7 Effective Strategies to Get Your First Paid Client (Fast)
Episode #25 of the Confident Coach Club Podcast
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 practised 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)
- Medium.com
- Liz’ Medium Profile
- 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
- The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started on your Business Idea
- 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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