by Sarah Short | Jan 7, 2026 | Business Development, How To Sell Coaching, Marketing For Coaches, Marketing Language, Self-Employed Marketing, The Business Of Coaching, The Coaching Revolution
I run an International Coach Federation Special Interest Group for the UK chapter of the ICF called Marketing For Coaches. I’m often told by coaches who attend that they know they must be authentic in their marketing. When I scratch the surface of this belief,...
by Sarah Short | Jan 7, 2026 | AI, Digital marketing, Marketing For Coaches, Online Business, Self-Employed Marketing, The Business Of Coaching, The Coaching Revolution
We think we can type ‘give me an ideal client for my coaching business’ or ‘give me a target audience for my coaching business’ into ChatGPT or Claude, and whatever it produces will be both valid and viable. We think AI can solve our marketing...
by Sarah Short | Jan 7, 2026 | How To Sell Coaching, Marketing For Coaches, Nail Your Niche, Self-Employed Marketing, Social Media Marketing, The Business Of Coaching, The Coaching Revolution
If you ask coaches why we coach, or why we want to coach, the idea of having a positive impact on the world will always appear in one guise or another. It’s fundamental to who we are and why we do this work. Coaching itself has a positive impact on clients, and...
by Sarah Short | Jan 6, 2026 | Coaching Credential, Core Competencies, ICF, Self-Employed Marketing, The Business Of Coaching, The Coaching Revolution, What Coaches Need
Core CCEUs are valuable. Resource Development CCEUs are easy to get, not as prestigious, almost throwaway. You can get them for just reading a book, after all. This attitude, which flows directly from how the ICF categorises continuing education is quietly...
by Sarah Short | Jan 6, 2026 | Marketing For Coaches, Nail Your Niche, Niching, Self-Employed Marketing, The Business Of Coaching, The Coaching Revolution
We think “I already know my niche. I’m a executive coach!” (or health coach, or mindset coach – I could go on). We’ve decided what kind of coaching we do, so we’ve niched, haven’t we? No, because those aren’t niches,...
by Sarah Short | Jan 6, 2026 | How To Sell Coaching, Marketing For Coaches, Marketing Tools, Self-Employed Marketing, The Business Of Coaching, The Coaching Revolution
When we realise we need help with marketing, we do what seems logical – we find a ‘how to set up a business’ course and try to follow the advice given. We might spend money adding ourselves to coaching directories or we may attend expensive sales...
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