Financial Coaches Network - The Podcast: Build your Financial Coaching Business

By Joshua Escalante Troesh, Garrett Philbin, Amelie Riendl, and Emily Blain

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Looking to build a successful financial coaching business? Join thousands of others in the Financial Coaches Community who are building successful financial coaching businesses. Hosted by Joshua Escalante-Troesh (CFP®, MBA), Garrett Philbin (AFC®, CMC®), Amelie Riendl (AFC®, PMP®), and Emily Blain (AFC®), each episode they take a deep dive into strategies, tools, and best practices for getting clients, working with clients, and running the back-end of your business.

Episode Date
#190: Analyzing the gurus: Clark Howard
Sep 01, 2025
#189: Analyzing the gurus: Robert Kiyosaki
Aug 15, 2025
#188: Announcement & A Marketing Success Story
Jul 29, 2025
#187: Analyzing the gurus: Tori Dunlap
Jul 22, 2025
186: Analyzing the gurus: Suze Orman
Jul 15, 2025
#185: Paid Search Advertising
Jul 08, 2025
#184: Analyzing the gurus: Ramit Sethi
Jun 24, 2025
#183: Analyzing the gurus: Dave Ramsey
Jun 17, 2025
#182: Chapter 4 - A Systemic Approach to Understanding Diversity in Financial Counseling
Jun 10, 2025
#181: Chapter 3 - The Practice of Financial Counseling
Jun 03, 2025
#180: Building an authentic brand
May 27, 2025
#179: What if I can't have more than $3000 in my savings due to governmental benefits?
May 20, 2025
#178: Financial Counseling Chapter 2 - Personal Finance Competencies in the Practice of Financial Counseling
May 13, 2025
#177: Financial Counseling Chapter 1 - The Financial Counseling Profession
May 06, 2025
#176: What questions should I ask in an "end of service" questionnaire?
Apr 29, 2025
#175: How to build good credit card habits
Apr 22, 2025
#174: Should I offer discounts?
Apr 15, 2025
#173: State of Financial Coaching High Level Summary
Apr 08, 2025
#172: FINRA Fellowship - A Path to AFC Certification for Military Spouses
Apr 01, 2025
#171: Should I get a loan for _______?
Mar 25, 2025
#170: Should we recommend fintech "banks" to clients?
Mar 18, 2025
#169: Separating from Federal Government Jobs
Mar 11, 2025
#168: How do you find clients for the smallest possible financial commitment?
Mar 04, 2025
#167: What about AI Notetakers?
Feb 25, 2025
#166: Josh's systems: onboarding (aka coaching program)
Feb 18, 2025
#165: When should I consider adjusting my prices?
Feb 11, 2025
#164: How to Help Clients Set Motivating Goals
Feb 04, 2025
#163: How to Set Motivating Goals
Jan 28, 2025
#162: Side hustles: Good idea or destroyer of marriages?
Jan 21, 2025
#161: How do we as financial coaches talk about money with non-client friends and family?
Jan 14, 2025
#160: Should I buy a house now or wait?
Jan 07, 2025
#159: From the Vault - Marketing beyond social media
Dec 31, 2024
#158: From the Vault: Should I list my prices on my website?
Dec 24, 2024
#157: Does a mortgage make sense with high interest rates?
Dec 17, 2024
#156: What is a financial coach's role in a client's estate planning?
Dec 10, 2024
#155: Estate Planning - DIY Estate Planning
Dec 03, 2024
#154: From the Vault - What to do when a client is resistant to your ideas/suggestions
Nov 26, 2024
#153: Estate Planning -- Marital Assets
Nov 19, 2024
#152: Estate Planning -- Key People
Nov 12, 2024
#151: Estate Planning -- Trusts
Nov 05, 2024
#150: Prospecting Skills with guest Michael Tuttle
Oct 29, 2024
#149: Email marketing - How to get email subscribers onto a sales call
Oct 22, 2024
#148: Email marketing - How to build and maintain an email list
Oct 15, 2024
#147: Email marketing - Is buying email lists worth it?
