I once got in trouble for something that I wrote in an ebook of mine,
about "Zombie Coaches".
Here's the offending passage:
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"A 'Zombie Coach' is a term that I coined for someone that looks like they have a real, live coaching business, but in reality they don't.
This person has all the things that make it look like they're a living, breathing business on the outside. They have a website, maybe a Facebook fan page and a Twitter account, they
put out some content and they do the odd discovery call (very rarely). They tell people they're a coach, but deep down they feel like a fraud since they don't have any clients.
One might might; "Wait Marc! I have five clients!" ... but if those people are paying you peanuts, or aren't paying you anything, they're not clients.
You deserve to be paid what you're worth as a
coach.
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Someone took exception to what she read, and said it was rude of me to equate some coaches with the walkers in The Walking Dead.
Ok, maybe it was a little harsh. But I stand by my point.
If you don't have paying clients, you don't have a business.
Everyone pussyfoots around this, but if more people would shine a light on this then maybe
it wouldn't happen as much.
I hate to see coaches banging their heads against the wall and spending time and energy but not being compensated for it.
So if I have to, I'll play the role of Sheriff Rick Grimes and do my best to rid the world of Zombie Coaches by turning them into live ones.
(Fun fact: I was Sheriff Rick for Halloween back in 2014).
If you're a coach who's
tired of not being paid, check out the webinar that I'm doing tomorrow.
I'll be showing things that will help you get paying clients, without paying for ads.
To register: