Quote Your Coaching Fee without Flinching in Fear

How do you respond when a prospect asks about your coaching fee? When a potential client asks you what you charge, do you: Mention a price and then lower it before your prospect has a chance to respond? Apologize before the amount leaves your mouth? Cringe as you await a response? I’ve done all of [...]

By |2014-07-21T01:00:58-05:00July 21st, 2014|Articles|

Internet Etiquette: 10 Rules You Might Be Breaking

I posted an off-color cartoon. On Facebook. For all the world to see. How mortifying. I didn’t mean to be inappropriate. But in my naiveté, I glimpsed a cute cartoon and shared it, never seeing the double-meaning behind the words. Others did. Within seconds, the scathing comments came flooding in. Deep sigh. With life moving [...]

By |2014-07-01T07:51:15-05:00July 1st, 2014|Articles|

Non-Existent Client Disorder: Are You Suffering From The Disease Striking Coaches Everywhere?

Unexplained nausea, a pesky rash, phantom pain — symptoms like these send my mind rolling down the road of no return. What if it’s cancer? The bubonic plague? A coach-eating bacteria? Or perhaps it’s a biological virus unleashed by a terrorist cleverly disguised as a local girl scout? Funny how the mind works, isn’t it? [...]

By |2014-02-19T20:03:57-06:00February 19th, 2014|Articles|

6 Reasons Why You Need a Strategic Marketing Plan

Marketing without a plan is common. And a recipe for disaster. It's like my trip to the grocery store last night after work. No list; I just knew I needed to pick up something for dinner. I wandered the aisles aimlessly, backtracked several times, spent over $100, and still did not have anything to cook [...]

By |2014-01-07T13:15:38-06:00January 7th, 2014|Articles|

Never “Sell” Coaching Again

I’m the world’s worst salesperson. Really. I couldn’t sell mittens to a freezing Eskimo. So, for me to try to sell coaching to people who still think that all coaches have whistles hanging around their necks, the game is over before it begins. You know. You’ve been there. First, we have to hunt down a [...]

By |2013-10-08T07:57:06-05:00October 8th, 2013|Articles|