Owning it with Meg Roundell Greene

I'm thrilled to introduce you to fellow coach Sunita Anderson in this episode. Sunita is an empowerment and confidence coach - and most recently a post-abuse coach for men and women.  She's got the most incredible story of resilience and determination. Her life changed after experiencing the traumatic break-up of her marriage and she found herself with two small children and a growing business. She talks about how she dug deep and managed to turn everything around - and how she now does the same for her clients.  Sunita works with people who have come out of the other side of domestic abuse, and helps them rediscover themselves and reset their lives. She offers some incredible insights in this conversation.  - How to create stability within yourself after a difficult experience - Advice she wishes she'd had when growing her business right after her breakup -What's important when you are experiencing some form of abuse- and how to get the help you need  - How you can manage to balance life and work - especially with kids  - What self care really means and how she helps her clients start there after their experiences  Follow Sunita and get in touch with her at https://sunitaanderson.com/, or over on Instagram at @sunitaandinsta. 

Today's episode features the amazing Kristen Weatherby, founder of an entrepreneurial incubator for female founders in the tech industry.  Her initiative, Breakthrough Labs, is designed to be an incubator and community for female-founded technology start-ups. Her mission is to help women tackle the unique barriers they face as they try to launch and secure funding for their start-ups. In this episode we talk about the different barriers that face female founders, why they happen and what the problems are underneath. There are external and internal barriers that women face, and we talk about how they show up for entrepreneurs and what you can do about them.  - Mindset (and how women have a different set of challenges with believing in possibility and separating from their service or product)  - Inherent bias in investment rounds - how women can prepare and practice to be heard by investors  - How to know if and when you're ready for investment - and what that means.  If you're interested in applying for this 4 month incubator, please head over to https://www.breakthroughlabs.net/ and find out more information.  To connect with Kristen and find out more, you can follow her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-weatherby-a2b2122/ and follow Breakthrough Labs on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakthrough-labs/ If you know someone who would love this episode, please share! The more you share, the more women can hear and get help they need for their start ups. I appreciate it.  For more information on how to get faster and more sustainable sales in your business, schedule a free consultation here https://calendly.com/mrg_coaching/consultation

We think that competition is real. That we have to be aware of it, measure it, assess it. That if we’re not doing that we are doing business wrong. I think about it in a different way, and these thoughts about competition in my business have helped me stay super focused on my goals and my clients, and showing up exactly as I want to for them. I hope this episode helps you too! When you understand the truth of what’s actually happening in your mind about competition, it’s illuminating to say the least. When you realise that you’re in a market of ONE it’s super powerful. Go and help your people using these thoughts! If you want to work with me schedule a free consultation here, I’dove to help you achieve all your business results. https://calendly.com/mrg_coaching/consultation

Welcome to this episode.  You'll learn how I approach content creation in a way that's easy and simple - and works in finding you your ideal clients online.  There are three factors to think about when you're writing anything for your audience. Your content has got to get in front of people (reach and visibility), it has to build relationships with your audience (engagement) and it has to show them how to take the next step.  So  often we can overcomplicate this entire process unneccessarily.  You’re feeling like you have to be consistent and show up in multiple places in order to create enough content to be effective. You’re not getting seen. You’re creating and creating but it’s not cutting through effectively due to the algorithm and how social media just works. You have to be able to do three things with your content and in this episode I’m going to walk you through the different jobs that your content has so you can start organising what you’re doing and understanding what goes where - and what's going to work the best in getting you the results you want.  The three different areas to consider when creating your marketing and content strategy- 1 - Reach (getting in front of new people)  2 - Engagement and relationship building - content that answers a question, solves a mini problem or offers a new perspective. 3 - Action - the content that compels your audience to take the next step. To click the button, book the call or buy the course. When you put this into action the results you'll see will be more visibility across social platforms, more engagement and conversation with your audience, and more people taking action to work together. Your content will be creating more value for your audience, it will be way easier to sit down and write, and take you less time.  I hope you enjoy this episode and put it to use to get results in your business! If you've loved this, please could you do me a huge favour and rate and review. This is the best way that more business owners can get this resource so they can get the help they need too. Thank you! I appreciate it.  To schedule a free consultation to apply to work together privately, please book a time here. 

