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The Real Cost of Building a Coaching Business
The Real Cost of Building a Coaching Business (And Why It's Not Your Fault) You've probably spent more than you'd like to admit trying to build your coaching business. Let's be honest - there's the coaching qualification (several thousand), the website (another couple...
The Weaponisation of ‘Soul-Led’ Marketing Training
Terms like soul-led and heart-centred are used by marketing trainers targeting coaches. Far from being harmless spiritual language, these terms are deliberately wielded to exploit coaches who believe marketing is inherently unethical. The coaching profession labours...
Will Coaches Survive The Technology Revolution?
I have had to summon serious courage to write this article because I suspect what I say will be incredibly unpopular and controversial. It's an important question that needs considering: Will Coaches Survive The Technology Revolution? There has been much talk recently...
I Asked ChatGPT A Question
I want to ask for your forgiveness for telling a small untruth. The truth is that I didn't ask ChatGPT anything because I don't use ChatGPT. However, I do use Claude, a lesser-known 'cousin' of ChatGPT. If the title of this article had been "I Asked Claude A...
Coach Supervisors – How Do You Handle This Question?
I've been talking with several coach supervisors recently. Many (most?) of them have a similar issue with a question that is asked regularly in supervision. The question is this - how do I find coaching clients? There seem to be a few issues about this question: It's...
How Badly Do You Want This?
In the end, when building a coaching business it comes down to this - how badly do you want to coach for a living? Even though the highest percentage of self-employed people in the UK was 15.3% (in pre-pandemic 2019), and that number fell to 12.9% in 2022 (according...
Don’t Rely On Referrals!
"Don't Rely On Referrals!" - Did This Title Make You Angry? Ok, I know that some of you have landed here, incandescent with rage because you absolutely do rely on referrals and you think others can too. If I'm talking to you, I know that the reason you're cross is...
Client Acquisition Training AND CCEUs!
I'm beside myself with delight! We can now award 4 x CCEUs to active participants in our Nail Your Niche Challenge (this is our free challenge that teaches client acquisition and marketing skills for professional coaches). ICF Recognition Why am I so pleased with this...
Can Marketing Be Ethical For Coaches?
I saw a fantastic question about ethical marketing and had to expand on it… How is it possible to describe the benefits of coaching without having an agenda of your own? There's an ICF group that I belong to and someone asked this question (I'm paraphrasing here) I...
Monday Morning Motivator
Each week, we send out a little missive. It’s not arduous to read, in fact it’s light-hearted and it’s perfect to keep you up to date with what’s going on a The Coaching Revolution HQ.