Ready Set Coach Podcast

Ready Set Coach Podcast

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Ready Set Coach Podcast episodes

  • What to Do After a Failed Launch in the Coaching Industry

    In this week’s episode, Em and Lex break down the ins and outs of what to do after a failed launch in the coaching industry. Whether it be launching online courses or group programs and having no one sign up or failing to meet your goals, they walk listeners through the different steps of what to do post a failed launch. The hosts speak about their own experiences with failure and what they learned from them. They conduct a four-step mock post-mortem and coach the listener on what lessons to look for in the breakdown.


    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Tips from seasoned coaches’ experiences with failure
    • Tips for what to do after a failed launch
    • Tips on how to organize your process before a launch
    • What elements of a failed launch to pay attention to
    • How to break down what worked and what didn’t in any launch
    • How to strategize next steps after failure
    • How to track various metrics during the sales process 
    • And more!



    Listener Links:

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 


    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: www.readysetcoachcommunity.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    26 min
  • How Long Does it Take to Actually to Grow a Successful Coaching Business

    In this week’s episode, Em and Lex discuss how long it takes to actually grow a successful coaching business. They talk timelines and break down their own experiences with growing their respective businesses and recap some of their clients’ journeys to success. They review the factors that impact how fast a business can or will grow, and review the critical components that lead to quick success.  

     

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Factors that impact how fast your coaching business will grow
    • Behind the scenes of how long it took Em & Lex to surpass six-figures
    • What can help your coaching business grow faster
    • How long it took some of Em & Lex’s clients at Ready Set Coach to achieve success
    • How the market can impact the time it takes to grow a successful coaching business
    • And more!



    Listener Links: 

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 

    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: www.readysetcoachcommunity.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    35 min
  • Should You Expand Your Niche?

    This week’s episode answers the question, should you expand your niche? When a Ready Set Coach graduate has a topic request, Em and Lex start coaching. They ask the listeners the following questions: Should you expand your niche?  When do you expand your niche? And if you should, how do you expand your niche? Em and Lex break down what a niche can consist of and what that means for your coaching business. Most coaching niches have several layers. Em and Lex talk through different scenarios and offer tips on how to best operate through each one.  

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • What makes up a niche
    • How to manage the nuances of a niche
    • How to determine different niches within types of clients you’ve already coached
    • How niches evolve through a business journey
    • Tips on experimenting with niches for different clients
    • Tips on how to niche down for your coaching business
    • Tips on auditing past clients and analyzing data
    • Tips on committing to expand your niche
    • And more!


    Listener Links:

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 

    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: www.readysetcoachcommunity.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

    31 min
  • What We Learned Being Back in the Buyer’s Seat (and How it Can Help You Get More Clients)

    In this week’s episode, Em and Lex dive into what they learned being back in the buyer's seat as they shopped Ad Coaches and programs -  a new skill they’re looking to learn and to leverage for the Ready Set Coach Community. They explain how their observations can be leveraged to help listeners get more clients. 

     

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • How Em and Lex first got started in coaching
    • What it was like being the buyer's seat when they first started their journey, and what they were looking for and cared about back then
    • How (and why) they plan to leverage paid advertising
    • What they’ve learned being back in the buyer’s seat at this point in their business
    • What things they looked for and cared about when vetting different coaches and programs - and what factored into their final selection.
    • How their observations can be leveraged to help listeners rock the sales call and get more paying clients
    • And more!


    Listener Links: 

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 


    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: readysetcoachcommunity.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    33 min
  • Top Coaching Industry Trends of 2024

    This week’s episode walks through Em and Lex’s predictions for the top coaching industry trends of 2024. One week into the new year, Em and Lex predict what 2024 will look like for coaching and the trends that the market supports. Tune in this week’s episode to stay ahead of the 2024 coaching trends. 

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Trends expected to appear in the coaching industry in 2024
    • Trends that indicate more in-person events in 2024
    • Trends they expect that the market will support based on market research
    • Tips about future hybrid coaching models
    • Tips on how to support neurodiversity in coaching
    • Em and Lex’s thoughts on the health and wellness coaching space 
    • Em and Lex’s thoughts on shifts in entrepreneurship
    • Tips on where to focus social efforts going into the next year 
    • Tips on getting out the comfort zones and making the jump 
    • And more!



    Listener Links: 

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 


    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/community

    Learn more about the Ready Set Coach Program at Readysetcoachprogram.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    28 min
  • Coaching for Closers: The Blueprint to Nail Sales Calls Every Time

    This week’s episode lays out the blueprint for nailing sales calls every time. Em and Lex walk through their five step approach to sales calls in an effort to take the pressure off the idea of “making a sale” and instead offer a strategy that yields results. They take listeners through the evolution of a sales call, offering tips to change one’s mindset, tactics to change perspectives during a call, and the variety of ways to close on a sale. Em and Lex discuss everything from their preparation tips, like writing out a script beforehand, to the many ways listeners can succeed as a coach before the sales call ends. The skills needed to nail sales calls can take years to develop but luckily listeners of the Ready Set Coach podcast have Em and Lex to help grow their businesses. 


