This week, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith discuss how to build and establish credibility as you begin your coaching journey and build your business. They talk through common perceptions (and misconceptions) of the title ‘coach’, and share valuable tips on how to build and establish credibility regardless of which phase you’re at in your coaching business. Additionally, they reflect on their journeys as coaches and tactics that have been helpful in developing their own credibility. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• Perceptions (and misconceptions) of the title coach - and alternative words and titles to use 
• Tips on establishing credibility as a coach 
• Effective language that highlights your coaching expertise
• How to position your resume to highlight your credibility as a coach
• Ideas on how to build up a credible network to establish authority
• How Em and Lex started getting testimonials from their coaching clients 
• The power of collaborations, speaking events, and case studies in building credibility
• And more!

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

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This week Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith discuss different strategic partnership ideas that coaches can use to grow their businesses. They give personal examples, review campaigns that have worked for their clients, and share what it takes for a partnership to ultimately be deemed successful in and out of the coaching world. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• Examples of what a strategic partnership can look like 
• Tips on creating and leading in a partnership for your coaching business
• Strategic partnership ideas and campaigns that have been successful for Em and Lex’s businesses
• Different buckets of collaboration
• How to curate an email list that brings in people to your events and partnerships
• How collaborations can be mutually beneficial
• Tips on deciding what you want from a partnership and what you have to offer
• And more!

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

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This week’s episode takes listeners behind the scenes of what is looks like when you’ve achieved “success” in life, entrepreneurship, and running a coaching business. Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith reflect on their transitions into entrepreneurship, the highs and lows involved in running a business, and how social media rarely ever shares the full story of someone’s journey. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• Em and Lex reflect on their corporate journies and what went on “behind the resume”
• Behind the scenes of their lives in their early career years
• A reminder that it’s rare to know what’s going on “behind the curtain” in someone’s life
• Learnings from past failures and how they apply it to their businesses today
• What successful moments have looked like for Em and Lex
• What not-so-successful moments looked like for them as well
• Tips on cultivating your community for your own business and self
• And more

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

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This week, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith discuss the ‘should’s’ and shouldn’ts of adding a coaching offer to your existing business. They discuss their own experience in adding a coaching revenue stream, and how they evolved in their own businesses in doing so. Tune in to hear their tips on both what to consider and what to do to create more impact and revenue with coaching. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• Tips on how to add a coaching offering to your existing business
• Em and Lex’s experience in how they created their own coaching offerings
• How to price your coaching offer 
• Lexie breaks down her PR journey and evolution of her coaching business to now opening up an agency branch
• Tips on making sure your offering fits within your personality and your business model
• The shoulds and shouldn’ts of adding a coaching offering to an existing business
• And more!

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

In this week’s episode, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith are joined by executive functioning coach Corie Wightlin. Corie, Em, and Lex discuss overcoming overwhelm in life and business and taming your inner critic. Corie shares tangible practices to improve executive functioning that listeners can implement immediately and reveals how neurodiversity relates to coaching much more than you might think. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• The science behind the pre-frontal cortex and how it allows us to think critically 
• What an executive functioning coach is
• The difference between neurodiversity and executive functioning
• How what Corie teaches applies to coaches and their businesses
• Advice on taming your inner critic
• Tips on what to do when you are experiencing overwhelm in your business
• How to reduce stress to increase productivity
• And more!

Find Corie Wightlin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wightlincoachingservices/?hl=en

Explore her website: https://wightlincoachingservices.com/about-corie

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

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In this week’s episode, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith discuss whether or not pivoting your coaching business is strategic or if it’s an excuse masking a different issue. They break down what a successful, smart pivot looks like versus an unsuccessful, counter-productive pivot, and share how listeners can decipher where they fall between the two. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• What it means to pivot in business
• How the coaching industry has changed post-pandemic
• Thoughts on how businesses have used pivoting to cover up something else that’s going wrong in their business
• Examples of successful pivots they have seen
• Examples of unsuccessful pivots they have seen clients make
• How pivots can be used to give business owners an easy out when they don’t want to stick to the “long game”
• Tips on being comfortable in and excited about what your selling 
• How to know if your inclination to pivot is strategic or not
• And more! 

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

In the 50th episode of the Ready Set Coach Podcast, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith discuss their experiences and insights from launching the podcast and program. They explore the strategies behind the podcast's launch and highlight commonalities among successful Ready Set Coach Program participants. They conclude by guiding maximizing personal and business growth through coaching investments.

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• Learn how the Ready Set Coach Podcast came to be
• Hear how Lexie and Emily started the Ready Set Coach Program
• Hear the challenges they faced when entering the coaching industry
• Common traits and actions they’ve seen their most successful clients take both in and out of the program.
• More about the upcoming Ready Set Coach Cohort
• How to maximize your coaching investments 
• And more

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

This week, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith chat about choosing the right social media platform to market your coaching business. They talk about different social platforms they’ve utilized in their businesses, how they track growth metrics, and the main things to consider when selecting where to put your efforts when launching and growing your coaching business.

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• The different types of social media platforms that you can market your coaching business on
• How to know where your ideal clients are hanging out on social media
• How to measure your growth across different social platforms
• What to consider when deciding which social platforms to invest your time in
• Learn how to leverage your personal strengths to grow your coaching business authentically on social media
• And more! 

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

In this episode, Emily Merrell and Lexie Smith drop tips on how to step away from busyness as a coach. They break down what busyness might look like in different phases of your business life and share necessary mindset reframes they’ve utilized to find a healthier relationship with time and reduce overwhelm.

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• Em & Lex’s best time management tips for coaches
• What systems Em and Lex use to help with their busyness as coaches
• How elements of time and being busy ultimately become a choice
• Different tips on how to reframe busyness to regain control of your schedule and life
• The reality behind feeling overwhelmed with a never-ending to-do list
• And more!

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.

Hear 7 things Lex loves and hates about being a coach. In this minisode, Lex breaks down the less obvious things to prepare for in your coaching business and reviews what she likes and dislikes about the industry and her job. 

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

• The 7 things Lex loves and hates about being a coach
• How holding space for others can be both exciting and exhausting - and how to protect yourself in the process
• How many coaches aren’t prepared for how much admin and operational work is involved in running a business
• Tips on dealing with inconsistent revenue and crafting your business model to become consistent
• The need to adjust and adapt to different learning styles as a coach
• Her experience building her offer suite to support her lifestyle and the flexibility that comes along with being a coach
• The highs and lows you may experience in the coaching industry
• The reality that hits when your clients do (and don’t) get or see results
• And more!

Follow Em & Lex on Instagram at @readysetcoachprogram

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

Learn more about Six Degrees Society and THEPRBAR inc.