Business Coaching

Business Coaching For Baby Boomers

I hold up my hands and admit it. I have been guilty of the "do as I say and not do as I do" type of advice when it comes to whether a business should have a niche.

So I am trying one on for size - business coaching for baby boomers.

I'm proud to be a baby boomer and I am seeing many more people leaving the corporate world and looking at self employment and starting their own business as a much nicer option that trying to tout themselves around the jobs market.

From Managing Director & chief executive down, baby boomers with plenty more to give are leaving employment and starting new businesses.

Beware Of The Heist...But You Can Get The Upper Hand

I don't understand but I am curious and if you follow the instructions you will be given three complete sets of cashmaps. These are the process maps from Simpleology that I like so much.

Perhaps it only makes sense when you know what XCM stands for.

I went a long for the ride...I'm glad I did.

SUBJECT: "The Heist"

A plain white panel van with dark tinted windows is parked in front of your house.

A heist is about to take place and you're the target.

Differentiate Yourself By Becoming The Go To Expert

In early 2008 Jay Abraham and Rich Schefren combined forces to create a training program to teach you how to become the stand out expert, the "go to guy", the maven of a marketing niche in a program called Maven Marketing.

I'm telling you this because Maven Marketing 2.0 training and coaching program is coming soon.

How To Write Words That Sell - Improve Your Copywriting Skills

In the promotion for new System Writing System from legendary copywriter John Carlton interviewed Joe Sugarman.

I was reminded of this interview between Mark Joyner, Joe Sugarman and Ted Nicholas.

Putting Oomph Into Your Emails - Email Persuasion Formula

As soon as I saw this product from Rich Schefren's coaching firm Strategic Profits, I thought that it sounded excellent, a strong offer and great value if you want to put oomph in your email marketing.

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Demand For Coaching According To Google

I have been looking at my keyword research for my search optimisation for my website and blog and I have been looking at the coaching industry?

Do you know which coaching disciplines have the most searches on the Internet and by implication, the most demand?

The Rule of Five

In this short video, the coaches marketing coach Dan Bradbury explains his ideas on the rule of five.

It is an interesting concept and I am appreciating Dan's ideas more and more.

Jonathan Jay SuccessTrack Seminar - Videos 5 to 10

Jonathan Jay, multi-millionaire founder of The Coaching Academy started a new business venture last year bringing his marketing ideas to small businesses.

Yes, Jonathan is a competitor but he puts out some good content which he delivers with passion. His business model is to give plenty of content away for free and then sell you into quite an expensive programme once he has demonstrated the value of his ideas.

This is the second of a series of blogs that will bring you a Success Track Seminar Jonathan put on in 2008 (see videos 1 to 4 at SuccessTrack) which is teaching marketing to coaches.

The Business Of Marketing - Free PDF Report

What business are you in?

The marketing business of course and that's why I want to give you a free pdf report today called "The Business of Marketing".

This report is no longer available.

Persuasion Videos with Dave Lakhani - Persuasive Storytelling

One of the topics that I am most interested in is persuasion and influence as it underpins much of what is happening in sales and marketing.

Dave Lakhani is a recognised expert and leading author in persuasion and has a fascinating personal story having been raised in a cult. This triggered his interest in Mind Control.

I wanted to bring the videos of Dave Lakhani into one place for my own purposes and of course, I realised that you would benefit from these ideas as well.

Obstacles To Achieving Business Success & Profitability

I read the The Annual Survey of Small Businesses’ Opinions 2006/07 published by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform this morning and I was interested in what were considered to be the biggest obstacles to business success.

The most frequently reported biggest obstacles were:

9 Common Hiring Mistakes For New Employees

A great general rules to remember when hiring new employees and team members is to "hire slow and fire fast".

Sadly the reverse often happens - hiring fast and firing slow - and that is a recipe for disaster.

I found an excellent article on Profile Globals by Peter Watson on the 9 Most Common Hiring Mistakes (And What To Do To Avoid Them)

The link to the full article is below but I want to just summarise these 9 points:

Top Secret Business Building System for Coaches by Dan Bradbury

If you want to become a successful coach, then the Top Secret Business Building System by Dan Bradbury is an irresistible offer.

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This is the ten DVD set of a £7,000 5 day program which is usually sold for £997 but is currently available for free to encourage you to try Dan Bradbury's Inner Circle monthly membership club.

Guerrilla Business Intensive London T Harv Eker UK

T Harv Eker is returning to London, UK following his success Millionaire Mind Intensive in April 2009 and this time he is presenting the Guerrilla Business Intensive on 30th September to 4th October 2009. Update Millionaire Mind Intensive back in London February 2010.

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It seems that this course is sometimes called the Guerrilla Business School.

 

Copywriting Lessons From John Carlton

One of my favourite copywriters, John Carlton is getting ready to launch his Simple Writing System mentoring program again.

This means that John is issuing a lot of great content during the pre-launch stage including an interview with the copywriting legend, Joe Sugarman.

The Beatles Rock Band Cross-Sell Their Way To More Success

Tomorrow September 9th, 2009 the Beatles Rock Band will be released and this is a remarkable example of cross-selling their way to more success.

I love The Beatles music and the idea of "being John Lennon" and playing with Paul, George and Ringo is so appealing that it has made me check out what all the Rock Band / Xbox etc stuff is that was happening around me.

What Is A Leader? What is The Definition Of Leadership?

I am currently updating my coaching notes and training for Pillar 7 of the Eight Pillars of Business Prosperity, Leading Your Team and thought I should answer the questions:

"What is a leader?"

"What is leadership?"

It sounds silly but for all the studies into leadership, the traits of being a leader and how you can become a better leader, there doesn't seem to be any agreed definition of the basics.

7 Key Time Wasters At Work

I read an article yesterday that reminded me of the 7 key time wasters that Brian Tracy has identified:

1. Telephone interruptions
    
   
2. Unexpected visitors
    
   
3. Meetings

StomperNet 09-09-09 Membership Launch September 2009

My favourite Internet training company StomperNet is opening up the doors to its full membership again in September 2009, in fact 09-09-09 or to be precise 09:09:09 am Eastern Time.

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