{"id":876,"date":"2014-07-25T00:52:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T05:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2017-09-26T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:09:11","slug":"melanie-benson-strick-what-it-takes-to-scale-your-coaching-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/melanie-benson-strick-what-it-takes-to-scale-your-coaching-business\/","title":{"rendered":"BWR 072: Melanie Benson Strick: What It Takes To Scale Your Coaching Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2437\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-876-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=876-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>How do you build your coaching business to scale?<\/p>\n<h1>Listen to our Interview with Melanie Benson Strick, Founder of Success Connections\u00a0to find out!<\/h1>\n<p>After leaving her corporate career with Motorola, Melanie Benson Strick launched her own business as a coach. \u00a0Fourteen years later, she has built an incredible coaching business,\u00a0<em>Success Connections<\/em>, whose mission it is to help entrepreneurs optimize their time and resources so they don&#8217;t feel so overwhelmed! \u00a0Through many ups and downs, Melanie has gained huge success by leveraging her expertise by building out products that could help so many more entrepreneurs than she was able to one on one. \u00a0In this inspiring interview, Melanie breaks down her step-by-step approach to how she has built a 6\u00a0figure business &#8211; and sometimes a 7 figure business &#8211; by being very self-reflective, building systems and leveraging her knowledge for the benefit of her clients. \u00a0If you are in a service based business, this interview is a must-listen!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Melanie&#8217;s\u00a0Kick-A$$ Quotes:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>If you want to achieve something, you have to surround yourself with people who are achieving that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>It was worth every single risk and every single fear and every single change that I made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Relationships are the currency of authenticity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Find out more about Melanie\u00a0&amp; Success Connections!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.successconnections.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-877\" src=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-07-at-6.30.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-07 at 6.30.12 PM\" width=\"599\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-07-at-6.30.12-PM.png 994w, http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-07-at-6.30.12-PM-800x543.png 800w, http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-07-at-6.30.12-PM-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2439\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-876-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/?powerpress_pinw=876-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow do you build your coaching business to scale? Listen to our Interview with Melanie Benson Strick, Founder of Success Connections\u00a0to find out! After leaving her corporate career with Motorola, Melanie Benson Strick launched her own business as a coach. \u00a0Fourteen years later, she has built an incredible coaching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127,2],"tags":[417,325,132,416,1934,337,366,418],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-podcasts","tag-benson","tag-coaching","tag-leadership","tag-melanie","tag-melanie-benson-strick-what-it-takes-to-scale-your-coaching-business","tag-products","tag-sales","tag-strick"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BWR 072: Melanie Benson Strick: What It Takes To Scale Your Coaching Business - Biz Women Rock!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/bizwomenrock.com\/beta\/melanie-benson-strick-what-it-takes-to-scale-your-coaching-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BWR 072: Melanie Benson Strick: What It Takes To Scale Your Coaching Business - Biz Women Rock!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/businesswomenrock\/072_-_Melanie_Benson_Strick.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow do you build your coaching business to scale? 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