Coach Pony

When you’re a new coach, it can feel like the only way to get clients is to build a presence online. But that takes time and you need clients now! Today, we’re kicking it old school and talking about how to find clients locally, so you don’t need a huge following to start making money as a coach. In this very cheesy eighties-themed season of the podcast, join me, Christie Mims, a career and busine...

Today’s caller to the Coach Pony Radio Hour wants to know if a pricy mastermind is worth it as a new coach. And of course, we’ve got hot takes and advice for deciding if a high-priced mastermind is right for you and your coaching business. In this very cheesy eighties-themed season of the podcast, join me, Christie Mims, a career and business coach, and Bobbi Palmer, a dating coach, as we answer y...

Today’s caller wants to know how to use his existing client list to meet an ambitious monthly income goal. And we know just how to do it: VIP Days. Offering these kinds of intensives is a great way to boost your coaching income without hustling for new leads, and we’ll tell you why. In this very cheesy eighties-themed season of the podcast, join me, Christie Mims, a career and business coach, and...

What are referral partners? Why would you want them? Do you need them to be successful in your coaching business? If you’re a new coach, you might be wondering what all the buzz about referrals is about, and we are here to break it down for you. Today, we’re getting into referral partners, what they are, how they can benefit you, and our hot takes on whether or not they’re a good idea for your bus...

Welcome to season six of the Coach Pony podcast! We are here to help you get paid to coach! In this very cheesy eighties-themed season of the podcast, join me, Christie Mims, a career and business coach, and Bobbi Palmer, a dating coach, as we answer your burning questions about your coaching business. Bobbi and I have built six and seven-figure businesses of our own, and we’ve learned a thing or...

Today we are revisiting an episode from last year all about the future of life coaching and Bobbi and I have some additional thoughts to share that have come up for us in the year since this panel episode was recorded. This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of Date Like a Grownup and I are here to help by answering your burning questions about your coaching business, so...

Do you need to be certified to be a life coach? The short answer is no, but with so many different schools and certifications out there, it’s easy to get confused about what certification to choose or if you want to get certified at all. And of course Bobbi and I have thoughts. This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of Date Like a Grownup and I are here to help by answer...

It’s easy to spend a LOT of money and invest a lot of time and stress into your website. What kind of website do you really need as a new or growing coach? Where do you even start? This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of Date Like a Grownup and I are here to help by answering your burning questions about your coaching business, so you can get more clients and get paid...

As a coach, the niche you choose to serve influences so much of your business and it’s a key piece of all of the marketing you’ll do. So what happens after you’ve been telling the world what you do, and then you realize, well, maybe you don’t actually want to do that anymore? This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of Date Like a Grownup and I are here to help by answerin...

Does it seem like all of the successful coaches you follow or look up to have big group coaching programs? You might feel like you should start a group coaching program too, but...you just don’t know.  Is group coaching better than private coaching? Is doing group coaching the only way to make the kind of money you want to make? This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of...

Should you run ads when you’re a new coach? Whether it’s Facebook, Instagram, Google, or any other platform, there are a lot of opinions, thoughts, strategies, and advice floating around out there about whether or not you need to run paid ads for your business to succeed. To dig into that question, I’m joined by a very special member of Team Pony, our Director of Growth Marketing (and my husband),...

When you’re trying to demonstrate your credibility, what’s better than having the glowing testimonials of happy clients talking about how awesome you are? Even better if they’re spontaneously given to you with permission to share on your website and in your marketing materials, right? But that’s not usually how it works. So how do you get comfortable asking clients for testimonials?  And more than...

At some point in your coaching business, someone is going to ask you for a refund. This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of Date Like a Grownup and I are here to help by answering your burning questions about your coaching business, so you can get more clients and get paid to coach! Also, we have a Bridgerton audio theme this season, so enjoy! Refunds can be a tricky an...

Sometimes to move forward as a coach, you just need your questions answered. This season on the Coach Pony Podcast, dating coach Bobbi Palmer, of Date Like a Grownup and I are here to help by answering your burning questions about your coaching business, so you can get more clients and get paid to coach! Today, we’re talking about how to stay motivated in your business and how to get back on track...

Are you a new coach who wants to use words to sell things? AWESOME! My guest today is a genius at using words to sell things. And she’s used herself as a guinea pig.  She started a newsletter that produced six figures of income, which grew into an empire full of written programs, and landed her a huge book deal with Penguin Books. All in, she’s made over $5 million just from her words. Obviously w...

If you love working intimately with a small group of clients, and you love the community building that happens in group coaching, you might be thinking about starting a membership program. But getting it off the ground can be daunting. Today’s guest wanted to create engagement and support for a small group of people and she built out a premium membership program called the 10K Club on a minimal bu...

Are you struggling to get referrals or with organic growth? Before you spend money on ads (which new coaches shouldn’t do unless you like setting money on fire), listen to today’s episode. My guest built a highly successful digital marketing firm the old fashioned way–through referrals and word of mouth. Before she made millions and built a team, Rita Barry was a solo business owner trying to grow...

There are lots of ways to do courses, but if you’ve been thinking about offering a DIY-style option, this episode is for you. Today, we’re sitting down to pick Laura Belgray’s brain about her program, Inbox Hero, that brought in over six figures the very first time she launched it. We definitely want to know: How did you build that? We’ll find out how she developed the course, why she went DIY, an...

So far this season, we’ve talked to big name coaches about how they built wildly successful programs, conferences, and podcasts in their businesses. But it’s not just the big name coaches that are doing really interesting work. Coaches all over the world, in businesses big and small and new and old, are building cool and life-changing things for their clients and their businesses every single day....

Have you wondered what it takes to start a membership site or community? Today, our guests, Erica Cordae and India Jackson, have done just that. In 2018, they founded Pause on the Play®, a community hub of professionals and entrepreneurs connecting at the intersection of values and visibility.  We'll dive into how they got started and how they grew their membership business into an inclusive commu...

Jason Gracia founded Swyft Sites to be an all-in-one done for your website builder that grows your coaching  business on autopilot. And it has exploded into a seven-figure business. So of course, we want to know, how did you build that? We'll dive into how he built such a niche service business, and why niching help him hit seven figures,  Jason Gracia is an author, consultant, and founder of Swyf...

John Lee Dumas has built one of the all time, top podcasts for business owners and has not only made over $20 million from his podcast, but he's also dominated his market. Obviously we want to know, how did you build that? We’ll chat about how and why he started the podcast, what his goals were at the beginning and how he grew his platform into what it is today. John Lee Dumas is the founder and h...

Have you thought about starting a podcast to build a network and market your coaching business? With over 10 million downloads under her belt, Emily Thompson, co-founder and host of the Being Boss podcast has all the info you need and then some on running a podcast, and the amazing community and business opportunities that have come from it. And of course we’re going to take it back to the beginni...

Evan Marc Katz has been called a “personal trainer for smart, strong, successful women. How did he come to dominate the date coaching industry? On this season of the Coach Pony Podcast, I'm sitting down with successful business owners to ask them, how did you build that?  Today I’m diving in with Evan to talk about how he built his business - featuring millions of blog readers and podcast listener...

As one of the founders and current President of the board for the Maine Women’s Conference, Jodi Flynn has taken the conference from just an idea to a successful nonprofit focusing on supporting women across the state.  So how did she do it? On this season of the Coach Pony Podcast, I'm sitting down with successful business owners to ask them, how did you build that?  And today I’ll dig in with Jo...