{"id":1544,"date":"2012-07-28T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2012-02-04T11:48:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T17:48:58","slug":"philip-cohen-on-finding-initial-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/philip-cohen-on-finding-initial-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Cohen on Finding Initial Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

What method did you find most effective in getting your initial clients, and what advice would you give to coaches trying this method?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use your database. However, one important lesson I had to learn was to not prejudge the people I contacted. People who I thought couldn\u2019t afford coaching, found a way to pay for it. \u201cAsk and ye shall receive.\u201d If you don\u2019t ask, you have said \u201cno\u201d for the other person.<\/p>\n

Did you coach your friends and colleagues? If so, what invitation did you use that worked best and felt good for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had no problem coaching colleagues. However, I made a distinction between friends and acquaintances. I don\u2019t like coaching friends because it\u2019s too easy to have the relationships blend into one. I didn\u2019t want to take the chance of losing both a client and a friend. My current coach is a close friend, however, we\u2019ve both been coaching for a lot of years and know how to set up the relationship so there\u2019s no problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is taken from David’s interview with Philip Cohen in\u00a010 Super Coaches. What method did you find most effective in getting your initial clients, and what advice would you give to coaches trying this method? Use your database. However, one important lesson I had to learn was to not prejudge the people I contacted. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[123],"tags":[122,169,260,137],"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