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If you’re a coach that hates marketing your business, this podcast might just blow your mind. I’m going to get real with you, I hate the word “hack” or “secret” or “trick” when it comes to helping you signing more clients, but alas, I really do think this perspective might completely shift the way you view marketing and sales. Because I believe that good marketing is just like good coaching, and if you use coaching as the lens for your marketing, you will naturally sign more coaching clients, without so much struggle. In this podcast, I break down: How to use your coaching skills to more effectively market your businessWhy you already know how to do market research, simply through being a good coachHow to use your coaching skills to create content that connects, converts, and ultimately helps you get more coaching clients onlineWhy marketing is coaching and coaching is marketing – marketing isn’t a sleazy thing you HAVE to do, it can truly be an act of service for your ideal clientsRead this over on the blog! How to get life coaching clients online: My fav marketing “hack” And don’t miss this free resource!: Steal my best market research questions to ask, a short video tutorial for how to conduct this research without ever getting on a call, as well as a template to compile this research and easily spot the patterns. Grab it at staciemitchell.com/research. 

Today’s special guest is Jessica Tudos, who helps fellow high-achieving multi-passionates organize and declutter physically - and mentally - in order to be more focused, productive, and creative at home and at work. As an Olympian turned edupreneur, life design coach, and organizer, Jessica helps creative portfolioists bring their ideas, projects, and passions to life. If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to find your “one right path”, if you feel like you’re always  “trying to fit a square peg into a round hole” or you just have way too many interests and a fear of being "flaky", this episode is just for you! Jessica and I talk about: How the myth of the “one path” can keep you from discovering the joys of being a multi-passionate creative or entrepreneurHow to create a “portfolio” life where you can enjoy your many interests while feeding your curiosity and your need for varietyAn approach to stability and financial security that doesn’t hamper your creativity How to stop feeling ashamed of your curiosity and many interests and how to embrace your identity as multi-passionate creativeJessica is grounded by lifelong learning, creative expression, and lots of juggling. Her adventures include having 65+ jobs (and counting), traveling to 40+ countries, becoming a single mom by choice, and getting married at 50. Not a conventional path, nor possible if she had continued to pursue the “one thing” in my career or “settling down” in her personal life. Breaking free from societal expectations, trusting her gut, and taking creative risks allowed her to find Something Even Better! You definitely don’t want to miss this episode! You can connect with Jessica by joining her Thrive with 5 email list, where each month she sends multi-passionate portfolioists items to reflect on, read, watch, listen and do! Jessica is also hosting a 10-day Group Decluttering Challenge from June 10 – 20, 2022, and you can sign up here! Mentioned on the episode: Jessica’s Curated List of Her 100 Most Inspiring Books What she’s reading now: Creative Acts for Curious Peopleby Sarah Stein Greenberg Check out Jessica's children's book "Kika the Upside-Down Girl" right here!

When I was a life coach focused on burnout, email marketing helped fill my 1:1 and group programs more than any other method. And there’s evidence to support that it’s a much more effective marketing method than almost any other out there, with a higher conversion rate than social media. I love email marketing – especially for coaches – because it allows you to get a bit more personal. You can share stories you might not feel comfortable sharing elsewhere. You can slowly build trust over time. And your email subscribers aren’t expecting you to send them an email every day, and you’re not penalized for not being active every single day like you are on social media.  In today’s podcast, I dig deep into email marketing, specifically for coaches, and how effective it can be in signing new clients, while touching on these topics: Why every life coach (or any coach!) needs email marketingHow to create a freebie that your ideal clients actually wantWhy I love MailerLite for email marketing for life coachesWhere to share your email opt-inThe next step in your email marketing: Your welcome sequenceHow to sign coaching clients from email marketingCheck out the blog post for this podcast, which includes links to extra resources and a full email example. Download my free SEO Cheat Sheet that grew my podcast by 58% over 5 months! Grab my new Sign Clients Without Social Media mini-course bundle, which includes a copywriting template for your opt-in landing page, a copywriting template for all of your welcome sequence emails, more examples of my emails that converted to clients, video tutorials for how to set up the automations in MailerLite, and more!  This bundle also includes an SEO mini-course and a guest podcasting mini-course with loads more tutorials and templates so you can sign clients without social media. You can buy the bundle over at staciemitchell.com/course – and use code SUMMER25 to get $25 off for a limited time, making it just $50!! And anyone who buys the course before midnight on June 1st also gets a private invite to a 1 hour long group coaching call where you can ask me questions and get feedback, scheduled for Sunday, June 26th from 4-5 pm EST. Mentioned on the podcast: Create Your Laptop Life podcast episode: 13 List Building Ideas

