From the Coach Catalyst Podcast:
On this Podcast Episode, we have a great speaker, Dr. Mike Nelson. Our speaker talks about how he got a degree and eventually a Ph.D. in engineering.
He further discusses his interest in weight training, physiology, and fitness. He also takes us through his transition from a fixed-salary job to full-time online coaching and training.
Dr. Mike Nelson also advises new and upcoming coaches who want to venture into the online space and how communication between clients is a real benefit to both parties. Last, he discusses his newsletter writing and how it helped him gather new clients and communicate better with his current ones.
Key Takeaways:
- 11:23 – 11:50 Dr. Mike Nelson talks about how he got interested in weight training, physiology and into fitness
- 13:58 – 14:45 Dr. Mike Nelson talks about the moment he realized he needed to do something different
- 20:16 – 20:44 Mike talks about deciding what you really want to do
- 23:45 – 24:01 Trevor talks about the advantages of a phone at these times even on a coaching perspective
- 30:41 – 31:20 Tips from Dr. Mike Nelson to new coaches starting online training
- 31:53 – 32:49 More tips from Dr. Mike Nelson to new online coaches
- 37:10 – 38:01 Opens up about the hardships of transitioning from a stable salary based work to working online
- 47:54 -48:55 He talks about how communicating with clients on a daily basis helped him
- 55:06 – 56:39 Mike talks about the importance of a newsletter as a core marketing strategy
- 58:57 – 59:48 Mike talks about his workflow when creating a newsletter
- 1:00:00 – 1:02:15 Dr. Mike Nelson talks continues to talk about newsletter writing
- 1:02:42 – 1:02:57 Trevor agrees with Dr. Mike Nelson about how he writes newsletter
Rock on!
