habit change

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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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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Habit Change Pilot Group: First Mentor Coaching Session

August 18, 2010

We had our first mentor coaching session (via teleconference) of the Habit Change Coaching Pilot Program on Monday. It was exciting! We have seven coaches in the group: Roz – South AfricaEdna – CanadaJacqui – UKCheryl – TennesseeEbbie – ColoradoKelly – GeorgiaRobyn – Florida I’m glad I limited the group size. Each coach has lots [...]

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Vote for Your Favorite Habit Change Tagline

August 15, 2010

I’m working on developing a list of website taglines for the coaches in the Readymade Coaching Business – Habit Change Coaching program. Which of these do you like / dislike and why? Learn From a Habit Change Expert Change your habits now…so you won’t have to later. Better living through better habits Making healthy habits [...]

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First Steps in Organizing Coaching Business

August 11, 2010

We are just one week away from the official start of the Readymade Coaching Business – Habit Change Coaching pilot program. I’ve asked the six pilot program coaches to do the following in preparation for our first meeting on Monday, August 16: Domain name and hosting Let’s get a head start on this. Please contact [...]

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Habit Change Coaching – Pilot Program Diary

August 7, 2010

Over the next few months I’ll be mentoring six life coaches in a radical new approach to starting a coaching business. This is a pilot program for my proposed Readymade Coaching Business service. Although the Readymade Coaching Business approach will eventually contain modules that address a range of coaching niches, for this pilot program we’ll [...]

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Why the Habit Change Niche?

July 26, 2010

I’ve been hinting for the past few weeks that I’m up to something big. That “something” involves a particular coaching niche that my research tells me has TONS of clients looking for coaching. I have been coaching in that niche for years, and want to empower other coaches to do the same. More than that, [...]

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