I've been talking about doing this material for months, and now we're finally here. You hear a lot about Small Business Coaching and probably wonder what all the buzz is about? Well I'm looking forward to seeing how you like this. Let's see what we've got in store for you in the next few pages…

  Maybe you are newly qualified Therapist, Coach or helping professional who knows how to practice, you just don't have any clients to practice on. Yet.

  You already have a business and you'd like more clients? You want to run your own business but don't yet, and would like to feel secure knowing how to get clients before you launch?

  Perhaps you have wasted £1,000's on trainings and are eager to start making that money back? Perhaps you're already a therapist who has done several trainings, but just can't seem to make money doing what you love because you don't have the marketing skills.

The 8 most common problems

1. DON'T KNOW HOW TO MARKET OR PROMOTE THEMSELVES
2. DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TO CHARGE
3. DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START
4. ADVERTISING NOT WORKING
5. DISILLUSIONED THAT IT'S NOT WORKING
6. YOU HAVE SKILLS BUT NO CLIENTS
7. COURSES DON'T INCLUDE MARKETING
8. EVERYONE NEEDS TO MAKE A DECENT INCOME

What trends/facts support my opinions/topic?

1. I SEE STRUGGLING THERAPISTS EVERYWHERE
2. AROMATHERAPY GUILD -- RELEASED SOME FIGURES IN 2002 THAT SAID ONLY 25% OF THE CERTIFIED AROMATHERPISTS THAT QUALIFY ACTUALLY EARN A LIVING FROM THEIR PRACTICE
3. THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE REAWAKENING, AN UPSURGE IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY WORK IN RECENT YEARS.
4. COACH UNIVERSITY RECENTLY (2004) RELEASED FIGURES THAT STATED THAT "The most recent research shows what you and I have known for years - most coaches love to coach but for a variety of reasons most have a difficult time filling their practice. Some forty thousand people have expressed an interest in being professional coaches. By my guess, some twenty five thousand have gone through training, eleven thousand of them with CoachInc.com and perhaps two to three thousand have become certified Unfortunately, only about 30% of those certified or trained are supporting themselves as a coach. Most of these coaches are earning less than $30K per year!"

 I have run my own therapy & consultancy practice for over 16 years now which was started from scratch with no training, no coaching and no experience in marketing and promotion. When I quit my job and went self-employed, my first month's takings equalled my last pay check. In my second month it doubled. I now work one quarter of the hours I used to, and can earn in a month what I earned in a year. Not bragging, just true. So let's help you do likewise:

Step 1 is to introduce yourself at the Discussion Forum, and place your pin on the Nearest Member page so we can all see you.

If you have a photo of yourself on your computer, add it to the Image Gallery.

The best place to go next is the Classes section, and listen to January Part 1 of the live training. Then get yourself booked onto the 5 Day Fast Track programme. Details at the bottom of this page.

The departments down the left hand side are arranged in order - start at the top and work your way down. So let's make your Practice go BOOM!, because we can, if you're willing to learn...