SEO tools can be a secret weapon for coaches. But I’ll be honest, many coaches shudder when they even hear the word "SEO."  Get links to research, screenshots, and more for this episode over here on the blog! It sounds technical, maybe a little cold, and definitely too complicated to understand, so why even bother, right? Wrong!!! Today on the podcast, I talk about how SEO strategy can make every piece of content you create work harder for you over time and help your perfect fit clients find you with way less effort. I dive into: Why every coach should use SEO in their businessWhat is SEO and why do coaches need it?Does SEO really work for coaching businesses?How SEO keywords help coaching clients find youMy favorite simple tools for SEO keyword researchHow to get the biggest bang for your buck with SEO as a coachGrab my free SEO Cheat Sheet with my 5 minute tutorial for how to use my favorite tools that helped me grow my podcast by 58% in just 5 months!  And apply to snag your spot to receive your customized SEO content marketing roadmap, where you’ll get the best keywords for your Home page, About page, and content, a custom guest podcasting plan, and more. I only offer one of these intensives each month. You can find out more and apply to work with me at staciemitchell.com/marketing. 

Everybody and their mother says you MUST use social media marketing for your coaching business, but why haven’t we stopped to consider the possible repercussions on our craft – our abilities as a coach? Read the blog with linked resources here! In today’s episode, Stacie talks about social media marketing for coaches, the potential hidden costs to your coaching practice, and a better, more mindful and moderate approach to marketing your business with social media.  Stacie answers a big question – Does social media marketing – specifically for coaches – have the potential to degrade our coaching skills over time? – by diving deeper into the questions below: Is social media marketing really worth your time and energy?What creates a great coach? And how can social media marketing potentially impede these skills?The research: Can focusing too much on social media marketing potentially destroy our skills as coaches?A better, more moderate approach to social media marketing for coachesIf you desperately want to stop feeling glued to your phone, but you just can’t seem to make it happen, download the free guide to the absolute best resources to help you quit (or pull way, way back) right here. And if you want to use SEO to help bring your perfect clients right to you, download the SEO Cheat Sheet and Tutorial today! This is the same method I used to grow my podcast downloads by 58% in 5 months! Mentioned on the podcast: Book: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Podcast: Six reasons to quit social media, maybe even forever

On today’s podcast, Stacie chats with Coach Mandy Steinhardt about overcoming good girl syndrome and codependency, and how the power of a sacred women’s circle completely changed her life.  We dig deeper into: What good girl syndrome is and how it relates to codependency, decision making, and the inability to say noHow to listen to your own intuition to make better, more aligned decisionsHow to set and keep boundariesWhat a sacred women’s circle is and what to expect when you join oneExamples of activities to reconnect to your divine feminineThe importance of learning how to mother and care for yourselfMandy Steinhardt is an authenticity and career coach who helps women combat the blahs and overwork by engaging with the divine feminine through healing women’s circles and 1:1 coaching.  There’s still time to join her “Divine Within” Women’s Circle this summer where you’ll meet every other Wednesday and connect with other women and: Kick FOMO to the curb in favor of real connection.Recover old and new dreams we have set aside in order to “get along” and “be a good girl/wife/mother.”Learn how to access our intuition, define our values, and create our individual plans to mirror them in our hectic lives.Connect with Mother Earth and remember Goddesses that pre-dated patriarchal religionWork on how we can create a sense of community in these disconnected times.You can connect with Mandy on Instagram – check out this post about the 5 warning signs of codependency! Check out Mandy’s website for more! Mentioned on the podcast: Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola EstésAn example of laughing yoga!

Today’s podcast is super special: Erika Tebbens goes solo to tell her story of leaving behind the world of network marketing aka MLMs – even though she was really successful in it – after burning out and wanting an online business that was more flexible, fun, and aligned with her values. Erika closed up shop in her network marketing business, took the leap into online business for herself, and the rest fell into place. She absolutely loves her business and is so grateful she did it scared. You can connect with Erika on Instagram @erikatebbensconsulting or find her on her website at erikatebbens.com. Also check out her AMAZING group program Rebellious Success. Stacie joined this program in early 2021 and can personally vouch for the framework and the community!  Mentioned in this episode: A book that changed Erika’s life: Playing Big by Tara Mohr

On today’s episode, Stacie talks about mimetic desire – how we desire what we see others desiring and/or having – and how it impacts our businesses in a BIG way. Stacie deep dives into: What is mimetic desire?What does mimetic desire have to do with the social media comparison trap?How social media and its inherent risks for mimetic desire influences our businesses and lives – and usually not in a good wayHow to overcome mimetic desire so you can stand out from the crowd in your business - and live true to your valuesHow an “anti-social media”  content strategy can help grow your thought leadershipThis podcast is for you if you’re a bit sick of the “lemming effect” of social media marketing: where every business starts to look and sound the same! Check out the resources from this episode over on the blog: Mimetic desire, the social media comparison trap, and why it matters for your business If you’re curious about SEO keyword research, I created a SEO cheat sheet and two super short video tutorials on the tools I use to make every piece of content work harder for me. You can grab it over at staciemitchell.com/seo. 

