{"id":1482,"date":"2012-06-28T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T18:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:14:15","slug":"michael-o-cooper-on-finding-initial-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-on-finding-initial-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael O. Cooper on Finding Initial Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is taken from David’s interview with Michael O. Cooper in\u00a010 Super Coaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What top three methods, in order, did you use to get your clients in the first 2 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sample Sessions: I find that offering sample sessions is the best way for people to experience my coaching ability and style. I offered coaching sessions to people in networking meetings, at the Chamber of Commerce, associations I frequented, friends, family members, colleagues, etc. I mastered the Complimentary\/Sample Session with the help of Michael Charest and Michelle Schubnel in their \u201cCoach and Grow Rich\u201d program. I still find this the easiest and most effective way of landing new one-on-one coaching clients.<\/p>\n

Networking: I prefer to network with people I already know frequently and have generated dozens of referrals this way. In the early phase of my business, I spent 5-8 hours a week at networking meetings, and I have to say I was horrible at it! Or at least horrible at attracting clients this way. I did generate some interest, but my \u201celevator speech\u201d wasn\u2019t strong enough to attract clients because I was too generic (prior to establishing my niches). I took networking classes and now rarely attend general networking events, because I personally do not find it as effective as other methods of attracting clients, although I know dozens of coaches who are experts at it!<\/p>\n

Internet: I built my website very early on in my business growth cycle. I believe I hid behind it for a while, but many other coaches and clients know me because of that website \u2013 many coaches copied much of the material from it. It took over 18 months to attract a client just from the website alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is taken from David’s interview with Michael O. Cooper in\u00a010 Super Coaches. What top three methods, in order, did you use to get your clients in the first 2 years? Sample Sessions: I find that offering sample sessions is the best way for people to experience my coaching ability and style. I offered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[123],"tags":[122,171,169,137],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t