{"id":3719,"date":"2012-12-07T06:03:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T06:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2023-05-22T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T18:45:22","slug":"budgeting-for-a-coaching-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/budgeting-for-a-coaching-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Budgeting for a Coaching Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Budgeting for a Coaching Business<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is 6 in a series of 24 blog posts on Business and Marketing.<\/p>\n

\"budgeting\"<\/a>When you are starting a business, it is essential to plan for expenses and to set income goals.\u00a0 As a coach, this typically begins with coach training<\/a> and then goes on to start-up, set-up, and finally operating expenses.\u00a0 For someone who decides to be a coach\u00a0the cost of an ICF-approved coach t<\/a>raining<\/a> ranges from a few thousand on up to tens of thousands of dollars.\u00a0 (At the Center for Coaching Certification, the Certified Professional Coach<\/a> and Certified Master Coach<\/a> programs are offered.)<\/p>\n

Start-up expenses for a coaching business include the cost of licensing or incorporation, establishing a banking account, professional liability insurance and possibly legal or accounting services.\u00a0 Next, plan for business office set-up expenses which may include purchasing furniture and equipment.\u00a0 Launching a website and printing business cards are essential basics.\u00a0 Regular expenses include telephone, internet, possibly rent and utilities, memberships, printing, postage, marketing, professional services, memberships, continuing education, product development, technologies, and materials.\u00a0 If you plan to take credit cards, do plan for those fees as well.<\/p>\n

At the Center for Coaching Certification<\/a>, all Certified Professional Coaches are provided with a spread sheet that is already set up for business and personal budgeting.\u00a0 In the spread sheet, there is a budget worksheet set up for monthly tracking with a weekly breakdown and one with an annual budget organized with monthly totals.\u00a0 When you budget, plan how you will track and use your budget and financial reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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