Why So Many of Us Come to Niching Already Exhausted

Why So Many of Us Come to Niching Already Exhausted

Three times a year, I run a free challenge called Nail Your Niche for qualified coaches who are struggling to find clients who can, and will, pay a professional rate for their coaching. One of the things that strikes me at the start of every challenge is how many...
Most Marketing Advice We Get Is Designed for Other People

Most Marketing Advice We Get Is Designed for Other People

The advice is familiar. Be visible, be consistent, share your expertise, build your personal brand. Show up on LinkedIn, network, offer value, and the clients will come. This is solid, well-intentioned marketing advice, and for most professional services it works. The...
Great Coaches Don’t Automatically Make Great Marketers

Great Coaches Don’t Automatically Make Great Marketers

We wouldn’t expect a brilliant architect to automatically know how to win contracts, or assume that an outstanding surgeon can also run a profitable private clinic, or that an award-winning chef can manage a restaurant’s finances. In every other...
‘Be Visible and Share Your Story’ Isn’t Ethical Guidance

‘Be Visible and Share Your Story’ Isn’t Ethical Guidance

At some point during or after our coach training, most of us received some version of this advice: be visible and share your story because that’s how clients will find you. It sounds reasonable, even inspiring. The problem is that it’s useless advice, and...