I once heard a funny story about a man who was (to put it nicely) not very attractive ...

 
He didn't have much in the looks department, he was unemployed, and he wasn't a candidate to star in the next season of "The Bachelor".

But every night that he hit the town he had a willing female partner who went home with him. 

With all of the odds stacked against him, what was his secret? 

Well, whenever he went out to the bar he positioned himself next to the exit. 

And he made a point to ask every woman who was without a man if she'd like to go home with him.

So he asked a hundred, or more, women to leave with him every night. 

He got a lot of slaps to the face. 

And plenty of drinks thrown in that same ugly face. 

And he was called every name in the book. 

But without fail, he always found at least one woman who said "yes" to his proposal and left with him.  

So what lesson can coaches learn from this? 

I suppose something could be said about the power of persistence, but I took something else from it: 

Instead of hounding and chasing prospects, it's a heck of a lot easier to grow a business by having the right people attracted to you and entering your world. 

Sure, the guy in this story "got lucky" often, but look at the amount of work (and drinks thrown in his face, and potential sexual assault allegations) that he had to go through to do that. 

 

Isn't there a better way that would save him a lot of time, effort, and money? 

You can grow a successful coaching business by hounding prospects, but I share better ways to do it in my Secret Coach Club hard copy newsletter. 

 

The July issue is a special one focused on Facebook groups, and specifically how to grow, engage, and monetize your group without spending any money. 

 

The deadline to get it is this Sunday at midnight (EST), here's the link: 

 

www.SecretCoachClub.com 

 

Marc Mawhinney