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In this podcast episode, I interview my dear friend Jessica Rhodes about her podcast guesting service business, Interview Connections, which she started in 2013. Over the past decade, her business has become a powerful entity that helps individuals reach their ideal clients and expand their audience. Listen in to learn valuable tips on how to make a strong impact when given the opportunity to be a guest on other people's podcasts. Hear are just a few of the key insights from this episode Appearing as a guest on other podcasts has proven to be the most effective method for reaching your ideal clients and exposing your message to a large audience. Over the past decade, I have referred numerous clients to Interview Connections and have received entirely positive feedback. The importance of thorough preparation for podcast interviews cannot be overstated. This includes researching the host and having a clear call to action. Having a clear call to action is important, but possessing unwavering confidence in

Below is the email follow up that I sent to Mark after this session. Pay special attention to the additional resources section which has a link to where you can find the full instructions to the value/rules exercise.Mark, It was wonderful to connect with you during our call today. Below, you'll find a link to the recording of our session, along with a list of insights and action items that emerged from our discussion.

Below email followup that I sent to Mark following this session: Mark, It was so wonderful to connect with you during our call today. Below, you will find a link to the recording of our session, along with details for our next session. Additionally, you'll find a list of insights and action items that emerged from our discussion today.

Welcome to Session Number 2 of "The Mark Mason Sessions." In this series, I am coaching business leader and internet marketing expert Mark Mason, one-on-one, and you'll get to hear every detail of each of these twelve sessions. Over the course of the year, I will work closely with Mark to help him launch his new coaching business through proven methods of attracting and serving high-quality clients. Listeners will gain invaluable insights as they witness Mark's transformation through these sessions. Each episode in this series will provide a real-world example of how the prosperous coach method creates results, serving as both inspiration and practical education for anyone looking to build a successful coaching practice. Mark's journey is sure to offer profound lessons that can be applied immediately. If you want to hire Mark Mason as your coach, email him before his only two coaching slots are taken. His email is Mark@LateNightIM.com.The Next Level Coaching Program If what I shared about the Next L

I'm thrilled to announce a new "series" of content within the Cliff's Notes on Profitable Coaching Podcast. This is the first of twelve of The Mark Mason Sessions. In this series, I will coach business leader and internet marketing expert Mark Mason, one-on-one, and you'll get to hear every detail of each of these twelve sessions. Over the course of the year, I will work closely with Mark to help him launch his new coaching business through proven methods of attracting and serving high-quality clients. Listeners will gain invaluable insights as they witness Mark's transformation through these sessions. Each episode in this series will provide a real-world example of how the prosperous coach method creates results, serving as both inspiration and practical education for anyone looking to build a successful coaching practice. Mark's journey is sure to offer profound lessons that can be applied immediately. If you want to hire Mark Mason as your coach, email him before his only two coaching slots are taken.

Today, I'm offering you a front-row seat to a groundbreaking episode – a merging of human intuition and AI brilliance. This conversation isn't just a testament to technology's marvels, but also a dive into my unique approach to connecting conversations and building authentic, no-strings-attached relationships. Here's a sneak peek at what you'll find in this episode: The Essence of Genuine Conversations: Learn why I place immense value on profound, meaningful interactions. For me, every conversation is a doorway to a lasting connection, a bond that's free from any ulterior motive or agenda. Organic Growth Through Referrals: Discover my organic, heart-centered approach to generating referrals. It's all about genuine connection, adding value, and trusting the process. Embracing Empathy in Business: In a world where transactions often take center stage, I've always believed that it's empathy and true understanding that set the foundation for any successful business relationship. Dive into how empa

In this info-packed episode, I'm joined by my longtime friend and fellow online business expert Ray Edwards to dive deep into why we believe Kajabi is the ultimate all-in-one platform for online business owners. Ray and I take a trip down memory lane to remember the "bad old days" of cobbling together a frankenstein's monster of different tools, services, and platforms just to create and sell an online course or membership site. We share horror stories of downtime, limited storage and bandwidth, security issues, and the general hassle of managing it all. We then explain how Kajabi changed everything for us and made our online businesses infinitely easier to manage. Key benefits I discuss include: Robust website hosting with amazing uptime and security Unlimited storage for videos, audios, PDFs, images - No Caps! Unlimited bandwidth - no traffic overage charges Built-in payment processing, coupons, subscriptions, etc. Full featured email marketing and automation Easy course and membership site creation Podcas

I'm thrilled to welcome Edwin Soler to the show today! Edwin dedicated 27 years of his life to helping others as a probation officer, where he made a profound impact guiding thousands of clients. Now, he's courageously stepping into a new season and harnessing his gifts to become a full-time coach, speaker, and author. While this transition hasn't been easy, Edwin is determined to own his value and share his story. Today, we'll dig into how we can strengthen his mindset, gain clarity on next steps, and put together an actionable game plan. Edwin is eager to fully own his potential - so let's give him our full support as he moves boldly into this next chapter! If you would like to experience one of these complimentary full blown 90-minute one-on-one coaching experiences with me, send me an email at cliff@cliffravenscraft.com and put "Live Stream Coaching" in the subject line.

