Today’s interview with Jan Scott, women’s coach.  Listen here:

Enjoy!

Are you a life or business coach looking for a very affordable way to get yourself a website – and not prepared to compromise on quality?

Are you avoiding telling people about your coaching business because you know their first question will be: "I’ll look you up.  What’s your website address?"

If so, I’m delighted to tell you about the just-launched Coach Website Express which is going to be a huge help to coaches who are on a tight marketing budget but still want a unique and professional-looking website.

I created this product because I was once where you are now.  Actually, I had a website but was frustrated that I couldn’t update it myself.  Yet I felt that to learn how to build a website myself would require too much time and likely to be fraught with pitfalls.

Then finally, one day I realised I held in my hands the solution to my despair!  Take a look at CoachWebsiteExpress and you will learn what I discovered and how it can help you create the website you want at a price you can afford  – even if you have no technical ability!

Click here to visit the Coach Website Express site.

With the relaunch of New Coach Business Network later this year, I am looking for coaches at all stages of their career to interview for 15 minutes on my new Blog Talk Radio show.  It doesn’t matter how much experience you have as a coach as long as you enjoy talking about yourself (one of our favourite subjects surely?).

What’s in it for you?  A chance of course to promote you, your coaching, your website.  Great SEO from Blog Talk Radio and your website will get a link from BTR – valuable external link.  And if you haven’t got a website yet, well just look at my latest offer.

I’m looking for an angle that will be of interest to listeners.  That might simply be your personal journey as a coach, It might be about your niche, a type of marketing that has worked well for you, a favourite case study, your take on goal-setting, limiting beliefs, eliciting values, accreditation… I don’t want to give you too many options and overwhelm you but as long as you would enjoy talking about some aspect of your coaching journey for just 15 minutes I’d be interested to hear from you.

Practically speaking it will involve calling a US phone number and talking over the phone, not too hard, is it.  Timing will be to suit the two of us though I have a regular Sunday slot scheduled in the months to come – 11am.

Please don’t be put off if you’re a new coach.  This is the new coach business network, remember, and there will plenty of other new coaches who would love to hear how it is for you and if you’re having the same challenges or finding breakthroughs they could benefit from.

Email me direct please at marion@marionryan.com with:

• A brief paragraph about yourself, your coaching and any angle you’re interested in talking about.

• An idea of your availability.  Not keen on evening interviews but if you can’t do daytimes, I can do some weekend calls.

If you’re up for it just not yet, let me know what month I could schedule in your 15 minutes of fame.

And the offer is currently open only to members of New Coach Business Network so if you’re not yet, you can do so by clicking on the link in the right hand sidebar.  It’s still completely free.

Whether you are a brand new coach or an experienced one, it is always beneficial to be part of a coaching community, whether online or face-to-face.

A new coaching group is starting up in Reading, Berkshire and the inaugural meeting will take place on Thursday 6th November 2008  with subsequent meetings on the first Thursday of each month.  There is a nominal fee of £3 to cover refreshments and the hire of the room.

If you are interested contact Annie O’Neill by email at annie.oneill @ newhorizons.uk.com

On Wednesday 30th May at 6.45pm GMT Felicia J Slattery, communication consultant and author joins us to talk about Building our Credibility to Attract New Clients. 

She says:

Many business owners and sales professionals often don’t realize the number one way we can persuade others is by increasing our credibility. During this information-packed presentation you will learn important factors to increasing your credibility, which will almost automatically increase your business. The main topics covered include: how to truly know your audience, understanding the three Cs of credibility, and discovering what specific materials you’ll need when presenting to your particular audience.

Felicia Slattery is a communication consultant, speaker and coach specializing in training busy professionals to succeed by delivering results-driven presentations.  She teaches teleseminars, leads workshops, and offers private coaching to individual clients on improving their communication skills in order to present their best image. 

Having taught communication skills all over Chicagoland for more than 10 years, Felicia describes herself as a communication “generalist,” meaning that she has expertise in teaching all forms of communication including interpersonal, public speaking, persuasion, business communication, interviewing, research, male-female communication— you name it she’s probably taught it—and she loves teaching!

A published author and popular public speaker, Felicia began her consulting and coaching business in early 2006 when she decided it was time to take the communication skills she’d been teaching for years and offer that same knowledge to people outside the classroom.  She holds two Master’s Degrees: one in Adult Education and Training and another in Communication.  In her business she teaches small business owners, sales professionals and corporate professionals powerful communication skills they need to succeed at work and enjoy happy and fulfilled personal lives. 

