Listen in tomorrow as I will be interviewed by Simon Allard of Business Building For Coaches. The topic is: “Utilizing The Power Of The Internet To Build A Thriving Coaching Business…Even If You’re A ‘Technophobe’!”
In this call we will cover:
- The big mistakes to avoid when building your coaching business …
- The top 5 things your website needs if it’s going to do more for you than look pretty …
- The technology essentials every coaching business needs …
- Internet tools and some tricks to help you work more efficiently …
- What you don’t know about the internet that can hurt your business and your wallet! …
- Technology Anger Management tips for technophobes and even the technogeeks! …
- And much much more …
Obviously it’s not a call you want to miss. So how can you sign up? Take 10 seconds and fill in the registration form on http://businessbuildingforcoaches.com/sdfbbfc200808/
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August 19th, 2008
We all know that keeping our goals in our heads does not help us achieve them. So why not list your goals, share your progress and cheer others on who are doing the same? Join the goal-oriented people at www.43things.com who are already sharing and achieving their goals! Get your clients to list their goals on this site as well and be sure to cheer them on.
ou can also link your blog to your list or add to your list through your blog!
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April 29th, 2008
The most popular currency converter out there is www.xe.com. You can convert ANY currency in the world on this site. Convert Oman Rials to Thailand Baht. Try it out at http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/
Calculate your credit card company “hidden fees” on your next vacation abroad, using their Credit Card Charges Calculator http://www.xe.com/ccc/
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April 1st, 2008
If you ever need to do a background check on someone or you just want to see what information is out there about you check out www.pipl.com. This awesome search engine will search for a person based on their name and location in the world as well as just their name. Of course you can just “Google” a name but Pipl searches deep into databases to find member directories, personal profiles, publications and even court records (oh my!).
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February 24th, 2008
If you are looking for a free keyword search tool that is not inventory.overture.com (let’s face it, it’s slow, it’s a busy website and so it’s hard to get on the site in the first place and the results are based on data from 13 months ago.)
So here’s a free keyword search tool brought to you by our friends at Google!
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
You have two options:
1) enter the words or phrases that you want new keyword ideas for
2) enter your website address to see what Google thinks are your keywords
Enter the words/website on the right and click “get keywords ideas”.
What will appear is what Google suggests for those words/websites.
How do you use these results?
If you used option #1 then you will want to scan through the keywords and see which ones are high in the columns “Avg Search Volume” (average search for the past 12 months) and January Search Volume (the results for searches in the previous month). Use these keywords, only if they are relevant, in your blog and website for increased traffic…give people what they want and are searching for right? Create blog postings around these keywords.
If you used option #2, consider what Google thinks are your keywords. If they are the keywords and terms that your ideal client would use to find you (ie. they are relevant to what you do or offer) then you are rocking and rolling. If they are not, then take a look at your website/blog copy and see what needs to be changed so that your ideal keywords (see option #1) are noticed by Google.
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February 19th, 2008
I almost always get asked “Sandra where do you get the cool pictures you use on your www.HelpDeskForCoaches.com site? Did you create them yourself? Or did you buy them, and if so, does it cost you a fortune?”
I wish I was a great photographer! I was a great artist until I was in my teens when I left my love for drawing for my new love math and computers…who does that? hee hee.
Anyhow, I get my photos at a low cost, approximately $1 per photo, at istockphoto.com. Photos range from $1 upto $20 depending on the size you choose. But the good news is that you only need the $1 photos for your website, ebooks, blogs etc. The $1/1 credit size is noted as xsmall, but it’s xsmall only if you mean to print it and put it up on your wall. It’s the perfect size for your web content. In fact you might want to resize it and make it smaller for your web content.
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February 15th, 2008
1ShoppingCart.com is increasing their rates starting December 1st (that’s this Saturday). Although I don’t agree with the huge increase and the short notice that was given to their clients, there aren’t too many choices out there. So how can you make your shopping cart more affordable? There are a few options, but I’d like to turn your attention to a simple thing you can do, by Friday, to save up to $389. You see, the current prices are still available until Friday and if you purchase a year ahead of time you get 2 months free. For example, the Pro Package is $79 per month or $799 for a year. As of December 1st the price increase to $99 per month or $999 for the year. So if you purchase a year’s worth before the price goes up you will save $389 (if you continued to pay monthly). I know it’s an investment for now but it will workout in the long run. Because 1ShoppingCart is American you can take advantage of the low US dollar and get a further discount if you live outside of the United States.
How to do it:
1. Log into your shopping cart.
2. Locate "My Account" in the menu bar and choose
"Renew/Upgrade"
3. Under "Select a Service or Third Party Integration"
locate "package" and choose the "annual package" such as
"Professional Annual $799"
4. Fill in your payment information under "Credit Card Payment
Information" and process your order.
There you
go, you are all set.
Continue Reading November 27th, 2007
Do you have a question you need to ask the world or just your target market? There are two great websites which allow users to post questions, answer questions and connect. They are:
Yahoo! Answers: http://answers.yahoo.com
Askville by Amazon: http://askville.com
What can you ask? Anything really, but here are some sample questions that I think are applicable to Coaches:
"What was your first job out of school and how was it related to what your area of study?"
"What is the most powerful but under-appreciated way we can shape the future?"
"Life coach running or "ruining" life?"
"Business Coach – would you use one?"
Continue Reading October 18th, 2007
Curious about podcasting? What does it take? What do I need? How do I get started?
Check out this free tutorial written by a popular podcast, Jason Van Orden. http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com It’s easy to read, it’s funny and it’s fabulous!
Continue Reading September 12th, 2007
