{"id":146,"date":"2008-02-04T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog1\/?p=146"},"modified":"2009-01-07T13:05:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T19:05:11","slug":"mm-92-your-speaking-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/mm-92-your-speaking-process\/","title":{"rendered":"MM #92: Your Speaking Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1. Announcements\/Offers<\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>How Did These Coaches Set Up Their Businesses So Quickly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachstart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solutionbox.com\/Graphics\/Coachstartiny.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"116\" height=\"143\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>You can save yourself the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hundreds or thousands of dollars<\/span> you may have paid a mentor coach or training school. After personally mentoring sixty coaches and founding a coach training school, I&#8217;ve compiled everything I know about starting a successful coaching practice in one easy-to-follow Manual.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And it&#8217;s wonderful to see such <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">huge results<\/span> like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\" align=\"left\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t think of a better investment or more profitable long term step for an aspiring coach to take other than purchase and devour the CoachStart Manual. I used this <strong>guide as my Bible when commencing my coaching business and my first 12 months generated revenues over 6 figures<\/strong>&#8230;.well in excess of my plans and expectations. For a fast start to your business I strongly recommend its use, you&#8217;ll gain confidence and turn your dreams into reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\" align=\"left\">Ken Wright, US<\/p>\n<p>www.TheWrightCoaching.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve already <strong>recouped the costs <\/strong>of the First Fifty Clients and the CoachStart Manual in coaching fees in 3 weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"style1\" align=\"left\"><em>Eddie Smith<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Houston, Texas<\/em><\/p>\n<p>www.lifecoachingtoday.com<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">So, let&#8217;s get started! Get your CoachStart Manual in the next 5 minutes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachstart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.coachstart.com\/<\/a>, and start building!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Visit a 6 Figure Coach <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Last year we had a fantastic call with Ken Wright. You can find more about this coach, who made 6 figures in his first year of coaching, here:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrightcoaching.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thewrightcoaching.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">(And you can sign up for his newsletter, &#8220;Tips to Lead the Wright Way&#8221;, on the front page, bottom right)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a name=\"feature\"><\/a><\/span><strong>2. FEATURE: Create Your Speaking Process <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\">Here&#8217;s a simple process to print and post up on your wall. Add some deadline dates too:<\/p>\n<p>1) Pick a sexy sounding topic that you care about.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: solve a key problem for people)<\/p>\n<p>2) Pick four key tips or solutions around that topic.<\/p>\n<p>3) Draft an outline for your speech.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: powerpoint is a simple way to keep you on track, but don&#8217;t put your whole speech on it, just bullet points)<\/p>\n<p>4) SET A DATE and invite your friends to hear your speech &#8211; before you even have it ready.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: they&#8217;ll give you written testimonials at the end, and verbal suggestions to improve it)<\/p>\n<p>5) Put together an impressive looking bio with picture of you.<\/p>\n<p>6) Join the National Speakers Association and go along to local meetings.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: find out who fields requests for speakers, and let them know you&#8217;ll handle any free request to speak, just for the experience)<\/p>\n<p>7) Call your local public service groups (e.g. Rotary, Zonta), and get on their roster.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: negotiate in advance a testimonial letter from every single speech. You&#8217;ll sometimes get an offer of a paid speech out of your free speeches.)<\/p>\n<p>8) After 3 speeches, quote a $200 or $500 fee per speech.<\/p>\n<p>(Hint: if people baulk, you can always drop your price)<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>If you would like the full chapter on speaking to get clients or if you would like to see the other chapters included in The CoachStart Manual\u2122, you can find them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.on2url.com\/app\/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=32572&amp;AdID=174067\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Action<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Print out the steps above.<\/li>\n<li>Add your deadlines next to each step.<\/li>\n<li>Post it on your wall<\/li>\n<li>Get started on your first step and post at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=12893229&amp;postID=9197816606593924854\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> what you will do by when, for accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">* * *<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solutionbox.com\/Graphics\/sighalf.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"56\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p>P.S. Got a comment on this article? Please add it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=12893229&amp;postID=9197816606593924854\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Announcements\/Offers How Did These Coaches Set Up Their Businesses So Quickly? You can save yourself the hundreds or thousands of dollars you may have paid a mentor coach or training school. 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