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....
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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.
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.
Sunday, December 05, 2004
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!
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