#161 - Get your first 10 coaching clients online from scratch (Trainer's Lab Podcast)

Inside The Mind with Misbah Haque

I'm excited to share S1E1 of Trainer's Lab with you. Blake Scheidt and I are dissecting the elements of accelerated remote coaching careers.
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Misbah Haque is a media producer and trainer from Philly. His top-rated podcast, Inside the Mind with Misbah Haque propelled a 10+ year international fitness career training SWAT team, Cirque de Soleil performers, MLB players, and Fortune 500 executives. After years of helping other athletes and coaches launch successful shows, Misbah started Pod Mahal in 2020 to help underdogs build their own table with podcasting.
Blake Scheidt is a trainer turned coach out of Lakeland, Florida. He specializes in remote coaching for body composition, strength training, and nutrition. Blake has thousands of hours on the floor maintaining a roster of clients both on and off site. Creating more flexibility with time and location for his family was the driver for taking his clients online.
Show Notes:
(00:00): How to get your first ten (10) clients
(03:11): Experiences from working with first clients
(05:37): Helping your clients achieve their goals
(12:34): Choosing your ideal clients
(16:15): Choosing the right person to hone you
(19:55): Outreach strategy
Quotes:
“Our ultimate goal is to kind of help arm you with tools that we really wish we had when we were starting out.” - Misbah
“If you don't have anybody paying to come to you, you can't do the good work that you want to help people with.”- Blake
“The reward of a career in anything is usually the time that you're putting in the expertise and skills you develop.”- Misbah
“Don't make crazy claims and set crazy expectations.”- Misbah
“Start with people who are in your corner and want you to succeed.”- Blake
“If you have 1000 friends on Facebook, even if you haven't talked to him in a while, hit them all up, you have no idea that somebody would be excited that you haven't talked to him in five years, and it'd be a great way to rekindle that friendship over fitness.”- Blake
Tools I like:

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Remote recording software: https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=misbah
Email marketing software: https://convertkit.com/?lmref=EunAZw
Best podcast equipment for beginners under $200: https://mizhq.com/podcast-equipment-for-beginners/
5 Best headphones for podcasting (under $100): https://mizhq.com/best-headphones-for-podcasting/

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