Ep 017 // How Amanda Cook Used Corporate Marketing Experience to Power a Wellness Business (COURAGE)
Summary: <p>This week I'm talking with Amanda Cook of <a target="_blank" href="http://wellpreneuronline.com">Wellpreneur,</a> digital marketing for the wellness industry. She helps health coaches, yoga teachers, personal trainers & nutritionists bring more of the right people to their websites and turn them into paying clients. </p> <pre><code> <img class="thumb-image" data-image="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586c0773ebbd1a367d451544/t/58d839559f7456928cd1eae3/1490565475489/" data-image-dimensions="715x722" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" data-load="false" data-image-id="58d839559f7456928cd1eae3" data-type="image" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586c0773ebbd1a367d451544/t/58d839559f7456928cd1eae3/1490565475489/?format=1000w" /> </code></pre> <p></p><p>Sounds crisp and clean, like Amanda's really got her business together, right? </p><p>It wasn't always this way, and in this Courage story, Amanda opens up about her days as a deflated corporate employee chasing a job overseas in pursuit of freedom. </p><p>Initially thinking a career in health coaching was the answer, Amanda excitedly obtained her certification, started a blog and began working with clients <strong>only to realize this totally wasn't for her. </strong></p><p>After realizing that a new home in Paris nor a new career in health coaching would fill the void in her life, Amanda found herself majorly confused about what to do next. </p><p>Somewhere along the way, someone told Amanda to <em>"start looking at who’s already showing up in your business." </em></p><p>What Amanda realized next was absolutely key: she had tons of friends coming to her for tech and marketing help, and she actually loved that stuff. </p><h3>She had closed the door on her corporate background in marketing without realizing there was another way to make it work in her own business. </h3><p> </p><p>You'll have to join us for this conversation to hear:</p><ul> <li>the exact moment that things clicked for Amanda</li> <li>How she figured out what services to offer after tearing her hair out doing work she hated</li> <li>Why the clients started flowing when she was previously struggling</li> <li>.... and what advice she'd offer her former self. </li> </ul> <p></p><p> </p><p>SHOW NOTES:</p><ul> <li> <a target="_blank" href="http://wellpreneuronline.com">A</a><a target="_blank" href="http://wellpreneuronline.com">manda's website</a> </li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://wellpreneurbook.com/">Amanda's book</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Big-Magic-Creative-Living-Beyond/dp/1594634726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490565539&sr=8-1&keywords=big+magic">Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="http://fizzle.co/courage">Fizzle: Try 5 weeks free!</a></li> </ul>
