What to Do When a Coaching Client Ghosts You
Being ghosted is incredibly frustrating, no matter where you are in the coaching relationship. Here is what to do when a coaching client ghosts you at various stages of the process.
Being ghosted is incredibly frustrating, no matter where you are in the coaching relationship. Here is what to do when a coaching client ghosts you at various stages of the process.
Do you have a coaching client that you kind of wish would ghost you? Like you have to brace yourself for each of their coaching sessions kind of bad client. Well, the best part of running your own coaching business is that you can work with whoever you want. That means you can fire the coaching clients that you no longer want to work with. Let’s take a look at some of the signs it’ time to fire a coaching client.
Referrals are like the holy grail of ways to get new coaching clients. You don’t have to put any time, money, or effort into getting that lead. Plus, the lead is already sold on working with you because they have heard such great things about you. So obviously, you want to get more referrals from your coaching clients. Let’s look at some ways to get more referrals for your coaching business.
Pricing coaching services can be one of the most difficult parts of being a coach. There are a lot of factors that go into pricing, and it can be hard to balance them all. Countless articles and calculators give you formulas for how to price your coaching services and encourage you to charge what you’re worth, but sometimes it’s easier said than done.
At the end of the day, you need to charge what works for you, not what other people tell you to charge. Let’s look at how to balance charging what you are worth and realistically pricing your coaching services.
If you’re having trouble articulating the value you bring to your ideal coaching clients, that could be a sign you need to niche down. When coaches serve too many clients, it makes it difficult for them to promote their coaching program because it offers different benefits to different types of clients. Niching down allows you to focus on one type of customer or one type of problem so it becomes a lot easier to express what your ideal coaching clients stand to gain from your coaching. Let’s talk about niches for coaches.
There is nothing more frustrating than going back and forth across multiple emails trying to schedule a discovery call or coaching session with someone. It is a waste of time for everyone involved, and if it is before your coaching client commits to working with you, it may lose you a client. There are a number of ways you can make scheduling meetings much easier for your coaching clients. Here are some options that work for all types of coaching businesses, technology comfort levels, and budgets.
It is an exhilarating feeling when you get to the point in your business when you can afford to reject people who enquire about your coaching services. Not every lead will be suitable, even if they are your ideal coaching clients. Rejecting unsuitable leads is essential for your long-term coaching business success. However, you don’t want the people you reject to go and badmouth your business. Here is how to say no in a way that makes your rejected leads respect you more.
If business processes were children, the offboarding process is the middle child for service providers. It is often overlooked, given minimal attention, and overshadowed by the golden child – the onboarding process. However, the offboarding process is just as important for coaches as the onboarding process and any other process in between. It is your coaching client’s final impression of your coaching business.
Stuck for content ideas? It happens to the best of us. Here is a list of 25 content prompts for coaches. Use them to inspire your next piece of thought leadership content the next time you run out of content ideas.
No matter where you stand on AI technology and its impact on various industries, it offers ample opportunity to make your coaching business more efficient through automation. We prefer to focus on output rather than productivity – keeping yourself busy shouldn’t be the goal; profit and client wins should be. AI technology improves efficiency for coaches by taking repetitive admin tasks off your plate.