Financials: Do you look at your business numbers? Do you understand them? A business coach can help you plan and reach your financial goals. He or she can also help you get rid of any limiting beliefs about money.
One of the greatest benefits of a technology coach is that you are always accountable to them. Identify someone (Spouse? Partner? Paralegal? Assistant? Colleague?) to keep you on track and ask them to check in and remind you to work on marketing and business development. If you’re not comfortable asking for help, set time in your (Outlook?) calendar and send yourself reminders. Even better? Enlist a partner in your marketing and business development journey and keep each other honest on what you’ve been doing to further the cause.
The myth is that “by selling to the world there are a lot more clients out there” than when you narrow down to a very specific target market. But that is SOOOOO WRONG, So VERY WRONG. If you’ve been out there selling for any length of time and it hasn’t been working, at least give it a try. I’d rather be selling 50% of those I meet with in a specific market because they hear the marketing message that seriously connects them to the measurable results I deliver to THAT market than to get one client every few months because my message is weakened to target THE WORLD.
They go beyond just specific skills and take your from ‘A’ right the way through to ‘Z’. They take you from zero to five or even six figures monthly. They start you small and make you big. They turn you into a guru in your own right (if that’s what you want).
One of the main functions of a good internet marketing coach is to make you accountable. The biggest reason that 90% of online businesses fail is because people fail to develop a plan and take action on that plan. An online marketing coach will ensure that you create a solid plan and then take action on your ideas. An idea is no good without implementing it. Action is what drives success and a marketing program will ensure that you act on your ideas.
If you want to sell your services as a Network Marketing Coach, you need to have a website. Part of running a profitable business is having a website and internet marketing. You teach your clients the importance of the internet, so make sure you use it yourself.
There are a lot of people out there who are making less than $150 a month and think they’ll be able to make a full time income working at home. They feel like by buying more and more books and downloading lots of e-books is going to help them when they should actually take the advice from someone who is already making a lot of money online.
Just because you experienced success doing something one way, does not mean you can count on being successful tomorrow or the day after. Set aside your laurels, re-tool and play the game with today’s rules. Success did not last at UCLA and it will not, and has not, lasted in real estate. Change your gameplan right now. Don’t have one, create one. Don’t let the success of the boom years be your “pathology”.
3) Follow up is when your “paid sessions” have all been used. Now what? Are you supposed to be technology coach satisfied with e-mail support only? If that is their answer then all I have to say is “BIG WHOOP”. No what you should expect is both email support and a call from time to time to help clarify issues you might be having.
In the NFL, an individual does not become a coach because one day he woke up and said to himself, “I think I will become a football coach today.” Every successful coach in the NFL and at the college level worked up to that position by studying under qualified coaches who trained them. It seems in the MLM industry, people are coming out of the woodwork calling themselves marketing coaches simply by virtue of a title they gave themselves and a program they purchased that they are now trying to sell you!
When should a business choose a Technology coach? To answer this question you first have to ask yourself a very important question of your own, “Is my business and/or I am ready to be coached?” The question of when is answered by you knowing if you are ready to be coached.
How often in the past have you made the statement, “If I only had known” That confession all on its own is usually a painful statement revealing massive frustration. Help and guidance to avoid such situations where those statements are made is the power of a business coach and mentor.
Market Analysis: You don’t have to look too far to see that business is moving faster and getting more competitive. Technology is changing faster than seconds on a clock, and it’s hard to keep up with innovations in sales, marketing, and management strategies. Having a Technology coach used to be a luxury. It’s rapidly becoming a necessity! Investing in yourself may be as simple, initially, as allocating a portion of your advertising budget to coaching.
Did the Coach show you his or her online income statement? On the Internet, beware of a lot of bogus claims. It just takes some simple editing software to change the digits on a cheque or on a Clickbank statement.