I've got something to help you sign more clients in 4 days. I know the places most entrepreneurs get stuck with their selling and marketing.  So I created a free sequence of trainings to address them all - and give actionable, tactical help to help you plug the holes in your process and get in front of more ideal clients in a way that inspires them to reach out. The training is over four sessions, each session focuses on just one thing that will get you more visible and compel more of your best clients into action. Your future growth and business success relies on getting the basics right first. Having enough people know what you do, telling them how the process works. Educating them on how it's going to work for them and showing them the next step. This episode is a deep dive into the first step- how to describe WHAT you do so clearly that your best people can find you easily, relate to you and understand you've got what they want.  It has to answer a few things -  It has to be the result of what you offer - not the process or the container.  It has to answer a question they're having in their mind about their problem  And it has to be what they want.  Tune in next week to hear step two - telling them your process, or how they're going to get from A to B by working with you.  I hope you enjoy this episode.  If you do, please share, rate and review it so more entrepreneurs can get more help to build their businesses. The only way more people can discover this free resource is by sharing and leaving a review - I will be massively grateful to you. If you want to apply to be privately coached by me, sign up for a free consultation right here   Join MRG Coaching on Social Facebook here and Instagram here. 

Let's talk about goal setting. Why do it? Why is it so important to set them in our business life and personal life? Honestly, I think the 12 month cycle of goal setting can sometimes work against us - especially if you have a really big vision. I want to help you set goals - not ones that other people have given you as the 'right' ones, but ones that truly excite, ignite and inspire you as well as freak you out. I'm not talking about looking at last year and adding 10% to your money goal. We don't do that here. We don't base your future goals on your past performance. Come on. You know me by now.  I'm talking about your huge, vision expanding, life changing and brain breaking goals. How to think about them. How to create one that creates energy, momentum, inspiration and FIRE in you. How to get it and take actions whilst feeling that energy. Enjoy this episode, I can't wait to hear what you're deciding to go after next year and well beyond.  To join my free workshop, just message me on Facebook or follow on Instagram to get the link. To work with me 1-1, sign up for a free consultation and I'll show you how I can help you grow your business. 

To create a sustainable, and joyful business, you need to work on creating three core emotions in you and your clients.  Certainty, trust and safety.  Without them, you're going to be working against yourself all the time. It's going to feel challenging to market and sell and deliver your experience for your customers.  Without these feelings, your clients won't be able to take action, or there'll be something stopping them from signing up to work with you (and they won't now what)  The great news is you can help them feel those things through what you say. Understanding this will change how you show up when you're inviting people into your world.  When  you also know there are four fundamental questions that you have to answer in order for them to buy from you, things will change dramatically.  When your customers are considering working together, these are the things on their mind; Question number 1 - 'Will this work?' As humans with a problem, we only care about one thing. Can this person or product solve this problem? That's the start and end of it. You have to address this - tell them AND show them how in fact it will work, and why it works. Question Number 2 - 'Oh, but will it work for ME' We all think we're different and special rainbows (and of course we are.. naturally!) but when it comes to problems and circumstances, chances are it's the same stuff everyone else has going on for them too. But we think we're special and different and set apart - so this won't work for us. It's your job to tell your clients how it will work for them - even with all their special situations. Give them examples. Show them how that's not going to get in the way. Think about it, and solve for it in your content. Question number 3 - 'How does it work?' Show your clients the exact steps they'll take. It's not enough just to say 'it's going to work'. You have to be able to walk them through it. They have to imagine themselves doing it. Question Number 4 - 'What will I have to give up?' We fear uncertainty, change and loss. Most of our daily lives are born out of habits to protect us from these things. Reassure your clients - show them the other side. Show them all they have to gain and show them how what they think they'll have to lose isn't true. How you know you're not addressing one of these 4 things?  You'll have similar objections popping up a lot on calls, but you don't feel you really got down to the true reason. If you don't answer one of these, you'll hear this - 'I have to consider it' 'Give me time to think it through' 'Sounds great, let me come back to you' Or you'll have money objections. When you answer all 4, you won't have objections. When you give these answers in your content, clients come to your sales call ready to work together. If you love this episode, please do me a solid and leave a review, and share this with more people so they can apply it to their businesses too! The more people who love on this episode, the more people I can help grow their businesses. For more information on how I work or to ask me anything, head over and connect on Instagram or Facebook. Or sign up for a free consultation here https://calendly.com/mrg_coaching/consultation  

Bex is wellbeing consultant, finance and IT operations expert who started her entrepreneurial journey in 2021. Her mission is to connect and empower her community of practitioners so they can help more people - and live their lives more authentically and with more enjoyment and purpose.  Bex is an absolute powerhouse - and has a very different take on business, goals, life in general, confidence and imposter syndrome.  She shares how she discovered her true zone of genius, and why she gives zero f%*s about pleasing other people any more or allowing other people's judgements to have any sway in what she does in her life and business.  She's also a passionate advocate for helping people to stand on their own two feet through coaching - giving people tools to help themselves and figure out their emotions so they can truly step into their best version - warts and all.  We chat about how to love yourself, how to be vulnerable, the value of coaching, why we should stop apologising and how to take up space as a woman in the world.  You can join Bex's free Facebook community here www.facebook.com/groups/vipwellbeing/ or follow her on Instagram @endeavour_consultancy_86  She's also got an incredible podcast where she interviews her wellbeing heroes on their businesses and how they got where they are now - Listen to Unmuted here https://open.spotify.com/show/6mNqvgbn4P2t51yl3k2Sji?si=50760672b11643cd

Ever felt totally stuck on what to do next? Or thought that this isn't working - no matter what you try? I've got three powerful mindset shifts I'm inviting you to enjoy in this episode. Questions that will focus you, get you clear on your actions and keep you moving towards your next steps.  Powerful questions mean more powerful insights which mean more powerful actions and results. It's all in the questions and how we apply them to our business!  As ever, please rate and review - it means the world to me to see that this has been helpful and given you some help along your entrepreneurial journey! Share with someone who needs to hear this today and leave a review so more people can find out about this and get some help in their business! Follow along to see how to work together, and for more behind the scenes at @meg_rg_coaching on Instagram and Meg Roundell Greene on Facebook. To join the next live training come along to the community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/septemberleadmethod  We start on September 20! Next one in November  For more ways to work together, check out  https://www.mrgcoaching.co.uk/

Episode 46  There are 8 main problems I see in early stage business owners. They're the key reasons why they're not seeing the results they want to. This is for you if you've owned a business for 1-3 years, maybe even more, and you're not seeing the growth you expected.  I really got to thinking about this as they are the main problems I see when I have sales calls with potential clients - they're usually experiencing a few of these all at once, so I thought it would be helpful to lay this out for you so you can see where these might be happening for you and how to fix them.  The good news is that all of these have solutions - and they might not be the ones you think! The 8 problems I see are:  - Jumping from one strategy and tactic to the next which creates inconsistency in your results  - Changing your offer, your audience or your price often - Not setting a clear income goal for the year - Not making sales - or having sales calls at all. Or having lots of calls with the wrong people - Having a complicated sales process that confuses your clients  - Content takes you ages, and creates pressure for you. You feel you have to be in all the places and it's overwhelming  - Relying on networking to create clients, which is inconsistent and time consuming.  - Troubleshooting problems that are way beyond your current business stage - i.e. facebook ads when you haven't made consistent £5k/£10k per month  Enjoy this episode! If you want to learn more, you can register to get the recording of my most recent training - Sell to your best clients and grow your business. Free access right here.  If you know someone who would love this episode, share the love and send it to them!