Coaching as a Side-Hustle 

Better face the facts. It’s highly unlikely you’re going to retire at your current place of employment. This means your current day job is temporary. Some employees hear this and “go ostrich.” Fearfully, they stick their heads in the ground and ignore this truth. Other employees wake up to the fact it’s their responsibility to create a side hustle now, before their jobs are eliminated or outsourced. Coaching is one the fastest growing professions. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry producing incredible benefits for the coach and client.

Benefits of BEING a Coach

• You can work whenever from wherever, with just a laptop or phone.
• Convert your knowledge and experience into true value for others.
• Co-create visible results in the lives of others.
• Get paid to do what you love while invest in clients from around the world.

Benefits of GETTING Coached

• A Truth Teller pushing you to dream bigger and dig deeper.
• Regular accountability for personal and professional goal achievement.
• Wisdom and insight from someone not directly tied to the outcome.
• A confidential relationship that leads to more clarity and confidence.

In today’s podcast I share how to become a 6-Figure Earner as a Coach this Year. (Listen to this episode via itunes, audioboom, or stitcher).

The Sponsor Of This Episode Is Igniting Souls Team

A few times per year we receive applications from quality candidates who have an interest in joining the Igniting Souls Team. If you’re interested in applying please click on the respective link below. And if you’d like to apply for all 3 simply fill out an application for one and we will consider you for all three.

* Your Secret Name

* The Deeper Path

* Dream Job

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I help authors, coaches and speakers launch 6-figure businesses by crafting their message and mastering their marketing. Join me in this exclusive Master Class where I show you the 7 Essential Elements for Creating a Killer Coaching Business.

In this Master Class Experience you’ll discover:

1. The 7 essential elements for creating a killer coaching business
2. Why you’re 67% more likely to succeed starting coaching as side hustle
3. 9 Reasons why now is the best time to start a coaching business

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Post #1 – Their Space: 

These are spaces where people talk about you, your businesses, or your brand. People may feature you on their own blog, RT you on their own Twitter account, or share your posts on their own Facebook wall. You can stay in the know about such mentions through a free tool called Google Alerts. (Guest posting on a blog or being interviewed on someone else’s podcast are also examples of “their space.”)

Post #2 – Shared Space: 

You don’t own shared space, but you can have a presence. To show up here, you must register or create a profile. Examples include:

flickr.com—a photo sharing site

pinterest.com—collect and organize things you love

disqus.com—a commenting platform

youtube.com—a video sharing site

twitter.com—a social network

facebook.com—a social network

linkedin.com—a professional social network

Remember this is shared space. Many businesses find this out the hard way. Amassing thousands of “LIKES” on Facebook doesn’t mean much if you can’t connect directly with your clients or fans. When these shared spaces (like Facebook) change their “rules” it can mean lost connection and lost revenue if you haven’t collected individuals’ email addresses.

Post #3 – Your Space: 

This is truly your own space. The key here is control. You determine what gets posted, sold, listed, published, or featured. Examples of your space includes a website, blog, (OR email). Here are the differences between the two:

• Websites are often “one and done,” simply because of their structure. You visit them once, then you’re done. You might return to a website out of curiosity or the need to purchase a product. But for the most part it’s static content.
• Blogs (at least the good ones) publish fresh, valuable content. Because of the ability to comment, blogs often foster a sense of community too. Blogs should include the ability for readers to subscribe in exchange for providing their email address. This way your content will be sent to readers automatically

The results are in!

In today’s podcast I share how to use these keys to unlock your future. (Listen to this episode via itunes, audioboom, or stitcher).

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We encourage you to join the Igniting Souls Tribe on Facebook. It’s a community of like-minded influencers as well as listeners of the Igniting Souls Podcast.

And, by all means, if you know someone you think would benefit, please spread the word by using the share buttons on this page. Finally, thanks for listening and remember, “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”

Could you be earning more influence, impact, & income?

If you’re a content creator (speaker, blogger, authors, podcaster, etc.) and you’re not certifying people to speak, coach, and train on your content, then you could be leaving massive amounts of influence, impact, and income on the table.

Over the past 5 years we’ve issued well over 100 certifications for our 3 teams: Your Secret Name, The Deeper Path, and Dream Job Coaches. The crazy thing is, we’ve never publicly promoted our teams. 

Instead, people who went through our coaching programs and experienced massive life change asked us to be certified. They wanted to create life-change in others through their own speaking, coaching, and training.

