip.
And it holds them back for a LONG time.
Here’s why… and then we’ll get to the solution:
👉 Coaching people (friends OR acquaintances OR those who trained with you) for free takes up a LOT of time that you could be spending with actual prospects.
👉 Coaching people for free allows you to FEEL like a coach without actually making a living as a coach. It’s like a dopamine hit that will always leave you empty afterwards. #discouragement
👉 Coaching people for free allows you to conveniently AVOID the hardest “work” of coaching, which is getting people TO the fee…. getting them to invest in THEMSELVES, in the TRANSFORMATION they seek, and in YOU as a guide. This is the REAL work of growing a coaching practice. Because what comes after that is SOOOOO natural to you, right?
👉 Coaching people for free — especially in an ongoing situation — often leads you to RESENT that person. They didn’t pay you, they may not be “doing the work,” and also you WANT to get paid… feel you SHOULD be getting paid, and you know what? If you’re “trading” the coach hat — coaching her one day and BEING coached by her the next day — she’s probably feeling the same way.
👉 Coaching people for free confuses friendship and conversation with coaching and commerce… and the result is that you begin to DEVALUE your own coaching…. which leads to you doing MORE of it for FREE… resulting in a vicious cycle. HINT: People who PAY do the work and get better results than those who don’t. Period.
👉 Bottom-line: Coaching people for FREE keeps you busy and broke. 👉
So, actually, it’s a fantasy that has long lasting negative consequences.
😢 Husbands / Wives mad that their spouse spent X on some certification or training and they’re STiLL not making money.
😢 Coaches who walk away from their dream because they feel they just can’t make a living doing what they KNOW they were born to do.
😢 And the discouragement that digs DEEP into the bones of a NON-MONETIZED coach can’t be overlooked. But I understand it.
I’ve been that coach.
I tried being a life coach once upon a time.
And look, I was a HORRIBLE life coach. I get it.
And I didn’t do it long because I SUCKED at it so bad…
But I did it long enough to know the PAIN
of being someone with so much to offer,
someone with so much potential,
but someone who felt UTTERLY rejected by the market.
WHY would one coach make it…
and another not?
Why THEM and not me?
I used to think that I had to fancy my shit up.
That I should get my website fancier,
that I should decide what my POWER suit would be and (actually) wear it in public,
that I should be more PUT TOGETHER
as a woman,
as a mother,
as a coach…
that I should be more PROFESSIONAL,
more “grown up.”
And, if you know me well, please don’t laugh.
I actually tried
at various times
to be FANCIER, more professional,
to be THAT coach.
Only, it didn’t move the needle in my business.
IT DIDN’T WORK.
in fact, it was KIND of like those
pseudo-clients you might be “coaching.”
It took time and effort and kept me SPINNING my wheels in vain.
Now, I’ve got a TON of free resources for what DID move the needle in my business, and I’m putting together an exhaustive resource for you on exactly these steps, but here they are below…
Consider this the READERS DIGEST VERSION:
👠 I figured out what I was REALLY selling as a coach.
HINT #1: I was NOT selling time. So, if you’re currently “selling” time…. as in “four 45 minute coaching sessions for $XXX,” you’re selling it wrong.
HINT #2: I WAS selling ACCESS (to me) and A CERTAIN result.
👠 I figured out why MOST “free coaching sessions” do NOT lead to money in the bank. (Hint: When something is FREE for anyone, it is of VALUE to no one.) I also figured out HOW to make FREE coaching session be the BEST performer in my business. No business card, no book, no fancy calendar system AND no funnel. JUST the session AND one email. (Honest, this is how I broke the 6-figure mark, EVEN as a “marginal” coach.)
👠 I discovered the MAGIC of price, and exposed the MYTH of being the “cheap-er coach.” (Hint: Invested people hire coaches, and they do NOT trust cheap. “REASSURINGLY expensive” is a better way to price.)
👠 I began PACKAGING according to desired result, EVEN for 1:1 coaching. (I also began playing with various income streams. LEVERAGED income streams, you might say.)
👠 I followed my OWN 6-figures in 6-months blue print. And I ROCKED it. No one was teaching this. (They still aren’t.)
👠 I threw FUEL on my success with content marketing, but not the kind that BORED the hell out of people…. the kind that ATTRACTED people and SPOKE TO THEIR HEART. (Hint: Go Naked. Learn more here: https://www.bmichellepippin.com/naked/ )
There’s more… and I’ll reveal it all soon. If you WANT This guide, along with FREE audio trainings, transcripts of trainings, a peak at my own income streams, and MORE… Message me. (M.me/Womenwhowow)
ALSO… DID YOU SEE?
NAKED is here.
You are here to be seen.
FULLY seen,
FULLY expressed,
without a STITCH of pretense.
And you know, don’t you…
that this is when you’ll FINALLY
make the money you want, need and deserve, right?
ONLY when you stop playing coy with your purpose,
when you stop teasing your potential,
when you FINALLY own up to everything you ARE,
everything you HAVE inside, and everything you are meant to BE.
And you ALSO know…
that you’ve BARELY scratched the surface, right?
Of what you’re here to do,
of what you CAN do,
and I’ll guess because you’re HERE,
you’re SICK of living below what you KNOW is possible
sick of EARNING below what is possible
and also
let’s just say it OUT LOUD:
Sick of SEEING OTHERS succeeding WIDLY
when it SHOULD. BE. YOU.
But you’re ready to change all of this right?
RIGHT.
Naked is for you.
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a stripping down,
COUPLED by the practical strategies necessary to create the following, the income, and the impact YOU WANT…
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