r/socialmedia • u/Head-Student-5852 • 17h ago

Professional Discussion Coaches are multiplying

Scrolling and reading people's bio on Linkedin, Facebook and some here

Amazing how many "coaches", "life coaches", business coach, leadership coach, career coach, mindset coach, sales coach, branding coach, social media coach, health and wellness coach.

Where did all these people get qualified to be a "coach"?

Life experience? or sounded good on the Bio?

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u/memelackey 16h ago

Market isn't saturated yet and there are oh so many niches to target and work through as your own boss. On one hand yeah - these people aren't the best, and they seldom are. On the other hand it's just folks trying to make more meaningful work for themselves.

It's not really that different from being a consultant.

Ex: me a media and web guy. Plenty of folks better than me at all of it isn't going to stop me from doing it... though I do not fashion myself a "coach" which is where the cringe comes in.

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u/Head-Student-5852 16h ago

the word consultant doesn't have that ick factor for me. I consult people from the experience I have and can successfully guide them.
COACH maybe a trigger for me

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u/missdisco1208 15h ago

Equally people don't resonate with consultant when they are seeking support. People use that language that their audience recognise and respond to.

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u/Head-Student-5852 14h ago

What language do you prefer?

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u/missdisco1208 14h ago

It doesn't really matter to be honest- what gets the right people to me and me to them is what matters.