Monday, May 4, 2009

Using Social Media to Build Your Coaching Practice

In this episode, you can hear a panel discussion on how you can use social media to market your coaching services and help people to get to know you better. The panelists were Sue Oliver, Tara Rodden Robinson, and Janet Slack. Download the recording here.

Here's a partial list of resources and links mentioned during the call:
Blogging tools:

Social bookmarking tool: delicious

blogtalkradio.com

Janet Slack:
Sue Oliver:

Tara Rodden Robinson

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Updates

We had a great presentation on March 4 by Tya Bolton. Tya Bolton is the CEO of Exceptional Business Solutions, a full-scale administrative services firm with the #1 offering being Virtual
Administrative Support. Tya and her team of virtual assistants help business owners, particularly coaches, every day by streamlining processes & managing other businesses remotely. You can learn more about Tya and EBS at her website: http://www.ExceptionalBizSolutions.com.

Unfortunately, there is no podcast for Tya's presentation--my recording equipment failed. :(

As a consolation prize, we have two great articles by SIG member, Darcy Eikenberg:
Our next meeting is today at 4 pm Eastern. We'll have a great roundtable discussion on using social media to market your coaching practice.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sell is Not a 4-letter Word: Suzi Pomerantz

In this meeting of the SIG, we enjoyed a dynamite presentation by Suzi Pomerantz, author of Seal the Deal. She told us that coaches must shift limiting mindsets about sales and selling to align more closely with the purpose and passion behind why we became coaches in the first place! Join us to hear this interactive, energizing, and transforming conversation. �Download the podcast here.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Best practices to build and market your coaching business

It's a new year! In this meeting of our SIG, we had a round table discussion on best practices for building and marketing our coaching practices. You'll hear what has worked for us from GTD (getting things done) to Twitter to information product creation. Download the podcast here.

This SIG meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific). All ICF member coaches are eligible to attend the live calls and receive CCEU credit (when available). To see the phone number and PIN for the calls, you must log in on the ICF webpage, then follow the links For Current Members-->Find a Special Interest Group.

Our next meeting will be on Wed, Feb 4 at 4 pm Eastern with guest presenter, Suzi Pomerantz.
Title: Sell is Not A Four-Letter Word!
Brief Description: Coaches must shift limiting mindsets about sales and selling to align more closely with the purpose and passion behind why we became coaches in the first place! Join Suzi Pomerantz, MCC -- gamechanger executive coach and author of the highly acclaimed Seal the Deal for an interactive, energizing, and transforming conversation.

Learning Outcomes for Feb 4 will include:
1. Participants will distinguish between the three critical components of business development: networking, marketing, and sales
2. Participants will explore current, limiting mindsets about sales and selling that hold them back from all the clients they want.
3. Participants will design new mindsets about creating opportunities to provide coaching services that are consistent with commitments and aligned with passion and meaning.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Meeting Five: Michael Port

In this meeting, we heard a presentation by author of Book Yourself Solid, Michael Port. You can learn more about Michael at his website: www.michaelport.com Download the podcast here.

This SIG meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific). All ICF member coaches are eligible to attend the live calls and receive CCEU credit (when available). To see the phone number and PIN for the calls, you must log in on the ICF webpage, then follow the links For Current Members-->Find a Special Interest Group.

Our next meeting will be held on Wed, Dec 3 when we'll hear from attorney Michael Vanderpool. His presentation is entitled: “The Legal Aspects of Establishing and Operating a Coaching Business.”�

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Meeting 4: Creating Your Business Attraction Success Plan

Are you curious what's really possible when you use law of attraction principles and tools with smart business practices?
-Business gets easier
-Your next steps are clearer (what a relief!)
-You tap into inspiration that gives you added energy to the action done with greater ease
-You experience more success that is truly meaningful because you are aligned with your values and dreams
-You laugh more, dream easier and unique big thoughts that you never believed were possible!

Listen as Laura West (http://www.JoyfulBusiness.com) explores:
-how attraction principles and smart business strategies work together
-what is law of attraction and how does it work
-5 steps for creating an attraction plan
-Specific tools for business attraction
Download the podcast here.

Remember, if you want to receive recordings of all our calls automatically, you may subscribe using iTunes. Simply paste this URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ICFBizDevSIG under Advanced: Subscribe to podcast.

This SIG meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific). All ICF member coaches are eligible to attend the live calls and receive CCEU credit (when available). To see the phone number and PIN for the calls, you must log in on the ICF webpage, then follow the links For Current Members-->Find a Special Interest Group.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

September meeting recap

The SIG met on Wed, Sept 3 to hear a great presentation by Elinor Stutz, author of Nice Girls Do Get the Sale. Download the podcast here.

Remember, if you want to receive recordings of all our calls automatically, you may subscribe using iTunes. Simply paste this URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ICFBizDevSIG under Advanced: Subscribe to podcast.

This SIG meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific). All ICF member coaches are eligible to attend the live calls and receive CCEU credit (when available). To see the phone number and PIN for the calls, you must log in on the ICF webpage, then follow the links For Current Members-->Find a Special Interest Group.