{"id":1363,"date":"2012-05-01T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2012-02-01T23:38:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:38:50","slug":"judy-feld-on-finding-initial-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/judy-feld-on-finding-initial-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Judy Feld on Finding Initial Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is taken from David&#8217;s interview with Judy Feld in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.10supercoaches.com\/\">10 Super Coaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What top three methods, in order, did you use to get your clients in the first two years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three main methods, all virtual (not in-person):<\/p>\n<p>My first five clients came from a <strong>marketing letter<\/strong> to everyone in my rolodex\/database. It was small then, only 120 people. 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