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Welcome back to my channel, the number one place for new coaches, content creators and
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In today's video, I really want to walk you through what you should be considering in
order to find the perfect business coach or mentor for you.
Now I know exactly how daunting it is to find your very first mentor or your very first
business coach and as someone who's worked with multiple coaches, whether it was through
private coaching group coaching or just simply taking their courses, I feel like I know a
thing or two in order to save yourself some headache and some trial and error in order
to find that perfect match for you.
That's why if you're interested in learning more about this, then I highly advise you.
Keep on watching.
All right, so right out of the gate I want to share with you guys something that Sam
ovens once said and it resonated with me so much and what he says is that the Facebook
ads expert is always going to tell you that Facebook ads is the way to go.
The branding expert is always going to tell you that branding is the way to go.
The person who loves social media and built their business off social media AKA me is
always going to tell you social media is the way to go, but what's important to know is
that there are 101 and million more ways to make money online.
However, there's so many different paths that you need to consider and there isn't just
one straight line to making income on or even offline.
That's why my number one tip for you is to make sure you understand what type of business
model you want.
I know when I was just starting a year ago, I found myself as super overwhelmed and the
reason for this is I was literally following every single entrepreneur that was making
six or seven figures thinking that because they had money that they're going to be the
perfect mentor for me because they were successful and that could not be farther from the truth.
Just because someone is making money doesn't mean that they're the perfect coach or mentor
for you.
Not only this, at the time I heard people saying to me that having a bomb ass sales
page was the way to go and making sure that your email marketing was on point, was the
way to go and that was the number one way to attract leads.
Another person who was telling me that youtube was the way to go, other people were telling
me that Facebook ads was the way to go.
Other people were also saying that hosting live events was the way to go.
And I was so, so overwhelmed.
Well, when I really asked myself, who are the entrepreneurs that I truly admired, that
I always listened to, that I really resonate with and I really agree with, it was Sunny
Lenarduzzi, Erin May Henry, Amy Porterfield, and all three of these women posts valuable
ass content every single week, whether it's through youtube or podcasts.
And that's how they were able to attract massive tribes, which allowed them to easily and effortlessly
sell their programs and their products and all of their services.
And I wanted my business model to be the exact same, especially since ever since I was in
high school I wanted to be a youtuber and to me this felt like the perfect match and
that's why I only listened to people that have the results that I want, not just monetary
results but also how they run their business.
That's why for you, you really need to dive deep and ask yourself what type of business
model do you see for your own business and then narrow down which mentors you like to
follow in order to get that result.
Moving onto the second piece of advice that I have for you when it comes to narrowing
down that perfect business mentor or business coach and that is pay attention to their style.
Now, understanding their business model is one thing.
However, you need to recognize that a lot of different people could have the same business
model.
What you need to pay attention to though is how they deliver things.
What's their style?
Are they really buttoned up and all they wear is blazers and they're really process driven
or are they really spiritual?
Really grounded, really intuitive.
Neither approach is wrong.
What matters is that you're choosing the right approach for you.
For example, if you are someone who is super spiritual and this is a big value that you
have within how you want to operate your business or how you want to operate in general, that
if you're hiring a business coach or a mentor who is not very spiritual and it's actually
very strategic, very process driven, then you're going to have a hard time and there's
going to be a lot of friction there.
So you really want to pay attention to what type of coach that you want in terms of style,
not just business style, but you also want to understand them as a person.
Are they someone who is very, very drill sergeant like is going to tell you what to do and not
really going to hold your hand or are you looking for someone that's going to be your
BFF and is never going to tell you no.
Now.
Obviously these are two opposite ends of the spectrum and I do not recommend either of
them, but that's just an extreme example that you want to pay attention to because at the
end of the day it's not just the results that matters from the coaching experience, but
it's the actual experience.
You want to have a good time with your coach.
You want to feel like you're supported, you want to feel like there is a synergy between
you two and it's really important that you actually narrowed down what type of style
that you're really looking for.
Now obviously for many of you, you might not know what style this coach has.
That's why the next piece of advice that I have for you is to pay attention to their
free content.
Now, I'm not saying that you need to judge a coach or a mentor based on how much content
that they do because honestly, volume does not matter and they definitely don't need
to be like me posting two videos a week on youtube every single week.