She offers a free e-course where you can discover how to Increase Business by Communicating Your Credibility.  Visit her site today: Transformative Journeys  and sign up now!

On Wednesday 2nd May, we’re joined by Judith Morgan, business coach, mentor and millionaire-maker (no less!) who will be running a business clinic for the members of New Coach Business Network (NCBN).

Judith, a serial entrepreneur whose career as accountant and coach spans three decades, has worked with over 1000 small businesses and helped many of them to survive and thrive. She says:

At the age of 22 I started my own accountancy firm which I sold twenty years later for an undisclosed six-figure sum.   I have created and sold businesses in travel, stress management, cleaning, restaurants and more importantly, and I have learned how to E-Myth them.   So will you.

I know all about wanting to be a business owner in a way which allows you to have a wonderful life too.   And why not? You deserve it.  Not only that, but balance allows you to be a better business person.

I know the shortcuts to success, I have a millionaire mind, a laser-like intensity, and I can always see the most efficient route to business profits (show me the money!).   They say I am razor-sharp and blunt, the iron fist in the velvet glove, so not for the faint-hearted, then!

I’m delighted that Judith has accepted our invitation to come along on Wednesday evening, 2nd May at 6.45pm GMT to run a business clinic exclusively for our members.  She’ll answer your business questions, give her views on your marketing ideas and maybe pose a few questions of her own to get you thinking about your business in a new light.

Open to members of the Network only.  Membership is currently free and you can join by entering your email address here:

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New Coach Business Network – NCBN – is committed to bringing you all the speakers we most admire for their expertise, coaching and / or business skills and their ability to give a great presentation.

In order to receive the call details or to gain access to the recordings you need to be a member of the New Coach Business Network and the good news is that you can do that right now and it won’t cost you a penny or a cent!  Just input your email address here:

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As a member of NCBN you will receive details of all forthcoming expert calls.  In addition, why not tell us the topics you’re interested in learning more about?  Just leave a comment here or if you prefer, drop an email to newcoach@marionryan.com

And hey, if you’re a speaker (or would like to become one) with a hot topic to share with our members, send an email with brief details to newcoach@marionryan.com.

Are you a brand new coach, fresh out of training and wondering how you’ll ever get your business up and running?

Or a more experienced coach still experiencing the highs and lows of attracting new clients to your business?

Do you want to be a full-time coach or are you looking to balance your coaching work with paid employment, caring responsibilities or another income stream?

If this is you then why not join us at the New Coach Business Network (NCBN)?

The New Coach Business Network is a free online community for coaches, primarily in the UK and Ireland but increasingly, from the other side of the Pond too.  In fact, we’d be delighted if you’d join us, whatever part of the world you’re in!

What makes us different from some other networks is that it is a genuine, helpful, respectful and generous place to hang out.  No point scoring at others’ expense or endless philosophical debates by coaches who have got tired twiddling their thumbs.

It’s a place where you can:

• Improve your coaching skills
• Learn how to run a successful business
• Develop your marketing skills
• Explore strategic partnerships and joint ventures
• Gain access to regular monthly calls with the experts
• Discover a friendly supportive and generous community of like-minded people
• And more!

Open to members of the Network only.  Membership is currently free and you can join by entering your email address here:

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We welcome all coaches, experienced and new as long as you are prepared to play the game our way!

We keep the rules to a minimum but experience tells us we
need a few.  So while you’re here, please keep reading and familiarise
yourself with our Membership Charter.  If you can commit to this then
we welcome you with a heart and a half!

Just enter your email address here and you will receive our welcome email in your inbox within a few minutes:

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Aims and Objectives of NCBN – New Coach Business Network

• NCBN is specifically intended for the discussion of coaching related issues – improving your coaching skills, learning how to run a successful business, developing marketing skills etc
• Members are encouraged to participate in all discussions – NCBN’s development depends on the inclusion of every individual voice.  Even those coaches fresh out of training bring a wealth of life experience and business skills to the forum, not to mention a refreshing new perspective to old issues, so you are assured there is room for all opinions and ideas to be heard
• Members are encouraged to respectfully challenge one another by asking questions and clearly arguing your point of view. Please be courteous, respectful and tolerant of the opinions of others, even if you do not share them
• The ethos of NCBN is friendly and supportive discussion
• We should not be fearful of challenging or being challenged – this is the central feature of healthy and rigorous debate