Oct 01, 2024
#146: How Rahkim Sabree leaned into his niche to help people overcome financial trauma
Oct 01, 2024
#145: How to write pitches for reporters
Sep 24, 2024
#144: AFCPE Symposium Q&A with AFCPE Executive Director Rachael DeLeon and Willa Williams, Symposium Chair
Sep 17, 2024
#143: If I pay my kid for work, what regulations apply?
Sep 10, 2024
#142: How Brittany Bramlett launched her business and found success helping clients improve their financial wellbeing
Sep 03, 2024
#141: Retention Bonuses–the good and the bad
Aug 27, 2024
#140: How do I separate my business expenses if I work at multiple businesses?
Aug 20, 2024
#139: Is real estate really passive income?
Aug 13, 2024
#138: Getting quoted: is it worth paying to get featured in an article?
Aug 06, 2024
#137: Business setup basics
Jul 30, 2024
#136: Making your business fit into your desired schedule
Jul 23, 2024
#135: Is renting a home better than buying?
Jul 16, 2024
#134: New Laws that Affect Financial Coaches
Jul 09, 2024
#133: Credit versus Debit Cards
Jul 02, 2024
#132: Does cold messaging work?
Jun 25, 2024
#131: Marketing: quantity vs. quality
Jun 18, 2024
#130: The 411 on HSAs
Jun 11, 2024
#129: Corporate transparency and how it may affect you
Jun 04, 2024
#128: From the Vault - Investments to make in your business as a new financial coach
May 28, 2024
#127: How to answer the question, "So what do you do?"
May 21, 2024
#126: Non-profit corporation: How can I create/transform my business?
May 14, 2024
#125: Non-profit corporation: A good idea for my business?
May 07, 2024
#124: What are the top things that waste your time as a coach?
Apr 30, 2024
#123: Reading the Financial Tea Leaves - Ratio Analysis
Apr 23, 2024
#122: What's the difference between advice I give and advice that financial gurus give?
Apr 16, 2024
#121: How to avoid your sales call turning into a free coaching session
Apr 09, 2024
#120: How do I create effective business goals?
Apr 02, 2024
#119: Is the snowball method the best way to pay off debt?
Mar 26, 2024
#118 - “Whatever the client wants to talk about”
Mar 19, 2024
#117: What to do when you're stuck/in a funk...and how do I build a support system for myself as a new business owner?
Mar 12, 2024
#116 - What are ways to make money as a financial coach beyond 1:1 or group coaching?
Mar 05, 2024
#115: I have imposter syndrome–help!
Feb 27, 2024
#114: Paid vs Free Promotion Opportunities
Feb 20, 2024
#113: When (if ever) does whole life insurance make sense?
Feb 13, 2024
#112: How to choose a niche
Feb 06, 2024
#111: Is $1000 a big enough emergency fund?
Jan 30, 2024
#110: How we teach our kids about money
Jan 23, 2024
#109: Tax Obligations - 1099 requirements for 2024
Jan 16, 2024
#108: What do I need to do to legally give basic investment advice?
Jan 09, 2024
#107: What kind of retirement planning can a coach legally do?
Jan 02, 2024
#106: Re-release: Investments to make in your business as a new financial coach
Dec 26, 2023
#105: How to teach personal finance to groups of kids
Dec 19, 2023
#104: Client wins
Dec 12, 2023
#103: How do I encourage clients to send me referrals?
Dec 06, 2023
#102: Perfectionism: Why you should stop pretending you have your s*** together
Nov 28, 2023
#101: Perfectionism: What if I don't know everything?
Nov 21, 2023
#100: The State of Financial Coaching
Nov 15, 2023
#99: Timeblocking: Amazing Tool or Pointless Exercise?
