If your marketing isn`t working yet — that doesn`t mean it`s not working.

This is the thing Christie Mims, founder of Coach Pony, said on How to Get Ahead that I wish someone had told me at the start.

"It can be a really tough phase where people get stuck or give up"

Marketing a coaching business takes longer than anyone tells you. More posts than feels reasonable. More conversations than feels comfortable. More showing up than feels worth it — right until the moment it suddenly is.

The coaches who build sustainable businesses aren`t the ones with the best strategy on day one.
They`re the ones who kept going past the point where most people quit.

Don`t quit.

🎙️ Full episode on YouTube + all podcast platforms — 🔗 link in bio
👉 More from Christie: @christiecoachpony
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One of my favourite things about the MLC Awards is the Rising Star category.

Because we spend so much time in this industry talking about experience and credentials — and not enough time celebrating coaches who are fresh to the field and already doing brilliant things.

The Rising Star Coach of the Year is for you if you`re:
→ Early in your coaching career
→ Already getting real results with clients
→ Bringing something fresh to how coaching gets done

You don`t need decades behind you. You need to be doing great work. Full stop.

Applications close 15 June. Free for MLC members.

🔗 Link in bio to apply.

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Being a great coach is not enough to build a great coaching business.

Sorry. But someone needed to say it.

Christie Mims, founder of Coach Pony, doesn`t sugarcoat it on How to Get Ahead — and every coach needs to hear this.

"Coaching skills and Business skills - get both and you are so much more likely to succeed"

You trained hard to become a skilled coach. But coaching skills and business skills are two completely different things — and most coaching programmes only teach you one of them.

Marketing. Pricing. Client attraction. Positioning. These aren`t extras. They`re the whole game.

The good news? They`re all learnable. And starting now is better than waiting until an empty client list forces you to.

🎙️ Full episode on YouTube + all podcast platforms — 🔗 link in bio
👉 More from Christie: @christiecoachpony
#HowToGetAhead #millenniallifecoaches #coachingbusiness #businessskills #lifecoach #coachpony #coachentrepreneur #coachingmarketing