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029 Coach Radio – Your Story: Susan Snyder

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Susan Snyder lives in Omaha, NE and helps her clients get the most from their technology.  She has no clients in Omaha; they’re spread out throughout the country.

Susan’s general rule – don’t do advertising.

Biggest mistake  – opened a storefront training center and advertised.  It didn’t fit her lifestyle with her family.

Susan’s biggest challenges in starting and running her business has been her own mindset.  Her mindset had been that she’s just a mom and shouldn’t be growing something bigger.

Her advice to stay-at-home parents who are trying to figure out what to do after the kids leave – don’t be afraid to try new things.

How she’s getting the word out: she takes great care of her clients and they spread the word.  Social media is a big key and that’s all built on referrals and relationships.

During our conversation, Susan mentioned a few times that you need to have a plan.  She doesn’t like handcuffs so plans loosely but has a road map.

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027 Coach Radio – Your Story: Andy Traub

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Andy Traub lives in Sioux Falls, SD and helps his clients with technology all over the world  His background in helping people through classroom education, finances and insurance. He wasn’t able to help people in the way he wanted so he left to pursue technology.

First step to get in business: looked inside himself and then gave himself permission to pursue something else.  Andy hired me a while back and then joined the Free Agent Academy.

Andy’s biggest challenges in starting and running his business include the challenge of trying to help everyone and figuring out what the market wants.  He’s had to figure out how to be selective and help in the right way.

Andy’s advice: go do something.

How he’s getting the word out: being helpful to others.

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025 Coach Radio – Your Story: Kevin Metzger

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Kevin Metger started this blog after giving up on business (he’s tried quite a few).  He has three kids and is very passionate about fatherhood and parenting.  He’s sharing his story and passions through his blog.

Kevin is trying to get 1,000 dads to complete a survey at thedadvocateproject.com.  He’s then interviewing a group of them and turning their stories into a book.

Biggest challenge so far: implementation.

How he’s getting the word out: online media (facebook, twitter, linkedin), getting involved in as many communities as possible.  That’s lead to 3,000 – 5,000 website views per month for him.  Social Media is Kevin’s#1 tool.

What we can learn from Kevin: persistence and attitude.

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023 Coach Radio – Your Story: Cliff Ravenscraft

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Cliff Ravenscraft is a full time podcaster.  That’s right, he gets paid to talk about his life. He’s produced more than 2,000 episodes and 24 individual shows over the past few years.

“Find something that you love so much that you would do it for free and then find a way to make money doing it.” Cliff found this idea from Dan Miller’s 48 Days to the Work You Love.

He was an insurance agent with a stay-at-home mom as a wife.

Podcasting for two years before making the decision to go full time.  When he and his wife Stephanie decided to go full time they gave their company a 90 day notice.

Cliff’s biggest challenge: how to charge doing something he loves.

When he was growing his business on the side he put in 20 hours on average per week outside of his normal job.  Some weeks he worked an additional 40-60 hours per week.

Revenue streams:

• subscribers to his podcasts ($10 / month)
• sponsorships (a minimum of $800 / month)
• consulting (building websites and helping others start their own podcasts)
• equipment sales

Cliff had a board of advisers whom he could trust to provide feedback and motivation as he started and grew his business.

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021 Coach Radio – Your Story: Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo

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Tony and Alisa DiLoreno are Marriage Coaches in San Diego, CA.

Tony popped an interesting question to his wife Alisa a few years back. Their marriage was on the rocks and he proposed 60 days of sex. Alisa said yes and it’s one factor that helped change their marriage for the better.

In July of 2009 they were invited to tell their story at a marriage retreat to which 40 couples showed up.  That’s how they first realized it was something they were passionate about.  (Get out of your comfort zone!)

Formula for their success

• Get results
• Be passionate
• Get out of your comfort zone

After the first or second meeting I gave homework to them to write a book…and it’s almost done!

Andrew Krieman posted this quote in the chat: “Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.” – Barbara De Angelis

Revenue streams:

• Speaking
• Book and product sales
• Coaching

Tony and Alisa are working 20-30 hours per week to launch ONE.

How are they getting the word out?  Their podcast is a big promotion source for them.

They’re using all three suggestions I have to build content: written word, audio and video.

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019 Coach Radio – Your Story: Brent Green

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Brent Green is a Career Coach in Kansas City, KS.

Brent helps his clients find their true self and connecting it to meaningful work.  His background is teaching English in Eastern Europe.

Brent says he’s still in the process of learning and growing his passion and business to match.

Andrew asks “What propelled your growth?” Brent: authenticity

How to find your passion: the books you read, looking back at the video games you’ve played, the experiences you’ve had, your dreams.

Hardest challenge?  Making the initial investment of faith and getting started.

How he’s getting the word out: writing for local newspaper, social media, creating quality content, being authentic and serving people.

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017 Coach Radio – Your Story: Dallon Christensen

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Dallon Christensen is a Coach in Bettendorf, IA.

Dallon helps businesses become profitable by using their balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements to look forward and make decisions rather than looking backward.

Cash burn rate – how long your business can survive without making any sale.

Dallon didn’t have much success the first time he tried to launch his business and he explains how he turned it around.

He’s getting some great insight and coaching from the Free Agent Academy.

Dallon’s wife Stephanie is on board because he has a real working plan for his transition.  He’s not shooting in the dark and just hoping he’ll be profitable enough one day to do it full time.

Andy Traub came up for web design.

How he’s getting the word out – connecting with people and providing value: Free Agent Academy, facebook, blog, twitter, newsletter, working on two online training classes and a future podcast.

“When I’m doing something, I’m doing it all out.”

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015 Coach Radio – Your Story: Eric Sherer

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Eric Sherer is a Financial Coach in Bethlehem, PA.

Eric shares his story about getting out of debt and using his experiences to help others do the same.

He currently works in air traffic control and is building his business on the side.

Eric’s advice – don’t coach people in their own homes, be yourself.

How to get the word out – speaking, newsletter.  Drip value into the lives of people and they’ll become clients six month later.

“Building a business is like raising a child.”

“Building a business is a marathon rather than a sprint.”