For any coach at any time, but particularly when you’re just starting your business, you might be tempted to get a client by offering free or barter coaching. Should you? There are more reasons not to than you might think.
No fee coaching does have its place (see the last paragraph). But if your goal is [...]
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Free or Barter Coaching – Should You Do It?
April 27, 2010 | View Comments
For any coach at any time, but particularly when you’re just starting your business, you might be tempted to get a client by offering free or barter coaching. Should you? There are more reasons not to than you might think.
No fee coaching does have its place (see the last paragraph). But if your goal is [...]
7 Steps to Get Back On Track when Life Derails Your Coaching Business
April 6, 2010 | View Comments
Ever feel derailed from your best laid coaching business plans? Sometimes holidays, illness, family crisis — things that require your immediate attention — can stop your momentum cold.
Every business owner gets derailed by life sometimes. The key, of course, is how you respond. Feeling guilty about what’s not getting done and disappointed that you haven’t “made [...]
5 Core Skill Sets for Coaching Business Success
March 23, 2010 | View Comments
Have you ever felt that you need more knowledge, training or credentials to be highly valuable to your coaching clients? While every coach has some areas to develop, don’t make the mistake of discounting the many skills you already bring to the table. That goes for business skills as well. No matter how new you [...]
5 Mindsets to Streamline Your Coaching Business Admin
November 10, 2009 | View Comments
Your coaching business will support you to pursue your true calling, but only if you keep it running smoothly. To do that, create business habits that work for you and are simple to maintain.
It helps to think in terms of processes and flows, rather than tasks. A business is more like a garden than a [...]
A Virtual Assistant for Every Coach
November 2, 2009 | View Comments
My recent post on when a coach should hire a VA brought up some follow up questions. To answer your questions, I interviewed an expert — Kellie deRuyter, business & marketing coach for VAs.
Do all VAs have skills in most anything a coach would need help with?
Kellie: A coach shouldn’t expect any individual VA to [...]
When Should a Coach Hire a VA?
October 19, 2009 | View Comments
In the early days of the coaching industry, coaches used to handle everything in their business themselves, from admin to marketing to developing clunky templated websites. It was the “penny wise – pound foolish” mindset of practitioners who hadn’t yet taken themselves seriously as business owners. In the long run, this approach stunted the [...]
Awakening the Coaching Business Owner in You
October 13, 2009 | View Comments
Do you think of yourself as a coach or a coaching business owner? Strange as it may seem, how you see yourself could affect your long-term success. Embracing the business side of coaching will shorten your learning curves and help you feel more prosperous all along the way.
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