#377 Dan Smith: Why Selling 'Online Coaching' Doesn't Work
Jan 24, 2023
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Dan Smith, an expert on online coaching, joins the podcast to discuss why selling 'online coaching' doesn't work. The topics covered include regulating emotions as a coach, creating work-life balance, discussing client results, using transformation pictures, creating a unique coaching method, and the challenges and benefits of coaching online.
Coaches should focus on improving testimonials, marketing strategies, and messaging to sell online coaching effectively.
Coaches can manage their emotional responses by detaching themselves from the business and implementing strategies like the ABCD method.
Shifting the focus of exercise towards personal development and meaningful goals creates a more fulfilling coaching experience for clients.
Deep dives
Importance of Selling Online Coaching Effectively
It is crucial for coaches to learn how to sell online coaching in more effective ways to avoid turning potential clients away. This involves creating better testimonials, improving marketing strategies, and refining messaging. By detaching oneself from the emotional highs and lows of the business, coaches can approach client losses objectively and focus on providing quality service to existing clients. Understanding the real reasons behind client departures, such as financial factors, can help coaches avoid unnecessary self-blame. Redirecting energy and attention towards current clients strengthens relationships and leads to positive word-of-mouth marketing.
Managing Emotions and Avoiding Burnout
Coaches often experience emotional fluctuations based on the success or decline of their client numbers. To avoid being overwhelmed by these emotions and maintaining a more neutral state, coaches can implement strategies to manage their emotional responses. One effective approach is to detach oneself from the business, recognizing that it does not define their self-worth. By focusing on personal relationships, hobbies, and self-care practices, coaches can maintain a healthy work-life balance and prevent burnout. Additionally, adopting frameworks or techniques, like the ABCD method, can help coaches objectively analyze client losses and avoid negative self-talk.
Benefits of Focusing on Building Strong and Confident Humans
Shifting the focus of exercise away from just physical aesthetics and weight loss can greatly benefit coaches and their clients. Instead, emphasizing the development of strong and confident individuals helps clients derive greater meaning from their fitness journeys. Coaches should help clients understand that exercise is about more than numbers on a scale or body composition changes. It is about gaining strength, increasing confidence, improving overall well-being, and achieving personal goals. By aligning coaching messaging and goals with these deeper motivations, coaches can provide a more fulfilling experience for their clients.
The Value of Powerful Testimonials and Transformation Stories
In marketing online coaching services, it is important for coaches to focus on sharing powerful testimonials and transformation stories that go beyond simple before and after pictures. Coaches should not just showcase physical transformations but should also delve into the story, process, and the journey of each client. They should highlight the obstacles overcome, the personal growth achieved, and the non-physical benefits experienced. By sharing authentic and comprehensive testimonials, coaches can connect with potential clients on a deeper level and demonstrate the true value of their coaching services.
Reframing Online Coaching and Developing Unique Approaches
To stand out in the online coaching industry, coaches should consider reframing their services and finding unique approaches that resonate with their target audience. Instead of simply labeling themselves as online coaches, they can create their own methods or programs that encapsulate their coaching style and the outcomes they deliver. By developing a specific framework or timeline for their coaching program, coaches can clearly communicate their service offerings, build confidence in potential clients, and establish themselves as experts in their field. This not only differentiates them from competitors but also attracts clients who align with their values and coaching principles.
In 2023, it seems like everyone is an “online coach”. But just because everyone else is doing it, doesn’t mean you should. That’s why this episode from the vault is getting another airing.
In this week’s edition, Stuart talks to Dan Smith about all things online coaching. They cover why selling “online coaching” doesn’t work, the importance of designing your program and how to advertise so you never have to “sell” your service again. Expect to learn how to create a rewarding online coaching business, how to deal with the highs and lows of business and what happened to Dan in Ibiza…
This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to start or grow an online coaching business in 2023.
Timestamps
1:26 How can coaches regulate their emotions?
7:00- How to create a better work-life balance.
8:43- How should coaches discuss their clients’ results?
12:41- What role do transformation pictures play in selling online coaching?
17:54- Why coaches should stop selling online coaching and start creating their “method”.
20:49- How does Dan structure his online method?
25:47- How to name an online coaching method
29:50- What else should people know about online coaching?
30:35- How Dan figured out he was a better coach online.
32:51- Is coaching online an easy way to earn six figures?
37:55- How has Dan changed his marketing methods?
41:27- Dominating your postcode is still important…even online!