Emma D.
#25: 7 Effective Strategies to Get Your First Paid Client (Fast)
Updated: Jun 5, 2020

In this episode, you will learn exactly what you need to do to get your first paying coaching client and why it’s so important that you put yourself out there fast. Liz shares 7 strategies that are proven to work even if you are just starting out and have no website or sales materials yet. This episode is important for anyone who has done some initial coaching training and practiced coaching for free and is now ready to take the first step to make coaching a business, not just a hobby.
What you will learn in this episode:
1:03 – The Confidence Boosting Buzz of Getting your First Paying Client
6:03 – The Crucial Difference Between your First Paying Client & Having a Successful Business
11:36 – Leads are Your Superpower: Why It’s All about the First Free Coaching Call
18:30 – 3 Simple but Powerful Ways to Reach Out to Potential Clients
22:35 – How to Turn your Most Successful Practice Clients into your Best Referral Partners
26:16 – Liz’ Top Tips for Optimizing your Signature Talk
32:12 – Why Even your Super Small Email List is a Client Goldmine
35:45 – How Creating Epic Content will Produce Epic Clients
42:58 – The Secret Selling Power of Knowing What you’re Talking About
45:46 – Liz’ Awesome Advice for Non-Salesy Selling on Social Media (and What to Do if you Can’t Face It)
Links from this episode:
Free 5-Day E-Mail Course: How to Start a Coaching Business
Our Full Online Course: Confident Coach Club Online Course (includes helpful templates like e-mail scripts for pitching your services, client application forms and sales call outlines)
Example of Freebie to get people on your e-mail list: Free 5-Day E-Mail Course: How to Start a Coaching Business
Mailchimp (Free for first 2,000 subscribers)
Three Examples of Lead-Generating Articles:
8 Brutally Honest Lessons from Growing my Coaching Business from £0K to 6K in 2 months
I Left My Job at Google and Started my Own Business: Here's the Truth about Entrepreneurship
Article by Neil Patel: The Step by Step Guide to Writing Powerful Headlines
E-mail Liz when you take action on the strategies mentioned in the episode: hello@confidentcoachclub.com
Related Podcast Episodes from The Confident Coach Club:
Episode 1 - The 3 Key Tasks You Should be Focusing on as a New Coach
Episode 5 - How to Get Clients to Trust You as a New Coach
Episode 10 - 5 Reasons Why You Can't Get Coaching Clients
Episode 17 - Coaching for Free, building Confidence, Getting hired as a Coach
Episode 18 - How to Stay Motivated When You Are Not Seeing Results
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