There’s an odd perception amongst the coaching profession that a coach themselves is a niche. Specifically, in fact, that they are their own niche. There was a post in a large coaching LinkedIn Group that I belong to which asked ‘what’s your...
Having a niche makes marketing much more simple. It really does but I know that many (most?) coaches don’t believe that. The difficulties that coaches have with niching are one of two things. They think that having a niche will limit the number or type of...
It’s not the best coach who will succeed in building a financially viable coaching business, it’s the best marketer. I understand that this is an unpopular and unpalatable truth, but it is the truth. Let me explain? There’s never a shortage of really...
Marketing Skills Marketing isn’t a nice to have or an add-on skill for coaches who want to have their own businesses, it’s an essential skill. It’s as essential in fact, as your coaching skills. I was chatting to a coach recently who was explaining...
Niching… No matter how often I write about or talk about niching – coaches struggle with the concept. To most coaches, the idea of niching is about excluding people and coaching is very inclusive, so it makes sense therefore not to niche, doesn’t it?...
One of the massive benefits of niching and understanding who your audience (your niche) is for your coaching is that when you know, you can speak to them in their own language. Whose Language? Coaches speak coach-speak, it’s our mother tongue. Coach-speak is the...
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