The tagline for Coaching Business Builder and PlanDoTrack is "Daily Steps + Consistent Action = Momentum". Over the last few decades I have seen as a coach, and in my former work as a program manager, how small steps every day, really add up for businesses of all sizes - micro-enterprise, solopreneurs, and larger businesses.
With this in mind, this year I'm hosting a new social challenge I'm calling 1 Biz Step a Day. Each month I'm offering daily prompts to support you to get into small steps around your business. Let's see what consistent actions it leads to and what momentum it creates! I hope that you will follow along and share your progress, not only here at the blog, but also over on Instagram at @CoachingBizBuilder and the Effective Group Coaching Facebook Page. Download a copy of the 1 Biz Step a Day for January here. The focus is on business fundamentals - communication, systems and other basics. Putting the foundations in order helps move things more quickly, later in the year. ENJOY! Jennifer PS - Later this week I'll be kicking off another year-long project you will probably be interested in. It's a 52 Week planning series I'll be sharing over at my sibling "PlanDoTrack" Website. I'm calling it the 52 Weeks of Planning, Doing and Tracking. Consider it a weekly compendium to the Coaching Business Builder and PlanDoTrack Workbooks - structured activities and prompts to get you working through your workbook and planner. First prompt will be Friday at 6 am! Read more about it here. Best wishes for 2019, Jennifer Britton Author of Coaching Business Builder (2018), Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), Potentials Realized - Supporting Coaches, Businesses, Leaders and Teams Is 2019 your year to take it ahead? Join me for one of our two annual groups - The Learning Lab and Design Studio (focusing on program design) or the Coaching Biz Growth Lab (focusing on coaching business development) Phone: 416-996-8326
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We are on the eve of a new year, and at this time of year I love to ask my clients “What is your intention for the new year”. As you think about the new year ahead, what are your goals? Gretchen Rubin, and her sister Elizabeth Craft, challenged listeners of their podcast Happier to create an "18 in 2018 list" last year, and for the coming year "19 for 2019". What are the top 19 goals you want to achieve this upcoming year? Have you written them down? Is it time to grab a new notebook or journal so that it’s all in one place? As you consider any goals you have set for yourself, what do you notice about them? Is there a theme linking them? One year I had a theme of a WATERFALL. At that stage in my business it was important to trust that the successes I had would continue, as long as I was continuing to invest in action. Spending time worrying that things would only work once was costing me a lot of time and energy. Re-framing this to a waterfall which flows consistently helped me start developing new habits and mindsets around my business, trusting that things would continue to flow. Another great exercise to undertake at this time is to also set your intention for the year. Perhaps you have a deck of cards or another tool you like to pull from. Last year I combined Rory’s Story Cubes, and two photo decks to crate an initial story line for my year. It was really interesting how it played out! What’s your theme for the new year? I am grateful for the support and interest so many of you have had in the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner. It was the momentum I needed to bring forward the PlanDoTrack edition for Remote and Virtual Professionals a few weeks ago on December 14th which is also finding its own audience with Virtual and Remote Professionals. I look forward to continuing the conversation into 2019! Best, Jennifer Jennifer Britton
Author of Coaching Business Builder (2018), Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), Potentials Realized - Supporting Coaches, Businesses, Leaders and Teams Is 2019 your year to take it ahead? Join me for one of our two annual groups - The Learning Lab and Design Studio (focusing on program design) or the Coaching Biz Growth Lab (focusing on coaching business development) Phone: 416-996-8326 It’s almost the end of the year and time to do a systems check and review of your 2018. What have you been tracking this year? If you have a copy of the Coaching Business Builder, pull it out and take a look back at the Content Trackers, and Monthly Trackers you have completed. For each month, or each one, highlight key themes on a separate post it (big ones work well – see photo). Make a cumulative list of all the things you notice about your data as it relates to marketing, clients, revenue, visibility or other items you are tracking. “Systems help us to move forward, to go as far as we possibly can. They enable us to work faster, smarter, and more strategically. A good system eliminates waste, while it also anticipates and removes obstacles. To get the most out of systems, you have to make them a lifestyle not a one-off deal. They must become ingrained in your routine" (John Maxwell on Leadership). It’s also time to do a systems check to see what is working well in your business. Here are the five areas I write about in some depth in the Coaching Business Builder Workbook:
As you think about each one, take note of:
I hope that you may set a timer and get wrapping up your year end tasks. Enjoy! Best, Jennifer Jennifer Britton