In today’s episode, I sit down with fellow coach and business friend Jenna Hellberg to debunk the most common myths of entrepreneurship.  We share our own stories and anecdotes of entrepreneurship, taking you behind the scenes of our businesses and our lives, so you can get the full picture of what entrepreneurship is really like. Because it’s not all luxury vacations and working from the beach like they show us on Instagram! Jenna and I dig deeper into: Common myths of entrepreneurshipWhy most of us don’t need – or want! – a 6, 7, or 8 figure business – and how the constant chase for “more, more, more” is hurting usThe privileges that allowed us to start businessesHow long it took for us to succeedHow arrival fallacy and summit syndrome keep us unhappy and searching for moreHow to get what you REALLY want from your businessJenna Hellberg helps you  simplify how you work in (and on) your business, so that you can spend more time away from your desk while making steady progress towards your goals. Grab Jenna’s free resource Instant Relief where she takes you through her 4-step exercise that helps you drop time-consuming marketing tasks while maintaining progress.  You can connect with Jenna on Instagram or listen to her Building Balance podcast on your favorite podcast app!

Stacie jumps in to talk about something she is hearing from more and more online business owners: “I would love to quit social media, but is marketing my business without social media even possible?!” The TLDR answer: Yes, it is! Stacie walks you through her 7 simple tips for marketing your business without social media plus shares her own experiment using SEO to boost her organic podcast and blog traffic, and the initial results she’s gotten from just 3.5 months of using SEO research. Sneak peek: Podcast downloads are up ~43%!  Here’s a little summary of what Stacie digs into on this episode: Why so many of us want to market without social mediaBut when it comes to marketing your business without social media – How do you do it???Stacie’s experiment: Can you still make money while marketing without social media?Stacie’s “rules” for her “marketing without social media” experimentThe initial results of her experiment, 4 months inIf you want to see how Stacie uses two SEO tools to conduct SEO keyword research that helps her content grow her traffic over time,  head over to staciemitchell.com/seo to download her quick, 5 minute tutorials that show how you can do it for your content too! See more about this podcast over on the blog! And if you’re looking to quit social media in your personal life, grab the absolute best resources to help you quit! Finally: You can access my private podcast episode for figuring out what you really want right here! Loved this episode? First go write a review, and then go listen to: 6 reasons to quit social media -- maybe even forever My no social media challenge: results from just one week

I have a super special episode for you this Valentine’s Day – and it wasn’t even planned that way, how serendipitous!  Join me as I interview The Anti-Soulmate Love Coach Kari Lu Cowell about breaking up with someone you still love (including her story with the rom-com classic “meet cute”), how to know when it’s time to move on, and how to find a more equitable relationship with your next partner. Kari and I dig into: The power of physical attraction with someone you love, but that’s just not quite right for youWhen your values just don’t match in your relationshipsHow a mismatch in values can cause more emotional labor in your relationshipsHow to find more balance and equity in your partnerships, especially with the social conditioning we all haveThe power and relief that comes from realizing you can’t make other people change How honesty and co-creation is so important to all of our intimate relationshipsThe importance of cultivating loving relationships outside of our romantic partnershipsMentioned on the podcast: Kari’s favorite book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Kari Lu Cowell is The Anti-Soulmate Love Coach! She helps people examine and expand their definitions of love, romance, and dating so that they can step off the relationship escalator and create the loving and liberated relationships of their dreams! Kari is a non-monogamous, non-binary, queer, demisexual woman who brings 22 years of experience in non-monogamy and kink/BDSM along with a doctoral education in Clinical Psychology and multiple wellness and trauma informed trainings to her work as a coach You can connect with Kari on Instagram @karilucoaching  or on her website here.

What’s it REALLY like working for yourself vs. working for someone else? It’s time you finally see all the nitty-gritty behind-the-scenes stuff most folks don’t want to talk about when it comes to being an entrepreneur. In this podcast, I dive into the myths of working for yourself as well as the perks of working for someone else. I made this podcast to correct the typical oversimplification we see in the online business world of “entrepreneurship is GOOD and jobs are BAD.” As with anything, there are perks and downsides to both, but since we spend most of our time hearing the perks of entrepreneurship and the bad parts of employment – I’m flipping the script and showcasing a more realistic view. If you want access to the research behind the episode, head over to the blog: The truth about working for yourself vs. working for someone else. Mentioned on the podcast: Duped: The Darkside of Online Business Wantrepreneur: Professor Explains the Fake Entrepreneur Industry And get access to my free private podcast on “What Do I Really Want?” where I teach you my favorite, super simple exercise for figuring out what you really want ASAP!