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Do you have any coaching tools? You know, specific activities or assignments you use frequently? A popular one I heard a lot about when I was training as a coach was The Wheel of Life (there’s an electronic version here). One of the books I got early on was Coach Anyone...
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Throughout my coaching career I have read, used and loved the usual resources such as Thomas Leonard’s The Portable Coach and Cheryl Richardson’s Take Time For Your Life, Life Makeovers and Stand Up For Your Life. Many coaches would agree that they have enjoyed these books. 0 I like This
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I invited Alicia Forest to participate in this week’s interview because I have been a fan of hers for almost a year now. When I began my coaching business, I found the information in her weekly free ezine to be helpful as I set up each phase of my online business. Here’s...
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I came across this post on the Life Coaches Blog, it’s Alvin Soon’s own Life coaching Manifesto: 1) Believe in people. See them better than they see themselves. 2) You are no better than the people you coach. Walk with them shoulder by shoulder. You’re both on the same path. 3) Skill doesn’t change people. Love changes people. All the...
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Unfortunately, when it comes to your website, the “if you build it, they will come” strategy just doesn’t work. Fortunately, there are many ways to drive high-quality traffic to your website for little to no cost. The following 5 strategies will show you how: 0 I like This
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I’d like to take a moment to thank our Fabulous February Hosts and contributers for their excellent posts last month. So, many thanks to: Sandra De Freitas Linda Boos and Marion Franklin Without great coaches like you contributing this blog wouldn’t be what it is. On that note I’d like to introduce you to, and welcome, March’s Masterful...
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There are so many good references and resources for networking, especially in the form of books. Networking is something that is so important to coaching, and for me personally it was difficult in taking it that one step further to ask for what I want from others and for the self promotion that is...
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This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Christian Mickelsen of Small Biz U and Rapid Coaching Academy (RCA). I recently participated in Christian’s inaugural RCA group and I have to say it was wonderful! Christian is well organized, thoughtful, and knowledgeable. And a great coach! Christian is a regular...
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One of the biggest shifts that came for me in building my own successful business was learning about – and implementing – what I call my Marketing & Product Funnel. You know what a funnel looks like, right? It’s wide at the top and tapers down to a narrow opening. When your prospects enter your...
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Hello all and welcome to the Wednesday Interview! The final coach I have chosen to interview is our own Barry K. Zweibel, MCC, ICF-Certified Master Coach. Barry is newly certified MCC and I gained much from his answers, I hope you will too. Read on. 0 I like This
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Not only can you use your blog for posting blog posts and articles but you can use it for much more such as posting audio, advertising your products and services or selling products. Did you have a great teleclass recently? Think about posting a small clip of the audio and placing it on your blog....
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Hello all and welcome to the Wednesday Interview! The coach I have chosen for today’s interview is Barbra Sundquist. She is one of my coaching mentors and I think you will find her answers very enlightening. Barbra Sundquist is a life, leadership, and mentor coach known as “the coach who makes things simple”....
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Think of a feed as a subscription. It works much like a magazine or newspaper subscription except that instead of getting information in your mailbox you get a notice in your email, on your internet browser or within an account you set up on a blog directory. It’s similar to subscribing to a...
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While it’s true that we as human beings will never be perfect and never have our acts totally together, we at least need to be working on our own stuff. Every coaching conversation has to have reflection when it’s over – what about this person is similar in my life? What do I need...
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Hello all and welcome to the Wednesday Interview! The first coach I have chosen to interview is our own Marion Franklin. We all know her from the NCC and I certainly gained much insight from her answers to my questions! As a Master Certified Life Coach, Marion coaches individuals and groups regarding ...
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