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Blog Talk Radio 9th November with Jan Scott

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

Enjoy!

At last - Affordable Websites for Coaches!

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.

 

Your 15 Minutes of Radio Fame

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.

New Coaching Circle Opens in Reading, Berks

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

Felicia Slattery, our expert speaker: 30th May

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.

Judith Morgan, our Expert Speaker: 2nd May

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:

Meet the Experts

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.

New Coach Business Network

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:

NCBN Membership Charter

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...

It's Goodbye from Her and Hello from Me

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: