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Resources to Build & Run Your Coaching Business

Coaching Session Guide - step-by-step guide

Hey, fellow financial coach! Want to know how I outline my one-on-one money coaching sessions? This guide will provide you with the step-by-step structure of the first, middle, and final coaching sessions that I conduct with each of my financial coaching clients.


THE PRICING FORMULA FOR MONEY COACHES - MINI-COURSE

Feel a bit stuck in pricing your services? Most coaches set their prices in a backwards, trial-and-error, type of way. This creates a lack of confidence when it comes time to sell their coaching packages. With The Pricing Formula, you’ll receive a workbook to teach you my step-by-step formula to pricing your coaching services AND get a plug-n-play calculator plus tons of helpful trainings and templates to take your business to the next level, bringing in more income and making a bigger impact!


1:1 Coaching contract template - coaches & company

Want to make sure your coaching business is legally legit? Check out one of my preferred partners, Coaches & Company, and all the legal contract templates they have to offer! For sure you’ll want to start with the 1:1 Coaching Contract Template, but they also have templates for the terms and policies necessary for a website, hiring your first VA or other contractor, and so much more! Use Coupon Code “WANDERWEALTHY” for 10% off your order!


LOOM - VIDEO & SCREEN Recording SOLUTION

One of my absolute favorite tools to use in my money coaching business is Loom. It’s a perfect way to film program content but also the most handy tool for supplementing my coaching offering with in-the-moment mini-trainings or to quickly address a client question via video (the screen recording element comes in clutch with these). Loom has a free version for videos under 5 minutes, but the paid version is well worth it!



CANVA - CLIENT CONTENT & MARKETING GRAPHICS

Want to look professional with delivering PDFs, presentations, or creating your social media marketing content? Canva is my favorite tool (and you don’t have to be uber creative or have a graphic design background to make great looking business graphics your own). I used the free version for years, but upgrading to Pro made my life a whole lot easier (plus it comes with tons of free stock photos).


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ASANA - CLIENT MANAGEMENT

In a growing coaching business, it’s important to be able to manage the status of your clients. I use Asana (it’s free!) to manage my entire business, but especially rely on one ongoing “project” I have set up which actually serves as a CRM for my clients (paying, prospective, and alumni). This allows me to stay up-to-date on my client calls and payments (how many have they completed/have left remaining), allows me to keep notes in one place for my clients, attach documents and so much more!


GOOGLE DRIVE - CLIENT MANAGEMENT

The other tool I cannot live without for running my coaching business is Google Drive. I manage everything in email form (mostly) and share documents with my team and my clients using Google Drive. Using Google Drive, we’re able to share the Coaching Financial Dashboard which includes my clients’ budgets, savings progress trackers, debt reduction trackers, retirement calculators, and so much more.


ZOOM - CLIENT CALLS

I conduct all of my private and group coaching calls via Zoom. I pay a small yearly fee to use Zoom, but you CAN get set up and start using it for one-on-one calls for FREE. Zoom provides flexibility for my clients to call in via phone for just audio calls or video calls from their computer or the app on their phone. It gives me the ability to share my screen or take over my client’s screen, and for some clients who need it, I can record and share calls for them to listen back on.


Kajabi - Course platform

Do as I say, not as I do! If you don’t yet have a website, but you’re looking to get one, plus an email marketing software, plus a course platform, Kajabi is the way to go. Build out your entire business on one platform. Most businesses have a website (with many plugin subscriptions), an email marketing software subscription, a landing page software subscription, AND a course platform. Kajabi provides an all-in-one platform so you can build out your online business in one place, managing one price. It may be an investment, but it’s an investment WORTH making. Plus, with my link, you can get a 30 day free trial!


Podia - Course Platform

Although I use Kajabi, Podia is a great alternative with equally compelling offerings at a much more affordable price. Get started with a free plan and then upgrade when you want to enroll clients into your coaching program!


