Business Development

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Leveraging ICF Research in Your Media Outreach

For any coach wanting to earn media coverage, knowing how to use research to support your topic or take on a timely issue is an essential skill. Using the right…

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The Benefits of Using Facebook and Instagram Live to Engage with Coaching Clients

For the last decade, social media has been a great resource for professionals to engage with new and existing customers, showcase expertise, and promote services or messages. Live social media…

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Calling it Quits When There’s Coach-Client Dissonance

The message stood out in my inbox. “HELP!” it commanded. My curiosity piqued, I opened it to read the brief story of someone who’d recently found himself in a new…

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The Impact of Digital Distractions on Coaches

One of the reasons I started my coaching business was to gain more freedom and not sit in the office in front of the computer all day. However, after a…

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How to Connect with Anyone, Human to Human

Have you ever walked into a networking event, heart racing and feeling slightly overwhelmed, wondering why you decided to come (and wanting to immediately run away)? If so, congratulations: You’re…

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3 Actionable Strategies to Start and Build a Profitable Coaching Business You Love

If you want to be a successful coach, you need to be great at coaching, right? Sure, that’s true, but it’s only half the story! If you want to be…

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3 Ways to Become an Ethical Coachpreneur

As professional coaches, we want to make a difference and to make a good living. As we aspire to financially thrive, it’s important to keep our ethics in check. Here…

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Driving Sustainability in Your Coaching Practice

We all aspire to have a thriving coaching practice. One of the biggest indicators of a thriving coaching practice is sustainability. What does the word sustainability mean then in building…

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How to Prepare for a Podcast Interview

Podcasts have exploded in popularity, thanks in part to Spotify and other online media aggregates that have made the now-mainstream format accessible to a wider audience. Fifty percent of Americans…

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The Truth about Consistent Income in Your Coaching Business

If creating consistent income is a dream for most coaches, why do so few actually achieve it? One reason is that it’s easy to get lost putting the pieces together—and…

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