Life Coaching Business

14 Tips For Starting A Successful Life Coaching Business (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own life coaching business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a life coaching business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a life coaching business?
-> Pros and cons of a life coaching business

Need inspiration?

-> Other life coaching business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a life coaching business
-> Life coaching business slogans
-> Life coaching business names
-> Life coaching business Instagram bios
-> Life coaching business Instagram captions

Other resources

-> Profitability of a life coaching business
-> Blog post ideas for a life coaching business
-> Life coaching business quotes

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a life coaching business:

#1: Jim Ackerman, founder of Ascend Marketing, Inc:

We chatted with with Jim, founder of Ascend Marketing, Inc ($15K/month). In our interview, Jim says:

While we serve all kinds of businesses, we know our sweet spot. Businesses that are currently generating between $500K and $5M per year are our primary target.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Jay Vics, founder of JVI Mobile Marketing (Now JourneyBuilder.io):

We chatted with with Jay, founder of JVI Mobile Marketing (Now JourneyBuilder.io) ($37K/month). In our interview, Jay says:

Trends come and go, and are out of your control. Momentum is something you can create by focusing on what you want.

Additionally:

Find mentors, coaches, and people who have achieved what you are looking to do and stop being a know-it-all and listen to them. Pay them if you have to. Tiger Woods still has coaches.

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#3: Zack Arnold, founder of Optimize Yourself:

We chatted with with Zack, founder of Optimize Yourself ($10K/month). In our interview, Zack says:

The only way to build a lasting business was to provide value to people by solving the most pressing challenges in their lives for them.

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#4: Ashleigh Di Lello, founder of Ashleigh Di Lello LLC:

We chatted with with Ashleigh, founder of Ashleigh Di Lello LLC ($/month). In our interview, Ashleigh says:

Every day, make a list of priorities. Start with the most important thing and only do that until it is finished, and then move to the next and so forth.

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#5: Anthony Tumbiolo, founder of Service Based Businesses:

We chatted with with Anthony, founder of Service Based Businesses ($6K/month). In our interview, Anthony says:

Content is really powerful, but it does require patience.

Additionally:

I try to only speak about the things I know and go into depth on those topics. I don’t want to just be some guru speaking about things I really have no idea about just to try and make some money.

Further:

It's often a multi-touchpoint process that makes someone convert. They might find me on Twitter, read an article, then listen to a podcast, and the newsletter ends up converting them.

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#6: Sinem Günel, founder of Personal Growth Base:

We chatted with with Sinem, founder of Personal Growth Base ($10K/month). In our interview, Sinem says:

Sometimes, people admire me when I tell them I’m 22 years old but some others just doubt my skills and the quality of my work due to my age. I believe in both cases the best is to prove people with the quality of your work and let results speak instead

Additionally:

Find a mentor (or two) who are already where you want to be in a few years. There’s nothing more powerful than learning from someone who already walked the path.

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#7: Iman Gadzhi, founder of Grow Your Agency:

We chatted with with Iman, founder of Grow Your Agency ($120K/month). In our interview, Iman says:

You can quickly scale a company if you have the right resources and you provide a service that businesses genuinely need.

Additionally:

Many people run off to college only to postpone commercial value they can already be producing. And they get into massive debt doing so. You don’t need a piece of paper to validate your worth.