Pilot Program Diary

Fantastic Results for First Workshop

October 9, 2010

One of the pilot program coaches reports: I did my first free call yesterday and was pleasantly surprised 8 or 10 people called in. No clients, but it was fun, informative and inspiring. This is fantastic results for a first workshop. Not only did the coach get a great turn-out, she enjoyed herself. What she [...]

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Feedback From a Pilot Program Coach

October 6, 2010

This thoughtful email from a pilot program participant, with my remarks in bold and italic.Hi Barbra,Monday’s class was enlightening and your email afterwards much appreciated.  Lots of thinking and too much to write, so have kept it relatively short and can send more if you would like. Speed – could it be unrealistic for those [...]

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Perfectionism and Blogging

October 5, 2010

One of the pilot program coaches sent me a desperate email today. My responses are in bold and italic below: Hi Barbra. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed with  regards to blogging and need your guidance here .. 1.       How often does one need to update … daily?  Weekly? it’s entirely up to you. give yourself [...]

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I Made a Classic Coaching Mistake Today

October 4, 2010

We had our Monday morning pilot program coaching call today. After I got off the call, I checked in with myself about my tone during parts of the call. I realized that I sounded frustrated at times. Everything provides a learning opportunity, right? Here is my “self-coaching” about my frustrated tone: COACH: frustration usually happens [...]

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Rejection Has a Silver Lining (If You Are Open to It)

September 30, 2010

Today Coach Edna shares some of the ups and downs of her coaching business marketing efforts. In particular, notice how she handled the rejection after someone criticized her business card, and what happened next: An opportunity came from the one person who rejected my business card! When I first handed my business card to her, [...]

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Coaching Business: First Page in Google Already

September 30, 2010

Today I searched for “habit change coach” in Google, and guess whose web site  came up on the first page for Canada and the USA? Habit Change Pilot Program Coach Ebbie’s site SmartHabitChange.com. And when I search for “habit change coach” in Google UK? Jacqui’s site HabitChangeCoach.co.uk. Take a look: To say I’m thrilled is [...]

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How to view your subscriber list in MailChimp

September 24, 2010

I’ve talked about the importance of having a mailing list for your coaching business. In the ReadyMade Coaching Program we set up a mailing list along with a free report for you, so you don’t have to do a thing. The program we use for the mailing list and autoresponder is called MailChimp. However, sometimes [...]

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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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