{"id":3894,"date":"2013-03-22T06:03:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T06:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:11:58","slug":"the-power-of-personal-connection-for-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/the-power-of-personal-connection-for-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Personal Connection for Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is great power in making a personal connection that people can relate to whether in social settings or your coaching business. \u00a0Recall a recent event or conversation you had with someone. \u00a0What are the details you remember? \u00a0Use this to your advantage in your coaching business. \u00a0Connect with people on a professional and a personal level. \u00a0Share with them the road you traveled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/resources\/faqs\/is-coaching-right-for-me-take-the-quiz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming a coach<\/a> and they will remember you and your business.<\/p>\n<p>Converting potential clients takes more than telling them what and how they will achieve results. \u00a0It takes the commitment to show them through actions, words and stories. \u00a0For example, I recently wanted to purchase a new water filtration system. \u00a0I did some research and contacted three reputable vendors. \u00a0Each offered quality systems and although money was a factor, it was not the deciding factor. \u00a0The decision was based on the connection. \u00a0It was the sales person who took the time to explain the system and developed a connection with me. \u00a0She shared her journey to Arizona and why she chose her career and company. \u00a0She earned my business through her stories. \u00a0She became credible to me and I trusted her. \u00a0My new water system is great too!<\/p>\n<p>Seek to share your story. \u00a0You will find that the investment of time pays off much more than just being a sales person.<\/p>\n<p><em>Peggi Peaslee<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is great power in making a personal connection that people can relate to whether in social settings or your coaching business. \u00a0Recall a recent &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16],"tags":[52,77,48,50,54,86,55,81,51,73,103,87,78,76],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-coaching-stories","tag-build","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-business","tag-coaching-certification","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-excellence","tag-marketing-strategies","tag-opportunities","tag-professional-coach","tag-rapport","tag-understand","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","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=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10748,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/10748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}