{"id":1248,"date":"2012-03-14T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2012-02-01T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T21:27:52","slug":"judy-feld-on-start-up-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/judy-feld-on-start-up-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Judy Feld on Start Up Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is taken from David&#8217;s interview with Judy Feld in <a title=\"10 Super Coaches\" href=\"http:\/\/www.10supercoaches.com\" target=\"_blank\">10 Super Coaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you spend money on in the first 6-12 months? Could it be done for less?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Had the computer. Developed the website myself. Increased phone bill \u2013 that\u2019s about it. Office supplies. Also\u2026 business cards and stationary. I don\u2019t think it could have been done for less. My time and attention were the valuable commodities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you charge your initial clients?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think I began at $250 USD per month (in 1995) for three 30-minute telephone sessions. I always have offered a menu of options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did you first increase your fee, to what did you increase it, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have increased my fees about once a year. Supply and demand and expertise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give coaches about charging clients?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Offer a menu of options. People usually opt for the choice in the middle. Be consistent in your pricing. Don\u2019t raise your fees on existing clients. Loyalty and longevity counts. I have clients I have been working with since 1996. We are partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is taken from David&#8217;s interview with Judy Feld in 10 Super Coaches. What did you spend money on in the first 6-12 months? Could it be done for less? Had the computer. Developed the website myself. Increased phone bill \u2013 that\u2019s about it. Office supplies. Also\u2026 business cards and stationary. I don\u2019t think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[123],"tags":[167,122,125,143],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}