 When Do Coaches Need Coaches?
Just because you’re in the coaching industry, don’t think you would never have a need for a coach of your own. Seems like a funny thing to think about but even the best coaches could use some help streamlining their businesses or having an objective third party to talk to about personal or family matters. Heck, even psychiatrists are required to speak to other psychiatrists on a regular basis! Business coaches can assist anyone with their businesses and often will find things to fix or change simply because they have an objective, outside viewpoint. Everything from billing inefficiencies to brainstorming product ideas, a business coach can be a non-judgmental sounding board who offers clarity and perspective. Your Coach as Your Accountability Partner If you have a plan in place for creating a signature program, utilizing a coach as an accountability partner is a wise investment. We all tend to work more efficiently when we know there’s a deadline looming but it’s also easy to ignore that deadline because we are the ones who set it. Rather than moving your deadline further and further away, use this accountability partner to keep your productivity on track. Accountability is necessary in many instances, though, not just in product creation. Whatever goals you have set for yourself, your coach will hold you solely responsible for meeting those deadlines and goals. Your Coach as Your Guide A good business coach will have the ability to challenge your thinking and your goals in a non-threatening, non-judgmental way. Instead of staying inside our comfort zones, a coach will encourage us to explore what we fear in an effort to fight that fear and try something new. Coaches also have the skill to break down large tasks into smaller tasks that don’t seem so intimidating. They can also guide us with instructions for how to do or implement something in our business. Your Coach as Your Mentor When it comes to hiring a business coach, always hire someone you consider to be at a higher income level or level of success than you. After all, those who have already reached a level of success will have the best experience to share about how you can reach that same level. Your coach is one who will teach you the skills you need to be successful based on real life experiences. Get Your Plan Started Ahead of Time Before you spend good money on a coach, create a business plan with your goals and your action steps spelled out. You want to provide your coach with a starting point and chances are that would be your first assignment anyway with a new coach. If setting up a business plan sounds daunting or you don’t know where to start, my Business Mentorship Coaching Program, is just what you need. We’ll discuss how planning will keep you focused on your next action steps, why taking action is so vitally important if you want to reach serious goals, and how to break down your overwhelming tasks into doable action steps will improve your productivity. Learn more here Schedule your complimentary Exploration Consultation Coffee Meetup either in-person (Local to my area only) or virtually. Click HERE to get started.
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 Think you don’t have time to create an eCourse? Think again. Many of the courses you’ve seen for sale—or maybe even purchased—were created in a single day. For savvy business owners, creating a new course is just a matter of putting the pieces together. If you’ve been in business for more than a few weeks, you already have everything you need to create an eCourse and have it ready for sale by this time tomorrow.
What Are Your Strengths? Use Them You could spend days or weeks researching new strategies, testing new ideas, and developing a completely new (to you) eCourse. Or you can embrace a tried and true development strategy that’s been proven to work: Write what you know. When you’ve spent months or years immersed in your expertise, it’s easy to talk about. You probably do it every day. You answer emails, write blog posts, chat on the phone with clients. Not only that, but you very likely read, watch videos, and listen to podcasts about your subject matter every single day. All of these things make it easy for you to create a new course, seemingly out of thin air. Repurpose Your Content If you have a blog or an email list, or have created other courses, then you already have a wealth of content to draw from. Sort through past blog posts and emails for gems you can polish and repurpose. Scout your past courses for modules and elements that are a good fit for your new course. Update the information (if needed) and reformat it to match your new design, and use it to add value to your next offering. Don’t worry that some of your content may have been seen before—even if you create an entire eCourse based on nothing but your blog content. People will happily pay for a step-by-step plan, even if they can find the information for free elsewhere. It’s the convenience of having a proven plan without having to organize it themselves that will encourage them to buy. Fill in the Blanks with Re-brandable Content If there are obvious holes in your content (and there may not be) you can easily fill them in with rebrandable content. You can find inexpensive, well-researched and well-written private label content on nearly every subject. Even better, you can often find a variety of formats, including video, software, slide decks and graphics. All of these can be used to create a more well-rounded, valuable course with very little effort on your part. Go for the Low-Hanging Fruit Let’s be clear. An eCourse you create in a single day is not likely to be an all-inclusive, multi-media filled epic offering. Instead, aim for a low-cost introductory course that will sit near the top of your funnel. You can always expand it later (repurposing yet again) into a more comprehensive training, but for now, the goal is to get it finished and get it out there. Valarie Harris Founder/President VARRIS MARKETING In our ultra busy World, sometimes, it's hard to stay on track or even be on time, throw a family and/or a business into the mix, your 24 hours can seem like minutes and the goals that you set for yourself, well they're probably not even a second thought anymore. In this Blog, I'm going to share with you tips to help you manage your time and hopefully achieve your goals. These are steps for a monthly Goal. Let's get started.  Pick a Day and Time of the week. This will be called your 'Goal Setting Day'
I know you may think, all of this seems daunting but, it’s not. Managing your goals makes it easier for you to reach them because the plan to achieve the goal is written out and, in your face daily. You are checking off each thing that gets done and it's an exciting feeling when things are accomplished and don't forget to CELEBRATE every accomplishment. Don't stress about what didn't get done because it will get done. Don't overdo it but don't do nothing at all either. Pace yourself, take one day, week, month, year, decade and if you are so lucky, century at a time, LoL. It may also be in your best interest to seek the assistance of a business coach, like me. Having someone there to assist and guide you through your journey to your goal is Amazing but having someone there to hold you accountable is PRICELESS! How I Can Help You If you are like many, planning and getting organized is not your forte, you want to be productive and reach those goals that you've set for yourself but there never seems to be enough time in the day or you just don't know how or where to get started. Well do I have the perfect solution for you. I offer a coaching service called 'Goal Digger’ It’s a one-time payment, that's extremely low and once you've decided to go for it, I will help you visualize your goals, get you started on your SMART Plans and help you create a winning business strategy based around your goal. This is what you get.
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