This is a special episode of Cliff's Notes on Profitable Coaching. I'm really excited to share an experience that has been the most influential one in all of my years of coaching - the Free The Dream message. In this episode, I share a conversation with my wife Stephanie where we discus who we are, what the Free The Dream message is, how we are bringing Free The Dream back as a workshop that you will not want to miss.The reason I'm bringing this to you as an episode of Cliff's Notes on Profitable Coaching is that if you're subscribed to this podcast, you're probably a coach. And what I'll be teaching and training on in this workshop are hands-down the most influential techniques, tools, and strategies when it comes to making serious changes in the lives of my clients. My average lifetime value of a client right now is between $45,000 to $70,000 and climbing. If you'd like to have insight into the deepest teachings, strategies, and techniques that I use with my clients at a hands-on level,

Several years ago, I realized that my brand, Podcast Answer Man, wasn't fully reflecting the guidance I was providing to those seeking strategies, tools and techniques to [fill in the blank]. That's why I decided to evolve my brand to Mindset Answer Man - to provide a better indication of the kind of advice I was giving. As the result of working with so many people, I began to recognize patterns between those who were successful in achieving their podcasting goals and those who were not. What I found was that despite having helped many people launch their podcasts, many of them had built their podcasting efforts on a shaky foundation, leaving them unable to experience the full potential of podcasting. In this episode, I explore how important the order of operations of STATE, STORY, and STRATEGY is to creating the most successful outcomes.   Are you looking to drive growth and increase the visibility of your business? I am a Master Business Coach, Mentor & Speaker.   I have over fi

If you ever wondered why I shut down my Podcast Answer Man business and rebranded myself as the Mindset Answer Man, this episode will give greater insight into my decision than I've shared previously. Recently, I hosted an "Ask Me Anything" session on the topic of "The Business of Coaching." Kate Nankivell let me know that she would be participating live and that she planned to ask the following question:  "I’ve just started a new podcast called The Shape of Kate. I’m at the beginning of my much needed weight loss and regain my fitness and health journey and I want to share this journey and so much more through this podcast. Now this represents a departure from my current business so I’m thinking about my monetization strategies. My clear intention with this podcast is to be an inspiration through sharing my journey but not a weight loss coach or fitness expert. I’ll interview those experts as I go. They rightly claim their expertise. My monetization ideas at this early stage is to bring on adv

Recently, I hosted an "Ask Me Anything" session on the topic of "The Business of Coaching" and Jennifer Swanson asked the following question:  "My coaching is off the side of my desk (and I want it to stay there because I'm doing several things) but it would be nice to have a handful of steady clients, and while word of mouth has been good in the past, it's never stead. What strategies would you suggest for finding clients that are not high-pressured or sale-sy?" The advice I gave in this episode: Create an evergreen marketing funnel that is purpose built to consistently generate new potential clients who are interested in your coaching. Create a niche topic podcast with only five to ten podcast episodes that are more valuable than a $2,000 dollar course on the topic. For every episode, give away a high quality “hand-out” or “PDF Quick Guide” that relates to the content of that episode. (They will opt-into your email newsletter to receive this) Write a series of emails (at least 10 to 20) that wil

Recently, I hosted an "Ask Me Anything" session on the topic of "The Business of Coaching" and Loubna Zarrou asked the following question:  "I have been coaching many years but one struggle is how to turn it into a business when you can coach on almost anything." The advice I gave in this episode: First, I shared one of my favorite Steven Chandler quotes about the topic of "choosing a niche" for your coaching. Next, I provided the following five pieces of advice: Determine how much money that you need to generate on a monthly basis to thrive financially from your full-time self-employed coaching business. Do the math…. Can you find 1 client to pay 100% of your monthly amount within 15 to 20 hours a week of work? Can you find 2 clients to pay 50% of your monthly amount within 15 to 20 hours a week of work? Can you find 4 clients to pay 25% of your monthly amount within 15 to 20 hours a week of work? Can you find 10 clients to pay 10% of your monthly amount within 15 to 20 h