Nov 07, 2023
#98: Our top software recommendations - Round 2
Oct 31, 2023
#97: Financial Coaching vs Life Coaching
Oct 24, 2023
#96: How to develop an elevator pitch
Oct 17, 2023
#95: Pros and cons to debt settlement companies
Oct 10, 2023
#94: Should I build referral relationships with advisers I wouldn't refer to?
Oct 03, 2023
#93: Scarcity Mindset In Your Business
Sep 26, 2023
#92: What is cashflow budgeting?
Sep 19, 2023
#91: How do you prepare for a known drop in income?
Sep 12, 2023
#90: How to find clients early in your business?
Sep 05, 2023
#89: What are my obligations for collecting sales tax?
Aug 29, 2023
#88: When should I start a blog?
Aug 22, 2023
#87: Launch Sample: Mission & Vision Statements and Vital Few Goals
Aug 15, 2023
#86: Let’s Talk Marketing Funnels!
Aug 08, 2023
#85: What info should I gather before a first meeting?
Aug 01, 2023
#84: Growing Your Audience with Ryan Roi
Jul 25, 2023
#83: Marketing options beyond social media
Jul 18, 2023
#82: How do you run a sales/prospecting call?
Jul 11, 2023
#81: Our top software recommendations
Jul 04, 2023
#80: Avoiding Liability
Jun 27, 2023
#79: Clients who don't make habit changes in 6 months
Jun 20, 2023
#78: How can I respond to the question, "Why is your price so high?"
Jun 13, 2023
#77: How do I set pricing with my first clients?
Jun 06, 2023
#76: Throwback: What should I cover in my first client meeting?
May 30, 2023
#75: What is my liability when answering questions in Facebook Groups?
May 23, 2023
#74: How do you find a VA and what can they help me do?
May 16, 2023
#73: How do you coach people with irregular income?
May 09, 2023
#72: Do you have to file taxes if you didn't earn any income?
May 02, 2023
#71: What should I ask in an "end of service" questionnaire?
Apr 25, 2023
#70: How do you overcome the objection of “I’d love to work with you but I just need some time?"
Apr 18, 2023
#69: Should I create an LLC/S-corp/B-corp/other/nothing? Part 2
Apr 11, 2023
#68: Should I create an LLC/S-corp/B-corp/other/nothing? Part 1
Apr 04, 2023
#67: Client Testimonials Best Practices
Mar 28, 2023
#66: How do client testimonials fit into marketing?
Mar 21, 2023
#65: How can I best bootstrap my financial coaching business?
Mar 14, 2023
#64: Guest Interview: Ryan Roi on the importance of investing in yourself
Mar 07, 2023
#63: What Do You Discuss on a Prospect Call?
Feb 28, 2023
#62: Ongoing Coaching: How do I continue to show value?
Feb 21, 2023
#61: Ongoing coaching: How do I structure it?
Feb 07, 2023
#60: Ongoing coaching: Should I offer it?
Jan 31, 2023
#59: What are the growing pains when scaling your part-time side hustle to a full-time business?
Jan 24, 2023
#58: How do you handle a client being paid biweekly?
Jan 10, 2023
#57: Holiday Special with Josh, Garrett, Amelie, and Emily Part 2
Jan 03, 2023
#56: Holiday Special with Josh, Garrett, Amelie, and Emily Part 1
Dec 27, 2022
#55: Imposter Syndrome Part 3: How increasing your technical knowledge can help reduce Impostor Syndrome
Dec 20, 2022
Episode 54: Imposter Syndrome Part 2: Impostor Syndrome around your coaching process
Dec 13, 2022
#53: Imposter Syndrome Part 1: What is Impostor Syndrome?
Dec 06, 2022
#52: Jason Sandmann's journey to becoming a behavioral wealth coach
Nov 30, 2022
#51: Sales Promotion Activities
Nov 22, 2022
#50: Refining Your Value Proposition
Nov 15, 2022
#49: Group Programs: How do you run them?
