Why marketing is NOT a 4-letter word
I have a lot of coaches in my community who hate marketing.
Perhaps you’re one of them?
If so, I invite you to think about marketing a bit differently than you have in the past.
See, marketing has a bunch of words that are unappealing to many coaches.
Words like…
- funnel
- lead
- lead magnet
- prospect
- campaign
- tribe
I’m sure I’m missing a few fun ones, but you get the idea.
No wonder you don’t love marketing.
Who wants to create a campaign to drag or pull a “prospect” out of the tribe and through a funnel with a lead magnet?
Sounds horrible, doesn’t it?
What if we changed the words above to something more like this...
- funnel > journey
- lead > potential client
- lead magnet > freebie giveaway
- prospect > potential client
- campaign > journey
- tribe > community
Better, right?
I invite you to think of marketing as a way for you to coach and teach a community of like-minded people. People who want to learn from you and be coached by you.
Here’s how simple it can be. In my marketing, I…
- Invite people to take a quiz that tells them about their coaching genius type and how it can help / hinder their coaching business
- Make an offer for the Coaching Genius video training, an online course that gives them strategies and helps them think differently about their coaching business
- Share with them some lessons I’ve learned and things to watch out for when building their business
- Make an offer for my coaching or courses every once and a while
- Keep providing valuable content knowing that some people will buy my courses and/or coaching, and some people will just enjoy my free content.
Nothing about my marketing (or business for that matter) makes me feel sleazy or sales-y.
And I know that through my business I’m fulfilling my purpose.
Does thinking about marketing as a way to coach and teach change things for you?
Leave a comment below and let me know.
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