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One of the Best Decisions We Ever Made

I had reservations at first. The issues centered around ego, control, and fear. Family members even advised me against it. But then, I woke up and realized the massive benefits for the team members and our mission—Igniting Souls. Today looking back, it’s one of the best decisions we ever made.

In this episode, I share: How to Become a Thought Leader and Certify People on your own Content. I share the quick backstory below.

And for the first time ever, during the next 7 days we’re taking applications for new team members. If you’re interested in learning more, please watch this 2 minute video here. After you do, you can then check out whichever team you’re interested in applying for: Your Secret Name, The Deeper Path, Dream Job Coaches. Here’s just a few of our team members.

Should you Certify People Your Own Content?

I get it. As content creators, we’re often scared to “let go” of our message. It’s our baby after all.  Will people represent our message well? Will they take care of it?  Six years ago issues of ego, fear, and control kept me from ever considering it.

But then I woke up and I’m so glad I did. On the podcast and below I share more about the story and process. However, here’s 7 quick reasons to help make the decision easier.

C – Coaches: You don’t have enough hours in a day to help all the people that need it.

E – Empowerment: Your message won’t reach its potential if you protect it.

R – R.O.I. : Your team increases their impact and income AND yours.

T – Trainers: You can’t train all the people who need your content.

I – Influence: Your influence will grow as you grow your team.

F – Focus: You can only do a few things well and you have more content to create.

Y – Yawp: Your need barbaric YAWPERS that make the message even better.

How it All Happened

Almost 6 years ago Your Secret Name—my fourth book—released in September, 2010. In a matter of weeks we realized this book was special without much of our own doing. The book touched on an issue common to many adults and teens alike—identity. I blended my story overcoming self-injury with the reader’s journey of discovering who they were created to be.

My friend Gabe created an interactive website that combined free tools with support from our growing community. My friend Josh produced a beautiful book trailer, and we began getting emails from people of various backgrounds and struggles. They told us about their newfound freedom and how they discovered a connection with their Creator, their community, and their core.

Stories of victory over suicidal thoughts, depression, prostitution, workaholism, anorexia, and low self-esteem poured in. We continued sharing the message as best we could, but we’d clearly reached our capacity. Back then my day job brought its own set of challenges and commitments. And although I entertained thoughts of jumping into my dream job full-time, book sales alone didn’t come close to paying the bills.

Then it happened. I received an email from Desiree Arney, a stranger in New Jersey touched by the message. Long story short, after a couple chats David and I asked her to join our “team.”

The word team was a bit presumptuous. Although we wanted to change the world, we didn’t have a plan, a platform, or a paycheck. We figured passion was enough so we kept moving forward. A few months later we decided to have a conference and over one hundred people showed up. Toward the end of the conference we blocked off an open mic time for participants to share their thoughts about the day.

The stories of transformation people shared blew us away. Feeling momentum and divine favor, we created the Your Secret Name Team. Clearly we needed a way to multiply our impact and fund our efforts. I knew I couldn’t accept every gig, and although I felt a little guilty turning down some opportunities, my family and day job took precedence.

In no time we added a dozen members from all over the world, including Europe and New Zealand. Additional team members trickled in, and our impact and income increased slowly but steadily.

Benefits of Passive Impact

Even better than the passive income was the passive impact.

I remember one chilly Ohio afternoon playing with my three children on the living room floor. I think Isabel won out with her game choice—sleeping giant. Our stomachs were full from a scrumptious Sunday lunch and the wood in the fireplace crackled and popped. Snowflakes fell softly outside and my wife and I smiled at each other as we tried to keep up with three active kids.

Later that evening I checked our Secret Name Facebook group. Thrilled to read the posts, I learned how that weekend three separate team members had conducted Your Secret Name events in their own cities.

I smiled. While I enjoyed my loved ones in the comfort of my home, our passive impact business was igniting. Our team was communicating this message of hope to people who needed healing. It hasn’t stopped since.

 Want to Join our Team of World Changers?

What about you? Do you want a business or ministry in a box? Do you want to join a Team of World Changers and increase your influence, impact, and income?

For the first time ever, during the next 7 days we’re taking applications for new team members. If you’re interested in learning more, please watch this 2 minute video here. After you do, you can then check out whichever team you’re interested in applying for: Your Secret Name, The Deeper Path, Dream Job Coaches.

Here are just a few of our team members. I’d love to read your application and see if we’re a good fit. It’s time to Ignite Souls.