Please read on for important info regarding Advertising and Etiquette on the Network Forum…

Advertising on NCBN

• Advertising on NCBN is a privilege rather than a right.  The
  primary aim of the Network has been outlined above and anyone hoping to
  use it to advertise services and events without contributing to member
  discussions will be restricted
• Members may post one email only informing the group of any
  relevant workshop, seminar or other event you are holding.  Additional
  postings only with the express permission of Marion Ryan or other appointed moderator
• These postings are to be made on Fridays only and the subject line to be prefaced ADV
• Postings about someone else’s event are to be treated in the same way – on Fridays and once only
• If you are advertising or recommending a product, service or event
  for which you receive, or could receive, an affiliate fee, please make
  this clear in your posting.
• You may, if you wish, advertise your newsletter or ezine to the group.  You may only post your newsletter once, allowing other members to then decide for themselves whether to subscribe to future issues. Please include NEWSLETTER in the subject line.
• Use an email signature with your contact details and website
  address if you wish to direct members to further details of your
  event.  Please don’t abuse this facility. Your email signature should be no more than 4 or 5 lines long

NCBN Etiquette and Protocol

• People get fed up with their inboxes filling up with postings
  which would be more appropriate kept off-list (eg to thank someone for
  their input without adding to the debate, or simply to say "I agree" or
  "Me, too")
• Feedback from the membership has indicated that the NCBN is
  absolutely not the place for experienced coaches to use every
  opportunity to sell their products or drive people to their websites.
  As stated above, you are welcome to use a short email signature and
  seminars etc can be posted on Fridays with ADV in the subject line
• Please refrain from posting virus alerts and scams except in
  exceptional circumstances and where you have made appropriate
  investigations to ensure they are genuine.  Do this via a Google search
  please.  If in doubt, please don’t post, but feel free to email Marion Ryan or the appointed moderator for guidance
• You are expressly forbidden to make libellous postings or postings
  which belittle another member.  Doing so will lead to your immediate
  removal from NCBN and subject to possible legal action
• You may not pass on members’ contact details to third parties without the express permission of the member
• You may not phone members to challenge them about postings
• If in doubt about any posting or if you wish to make a complaint please email Marion Ryan at marion@marionryan.com

 My thanks to Jan Scott for her original forum guidelines on which the above Membership Charter is largely based.

Hello and welcome to the New Coach Business Network blogsite.

The "New Coaches Forum" was created in 2004, the original brain child of Jan Scott.  As a close business colleague of Jan’s with a similar interest in helping newer less experienced coaches avoid some of the mistakes we’d made when setting up our practices, I became a founding member of the forum and have happily offered my support to Jan and the new coaches ever since.

Jan has recently (March 2007) decided it is now time for her to pursue a new dream and a fresh vision.  Here’s what she told the forum earlier this week:

Today is a very important day in the life of the New
Coaches forum. Today I am standing down as the moderator and handing
over the baton to our own Marion Ryan.

I
started up the forum almost 4 years ago, seeing a need for somewhere
friendly and supportive for new coaches just starting to feel their way
in their profession. I have been delighted with the way in which it has
grown and with the wonderful feedback I have received. It has been a
great journey, but now it’s time for me to move on.

My
own personal change facilitation practice is thriving at JanScott.co.uk, I am getting lots of commissions for websites at SimplyFab.co.uk and I am also moving in a brand new direction. I
am not yet ready to go public with it, but I will be able to use my
coaching skills and follow a lifelong passion too. As you can imagine,
I need to give those three strands my full attention.

Another factor, a very important one, is that my first grandchild will be putting in an appearance within the next few weeks.

I
am utterly delighted that Marion has agreed to take over the forum. She
was already an experienced coach when I first started up and she has
been a source of generous support, wisdom and information from day one.
Both to me, and to the forum’s membership.

I shall still be hanging out on the periphery of the forum for the foreseeable future (with Marion’s blessing, I should add).

Thank you all so much for your support over the past 4 years.

It is rather strange for me to think of the Forum going on without Jan at the helm though I’m delighted she’ll remain within the group for the foreseeable future.

Equally I’m excited to think about putting my own mark on the Forum and my first small change is a change of name from the New Coaches Forum to the New Coach Business Network.  I think the forum has several different roles to play in the lives of new coaches, not least of which is the support and encouragement for more of them to build sustainable businesses for themselves.

More about this soon!