Recently, I hosted an "Ask Me Anything" session on the topic of "The Business of Coaching" and Chris Pinckley asked the following question:  How can a seasoned or veteran coach, in other words someone who already knows the coaching industry, turn their podcast into a lead generation tool effectively? Talk consistently about the exact topics that your current coaching clients are bringing to their sessions. (No Specifics of the client Included of course) Use the precise language that they use to describe their pain, problem, struggle, obstacle, etc. Host “Ask Me Anything” sessions like this to offer a “public example” of the type of coaching you do and include some examples of those conversations in your podcast. Create “Custom CTA’s” For Every Episode. Prioritize getting people to your mailing list to nurture the relationship. Add different price point offerings for your value ladder of products and services. Invite your best clients who have experienced the most transformation to tell their s

My great friend, Deacon Bradley, is a member of my Next Level Mastermind and has been using the Prosperous Coach Method to create new clients. Over the past several months, Deacon has experienced a few scenarios where he has had a hard time with follow-ups after the first complimentary coaching session, specifically getting his potential clients to book their second complimentary session. This is NOT an issue where the coaching is not powerful enough. On the contrary, Deacon's concern, initially, was that the first session may be far too powerful and that the potential client may have four to six months worth of insights to implement after the first call. Yet, in a recent conversation via one of LinkedIn Live Audio events, we uncovered a few missing components within the Connect, Invite and the first session of the Create phase of the Prosperous Coach Process. No doubt, you will find a tremendous amount of value in this episode. Links Mentioned at the end of the episode TrainWithCliff.com Free

This episode contains just one incredibly powerful story how how my participation within a mastermind group has made my dreams, personally and professionally, become reality.  Click here to see the video version of the message included within this episode. If you are full-time self-employed or plan to become full-time self employed within the next 12 to 18 months, I want to invite you to CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL MASTERMIND TODAY. Here are a few testimonials from current and former members of The Next Level Mastermind: Tom Heffner said... Cliff Ravenscraft and the mastermind he created were a major inflection point in my career and life. I went from feeling trapped in a day job to creating my own freedom and autonomy. I left the day job at that time to start my own business to give myself more freedom to do what I want, with whom I want, when I wanted. I've never looked back. Here's the interesting part - as much as Cliff can help you with the tactical/practical (e.g. the

Avoiding The Advice Monster... I recently had a gentleman enter one of my Clubhouse rooms and he said.... "I'm a little concerned right now about where to go in life.  I'm curious about outsourcing ideas beyond people who know me well and I wanted to see if I could get some advice from a coach and professional such as yourself." In this episode, you get to hear our entire conversation.  This client got all the advice and answers to the questions that he had been looking for, but if you listen closely, you'll notice that I never once gave him any advice other than a book recommendation that I thought might be valuable for him. I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at http://CliffRavenscraft.com/podcast   Let's Work Together! Would you like to connect with me through one-on-one coaching or through one of my paid mastermind groups?  If so, visit my WORK WITH ME PAGE and submit an application today.  

  Anyone who calls themself a coach or wants to "become a coach" will need to have a solid answer to the question... "How long have you been coaching?" Before you answer that question again, listen to this episode first!     I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at http://CliffRavenscraft.com/podcast   Let's Work Together! Would you like to connect with me through one-on-one coaching or through one of my paid mastermind groups?  If so, visit my WORK WITH ME PAGE and submit an application today.

Creating free content is an amazing way to demonstrate the amount of insight and value that you could provide to potential clients. I'm often asked the question.... "How do I decide how much content to give for free so that potential clients will still hire me?" Almost everyone is shocked when I say.... "GIVE IT ALL AWAY FOR FREE." I explain why this is my philosophy of content creation in this very short podcast episode.   I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at http://CliffRavenscraft.com/podcast   Let's Work Together! Would you like to connect with me through one-on-one coaching or through one of my paid mastermind groups?  If so, visit my WORK WITH ME PAGE and submit an application today.

I recently launched a brand new podcast called "Upgrade Your Peer Group - The Power of Mastermind Groups." Knowing that this new podcast would be of great interest to those who are looking to build a profitable coaching career, I decided to share a recent episode of this new podcast here in the Cliff's Notes on Profitable Coaching podcast. In this episode, I share the most common questions I get related to mastermind groups. For each question, I share an answer off the top of my head, with what comes to my mind today, as my answers to many of these questions have evolved as I have continued to experience the Mastermind Principle in my own personal and profession journey through life. Question 1 - What Is A Mastermind Group?  Question 2 - What Are Some of The Benefits of A Mastermind Group? Question 3 - Should I find a group to join or just start my own?  Question 4 - Where Can I Find A Mastermind Group?  Question 5 - How many people should be in a mastermind group?  Question 6 - How D