    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Tips on how to naile sales calls every time
    • How to successfully get clients from the sales funnel to the sales call
    • How to overcome the intimidating aspects of selling
    • Tips on the initial approach to a sales call 
    • Tips on overcoming imposter syndrome
    • The five step blueprint to nail a sales calls
    • Tips on mindset and preparation for sales calls
    • How Em and Lex’s experience allowed for smoother sales calls for RSC 
    • And more!


    Listener Links: 

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 

    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/community

    Learn more about the Ready Set Coach Program at Readysetcoachprogram.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

    31 min
  • Two of The Most Powerful Coaching (and Life) Skills

    This week’s episode focuses on two of the most powerful coaching and life skills.. Em and Lex discuss the importance of active listening and provide tips and best practices for listeners to be present at all times with clients and coworkers, and how to tune out distractions to better actively participate in discussions. Em and Lex also discuss an aspect of their coaching toolkit that includes asking open-ended questions to clients that can help fast-track finding solutions and seeing results. 

     

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Tips on how to be a good active listener
    • Why turning off distractions is important
    • How active listening helps in coaching and life overall
    • Tips on taking effective notes during sales calls
    • Their thoughts on listening barriers and different types of questions to ask clients
    • The different types of questions that generate action, reflection or response
    • And more!


    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 


    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity 

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/community

    Learn more about the Ready Set Coach Program at Readysetcoachprogram.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    30 min
  • Should You Build a Community with Nicole Hartwig Landau of Dreamers & Doers

    Nicole Hartwig Landau is the head of the community for Dreamers & Doers, an award-winning community and PR Hype Machine™ amplifying extraordinary women entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders. Nicole is a 2x founder and adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design. Em and Lex (in person from Denver, CO, together on screen) interview Nicole about how to create and grow a community, how to foster community engagement, and how to know whether or now you should build a community of your own.

     

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • All about the Dreamers & Doers community
    • Nicole Landau’s entrepreneurial journey and how she became the Head of Community at Dreamers & Doers
    • The different strategies that Dreamers & Doers has utilized in growing and maintaining their membership
    • Tips on how to foster engagement within community
    • How to know if building a community is the right next step for you
    • And more!




    Connect with Nicole: https://www.instagram.com/nicolehartwiglandau/


    Learn about Dreamers & Doers: https://www.instagram.com/dreamersdoers/

    https://www.dreamersdoers.com/get-amplified



    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 


    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: readysetcoachcommunity.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    36 min
  • Strategies to Stop Procrastinating in Business and Life

     In this week’s episode, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith break down the cycles of procrastination and how it can impact your goals. They break down the reasons for procrastination and offer strategies to overcome the cycle to stop procrastinating in your business and life.

     

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Different examples of how procrastination appears in business and life
    • How procrastination can impact your goals
    • The root causes of procrastination
    • Tips on how to realize you’re procrastinating
    • Strategies to stop procrastinating in business and life
    • Em & Lex’s self-reflections on how they operate or procrastinate
    • And more!



    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 

    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity

    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: readysetcoachcommunity.com

    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.


    28 min
  • How Reese Evans of Yes Supply Created a Coaching Certification Program

    This week Em & Lex chat with Reese Evans, Founder of Yes Supply. Reese is a Master Success + Abundance Coach, Trainer of NLP, Hypnosis, EFT, Energy Work, and Success Coaching, and founder of YES SUPPLY INC. Reese shares her story of how she got into the coaching space, what coaching certifications she completed, and why and how she ultimately created her own coaching certification program. 

     

    Here’s what you’ll learn: 

    • Reese’s founder, coaching and career journey
    • How she developed her philosophies and skillsets as a coach
    • Her journey with coaching certification and lessons learned
    • Why and how she created her own coaching certification program through Yes Supply
    • Things to think about if you’re considering going through or building a coaching certification program
    • All about the Yes Supply Method
    • And more!


    Learn about YES SUPPLY: https://www.yessupply.co/

    Connect with Reese: https://www.instagram.com/yessupply/

    Learn More about the Ready Set Coach Launch Pack: 

    https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/launch 

    Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachcommunity
    Join the Ready Set Coach Community: https://www.readysetcoachprogram.com/community
    Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

    31 min

About Ready Set Coach Podcast

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The Ready Set Coach Podcast is your backstage pass to the world of coaching. Hosted by business coaches and Ready Set Coach Community co-founders Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith, this podcast dives…