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AI amplifies whatever clarity you already have. If your payoff is generic, everything it produces will be generic too. The seven vertebrae give you the order: get clear on math, payoff, and audience first, then let AI carry more of the load in channels, connection, enrollment, and retention. The human still builds the trust, and that part doesn’t get outsourced.
“Enrolling means you’ve made enough deposits of value into that person’s world to then ask for a withdrawal.”Adam Roach · I Love Coaching Podcast
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What You'll Learn
- How to set a revenue number based on your real monthly expenses, past debt, and future goals
- Why your payoff, the specific outcome clients receive, has to come before any AI prompt
- How to define channel success by connection, not just by leads
- How to use AI to draft and prompt your content while your own voice stays in charge
- Ways to use AI for follow-up that clients experience as care, not as automation
- Why referrals are a stronger retention signal than hoping a client stays
Key Themes
- AI amplifies the clarity you already have, so define your payoff and audience yourself first
- Channels are trust builders, and their success is measured by the connection they create
- Deposits of value come before withdrawals, including asks for referrals
- Authenticity is the bridge between a channel and a connection, and AI can't supply it
Memorable Lines
- Jess Webber: “The more context you can give it, the better it’s going to adjust to you.”
- Adam Roach: “Channels are trust builders.”
- Jess Webber: “It’s really dumb to spend time on a channel that your audience isn’t on.”
- Adam Roach: “If you skip connection, you’re losing what? Trust.”
- Adam Roach: “Be real.”
- Jess Webber: “That right there means you’ve done your job really well.”
Also Mentioned
- Edison, Adam's AI assistant, used for follow-ups, podcast outreach, and session notes
- Granola, for meeting notes and transcripts
- Zoom and Google Meet, for recorded calls
- Dan Martell's podcast accelerator approach
- AI avatar tools such as HeyGen, which Adam advises against using for personal content
- I Love Coaching Co.: ilovecoachingco.com
- Follow along: @ilovecoachingco, @adamrroach, @thejesswebber
Timestamps
- [00:00] Opening: AI in the coaching business, macro and tactical
- [01:16] The seven vertebrae framework
- [01:53] Math: give AI your real starting point
- [03:50] Set your revenue number from expenses, debt, and goals
- [05:12] Payoff: get specific before you ask AI
- [07:21] Audience: define pain points and desired outcomes
- [09:11] Why the framework beats a transcript prompt
- [10:03] Channels: define success as connection
- [12:36] Measurement and the connection step
- [14:21] Content that sounds like you, not like AI
- [17:49] Be yourself: the trust-building rule
- [18:24] Unknowns, knowns, likes, and trust
- [20:00] Drafts, checklists, and sending from your own name
- [22:08] Podcast outreach as a connection workflow
- [24:28] Enrollment: deposits before withdrawals
- [26:09] Adding value during enrollment with AI
- [27:06] Retention through referrals
- [29:53] Resources and wrap-up
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The I Love Coaching Podcast is hosted by Adam Roach and Jess Webber of I Love Coaching Co. New episodes drop weekly. Learn more at ilovecoachingco.com.