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Feeling Comfortable with Your Mentor Coach

Posted by David Wood

The following is an excerpt from the CoachStart Manual.

You want to feel comfortable with this person. Interviewing, trialing or studying up on one to three coaches should be sufficient. They no longer have to be in your country – just make sure if they’re overseas that they are willing to cover the cost of phone calls or factor this into your monthly fee.

If you’re concerned about the investment, consider what your return on that monthly investment might be. In most cases, you only need two to three paying clients to cover the cost of your mentor coach. And if your coach can’t help you increase your client list by MORE than two to three, something’s missing! Also consider the cost of NOT hiring a coach.

It can be very empowering to hire a mentor coach and set a goal of bringing in enough coaching income to cover the cost of your own coach by a particular date.

Remember, you don’t need a mentor coach. No one NEEDS a coach. It’s just a slower, less fun — and often — more expensive road without one.

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Anna Dargitz on the Early Months

Posted by David Wood

What were the biggest doubts you had in your early months?

Doubt and fear are my physical reactions to change. They don’t depict reality. But I get pulled in hook, line and sinker every time I make a big change. And creating a new career is one big change. My biggest doubt was that I would find a position of visibility. We doubt what we can’t control.

I was aware that preparation plus opportunity equals position. I had preparation mastered, but opportunity was up to the Universe. My worrying about it only got in my way.

I overcame the worry by surrendering to what was. I accepted my situation and recognized…right now I am preparing to give to the Universe my coaching…right now I’m working hard and not making much money…right now I’m playing a smaller game. I didn’t like it. But that was the truth of my situation. And in my heart, I believed, without a doubt and without the need for evidence that… as I was preparing something big for the Universe, the Universe was preparing something big for me.

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Set Up Your Newsletter System

Posted by David Wood

The following is taken from Get Paid University.

I invite you to go and do it. You can do a free trial, I believe. I haven’t checked recently but the last time I looked at getpaidforwhoyouare.com/pcs, get the auto-responder package. That’s $30 a month and you can get started. The alternative is to – as I mentioned in the book – if you’re on a very, very strict budget, you can go with MailChimp in the beginning and you’ll probably want someone to assist you with setting that up.

To set up your newsletter system so that even if you got four subscribers, four friends who come in you can be up and running and be ready to send out your first issue. The next step if it’s for bonus points put a sign up form on your website. So weebly.com, you can do it, MailChimp or work with Weebly, Professional Cart Solutions will work with Weebly and you’ll probably want some help to integrate the two so you might want, you know, I think you get x number of days of fund support with Professional Cart Solutions, use them. Say, “Hey, I need your help. Get me up and running so that people can sign up to my newsletter on Weebly.” It’s such an important step.

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I Don’t Have the Money to Start a Business

Posted by David Wood

The following is an excerpt from the book Get Paid For Who You Are.

Twenty years ago starting a business required a physical store front that in turn required thousands of dollars for a security deposit, monthly rent and cash to invest in inventory. So, it’s natural to associate starting a business with large up- front costs.

Those who didn’t have the money to set up a store front might start a mail-order business advertising in magazines and shipping from home, or from a drop-shipper. However, it often took weeks or months of trial and error to find the right advertisement or magazine to reach your customers.

Now, with millions of customers surfing the internet, buying and downloading information at the click of a mouse, the landscape has changed. the internet is a viable — and cheap — store front and to get started, you need very little investment.

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Michael O. Cooper on Pursuing Certification

Posted by David Wood

The following is taken from David’s interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches.

Would you advise coaches to pursue certification? If so, at what stage in their practice, and through which accrediting body?

I believe the industry is evolving and coaching clients are becoming more savvy. There will come a time when clients require their coaches to be certified.

Coaches should continually strive to improve their coaching, but become certified as early as possible – certification processes will improve every coach’s quality of coaching. I view the certification process as a learning path in itself. That’s why we developed the International Association of Coaches’ certification process in three steps to provide clear, compelling feedback on which proficiencies coaches need to improve before moving on to the next steps.

I believe the IAC model, which allows any coach to apply for certification regardless of how many hours they have coached, or how many classes they have attended, is the best model to demonstrate competency, particularly because this certification is based on the 15 Coaching Proficiencies, rather than general knowledge.

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Marcia Reynolds on Coaching Niches

Posted by David Wood

The following is taken from David’s interview with Marcia Reynolds in 10 Super Coaches.

How would you suggest coaches find their niche?

Look at ALL your past experiences in industries, professions and fields, including volunteer work, to identify areas you know. Then look for topics that would interest clients in these areas that you are passionate about. To become an expert in an area, you have to be passionate about it. Do not go with something just because you think people need it. You have to have a strong desire to research, learn and develop yourself in order to create and maintain your expertise status.

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Feeling Comfortable with Your Mentor Coach

Anna Dargitz on the Early Months

Set Up Your Newsletter System

I Don’t Have the Money to Start a Business

Michael O. Cooper on Pursuing Certification

Marcia Reynolds on Coaching Niches