In the last episode I talked about high payoff actions you can take in your business. High payoff actions are the ones that get you the results you want.

Those actions are always strategic – based on a strategy that you’ve thought through.

In this episode, which is the 2nd in the series called Coaching Business Checkup, I’m going to talk about the top ways for new coaches to be strategic in their business.

Show notes for this episode can be found at prosperouscoach.com/63.

No Strategy is a Slow Strategy

I was thinking about this recently … when did I begin to be more strategic in my coaching business?

It began when I targeted a viable audience and figured out what they want so much they’d invest in my help to reach that goal.

That was my first point of strategy. That’s #1 because if you don’t target a viable audience no other strategy after that will work.

Embarrassingly, it was only after my 2nd coaching website and after my 3rd year in business for myself that I began to think more strategically.

And wow how it paid off. And how I wished I’d been more strategic from the beginning, but I didn’t know how.

Before that I just flew by the seat of my pants, which is a strange saying but we all know what it means.

Looking back I have to laugh at myself a bit, thinking that I could have a successful coaching business without strategy. But I’ve always been someone to jumps in headfirst. Now when I jump in head first, I’m actually using my head by being strategic. But it’s not fair to compare what I know now to what I knew then.

I was blessed in so many ways — still am — by serendipity.

So many angels and surprises came my way in the form of opportunities and wonderful human beings that gave me a helping hand.

I would never have leaped to the idea of helping coaches, first with their coaching niches, had I not been tapped to be a trainer in a coach training company.

And after a year, I was asked to rewrite the curriculum of that organization called Coach Training Alliance. They’ve been using that curriculum for 2 decades. It’s a wonderful coach training school.

Because the owner gave me an opportunity, I learned that I was good at taking complex concepts and tasks and breaking them into step-by-step processes.

My teach archetype was born then. And coaches started hiring me.

Having no strategy is a kind of a strategy. If you have time to burn or if going about things totally organically is a value of yours, no strategy can work in the long run.

Smart Strategy Means Faster Results In Your Coaching Business

But when it comes to attracting enough clients who pay well, stay longer and refer more ideal clients, having a strategy now, when it’s early days in your coaching business, is the way to get there faster.

For most of us, getting there faster is critical.

I'd love to hear from you. Stay inspired and make things happen! - Rhonda Hess, Prosperous Coach

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