Three more (free) clients

I've coached three new people over the last two days. Two went swimmingly well and the other one was strange. I can't quite put my finger on what was the problem. I can't really say more otherwise I'll be in breach of confidence. But I'll be very interested to see what happens next week.

I'll be doing my last coaching sessions for this year with these three people next week. Then I'll be having a break for until the new year.

I've decided to do coaching on Tuesday and Wednesday nights with a maximum of two sessions per night. That way it will be easy to keep a work/life/coaching balance without it taking over. Which could be quite easy! I'd much rather be coaching than working my current job for sure. But until I pass my qualification and start charging for the coaching sessions I'm just going to have to take things easy.

I've worked out that I only need about 10 more points and then all I'll have to do is complete my 6 coaching clients/sessions and I'll be able to apply for my basic qualification.

I've decided to just go for the basic qualification this time round as I've never been a great one to study, so I'm setting myself an easy goal that I know I can acheive. Maybe later, once I have more experience I go for something with a bit more clout. Maybe....

Another URL

I've had to set up a new URL http://www.pgb-life-coaching.info as it appears my of site http://www.pgbailey.com seems to have earned itseft a bad reputation and has been banned from some companies firewalls. I'm glad I didn't pay for those business cards in the end! As it looks like I'm going to have to order some more from http://www.vistaprint.co.uk

It hasn't caused me too much of a problem other than trying to remember what it is! I've tried registering this one but it's going to take a while as it's a completely fresh one. My old address had been hanging around for years so was already registered, all I had to do was update it and eventually it would get picked up by the search engines.

Although the whole website seems to be creating just enough interest. I get about 4 people per week asking for more information so it's nice at this early stage to see that I'm already getting responses. I have to remember that due to the run up to Christmas that a lot of people may wait until the new year to start a coaching session.

Search Engines

Now comes the hard bit, trying to get my website registered and listed on search engines. I've done all my keywords and meta tags and submitted them to all the places I can think of, I guess now I just have to wait. I hate the fact that it takes so long to see if what you have done has been a success. I guess it's to stop people from constantly tweaking their website and resubmitting it to get the highest position. So far I've only managed to get a listing on www.hotbot.de when you type in "life coach" I am listed 4th. Which would be GREAT if it weren't for the fact that I'm trying to get a high listing on UK engines. I'm just hoping that this is a good sign and that I just need to wait and the others should follow suit shortly........ boy I hate waiting!

Business Cards

I've just given out a load of my new business cards to people at work. Really bizarre sensation! I'm actually shaking a little from the worry of what people would say. Most people logged straight on to my website. Which again, caused me stress. Mainly because I'm worried about spelling mistakes or something silly that would embarrass me.

I guess I just thought that people would look at the card and say something trivial and then forget about it. But instead they started asking lots of questions instead.

Well hopefully I'll be a little less surprised at the response next time.

2 new possible coaching clients!

Wow after just a few days my new website http//www.pgbailey.com has drawn the atttention of two people interested in receiving some life coaching sessions.

As I am still training I'm offering 6 free sessions as these will give me credits towards my final qualification.

I'll let you know if they do decide to take me up on my offer.

Also today my business cards turned up. Every small step seems to take me closer to becoming a life coach for real.

What is a life coach

For those in the USA, I'm sure you have all heard of a life coach and what they are. Some may have already used their service. Would be interesting to find out if you benefitted from it or found it a waste of time.

For us in the UK mentioning the phrase "Life Coach" causes and instant look of confusion as people try to work out which sport it relates to. Their next reaction tends to be one of - "So it's like councelling then?"

So to quickly some up. A life coach is someone that will help you achieve your goals in the shortest time possible. If you aren't sure what those goals are, a life coach is someone you can bounce ideas off and will help you find out what is really important to you, then your life coach will help you work towards acheiveing that goal.

PGBailey UK Life Coach

Wow, my first Blog entry. (well actually my second as I just tried to save my first and it wiped it). I once had a diary page on my personal website but I'm now using this to promote my new profession as a Life Coach.

You can have a look yourself at http://www.pgbailey.com

But please be gentle I'm still working on it.