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How to Design a Signature Coaching or Consulting Program (Udemy.com)

Stop Selling Your Time. Package Your Services and Sell What Your Clients Really Want and Are Willing to Pay More For

Created by: Debbie LaChusa

Last updated October 2022

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What you will learn

  • How to promise your clients the outcomes they want and feel confident you can deliver those outcomes
  • Exactly how many clients you need to reach your financial and lifestyle goals
  • A clear process to take each client through so you can stop reinventing the wheel with each client
  • How to sell your services based on the value you deliver instead of what you, or your clients, think your time is worth
  • Exactly how to get to your income goals within the number of hours you want to work so you can have the business and income you desire
  • How to give your ideal clients exactly what they want, so it's easier to market and sell
  • How to stop selling your time and instead sell what your clients really want and will pay more for

How it compares

Against the other 1,210 rated Udemy courses in Business on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 74% of them
  • Reviews1,854#318 of 1,211 by number of reviews
  • Length1.8 hoursshorter than 69% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2022earlier than 81% of them

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Course Description

Are you an independent coach or consultant?

Are you currently selling your time by the hour?

Or, in packages based on term, such as a 3-month package or a 6-month package?

Did you know that's not the best way to sell your services?

In fact, did you know that actually makes it harder to sell, and it encourages prospective clients to negotiate based on what they think they need or can afford?

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I followed Debbie's 5 step process for a new proposal which was accepted promptly, without question or negotiation.

For the past 12 years, as a business and marketing mentor, setting the correct price for my clients for the services they offered has always been an issue, even setting my own pricing has been a problem. I was able to give my clients the formula for establishing their hourly rate but including the 'adding value' element was missing. Debbie's course 'How to Design a Signature Program' was exactly what I needed to solve this problem. Further, I tested this myself, after finishing the course. I followed Debbie's 5 step process for a new proposal which was accepted promptly, without question or negotiation. I highly recommend Debbie's easy step-by-step model for pricing, which in my opinion, can be applied to anyone offering a service and not only for coaches, consultants and mentors. ~ Fran Piggott CEO, Marketing Guru, South Africa

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Like you, when I started my own business as an independent marketing consultant back in 1998, I too sold my time by the hour, or by the month.

Then I remembered that when I worked in the advertising agencies we sold by the project. We presented prospects with a specific scope of work and the results we would deliver, and we quoted them a project fee or a monthly retainer to cover that scope of work.


That's when I realized I needed to sell my services the same way.

I didn't want my clients buying my time. After all, who's to say what your time is worth. It's rather arbitrary. And high hourly fees can actually turn prospects away if they don't think you're worth it.


It's much better to sell results.

That way clients are buying what they want. They're paying for you to solve their problems.

You decide how long it takes to get that outcome and you charge them based on what that outcome is worth.

It has nothing to do with what your time is worth.


When you learn to package your services it changes your entire business.


  • It helps you attract more of the right clients—the clients who are searching for exactly the outcome you deliver.

  • It eliminates clients negotiating down the price or the term because you can easily tell them, this is what it takes to get the results you want.

  • It enables you to charge for the value you're delivering, which is usually more than what you or a client might determine your time is worth.

  • It enables you to sell more confidently because it eliminates any doubt that you're “worth it." It's not about you. It's about the outcome your clients want and will get when they work with you.


So, if you're an existing coach or consultant who is still selling your time, or you're a brand new coach or consultant who is trying to figure out how to package your services and what to charge, this course is for you.


This course is ideal for independent coaches or consultants who...

  • Are currently selling their time by the hour, or term (e.g. 3 month package)

  • Are new in business and aren't sure how to package their services

  • Would like to make it easier to sell their services

  • Are tired of prospective clients negotiating down price or term

  • Aren't comfortable selling because they don't know what their time is worth

  • Aren't getting enough of the right clients

  • Are creating time-consuming spec proposals for every single prospect

  • Are having to re-invent the wheel with each new client

  • Would love to be able to promise specific outcomes to their clients

  • Would like to create more efficiency in their business

  • Are interested in creating leveraged programs (e.g. online courses, books) in the future

  • Would like to know how many clients they need to make the money they desire

  • Want to be sure they can reach their income goals without working more hours than they want

  • Would like reliable, predictable cash flow (instead of being on a cash flow roller coaster!)

