I remember early on in my coaching practice, I had A LOT of these kinds of statements running around in my head and heart: I’m just feeling lost. I just need someone to bounce some ideas off of…someone who KNOWS about running a coaching business. I just wanna figure out “what next?” and have confidence that I’m doing it RIGHT. I wanted NOTHING MORE than to have some fairy godmother sweep in and save me. That never happened. What did happen: I sought out real-life resources to …
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Coaching is like your flower garden + when and how to follow-up post sample session
Okay, coachie love. You’ve completed that oh-so-awesome sample session, so what next? STOP. And before you do anything, get your mind in the right space. Your business is like your flower garden: if you want it to grow, you must consistently nurture it. When you first plant seeds in a garden, you must do some foundational things, like make sure you’ve got the right soil, the proper light, and the right spacing between plant. Once that sample growing ground is set, the flower is ready to …
My Favorite Tool For the First Client Meeting (or What I Use to Turn Potential Customers Into Paying Clients)!
So many of my coach-clients ask me, “how do you structure a Sample Coaching Session?” This is SUCH an important topic because, as we all know, if you can WOW your potential customer during the Sample Session, you are well on your way to serving that person as their coach. One of the easiest, most effective tools I use to structure my Sample Coaching Sessions AND knock the socks off of a potential client during the Sample Session is this: The Wheel Of Life Why do I love this tool so …
Why Follow-Up After Sample is Key
Don’t Leave Them Feeling Like They’re Not Worth Pursuing: Why Follow-Up With Potential Clients Is Critical for Life Coaches When you meet a client for a Sample Session, it can be an extraordinary experience, much like meeting someone of interest at a party for the first time (wink). For many of our would-be clients, the Sample Session is the first time in a long time (or, sadly, sometimes EVER) that our clients are actually seen, heard, and made to feel special, like a person of interest. …
June is a Time of Transition
Hi Coachy Loves. I wanted to just pop in today because it’s June now. Something always happens in June that I tend to forget about each year. That is that June is a time of transition. For a lot of us coach solopreneurs, June is a time when we start to see some clients slide, meaning a lot of our clients will either drop out or new clients aren’t coming in as abundantly as they might be at other times during the year. It’s also a time for those of us with children when the kids getting …
