Best Damn Coach Podcast: Conversations for coaches, mentors, and service providers to grow a profitable coaching business

Amanda Walker
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The Best Damn Coach Podcast is the premier podcast for coaches who want to grow a profitable coaching business and master their coaching craft. Master Coach and creator of the Best Damn Coach Program and the Framework Builder Lab, Amanda Walker, brings her 25+ years of experience as a coach to each episode. She teaches you how to run a profitable coaching business and confidently coach your clients. The goal of this show is to help you be the best damn coach you can be so your clients get amazing results and tell the world about you. This podcast is for coaches, mentors, solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and online service providers who want to create a big impact with their gifts and make money doing it. If you want to build a profitable coaching business and be a confident coach, you are in the right place. This show will provide answers to questions like: *How do I make money as a coach? *How much should I charge for my coaching services? *How do I find clients? *How do I get my clients consistent results? *How do I build my signature coaching framework? *How do I create an offer that converts? *How do I market my coaching services? *What type of coaching works best? *How do I get more confident as a coach? To connect with Amanda and learn more about her work, visit www.amanda-walker.com

  1. 2d ago

    Does Your Coaching Website Build Authority with Tiffany Neuman

    Your website might be the weakest link in your authority. In this episode, I sit down with brand strategist Tiffany Neuman, the creative mind behind the Best Damn Coach brand, to talk about when a coaching website is actually worth the investment and what it takes to be recognized as the authority in your niche. Tiffany taught design at the college level and worked on brands like Adidas, Burt's Bees, and Chase before building a business helping entrepreneurs make their message a movement. We get into the difference between being ready and being recognized, why you can get surprisingly far without a website, and how to show up when your future clients ask ChatGPT or Claude who to hire. In this episode: Why a beautiful website with weak messaging will never book calls The stage of business when a website becomes worth the investment How to brand for where you'll be in three to ten years, not where you are today The seven-second test every homepage has to pass Why blogging and LinkedIn matter again for AI search Take Tiffany's free Authority Positioning Audit at https://audit.brandospro.com/ and connect with her at https://yourlegacybrand.com/ Grab my 10 Powerful Questions every coach should know at amanda-walker.com/questions and come say hi on Instagram @awalkmyway https://www.instagram.com/awalkmyway

    Does Your Coaching Website Build Authority with Tiffany Neuman

  2. Jul 21

    When Good Isn't Good Enough: How She Left A Fortune 100 Company to Build A Coaching Business On Her Own Terms

    She had the title, the salary, the VIP track at a Fortune 100 company. She walked away from all of it. Not because it was bad. Because "good enough" stopped being enough. In this episode, I sit down with Briana Mascaro, founder of Sophos HR Consulting and High Performance Coaching, to walk through her real journey from corporate executive to full-time entrepreneur. Briana is a Cornell-educated attorney turned HR leader who built her coaching business while still traveling one week a month for her corporate role. She left her job in early 2026 and has zero regrets. What we cover: The eulogy moment that changed everything How she split her paycheck 50/50 to build her financial exit runway Why leaving a good job is actually harder than leaving a bad one The business ecosystem she built step by step inside the BDC What she wishes she'd done five years sooner with her money Her advice for anyone on the verge of making the leap If you're sitting in a "good" job that no longer fits who you're becoming, this one's for you. Connect with Briana: Website: https://teamsophos.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briana-mascaro-/ Instagram: @sophoswithbriana https://www.instagram.com/sophoswithbriana/ Connect with Me: 10 Powerful Questions: http://amanda-walker.com/questions How To Get Clients: http://amanda-walker.com/limitedseries Instagram: @awalkmyway https://www.instagram.com/awalkmyway/

    When Good Isn't Good Enough: How She Left A Fortune 100 Company to Build A Coaching Business On Her Own Terms

  3. Jul 17

    (LIVE COACHING) Coaching Clinic Friday: How to Stop Losing Momentum Because of Bad Timing

    Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their own unique voice, personality and confidence to best support their clients and I invite you to find yours. This week: How to Stop Losing Momentum Because of Bad Timing For More Info Go To: https://amanda-walker.com/best-damn-coach/

  4. Jul 14

    Is Transformation Actually Happening In Your Coaching Container? 6 signs to look for.

