{"id":1122,"date":"2012-02-06T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2012-01-31T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T22:13:12","slug":"creating-your-speech-pick-your-topic-niche-and-target-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/creating-your-speech-pick-your-topic-niche-and-target-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Your Speech: Pick Your topic, Niche, and Target Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an excerpt from the\u00a0<a title=\"CoachStart Manual\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coachstart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CoachStart Manual<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creating Your Speech <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You need to decide who you will speak to. \u00a0Who do you want to help?\u00a0Women?\u00a0 Teens?\u00a0 Corporations?\u00a0 People in Rehabilitation?\u00a0 Spiritual people?\u00a0 When you know who you will speak to\/help, you can start to try and find them.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, choose people who would pay for your services \u2014 who have money. 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