Author of Coaching Business Builder (2018), Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), Potentials Realized - Supporting Coaches, Businesses, Leaders and Teams Is 2019 your year to take it ahead? Join me for one of our two annual groups - The Learning Lab and Design Studio (focusing on program design) or the Coaching Biz Growth Lab (focusing on coaching business development) Phone: 416-996-8326 In my last Coaching Business Builder Blog post I talked about how important content creation can be to coaches. In wearing our hat of coach, we are not content experts, yet it's often this content expertise that attracts a client to working with us. For example, a leader may want to work with a coach who understands the complexities of their industry or type of team, or a business owner may want a coach who has an understanding about key trends facing their work. In order to "stand out in the crowd" many coaches may opt to adopt a content marketing strategy, podcasting, blogging and/or writing articles around certain topics. For those coaches who are involved in this, check out the Content Creation Section of the Planner (pages 243 - 272) as well as Section 3 - Marketing Essentials, where you are going to find monthly tracking tools to support you, as well as resources to help you consider repurposing. One of the areas I continue to hear coaches enjoy the most out of the Planning Hacks I facilitate, is the space to get ideas on paper which they can go back later to execute. This is especially true when trying to come up with some ideas around content, and blogging in particular. To give you a head start on your list, I share 9 different ideas on page 80. To expand on this list, here are 24 possible focus areas for possible fall posts around whatever your focus is (i.e. leadership, teamwork, business, relationships, parenting....) 1. What's on your bookshelf? 2. Infograph of key research findings 3. Common questions receive around your topic 4. Behind the scenes of how to... 5. Preparing for ____ 6. Evaluating ______ 7. In the spotlight - Case Study 8. Top 10 List 9. What we were exploring 3 years ago on this topic... 10. Where we are going around____ 11. Other resources (TED Talks, Videos, Articles) around this topic 12 Podcasts to check out 13. Converting past blog posts to video (think Lumen 5 or AdobeSpark) 14. If you... 15. 60 second sound byte around this topic 16. A- Z series 17. Guest Posts 18. Frequently Asked Questions 19. Here's where to go.... 20. Here's how to.... 21. Hands on activity people can do themselves 22. Question Prompts around your topic 23. Theme overview of what's been covered, or what is available 24. What else? I hope that this gets your juices flowing. If you haven't done so, pick up a pen and make your list of possible blog posts around your topic. Set a timer for 5 minutes and write everything down. What content have you created already? You might already have articles in many of these topic areas which could be shortened down for a series of blog posts, OR perhaps you've given presentations on some of these topics. How could they become a blog post? Repurposing content you have already created is often as important a strategy of content creation, as is generating new posts. Keep in mind that blogging is just one strategy in marketing, relationship building and business development. What steps do you want to take in blogging? Best wishes, Jennifer Jennifer Britton Coach and Author of Effective Group Coaching and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching Join us for an upcoming August planning hack - Dates include August 31 (Month End Reflection and September Planning Hack) Interested in more on this topic? Join me for one of the complimentary Virtual Book Club Calls to go inside the book! Next call is scheduled for Thursday September 6th - Business Habits and Mindsets. Download the upcoming book club call list here. It’s finally here! The Coaching Business Builder and Workbook is going to be released tomorrow, August 1st. If you haven't pre-ordered it's not too late! Pick up your copy here. In honor of the book release , and in support of planning for the back to work and school, I am hosting a number of calls and paid programs in the coming weeks. Join me on Friday August 3rd from 12 – 12:30 pm ET as I launch the inaugural CBB Virtual Book Club. This complimentary call is open to all coaches and is geared to introduce you to the Coaching Business Builder Workbook and Planner. Regularly, I’ll be hosting these calls, focusing on a different tool or resource to support you. Grab your own copy and join me for these calls. Call schedule will be released this week for the next few months and will be announced at the end of the call! This call is scheduled to meet in my regular zoom room (zoom room #270-302-0415). Real Time Virtual Planning Sessions and Planning hacks – Get your planning going! A couple of years ago I started offering just-in-time design hacks – short 45 minute sessions geared to support you real-time in taking action. Starting this month I’ll be opening thee up as regular paid programs which you can join in a subscription or as a one-off. Each session will be 45 minutes and is geared to support you in planning (monthly/quarterly) on a business or even personal level. You can join each call separately for $25 US. Those who have pre-ordered the book (and sent me their receipt) are invited to attend these calls complimentary. Pick up your pre-order before the release on Wednesday August 1st (yes, that’s this week!). Current hacks are scheduled for: Monday August 6th from 9 – 9:45 am ET Monday August 13th from 12 – 12:45 pm ET Bring a pen and paper to attend, along with your calendar. Email me to reserve your spot. I'll send an invoice, log in details, and materials for the hacks. Looking for longer term support around your business? Join us for the Coaching Biz Growth Lab™, an ongoing business development group coaching program, which meets on Fridays from 3 – 4 pm Eastern/New York during the 1st and 3rd week of the month. The group generates the coaching themes with past focus areas exploring “Expanding your Digital Footprint”, “Accelerating Your Change”, Your Business Ecosystem. Other calls are dedicated to real-time coaching of issues/opportunities you bring to the call. You can join the Lab for a year for $1250 US, each quarter for $425 US or a month for $147 US. Click here to register and reserve your spot. See you online! Jennifer Jennifer Britton - Potentials Realized GroupCoachingEssentials.com Also author of Effective Virtual Conversations (2017), From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (2013), Effective Group Coaching (2010) Reach out by email |
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