Why is a Mailing List Important?

September 24, 2010

Habit Change Pilot Program coach Jacqui reports that after only two weeks of having her website operational, ten people have signed up for her free report. I’ve been looking at Mailchimp – rather exciting – ten people have signed up for the newsletter and some are complete strangers, so habitchangecoach.co.uk is reaching into HongKong and [...]

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What’s The Absolutely Best Way to Get Coaching Clients?

September 22, 2010

OK, maybe there’s no absolutely best way to get coaching clients. But one of the best ways is to get your local newspaper to write an article about you. As an example, I noticed the article below in my local newspaper today. It shows a photo of fitness coach Tara McNeil working with a client. [...]

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Business Networking: Fee and Free Options

September 20, 2010

One of the Habit Change Coaching Business requirements is to join a local business networking organization such as the Chamber of Commerce. The cost to join the Chamber varies depending on your city, but averages about $200 a year. In my opinion this is money very well spent if you make full use of the [...]

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Teaching What We Most Need to Learn

September 17, 2010

A nice bonus of teaching the habit change coaching program is that it makes me more aware of habits that I’d like to change. The old adage “we teach what we most need to learn” certainly applies to me! What are my worst habits? lateness email “addiction” sweet tooth I’m using the principles that I [...]

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Coach Business Card

September 13, 2010

I received this business card in the mail today, along with a lovely note from Coach Edna. I was touched by Edna’s words – her note made my day! I showed it to my husband and he said “I can see why you love coaching. It must be so gratifying”. Yes indeed. Here’s what Edna [...]

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Freaked Out? Sorry, No Time for That

September 13, 2010

The pilot program coaches now have their website, autoresponder and business cards all taken care of. I’ve provided them with a poster to advertise their free workshops. Their job now is to spend a minimum of 10 hours a week marketing those free workshops and paid coaching groups. The idea is simple: lots of people [...]

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Marketing Follow-up

September 10, 2010

One of the coaches sent me an accountability report today.  I’ve put my reply in italics: I’ve been handing out, and mailing, my business cards. <Great!> I’ve also been tracking who I give them to, what response I get from them, and a note to myself about follow up actions, if any, I intend to [...]

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No to Modules, Because It’s Called ReadyMade Coaching Business for a Reason

September 10, 2010

I had one of those “whack on the side of the head” moments today. It happened when I was driving on the freeway, but fortunately it was just a metaphoric whack. I was thinking about the suggestion (received from many coaches) that I break my ReadyMade Coaching Business service into short, lower-priced modules that people [...]

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Can I Really Provide Coaches With a ReadyMade Coaching Business?

September 8, 2010

  Can I really provide coaches with a ReadyMade Coaching Business for under $2000? That’s the question sparked by yesterday’s post, where I wrote about my doubts. In short, I’m beginning to question whether I can achieve my goal of providing coaches with “everything they need to hit the ground running” at a price that [...]

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Smoking Cessation: Should Coaches Offer This Service?

September 7, 2010

Today one of the Habit Change Pilot Program coaches sent me this query: Do you recommend steering clear of helping with smoking cessation? I was asked about that at a Chamber of Commerce meeting this morning. My sense about coaching on smoking cessation – like pretty much everything – is that it all depends on [...]

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