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452: Breaking Through the “First Client” Barrier with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
Are you a purpose-driven coach who wonders why you’re staring at an empty calendar? Are you unsure about getting those first crucial clients? If you’re caught in the frustrating cycle of needing experience to get clients and needing clients to get more experience, you are not alone. More importantly, you are closer to breaking through than you think. Join me in today’s solo episode to uncover the key to a new coach’s biggest mountain to conquer: landing those first few game-changing clients. We’re diving into this essential topic right now with practical strategies you can implement today. Your first client is waiting for YOU!
Show Highlights:
- Make a mindset shift around the “experience paradox.”
- Three permission slips to give yourself:
- Permission to be a beginner
- Permission to start before you feel “ready”
- Permission to charge for your value
- Concrete action step #1: Write down one instance when you helped someone create a solution for an issue.
- Strategies for inviting clients into your space:
- Think of your warm market as your gold mine.
- Determine your three circles of influence. (“You cannot be a secret and a success at the same time.”)
- Build your Know-Like-Trust factor by providing value. Be clear and specific!
- Use your warm market as an opportunity to offer barter coaching.
- Concrete action step #2: Identify 10 people in your warm market who need what you offer or might know those who do. Reach out to one person today.
- Using the Beta Client Approach:
- Position yourself as someone launching a beta program for your coaching methodology. (This reframes your newness as exclusivity.)
- Take on a limited number of beta clients for a specified time frame.
- You can build your client base and clarify your offering to achieve exceptional results.
- Concrete action step #3: Consider your ideal client and develop a simple beta program tailored to your coaching niche.
- Building credibility without experience: Where to begin:
- Leverage your training and certifications.
- Share your personal transformation story.
- Connect your professional background to coaching.
- Gather micro-testimonials from informal helping situations.
- Create consistent, valuable content.
- Concrete action step #4: Create your own credibility stack. (Check out SCS 336, What’s Your Value Proposition?)
- Meg’s 7-day challenge: Are you up for it?
Resources:
Connect with Meg:
Explore past episodes and other resources at www.STaRcoachshow.com.
Explore the STaR Coach Community and see what’s available there for you!
Visit the STaR Coach Show YouTube Channel! Subscribe today! Join our live show taping on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm CT.
Mentioned in this episode:
Join Mentoring Program!
If you’re a coach who wants to grow—not just check a box—this is for you.
I’m enrolling coaches now for my Spring Mentoring Program. Some are here for credentialing hours. Others are here because they want to become the coach their clients rave about.
Inside the program, we work on your actual coaching.
You’ll hear yourself differently.
Learn from other coaches.
Develop more presence.
And ask questions that create real transformation.
If you’re ready to deepen your skills and your impact, I’d love to support you.
Learn more at starcoachshow.com/mentor
I’d love to work with you.
Enroll More Clients: Clarity Sprint
Do you love coaching, but when it comes to enrolling clients, writing your bio, or posting online, you freeze? Or fall into “coach speak” that doesn’t actually connect?
That’s not a you problem. It’s a messaging problem—and it’s costing you clients.
Join me for my free, live five-day experience: Enroll More Clients: Clarity Sprint. From March 16–20 at 9 a.m. Central, I’ll help you get crystal clear on your ideal client, refine your message so it actually resonates, and create a confidence statement that makes booking a call the obvious next step.
No fluff, just clarity, you can use immediately.
Grab your free spot at:
https://starcoachshow.com/5day
Enroll More Clients: Clarity Sprint
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Are you a purpose-driven coach who wonders why you’re staring at an empty calendar? Are you unsure about getting those first crucial clients? If you’re caught in the frustrating cycle of needing experience to get clients and needing clients to get more experience, you are not alone. More importantly, you are closer to breaking through than you think. Join me in today’s solo episode to uncover the key to a new coach’s biggest mountain to conquer: landing those first few game-changing clients. We’re diving into this essential topic right now with practical strategies you can implement today. Your first client is waiting for YOU!
Show Highlights:
- Make a mindset shift around the “experience paradox.”
- Three permission slips to give yourself:
- Permission to be a beginner
- Permission to start before you feel “ready”
- Permission to charge for your value
- Concrete action step #1: Write down one instance when you helped someone create a solution for an issue.
- Strategies for inviting clients into your space:
- Think of your warm market as your gold mine.
- Determine your three circles of influence. (“You cannot be a secret and a success at the same time.”)
- Build your Know-Like-Trust factor by providing value. Be clear and specific!
- Use your warm market as an opportunity to offer barter coaching.
- Concrete action step #2: Identify 10 people in your warm market who need what you offer or might know those who do. Reach out to one person today.
- Using the Beta Client Approach:
- Position yourself as someone launching a beta program for your coaching methodology. (This reframes your newness as exclusivity.)
- Take on a limited number of beta clients for a specified time frame.
- You can build your client base and clarify your offering to achieve exceptional results.
- Concrete action step #3: Consider your ideal client and develop a simple beta program tailored to your coaching niche.
- Building credibility without experience: Where to begin:
- Leverage your training and certifications.
- Share your personal transformation story.
- Connect your professional background to coaching.
- Gather micro-testimonials from informal helping situations.
- Create consistent, valuable content.
- Concrete action step #4: Create your own credibility stack. (Check out SCS 336, What’s Your Value Proposition?)
- Meg’s 7-day challenge: Are you up for it?
Resources:
Connect with Meg:
Explore past episodes and other resources at www.STaRcoachshow.com.
Explore the STaR Coach Community and see what’s available there for you!
Visit the STaR Coach Show YouTube Channel! Subscribe today! Join our live show taping on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm CT.
Mentioned in this episode:
Join Mentoring Program!
If you’re a coach who wants to grow—not just check a box—this is for you.
I’m enrolling coaches now for my Spring Mentoring Program. Some are here for credentialing hours. Others are here because they want to become the coach their clients rave about.
Inside the program, we work on your actual coaching.
You’ll hear yourself differently.
Learn from other coaches.
Develop more presence.
And ask questions that create real transformation.
If you’re ready to deepen your skills and your impact, I’d love to support you.
Learn more at starcoachshow.com/mentor
I’d love to work with you.
Enroll More Clients: Clarity Sprint
Do you love coaching, but when it comes to enrolling clients, writing your bio, or posting online, you freeze? Or fall into “coach speak” that doesn’t actually connect?
That’s not a you problem. It’s a messaging problem—and it’s costing you clients.
Join me for my free, live five-day experience: Enroll More Clients: Clarity Sprint. From March 16–20 at 9 a.m. Central, I’ll help you get crystal clear on your ideal client, refine your message so it actually resonates, and create a confidence statement that makes booking a call the obvious next step.
No fluff, just clarity, you can use immediately.
Grab your free spot at:
https://starcoachshow.com/5day
Enroll More Clients: Clarity Sprint
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