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Making Money as a Writer: Coaching · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: We've been working our way through a series on making money as a writer.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: And on today's episode, we're talking about a service that can take a lot of different forms and can also be fairly lucrative if you make this a core part of your overall business.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_00: And we're talking about coaching.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: Now, coaching is a very broad term that can mean a lot of different things in different contexts.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: But generally, coaching refers to the idea that you are there to help your client become more successful in a specific area.
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  SPEAKER_00: Coaching is normally done in either an individual or a group setting, and it can also be done as either a one-off coaching session, like a one-time thing, or as something that's ongoing over a period of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you have specialized knowledge in a certain area, coaching can be a great opportunity for you to help people in a much deeper way than they can be helped by reading a book or a blog post or something like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've benefited a lot from coaching in different ways over the years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two of the paid masterminds that I'm in right now include individual coaching as part of the group structure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And twice in the past year, I've paid coaches for one-off sessions on specific topics.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I'm a huge fan of coaching because it's basically a fast track to success in a specific area.
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  SPEAKER_00: For example, I hired my good friend John Shookman, who is a social media coach for real estate agents, to do an hour of coaching with me on social media for The Daily Rider.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: And I learned things from him in one hour that I could never have figured out on my own about this topic because I'm just not motivated enough to dig into it on my own and do all the study.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, coaching is basically like a shortcut to success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I have never personally offered group coaching, but I've done a lot of individual coaching, primarily related to helping people with their books.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, as a writer, you can do the exact same thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have specialized knowledge in specific areas.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a simple way to get started is to offer one-on-one coaching around the same topic that you write about.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: And your books and other content can be a really great way to promote your coaching services, which allows somebody to get individual help in a way that they can't experience just by reading your books.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're just getting started with coaching, I recommend the incredible book called The Prosperous Coach, written by co-written by Rich Litvin.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's one of the best business books I've ever read, honestly.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: I'd also recommend offering a few coaching sessions for free as a way to help you get some practice and also provide you with some testimonials if you want to take your coaching practice further.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_00: So coaching is a deep, deep area that uh, you know, there are a lot of people who do that as their full-time gig, and that's totally great.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't choose to do that because it's just one thing that I want to offer among a variety of ways to help people.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_00: But you can do with coaching whatever you want, and I think it's a wonderful way.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_00: Uh it's one of the wonderful things that you can offer as a paid service to people that can really help them in a very, very direct way.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: So here's the question for today: how can you expand your knowledge and impact by offering group or individual coaching as part of your overall business?
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: Why don't you give that some thought because coaching can be a very quick and simple way to help people and also make some extra income as a writer?
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, I want to give a big thanks to today's sponsor, Plotter.
• 3:41
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• 3:47
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• 3:55
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• 4:07
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, you heard it first here on the Daily Writer Podcast.
• 4:18
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• 4:29
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• 4:43
  SPEAKER_00: All right, my friend, as always, thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.