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Investment Coach workflow

Teaching clients how investing works so they can make their own calls.

We have not built a Investment Coach workflow yet, so these are our general picks for lifestyle coaches. Tell us what you use and we may add a workflow for it.

Lifestyle coaching is usually a solo practice. Keep the admin light and cheap, and use the shared core tools for everything else.

I coach

First clients — keep costs near zero

12 tools · 10 free or with a free plan · 2 paid

Step 1 / 6

Attract Clients

Get found and get leads

Same for every coach

Everything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.

See all 16 resources

Canva

Design

Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.

Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.

Step 2 / 6

Onboard Clients

Turn a lead into a client

Same for every coach

The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.

See all 10 resources

Jotform

Forms & Templates

A workhorse form builder with signature fields, payment collection and a large template library — including waivers and health history forms.

Intake forms, waivers and signatures on a generous free tier — enough for your first clients.

Step 3 / 6

Assess

Understand who you are coaching

Same for every coach

Baselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.

See all 3 resources

Typeform

Forms & Templates

One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.

A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.

Step 4 / 6

Plan & Deliver

Do the actual coaching

Same for every coach

Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.

See all 20 resources

Notion

Coaching Tools

A flexible docs-and-databases tool coaches use to build client dashboards, goal planners and session notes without paying for a purpose-built platform.

Session notes, client plans and your own playbook in one searchable workspace.

Fathom

Client Communication

An AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams that records sessions and writes the summary and action items, so you can listen instead of typing.

Records and summarises each session, so you listen to the client instead of taking notes.

Step 5 / 6

Run the Business

Get paid and stay organised

Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.

See all 30 resources

Calendly

Software

Share a link, let clients book into your real availability. The fastest way to stop losing consultations to three rounds of "does Tuesday work?"

Clients book their own sessions from a single link.

Airtable

Business

A spreadsheet that behaves like a database — the pragmatic way to build a client tracker, pipeline or session log that is exactly your shape.

A free client tracker shaped exactly like your practice, from budgets to training logs.

Wave

Business

Free invoicing and lightweight accounting for solo coaches — send an invoice, track what is unpaid, and have something tidy to hand an accountant.

Free invoicing and bookkeeping while the practice is still small.

Zoom

Software

The default video call for coaching sessions — reliable on bad connections, and the one tool your clients already know how to open.

For the sessions that do not need you in the same room.

Stripe

Software

Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.

Take payment for packages without a shop or a card reader.

Step 6 / 6

Grow Yourself

Keep getting better

Same for every coach

Certifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.

See all 15 resources

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.

A free, short course from Anthropic on working with AI well — when to delegate, how to describe a task, and how to check what comes back.

A free, short course on using AI well — what to hand over, and how to check what comes back.

11 tools · 7 free or with a free plan · 4 paid

Step 1 / 6

Attract Clients

Get found and get leads

Same for every coach

Everything that happens before someone becomes a client: showing up online, publishing content, and looking credible enough to be worth a message.

See all 16 resources

Canva

Design

Template-driven design that lets a coach produce decent Instagram posts, PDFs and slide decks without hiring anyone or learning design software.

Social posts, lead magnets and a one-page offer sheet without hiring a designer.

Step 2 / 6

Onboard Clients

Turn a lead into a client

Same for every coach

The paperwork and the first conversations. Intake forms, waivers, welcome emails — the part clients judge you on before you have coached them once.

See all 10 resources

Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Client Communication

Email marketing built for creators — welcome sequences, tagging and broadcasts, which covers both your onboarding emails and your newsletter.

A newsletter keeps past clients and warm leads coming back without posting every day.

PandaDoc

Forms & Templates

Document and e-signature software for the contracts end of onboarding — coaching agreements, liability waivers and package terms clients sign online.

Proper contracts and package terms signed online, so onboarding looks as professional as you are.

Step 3 / 6

Assess

Understand who you are coaching

Same for every coach

Baselines, screens, and questionnaires. Whatever you use to find out where a client actually is before writing them a plan.

See all 3 resources

Typeform

Forms & Templates

One-question-at-a-time forms that feel like a conversation, which noticeably improves completion rates on long client intake questionnaires.

A friendly first questionnaire that tells you where a new client is starting from.

Step 4 / 6

Plan & Deliver

Do the actual coaching

Same for every coach

Programming, nutrition, habits, and the tools you use to deliver all of it week after week.

See all 20 resources

Notion

Coaching Tools

A flexible docs-and-databases tool coaches use to build client dashboards, goal planners and session notes without paying for a purpose-built platform.

Session notes, client plans and your own playbook in one searchable workspace.

Fathom

Client Communication

An AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams that records sessions and writes the summary and action items, so you can listen instead of typing.

Records and summarises each session, so you listen to the client instead of taking notes.

Step 5 / 6

Run the Business

Get paid and stay organised

Scheduling, payments, client records, pricing. The unglamorous layer that decides whether coaching is a job or a business.

See all 30 resources

Bonsai

Business

Contracts, proposals, invoicing and light CRM in one tool for independent professionals — the admin half of a coaching practice without four subscriptions.

Contracts, proposals and invoicing for independent coaches in one tool.

Zoom

Software

The default video call for coaching sessions — reliable on bad connections, and the one tool your clients already know how to open.

For the sessions that do not need you in the same room.

Stripe

Software

Card and subscription payments with no monthly fee — the standard way to take recurring coaching payments without chasing bank transfers.

Take payment for packages without a shop or a card reader.

Step 6 / 6

Grow Yourself

Keep getting better

Same for every coach

Certifications, books, podcasts, and the rooms where other coaches talk honestly about what is working.

See all 15 resources

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

Seven questions that make any coach listen more and advise less.

A free, short course from Anthropic on working with AI well — when to delegate, how to describe a task, and how to check what comes back.

A free, short course on using AI well — what to hand over, and how to check what comes back.

Last reviewed . Picks are editorial — nothing here is paid placement.