{"id":2748,"date":"2010-01-22T03:07:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T03:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2023-07-28T18:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T02:21:48","slug":"how-to-get-coaching-clients-for-your-life-coaching-business-using-your-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/how-to-get-coaching-clients-for-your-life-coaching-business-using-your-network\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Coaching Clients For Your Life Coaching Business By Using Your Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You want to start a <a title=\"life coaching business\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2010\/01\/grow-your-life-coaching-business-or-coaching-practice\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>life coaching business<\/strong><\/a>? The first way I know <a title=\"how to get coaching clients\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/12\/when-your-client-abandons-your-life-coaching-business-how-to-get-coaching-clients-who-are-m-i-a-to-call-you-back\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>how to get coaching clients<\/strong><\/a> for your l<strong>ife coaching business<\/strong> is by using your network. Until you learn <strong>how to get coaching clients<\/strong>, you\u2019re not really a professional coach. If you\u2019re coaching people for money and you\u2019re making a profit, then you have a <strong>life coaching business<\/strong>. If you don\u2019t have any paying clients, you have a hobby. If you want a business rather than a hobby, you have to figure out <strong>how to get coaching clients<\/strong>. You usually start getting client leads from your network first before you get leads anywhere else.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Get Coaching Clients: Use a Database to Market Your Life Coaching Business to Your Network<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how to get coaching clients<\/span> using your network.<\/p>\n<p>First, you must get a database. Your database is where you put the contact information for everyone you know (your network). Your database is, and always will be, the backbone of your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life coaching business<\/span>. You want a database you can use on your computer through a database management program like ACT or Goldmine, etc. This allows you to keep the contact information for your entire network in one place so that it\u2019s easy to search and maintain. I do not endorse any particular database, so do your research and pick the one that\u2019s best for you. This will allow you to keep in touch with your network over email, phone calls, newsletters, etc. This type of activity is called \u201csequential marketing.\u201d It\u2019s an effective way to build relationships and one way <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how to get coaching clients<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Get Coaching Clients: Do NOT Wait Until Your Life Coaching Business Has Paying Clients To Get A Database<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A common mistake you can make in learning how to get coaching clients, is to wait to get a database. The longer you wait, the less likely you will get one. If you wait because, \u201cit\u2019s too expensive,\u201d or, \u201cI need someone to show me how to use it,\u201d you will lose money. Why? If you stay in touch with your database, you should get 10-20% of your network to do business with you each year.<\/p>\n<p>Having a database is not negotiable if you want to have a professional <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life coaching business<\/span>. If you wait to get a database, what are you communicating to yourself and others? In my opinion, you\u2019re communicating that you only have a life coaching business to make a quick buck. Take action right now and go get a database!<\/p>\n<p>Kris Thompson<br \/>\nJTS Advisors Strategy Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want to start a life coaching business? The first way I know how to get coaching clients for your life coaching business is by using your network. Until you learn how to get coaching clients, you\u2019re not really a professional coach. If you\u2019re coaching people for money and you\u2019re making a profit, then you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[155,2063,195],"tags":[947,984],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-how-to-get-coaching-clients","category-how-to-get-coaching-clients-2","category-life-coaching-business","tag-how-to-get-coaching-clients","tag-life-coaching-business","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29123,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions\/29123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}