  • Want to be sure their business is viable, profitable, and enjoyable


Don't waste another day trying to sell your time.

This course will take you step-by-step through the exact same process I used successfully myself, and with my private consulting clients, for years.


This course includes:

  • Instructional Video Lessons for each step of the process

  • Fill-in-the-blank Worksheets so you can create a profitable Signature Program

  • Examples for all exercises for your review and reference

  • Step-by-Step Instructions so you can easily apply what you're learning to your business


Design a Signature Program...

  • You can become known for

  • That will set you apart from the competition

  • You can sell confidently

  • You know will deliver the results your ideal clients want

  • That will make your business profitable, enjoyable, and successful


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If you're already enrolled in my course, How to Market Yourself as a Coach or Consultant...

... and you're wondering if you should enroll in this course, here are a few things to think about:

1) This course features separate video lessons for EACH of the 5 steps in both my Signature Program and Financial Viability processes. If you've struggled with these processes and you want more in-depth instruction and explanation, this course provides that.

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Instructor Details

Debbie LaChusa

Bestselling Online Teacher and Top Marketing Instructor, teaching Coaches and Consultants how to build a business and life they love

After a 30+ year career in marketing, including successfully building and running her own coaching and consulting business for 20+ years, Debbie retired from her business in 2017 to focus on online teaching and writing.

Debbie teaches courses for independent coaches and consultants on a variety of topics, including Business Design, Marketing, Branding, Sales, and Mindset. She also teaches a course on Therapy Dog Training & Certification. All of her courses are based on years of real-world experience.

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Reviews

4.6

1,854 ratings on Udemy

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By Lisa Hyde on 11/8/2020

This is one of the best course I've take on creating a Signature Programme. It was the perfect amount of details along with the financial aspect of how to take it down to a weekly number. Thank you!!

By Sudarshan Swamy on 11/8/2020

It's a good match. I was exploring how to start my business and this course gave foundations for that.

By Dalvia Rodrigues on 10/20/2020

Very good and actionable course! Every concept is easy to grasp and gives you a good overview of the topic and the exercises are a great headstart when building a coaching program.
Debbie puts everything in simple terms and gives great examples.

By Abe Cherian on 10/17/2020

Good info

By Linda Bawazir on 9/13/2020

Clart de la prsentation

By Erika Daniela Dias Sardinha on 9/13/2020

I absolutely loved this course, thank you Debbie for delivering exactly what you promise, you are a great teacher! It is simple, objective, easy to follow and extremely useful. I followed all the steps and I am confident with what I will put out in the world. ??

By Kylie Holliman-Rivera on 9/11/2020

I absolutely loved and appreciated this course so much! Debbie made things very clear and provides useful documents to help you get started. I appreciate how the course was broken down. Thank you Debbie!

By Ehsan Rasul on 9/4/2020

This course is very generalized and a bird eye view of developing a signature program. As this program is designed for consultants and coaches for service professionals, It would have been better if the instructor used some real life life practical examples especially in the early stage of developing and designing the program. There are many questions left unanswered.

By Melody Jackson on 8/25/2020

I really like that she is explaining the value of the Signature Course and getting very specific. Also, she got right into and didn't do a lot of setup at the beginning before getting into some really good stuff.... I'm only half way thru Section 2, but it's THAT GOOD!

By Aykut z on 8/22/2020

Thank you very much, I enjoyed the course very much, very clear and provides great guidance

By Victoria Hall on 8/22/2020

Great info, even more than I realized I needed! Thank you Debbie for teaching especially on the financial aspects...I had never even thought about many of the things that you taught in Section 4, yet they are so essential!! Also I had had many ideas about putting together a coaching program but I was struggling with how to put it all together. This course helped me to put it all together so easily! This was very valuable and I appreciate your step by step practical approach, samples and templates. Thank you!

By Sim Guan Kong on 8/14/2020

Excellent course, completely hands on, with very practical tips and frameworks to work on, including all the financial aspects most coaches misses. She is an excellent teacher and I hope to apply what I learn to indeed design a Signature program.

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