Helping Hands For Coaches

With the Presidential election drawing closer, our feelings and emotions are rising. You may feel the need to stand up and be heard. That’s what I love about America – you can voice your opinion on politics without being prosecuted! However, as business owners we also need to be a little wary.

Before you go ranting on a blog or forum, remember that as an entrepreneur you are a reflection of your business. And while my opinion is that we shouldn’t be silent – we should remember that the Internet is a permanent – even when you think it’s not.

You may be able to delete that twitter post or blog comment, but it will still be on their databases. So, stand-up for your beliefs, but just be a little objective. Think of how your customers or prospects would feel if they read what you wrote. Think of the possible consequences. Would you be willing to loose clients or turn-off possible clients to voice your point of view? Could there be a way to voice your opinion without being offensive? As a coach, do you think your target market would appreciate your voiced opinion? Or, should you remain a ‘blank canvous’ for your clients to reflect on?

Most of all, remember: no matter what you say on the Internet or around the water cooler – your opinion only really counts on Election Day! Rock the Vote on November 4th!

The ‘Pied Piper’ of Facebook joined us this Friday and gave our coaching communitee some great pointers on how to use Facebook, as well as FriendFeed, Ping.fm, Twitter, and even your website! If you were not able to join us for the call, you can listen to the podcast below, and download the PowerPoint Presentation to follow long.

If you feel a little left-out when we talked about RSS feeds, or using Twitter, don’t worry – we’ll be going over that very soon!

Enjoy!

Also available, the Facebook series by Mari Smith.

Mari Smith, the “Pied Piper of Facebook” (so-called by Fast Company Magazine), will be speaking at Helping Hands for Coaches next Friday!

Perhaps you’re:
=>Wondering how Facebook differs from other social networking platforms such as MySpace or LinkedIN?
=>Not sure how to market your business on Facebook?
=>Not sure what’s the right and a wrong way to use social networking sites for business purposes?
=>Not sure how to get started?

I’ve been on Facebook for a while, but I don’t get the results I’m looking for – especially considering the amount of time I’m on it! Do you feel the same way? Or are you just getting started, and are excited about all the games and applications – but don’t see how it all fits with your business? Then don’t miss the class: “Facebook Fortunes for Coaches: How To Attract Your Perfect Top Paying Clients Using the #1 Social Network” Click HERE to register!

What a fabulous class on search engine optimization and internet marketing! I hope all you life and business coaches found some of the SEO techniques I shared useful – and hopefully not overwhelming. I know I covered a lot in this class:

-The basics of SEO
-How to find good Keywords and Keyphrases relating to your coaching business
-8 SEO techniques you can use to increase your Internet exposure for your coaching practice
-and Black Hat techniques that can get your coaching website banned from search engines

At the end of the class, I mentioned that there is a 9 week course that all of you can take in order to help you understand SEO more extensively! To learn more about the class, which starts September 5th, please click here: http://helpinghandsforcoaches.com/workshops/ (**PS: There is only room for 10 students! So, if you want to learn more, make sure to click the link and sign-up today!)

To listen to the class, click the below audio:

What a great class today! We went over the Basics of setting-up and editing your profile, creating a group, creating an event, and how to quickly grow your ‘Friends’ list on Facebook. Facebook is a great way for you to promote coaching groups, teleclasses, and your coaching business! Listen in on this Facinating, content rich class, on how Facebook can grow your Coaching Business!

Links we used:
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.shrinkpictures.com
http://share.yuuguu.com/ (we used this software during the class so that you could follow along live – it’s a free screen share software!)

Part 1 of Facebook for Coaches:

Part 2 of Facebook for Coaches:

I am so excited about my up-coming Facebook class next week! If you’ve been reading the magazines or papers lately then you’ve heard about Facebook – it’s the 2nd largest social (and business) networking website out there. But, what you may not know is how great it is for your coaching business! Why?

-Grow your contacts list
-Get more website visitors
-Continue the connection you have after a networking meeting
-Easily let people know of up coming classes and teleclasses

 Be sure to sign-up for this class now as it will be very popular – and for good reason! All these articles I’ve been reading have been saying, “You need to be on Facebook” – but don’t show you how! I will be guiding you step-by-step on how to set-up your profile, add applications, start your business page, and grow your list of contacts quickly! So, sign-up today before we run out of spaces! SIGN UP HERE 

Our class, LinkedIn Basics we learn how to use this Social Networking website as a means of marketing and branding for coaches. We learn that LinkedIn marketing is beneficial and useful for solo-entrepreneurs as LinkedIn is really your online resume. Ready to learn all about it? Listen to the Podcast above, or download the MP3 to your computer or iPod. Thanks for listening!
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