{"id":1126,"date":"2011-02-02T09:03:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T09:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerforcoachingcertification.com\/testblog\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2013-08-24T23:44:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T23:44:20","slug":"coaching-business-sustainability-%e2%80%93-during-business-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-business-sustainability-%e2%80%93-during-business-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Business Sustainability \u2013 During Business Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you begin establishing your coaching client base, consider what steps now ensure your sustainable growth in the coaching industry.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nConnecting with new coaching clients occurs primarily through referrals and recommendations \u2013 word of mouth. In the last blog post was a tip to stay in touch with your network; this serves the creation of a sustainable source of referrals. Consider how you provide value to your network, and keep doing it!<\/p>\n<p>* Continue speaking, writing, and publishing.<br \/>\n* Be available to your network \u2013 become the \u2018go to\u2019 person for expertise or help.<br \/>\n* Thank people for referrals and recommendations so they know you appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Existing coaching clients tell others about their experience with you as a coach. As a coach, let your client know you do appreciate referrals. Consider what motivates a coaching client to recommend your services.<\/p>\n<p>* Provide value \u2013 the quality of the coaching and the value of outcomes for your coaching client motivates them to make referrals.<br \/>\n* Ask for referrals \u2013 if you do not let people know you want the referrals, they might not even think about it!<br \/>\n* Thank your client for making a referral so they know their effort was worthwhile and appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>How do you benefit from considering long-term sustainability during the growth phase of your coaching business?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you begin establishing your coaching client base, consider what steps now ensure your sustainable growth in the coaching industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4463,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/4463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}