Category Archives: Coaching Resources

Books, tools, and other resources of interest to coaches and virtual assistants.

Leveraging The Web – Blog to an Ebook – My Free Ebook

This is both a good-idea article and an I-wonder-what-you-think article. If you haven’t learned, it’s a great idea to make your efforts do double and triple time. For example, record live interviews for your group coaching class and then package … Continue reading

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Shedding Shame — Following Up on Old Leads

I am in a stuck place. Hard for a coach to admit and yet being authentic and modeling overcoming my own obstacles to inspire others is what I like to do in my obstacle-busting business. So, permit me to coach myself, using Byron Katie’s “The Work” process, as I share some deep insights with you that I know will help some of you to break through the yuck and ick of following up on leads and commitments you have not made the time or had the courage to act upon. Continue reading

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Now about that eBook

After you’ve written your eBook Just as with print books, getting your eBook out is going to be your whole focus once you’ve finished writing it. People will hesitate to buy any book from an author they’ve never heard of. … Continue reading

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Is there an eBook in your future?

It’s not true that everything that has been said has already been written. Since that unfortunate gobbledy-gook got recognition, the whole world has shifted. Technology has changed, ideas have changed, and the mindsets of entire nations are off the charts. … Continue reading

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NCC Coaching Trends 2009 #10: Roberta Hill

NCC Coaching Trends 2009 Interview No. 10: Roberta Hill Roberta Hill, MCC, is another successful coach who is a member of the New Coach Connection discussion list. In her blog, Assessments Today, Roberta shares news and tips about the appropriate … Continue reading

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Are you using Audio on your website and blog?

I’m really not a fan of audio that plays automatically when I visit a website, yet if I’m interested in what I’m reading while there, I love the opportunity to hear someone talk about their website, products, or services.  It … Continue reading

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Reflections on How Google Fuels Its Idea Factory

Business Week recently published an interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt on How Google Fuels Its Idea Factory. Here are five things “Google culture” sets as standards that coaches and VAs would benefit from imitating if they want a steady … Continue reading

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Email Marketing Statistics and Tips

As promised last month, here are some specific tips for improving the effectiveness of your ezine and other email marketing, based on the recent report by Mailer Mailer, LLC, which publishes trends and statistics on email marketing twice a year. … Continue reading

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Book Review: Living Your Unlived Life

The Book: Living Your Unlived Life: Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life, Robert A. Johnson and Jerry M. Ruhl, Ph.D., Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, New York, 2007, 260 pp From The Book Jacket: … Continue reading

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Book Review: Stumbling On Happiness

The Book: Stumbling On Happiness, Daniel Gilbert, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2006, 280 pp From The Book Jacket: Why are Lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why do patients … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Van Gogh Blues

Hi! Lyle Lachmuth here. I’m a Life/Career/Business Coach, Freelance Writer, and aspiring Novelist. I specialize in coaching creative, eclectic, and multitalented professionals … who are stuck! You can learn more about me here. I’m going to be blogging 3 times … Continue reading

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Coaching News

I’m very excited to see that The Coaching Commons has launched. Funded and organized by The Harnisch Family Foundation, the Coaching Commons is “A non-partisan ‘big tent’ under which coaches can freely create the future together in a non-commercial setting … Continue reading

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Top 10 +1 Biz-Building Books for Coaches

Did you get a gift certificate for your favorite bookstore for the holidays? If so, you might want to check out the following list of the books I recommended most often to my own clients in 2007 (listed in alphabetical … Continue reading

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Friday Resources & Readers: Books I Have Loved

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 … Continue reading

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Resources & Readers Friday: On Networking

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 … Continue reading

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