A Place for Professional Coaches
(Our "Welcome Mat", sticky post. You’ll always be welcomed here with this post when you visit!)
Professional-Coaches.com is a place for professional coaches to find and share tips, information, resources, strategies, and even just casual exchanges.
The business of professional coaching is a growing one and one that requires continuous learning, sharing and networking. We encourage coaches to stop by and see what’s new, share their thoughts and resources, and learn and discuss.
With the support and knowledge of others, we can all foster our goal of helping others reach their goals.
Do you often find yourself Googling to assist you in your coaching journey? Wouldn’t it be great to have one primary place to find many resources and thoughts for professional coaches? That’s precisely the goal of Professional-Coaches.com but we can’t do it alone.
Nuestro Casa es Su Casa (Our house is your house). We invite you to make yourself at home and share with other coaches. We would love for you to be our guest blogger, as well as comment with your thoughts and share your resources and strategies.
Welcome home. We look forward to your arrival each and every time.
Karen J. for Professional-Coaches.com
It’s That Time of Year Again
With the New Year upon us, it's time to rethink about what you do and how you tell people about what you do. I don't know if this happens to you, but it does happen to a lot of coaches I know: They may start their year with a nice, crisp elevator pitch to describe what they do but as the year progresses, the pitch evolves. It's okay for an elevator pitch to evolve IF it evolves in a good way. But it doesn't always work that way: Your pitch might take on new elements as your business changes or as the market place changes. Frequently, I've noticed that lots of coaches who have heard the objection "your price is too high" will unconsciously add a price clarification into their elevator pitch even though it's not necessary. So a pitch that says "I help people become organized" becomes "I help people become organized and I don't cost as much as other coaches".
So, now it's time to spend a moment and think about your elevator pitch for this year:
* What are you doing in your business this year that is similar to the past?
* What elements from last year's elevator pitch can you carry over to this year?
* How has your business changed?
* What elements of your business are NOT currently reflected in your elevator pitch?
* What are the top objections you've faced?
* Who are the key clients you want to attract this year?
It's time to reinvigorate your elevator pitch to get ready for another exciting year!
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Create a Lasting Record of Telephone Calls
If any of your coaching takes place over the telephone, one of the services you can offer your clients is to record the telephone call and provide it for their review later. (Disclaimer: If you are recording any telephone call for professional reasons, you should let the other person know and you should ask for permission first).
Basically, the easiest way to get started now, without any fancy equipment, is to use a system like the ones offered by RecordiaPro.com, RecordMyCalls.com, or FreeConferenceCalling.com… but there are many others. Most of the systems work something like this: You create an account at one of these sites then you call them and conference call your client. You have your conversation, then you end up with an audio file (often an mp3) as a record of your call.
So, here are a few ways to use this:
1. In any telephone coaching scenario, talk to your client over the phone then deliver a recording of the call. As a bonus, send them a transcription, too.
2. In telephone seminars, have numerous people dial in and listen to you (and they may or may not ask questions, depending on your preference) and have your seminar recorded as an mp3 to use as a podcast.
3. Get a transcription of your call to be used in various ways (as a blog series, in an ebook, as the foundation for a guide or manual, etc.)
Your conversations are valuable and by recording them, you are preserving them to be reused by you and by your clients in the future.
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