Resources to Be an Effective Money Coach

EMpower budget planner - Money tracking

As a financial coach, you’ll want to help your clients monitor all their money in one place. Enter: Empower (previously Personal Capital). A super secure financial aggregator that pulls all your numbers together and offers a super-detailed investment allocation and fee analyzer to help you dig into fees. I have my own account with Empower, and I have my money coaching clients set up an Empower account. This helps us check their status in one spot. The best part? It’s totally free to sign up and connect your accounts!


Betterment - Investing

Not ready to put your own investment strategy in place, but still want to get invested and finally call yourself an “investor”? Betterment is a fantastic Roboadvisor platform that can help you invest, using passive index investing, to reach your goals. All you have to do is connect your bank account, tell them how much you want to save and how long until you need the money, and how much you want to contribute to your account(s) on a weekly/monthly/quarterly or whenever you want basis. This is basically the most hands-off investing you can get! For business owners, Betterment offers SEP IRA, Roth IRA, Traditional IRA and regular brokerage accounts. Click here to get started with just $1!


Credit Sesame - Credit monitoring

When I worked as a money coach, Credit Sesame was one of my go-to free tools to introduce my clients to. Although many credit card companies offer free credit scores, Credit Sesame goes an extra step to help subscribers understand what might be impacting their score and steps they can take to improve it. I also had several clients paying for identity theft insurance, which was taking up some of their budget. Credit Sesame not only offers credit monitoring, but has a level of identity theft insurance packed into their free subscription. (I also have a Credit Sesame account - I love getting email updates that alert me about credit activity. Note: Credit Sesame uses the VantageScore 3.0 scoring model and info from TransUnion)

 
 

Podcasting & Blogging Tools

Microphone - Audio-technica ATR2100-USBDon’t let the fancy name or the super reasonable price fool you. I’ve done a LOT of podcast recordings, and this microphone is by far the best one I have found. No need to go super fancy high-priced to get good…

Microphone - Audio-technica ATR2100-USB

Don’t let the fancy name or the super reasonable price fool you. I’ve done a LOT of podcast recordings, and this microphone is by far the best one I have found. No need to go super fancy high-priced to get good audio quality!

Interview Recorder - Zoom MeetingsZoom is a paid platform, but is one I use for my business consistently. Beyond using Zoom to record podcast interviews, you can also use it to host webinars, workshops, group coaching, and even private coaching. You…

Interview Recorder - Zoom Meetings

Zoom is a paid platform, but is one I use for my business consistently. Beyond using Zoom to record podcast interviews, you can also use it to host webinars, workshops, group coaching, and even private coaching. You can record the audio and video files if you like, and use this material in a multitude of ways. Zoom has been crucial to my business!

Podcast Hosting - LibsynUse code “TESS” to get the rest of the current month and the entire next month free! Your audio files need to be hosted somewhere. The host will then feed these files into the various podcast listening apps, like Apple Podcas…

Podcast Hosting - Libsyn

Use code “TESS” to get the rest of the current month and the entire next month free! Your audio files need to be hosted somewhere. The host will then feed these files into the various podcast listening apps, like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, etc. Libsyn is a super affordable aduio host (just $5/month) and they have some great stats if you want to upgrade for just $2/month.

Interview Scheduling - CalendlyCalendly is a free platform for scheduling up to one type of meeting. So if you’re looking to just schedule podcast interviews, this is a great software to use! It syncs to your calendar so you never (or rarely) have a…

Interview Scheduling - Calendly

Calendly is a free platform for scheduling up to one type of meeting. So if you’re looking to just schedule podcast interviews, this is a great software to use! It syncs to your calendar so you never (or rarely) have any double-bookings, and you can set the days/times you want to leave open for interviews.

Recording & Editing - AudacityI use Audacity. It's FREE to download for PC and Mac and it works great for recording any solo episodes and for editing interviews. Utilize YouTube for how-to videos to learn how to get started.

Recording & Editing - Audacity

I use Audacity. It's FREE to download for PC and Mac and it works great for recording any solo episodes and for editing interviews. Utilize YouTube for how-to videos to learn how to get started.


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