{"id":481,"date":"2009-02-04T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T11:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=481"},"modified":"2016-08-11T16:43:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T00:43:49","slug":"become-professional-life-coach-four-life-coach-tips-find-your-niche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/become-professional-life-coach-four-life-coach-tips-find-your-niche\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Professional Life Coach: Four Life Coach Tips to Find Your Niche"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most important aspects as you\u00a0become a professional life coach<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is to develop a niche. Defining a niche tells the world that you are a specialist, and not just trying to be all things to all people. Often when people decide they want to\u00a0become a professional life coach<\/strong>,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they are afraid to choose a niche because they think they might miss out on potential clients. A niche simply allows you to clearly define your target market so you can become the expert. Here are a few\u00a0life coach tips<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to get you started:<\/p>\n

The 3 ‘Niche Creation and Exploration’ Tips for Those Who Want to Become a Professional Life Coach:<\/h3>\n

Life Coach Tips<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>#1<\/h3>\n

Establish your coaching vision by asking yourself these 3 questions:<\/p>\n

What am I most passionate about?<\/p>\n

What can I be the best at doing in the world?<\/p>\n

What can I make money doing?<\/p>\n

The answer lies where these 3 answers intersect. These questions are difficult, and may not be apparent when you first decide to\u00a0<\/span>become a professional life coach<\/span><\/strong><\/span>. You may need to get some general coaching experience before you truly can define you<\/span>r niche, and that\u2019s\u00a0OK\u00a0in the beginning. But hold yourself accountable to the process and your vision will start becoming clear.<\/p>\n

Life Coach Tips<\/span><\/span>\u00a0#2<\/span><\/h3>\n

Consider different life coaching niches based upon these 4 criteria:<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Become a professional life coach<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0a specific group. This can be a religious group, a profession, a demographic group, or a group that shares a common interest. For example, maybe you want to be a health coach for women over 55. This doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t coach a woman in her 20\u2019s that needs your services; it\u2019s just not the niche you’re initially targeting.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Your niche should serve an emotional or irrational need. One of my mentors once\u00a0referred\u00a0to this\u00a0tendency\u00a0as the \u201c’Oholic\u00a0factor\u201d.<\/p>\n

People have who love chocolate, cars, or wine have an emotional need\/desire.<\/p>\n

People about to loose their home to\u00a0foreclosure\u00a0have an irrational desire.<\/p>\n

Techies that have to have the latest gadget before their friends do have an irrational desire.<\/p>\n

Real estate agents who are passionate about being the best have an emotional drive and desire.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Your target niche should have few perceived options. They may have options, but they may not be aware of them, or not see them as truly viable options.<\/p>\n

Life Coach Tips<\/span><\/span>\u00a0#3<\/span><\/h3>\n

If you don\u2019t already have one, hire a coach to help you through the process. If you are going to\u00a0become a professional life coach<\/a>,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>you should walk your talk and value professional life coaching enough to become a client yourself. If you don\u2019t feel it is worthwhile to pay for coaching, how are you going to convince others that it is? .<\/p>\n

These\u00a0life coach tips<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0will help you get started in your search. Some examples of niches include: Wellness Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Parent Coaching, Life Purpose Coaching, Career Coaching, Success Coaching, Wealth or Financial Coaching, Sales Training Coaching, Time Management Coaching, and Leadership Coaching. Just make you are passionate about your niche and that you have potential to be the best at in the world in that area. That way you will be able to serve your clients\u2019 deepest outcomes and needs.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

Accountability Coach, JTS Advisors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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2. \u00a0Make sure you\u00a0become a professional life coach<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0in a target niche that is actively searching for solutions. To find out if people are searching for solutions in your niche, go to the Google key word search tool<\/a>. It will show you the exact key word phrases people are searching for and how many times those key word phrases are used in searches.<\/p>\n