Nov 08, 2022
#48: Group Programs: How do you fill them?
Nov 02, 2022
#47: Group Programs: Should I do them?
Oct 25, 2022
#46: Facebook Ads! An Introduction
Oct 18, 2022
#45: Navigating Self-Employment Taxes
Oct 11, 2022
#44: How to build workflows in your business?
Oct 04, 2022
#43: Marketing beyond social media
Sep 27, 2022
#42: When is debt good?
Sep 20, 2022
#41: How to keep track of where clients are in the process
Sep 13, 2022
#40: Rent vs. Buy
Sep 06, 2022
#39: What to do when couples have a different view of managing money than you?
Aug 30, 2022
#38: How much time to have between your meetings?
Aug 23, 2022
#37: How to turn social media followers into clients?
Aug 16, 2022
#36: Life Insurance: The thunderdome throwdown!
Aug 09, 2022
#35: Responding to Emotion - Navigating Emotional Client Conversations
Aug 02, 2022
#34: How to follow up with prospects
Jul 26, 2022
#33: What to do when a client asks to take out a loan for home renovations?
Jul 19, 2022
#32: When to hire help
Jul 12, 2022
#31: Should I list my prices on my website?
Jul 05, 2022
#30: Should I get the AFC (Accredited Financial Counselor) designation?
Jun 28, 2022
#29: Paid Search Advertising
Jun 21, 2022
#28: What is a good account for an emergency fund besides a savings account?
Jun 14, 2022
#27: How do I fire a client?
Jun 07, 2022
#26: How do I do quarterly tax filings?
Jun 01, 2022
#25: What software is there designed for financial coaches?
May 24, 2022
#23: Investments to make in your business as a new financial coach
May 10, 2022
#24: How Fellow Financial Coach Amelie Found her Niche, and Early Success
May 10, 2022
#22: How to Navigate When Couples Fight or Argue During Sessions
May 03, 2022
#21: Best Practices for Asking for Referrals from Referral Partners
Apr 27, 2022
#20: What Bookkeeping Software Should I Use And Do I Need It?
Apr 19, 2022
#19: What is a Marketing Funnel and How Do I Create One?
Apr 12, 2022
#18: How Can I Make My Coaching Process Unique and Have It Stand Out?
Apr 05, 2022
#17: What to Do When a Client is Resistant to Your Ideas/Suggestions?
Mar 29, 2022
#16: Is Buying a New Car Really a Bad Idea?
Mar 22, 2022
#15: How Do I Spend Less Time Preparing For Client Meetings But Still Provide The Same Value?
Mar 15, 2022
#14: What are Workflows and Why are They Important?
Mar 08, 2022
#13: What are Best Practices When Asking for Client Referrals from Friends and Family?
Mar 01, 2022
#12: Freebies: When to Use Them, When to Not
Feb 22, 2022
#11: What is Marketing vs. Advertising vs. Sales?
Feb 15, 2022
#10: How Do I Handle Questions From Clients I Don't Know The Answer To?
Feb 08, 2022
#9: Should I Start a Blog or Newsletter?
Feb 01, 2022
#8: How Do I Raise My Prices With Existing Clients?
Jan 25, 2022
#7: What to Do When Clients aren't Following Through on Recommendations/Homework?
Jan 18, 2022
#6: What certifications/trainings do I need before coaching clients?
Jan 11, 2022
#5: What are the Most Effective Marketing Strategies to Get Clients?
Dec 28, 2021
#4: Should I Put My Pricing On My Website?
Dec 14, 2021
#3: Managing Impostor Syndrome Around Your Coaching Process
Dec 07, 2021
#2: How to Get Clients at the Beginning of Your Practice
Nov 30, 2021
#1: Your Successful Financial Coaching Business: Help with Getting Clients, Working with Clients, and Running the Business.
Nov 23, 2021