Category Archives: Business Systems

Administrative tasks, accounting, organizing, planning, recordkeeping, and other tasks to operate a business effectively.

12 Easy Income Streams For Coaches

Ideas For Multiple Income Streams … 1. Referal fees from other Coaches 2. Affiliate income from other Coach’s products + events 3. Ebook 4. Audio 5. Video 6. Self-publish book 7. Bundle ebook/audio/video into a package 8. eCourses by email … Continue reading

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Just how congruent is your coaching business – really?

In branding-me-branding-you, I spoke about the importance of the Message – Media – Market (Match). In 15-reasons-to-niche, I followed this up with the importance of really knowing your target market (niche) Today, I want to expand on what it means … Continue reading

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15 Reasons To Niche

1# Get Attention The bigger the group of people you go after, the harder it is to: A) connect with their specific needs, desires and problems B) stand out from the rest of your competitors who are also grappling for … Continue reading

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New FTC Regulations Affecting Your Business

There are new regulations for internet marketing from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that go into effect on December 1st. They will impact what you do in your business if you use certain types of internet marketing. If you have … Continue reading

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Top Ten Mistakes of Entrepreneurs

Mistake 1. Not thinking like an entrepreneur Business owners get into trouble when they have not learned to think from the point of view of an entrepreneur.  Here are some of the qualities of entrepreneurial thinking – innovative, creative, willing … Continue reading

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Effective Networking for Entrepreneurs

I attended a networking event for women earlier this week in my small town.  Despite the town’s size, there were more than 50 women there.  During the event, I heard the short pitch of three different women that I might … Continue reading

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4 Tips for Creating One Time Offers

When most business owners think of earning money online with info products, they think about the money they’ll make from selling their first product (report, ebook, software, audio, or video package). However, while the sales that are made on the … Continue reading

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Do You Believe?

I love the quote by author Napolean Hill where he says, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”  He then goes on to say “…regardless of how many times you have failed in the past or … Continue reading

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Information Management 101

Every coaching business has a lot of information that needs to be handled, tracked, filed or managed in some way.  Successful businesses develop systems for the management of information.  Today we look at several areas where successful coaching businesses have … Continue reading

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Accounting for Non-Accountants: Part 2

Last month’s blog post began our exploration of the accounting world with a list of definitions of terms. Please reference that post here for the basics of accounting that you must know for your coaching business. Now we explore the … Continue reading

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A New Perspective

Growing a business takes diligent and persistent effort. And although many professional coaches struggle with how to effectively market their business, there is a simple strategy that once grasped and adopted can actually make growing your business a lot easier … Continue reading

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Accounting for Non-Accountants

There is no part of my business that causes me more confusion and stress than the accounting and bookkeeping part.  Through the years, I have found this to be true with the majority of coaches that I have worked with … Continue reading

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A Critical Success Metric for Your Business

A colleague on another message board recently asked about metrics – measuring the success of your business by measuring time spent on marketing, time spent on other business activities, time spent with clients, time spent with potential clients, conversion rates, … Continue reading

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Nine Things You Need to Start (and Succeed with) an Ezine

Considering using an electronic newsletter (ezine) to keep in front of your clients and prospects? Well, welcome to the digital age! What you may not realize is that the ezine is more than just a newsletter sent by email. There’s … Continue reading

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How To Write Copy Like a Pro

Writing copy is one of the most fundamental pieces of your business marketing. Yet most coaches and independent professionals do not pay enough attention to it.  It slips under the radar because “we can all write, can’t we?” Instead, you … Continue reading

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