{"id":1518,"date":"2012-07-16T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:52:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:52:18","slug":"value-your-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/value-your-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Value Your Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is an excerpt from the\u00a0CoachStart Manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I said earlier in this book that you should not let fee stand in the way of a client when you are starting a practice.\u00a0 However, I did not say you should give coaching away for free.<\/p>\n

If I approached you and said: “I really want you to be my client.\u00a0 Please be my client, I won’t charge you anything, and you need to spend 30 minutes per week with me”, how attractive would that sound to you?\u00a0 There is no sense of value in this for you; it’s all for me.<\/p>\n

However, if I said: “My regular coaching fee is $300 per month, but my coach has told me to take five people on at a big discount for my own training and development.\u00a0 How would you feel if I charge you only 50% of my fee for the first two months?”<\/p>\n

Another thing: the act of paying money is a great way to demonstrate commitment or that the client is willing to take the coaching seriously.\u00a0 If you offer the coaching for free \u2014 aside from it not sounding attractive \u2014 you may have problems with the client sticking to the coaching sessions, doing his or her fieldwork etc.\u00a0 Basically, it’s an issue of respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is an excerpt from the\u00a0CoachStart Manual. I said earlier in this book that you should not let fee stand in the way of a client when you are starting a practice.\u00a0 However, I did not say you should give coaching away for free. If I approached you and said: “I really want you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[156],"tags":[262,353,349],"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