Date Coach Bobbi Palmer – How I Got My First Paying Client

 It can be hard to imagine that someone would pay you money to help them. It's not just the lack of confidence in making a living. It can also be about the lack of confidence in really being able to help people. In the beginning, getting over your questions of self-worth and imposter complex can be the hardest part. And being able to push through and learn the value of how you can help other people can be a painful journey. But it is also a rewarding journey. In this first season of our podcast, we have been talking with experienced 6 and 7-figure coaches from different niches about how they got their very first paying client. In this episode, we are peering into the world of date coaching with Bobbi Palmer, founder of Date Like a Grownup (https://datelikeagrownup.com/). As an internationally recognized dating coach for women over 40, Bobbi delivers compassionate, real-life advice with a side of sass. After becoming a first-time bride at age 47, Bobbi said “see ya’ to the corporate world and founded her company, Date Like a Grownup, beginning her mission to help women do what she did: find a magnificent, grownup man to share the rest of their life. Over the last 12 years coaching, Bobbi has certainly experienced feelings of doubt, but she has been able to push through to a thriving coaching business. And it all started with her first client. Listen to the full episode to hear:* How a blog that she thought no one would ever read led to her first client* How much she charged that first client and what she charges now* How she still, 12 years later, reaches tens of thousands of women every month through her blog posts* And what Bobbi has done to get past the hardest part – believing in herself Book Recommendations:* Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--And Keep-- Love (https://bookshop.org/books/attached-the-new-science-of-adult-attachment-and-how-it-can-help-you-find-and-keep-love/9781585429134) by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller* Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening (https://bookshop.org/books/buddhism-without-beliefs-a-contemporary-guide-to-awakening/9781573226561) by Stephen Batchelor To learn more about Bobbi Palmer:* Date Like a Grownup (http://www.datelikeagrownup.com/)* Facebook @DateLikeaGrownup (https://www.facebook.com/DateLikeaGrownup/) To learn more about Christie Mims:* FREE 26-Page Guide On How to Land Your First Clients (https://coachpony.com/free-guide/)* Coach Pony (https://coachpony.com/)* The Revolutionary Club (https://therevolutionaryclub.com/)* Instagram @christiecoachpony (https://www.instagram.com/christiecoachpony/) 

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Wonder what it takes to go from being a coach who dabbles to a coach who thrives? If you want to pay the bills (and more!) with your coaching, you need to build a REAL business. Coach Pony has helped thousands of life coaches, dating coaches, money coaches, and business coaches build businesses that make them good money and live a successful life—on their own terms. The Coach Pony podcast can help you do the same. Each season, we tackle a different aspect of building a real coaching business. You’ll learn about marketing, sales, client experience, time management, pricing, packaging, and more! Our approach is always honest, transparent, fun, and full of chocolate.