    You finish a session. The client seemed engaged, the conversation felt good, but you genuinely can't tell if anything shifted. Sound familiar? In this episode, I break down 6 signs of transformation in coaching that have nothing to do with tears, breakthroughs, or big emotional moments. These are the quiet, observable shifts that tell you your coaching is actually working, plus the story of a client whose biggest transformation was realizing she didn't want her original goal at all. What you'll learn:⁣ Why the "big emotional breakthrough" you were trained to look for is the wrong thing to watch for⁣ The shift in how clients tell their own story that signals real change⁣ Two different kinds of silence in a session, and what each one means⁣ Why a client pushing back on your advice can be a sign of progress, not resistance⁣ The exact language shift that shows a client's identity is changing⁣ What to do when none of these signs are showing up⁣ Connect with Me:⁣ How To Get Clients (limited series podcast): amanda-walker.com/limitedseries⁣ 10 Powerful Questions: amanda-walker.com/questions⁣ Coaching Session Blueprint: amanda-walker.com/blueprint⁣ Instagram: @awalkmyway

    Is Transformation Actually Happening In Your Coaching Container? 6 signs to look for.

  5. Jul 10

    (LIVE COACHING) Coaching Clinic Friday: How to Stop Overwhelming Your Clients

    Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their own unique voice, personality and confidence to best support their clients and I invite you to find yours. This week: How to Stop Overwhelming Your Clients For More Info Go To: https://amanda-walker.com/best-damn-coach/

    (LIVE COACHING) Coaching Clinic Friday: How to Stop Overwhelming Your Clients

  6. Jul 7

    The 3 Ways To Get Clients

    One episode from my How to Get Clients limited series stands above the rest. Episode four has a 110% average consumption rate, which means coaches aren't just finishing it. They're rewinding it and playing it again. To celebrate one year of the series, I'm bringing that episode to the Best Damn Coach feed. Every client you'll ever sign comes through one of three doors: you build an audience, you borrow one, or you buy one. In this episode, I break down all three so you can stop guessing where your next client is coming from.   In this episode you'll learn: The three ways to get clients (build, borrow, buy) and what each looks like in practice Why less than 3% of your followers see your social posts, while email reaches 25-35% of your list Who your "passionate voyeurs" are and why quiet engagement still converts How to vet a borrowed audience before you spend energy on it The hidden risk behind "30K in 30 days" ad promises   Binge the full How to Get Clients limited series: https://amanda-walker.com/limitedseries Join the summer training series: https://amanda-walker.com/summer Grab the series workbook: https://amanda-walker.com/workbook/ Grab my 10 Powerful Questions every coach should know: https://amanda-walker.com/questions Connect with me on Instagram: @awalkmyway

    The 3 Ways To Get Clients

  7. Jun 30

    What 400 Episodes Taught Me That I Couldn't Have Told You at Episode One

    Four hundred episodes in, and I'm finally ready to say the things I didn't have the guts (or the proof) to say back on episode one. In this milestone episode, I'm breaking down six coaching business lessons that took me a decade to learn the hard way, so you don't have to. What you'll learn: Why "build it, and they will come" is a lie, and what actually gets your offer in front of people The real reason you're not selling (hint: it's not your strategy) Why comparing your chapter three to someone else's chapter twenty is quietly killing your progress How the most patient coaches end up the most profitable Why your best marketing material is already sitting inside your client sessions The one habit that predicts how you'll handle every hard month in your business Connect with me on Instagram: @awalkmyway https://www.instagram.com/awalkmyway/ Grab my free resource, 10 Powerful Questions: amanda-walker.com/questions

    What 400 Episodes Taught Me That I Couldn't Have Told You at Episode One

  8. Jun 26

    (LIVE COACHING) Coaching Clinic Friday: How to Rewire Self-Doubt Out of Your Business

    Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their own unique voice, personality and confidence to best support their clients and I invite you to find yours. This week: How to Rewire Self-Doubt Out of Your Business For More Info Go To: https://amanda-walker.com/best-damn-coach/

    (LIVE COACHING) Coaching Clinic Friday: How to Rewire Self-Doubt Out of Your Business
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The Best Damn Coach Podcast is the premier podcast for coaches who want to grow a profitable coaching business and master their coaching craft. Master Coach and creator of the Best Damn Coach Program and the Framework Builder Lab, Amanda Walker, brings her 25+ years of experience as a coach to each episode. She teaches you how to run a profitable coaching business and confidently coach your clients. The goal of this show is to help you be the best damn coach you can be so your clients get amazing results and tell the world about you. This podcast is for coaches, mentors, solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and online service providers who want to create a big impact with their gifts and make money doing it. If you want to build a profitable coaching business and be a confident coach, you are in the right place. This show will provide answers to questions like: *How do I make money as a coach? *How much should I charge for my coaching services? *How do I find clients? *How do I get my clients consistent results? *How do I build my signature coaching framework? *How do I create an offer that converts? *How do I market my coaching services? *What type of coaching works best? *How do I get more confident as a coach? To connect with Amanda and learn more about her work, visit www.amanda-walker.com

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