But for the content pieces that they do have really evaluated, understand if you actually
learn something from it, if you like their style while they were delivering that content,
especially if it's something that you can actually listen to or see, really pay attention
to that because more often than not, their free content is a really great preview of
the paid content and at least for me, when I'm looking at which mentors that I want to
work with, I'm always judging it by their free content of whether it was their Webinar,
their masterclass, their youtube videos or podcasts episodes, they're blog posts, they're
freebies or opt-ins, their email newsletter even that I pay attention to and if I don't
like it or I don't resonate with it or I really didn't learn anything, then I probably won't
invest in their programs and that's just me.
You might be completely different, but what I found is that every time I've invested in
a mentor or a really high ticket offer, I never regretted it because I really value
that person's free content first.
So make sure you're not rushing in the process of getting a business coach or a fancy mentor
and instead consume the free content and then decide from there.
Now at this point, maybe you've consumed that person's free content and you love it.
However, one thing you also need to consider is really acknowledge the stage that you're
at, and this is really important.
For example, you could adore the content from a seven or eight figure coach that's teaching
you all these extreme things like doing your sales funnels, creating crazy marketing campaigns
and all of that.
But if you are someone who's literally at stage zero, doesn't even have a niche, it
doesn't even have an offer, then you likely want to find a coach that actually can help
you with this area first before you graduate onto these other systems and processes.
Trust me, you will get there.
But if you're watching this and you're a beginner, really look for coaches or mentors who specialize
in helping people just like you, and then eventually hire another coach or get more
mentorship from people who have leveled up.
For me when I started, my first coach was someone who helped me fine tune my offer,
and then afterwards I work with someone who's actually going to help me scale and hit more
milestones in my business.
Don't feel like you need to just hire one mentor for the rest of your life.
It doesn't work like that.
Every coach that you hire or every person that you work with is going to serve a massive
purpose within a certain phase of your business.
And if you're a coach yourself and you're watching this, understand that for you as
well.
Your clients are going to graduate from your program.
They're going to hire other coaches.
Don't feel bad.
Don't feel like you're not good enough.
Just understand that you've served your purpose for that one client at that stage that they
were at and now they're moving on.
And the same thing's gonna happen to you when you work with your own mentors as well.
So make sure as you're choosing which mentors or coaches you want to work with, acknowledge
the stage that you're at and make sure that that coach specializes in that stage that
you're specifically in.
Now moving on to another piece of advice that I have, and this one is actually something
that nobody really considers until they actually make this mistake.
And that is understand time zones, especially in an online world, you really want to pay
attention to time zones.
If you're hiring a coach from all across the country, then guess what?
Your calls are going to be brutal.
You're going to be waking up super early or you're going to be staying up super late.
Now, if you're okay with that, that's fine, but I just really wanted to put this in this
video because a lot of people actually don't put this into consideration when they're hiring
a coach.
Not only this, not just time zones, but you also want to look at just life experiences.
I have a friend who is a side Hustler and guess what?
She ended up hiring someone who was never a side hustler and therefore there was a huge
disconnect and now that she's hired someone who is also a side hustler that actually understands
what it's like to be a side hustler, there is massive synergies so you really want to
make sure that that piece is there as well when you're looking at who you want to hire
and the best way to do this is to go on these discovery calls, go on sales calls, actually
go on these free strategy calls and whatever these coaches are calling it, go on free.
Call with them and ask them these questions.
Really understand what time zone they're in, what their flexibilities are when it comes
to scheduling calls and understand what their life experiences are as well.
If you're a mom and you're working with someone who's never been a mom, then maybe that might
be an issue for you because maybe they will have less understanding when you have to cancel
a call because you have to pick up your kid or something like that.
So these are little tiny things that not a lot of people pay attention to that I definitely
wanted to add into this video before you actually hire someone who may not be the right fit
for you both time zone wise and lifestyle wise.
Now so far in this video we talked a lot about how to find the perfect coach that is suited
for you, but what about clients?
That's why I want you to hit the notification bell because in my next video I'm going to
talk to you all about the top five reasons or top five signs that someone is a nightmare
client.
These are the clients that you might want to avoid before you actually take them on
into your business.
So make sure you hit the notification bell because in my next video, we're going to dive
really deep into all of that.
With that being said, guys, make sure you also check out these two videos right here
as well.
I talk a lot about social media, business, online marketing, all these things, so make
sure you check out those videos as well.
In the meantime, while you wait for those videos, I hope you guys have an awesome day.
Thank you so much for watching.
I appreciate you.
I hope you guys have a great day, a great week, and a great life, and I'll see you in
the next one.
Bye guys.