July 10, 2008

5 Steps to Being an Awesome Coach

What do you think is the biggest hurdle for someone that is brand new to the marketing industry? Let me be blunt, its experience. A new prospect has no idea where and how to get started. What they need the most of is coaching. They need someone to point them in the right direction and to tell them what steps they need to take to become successful.
In my opinion, there are five major bullet points that you need to consider. If you will implement these five steps with all of your prospects , you will definitely add an immense amount of value to yourself as being a mentor.
1. A Definitive Sense of Direction :
You need to clarify exactly the steps they need to take in order for them to move forward. You know what I`m talking about…Do this step first, and after you complete that, here is what you need to do next and so forth. If you can get them to follow these steps, each time they complete one, they will feel a great sense of accomplishment. As well they should. When they see themselves moving forward, they will see you as someone that has the answers and the trust will grow.
2. A Blueprint of Actions :
Once they have a clear and decisive direction, what are the actions that they need to take to move forward towards that direction. Yes, they have the steps, but now they need to take specific actions to bring those steps into reality. Or to make them a reality. You need to help them lay out those actions that they need to take.
3. You Elevate their Skills :
Now that they have a good direction and a definitive plan of action, you upgrade their skills. You help them become better and more confident in their particular skill set, so they become better at everything they do. It might be an area of lets say prospecting, or advertising, or the way they think, their mindset, or marketing…whatever it may be, you advance their skills. In return, their conversion rates should start to climb as a result of this elevation. You elevate their skills.
4. You Optimize their Surroundings :
Help them to clean up their environment. You know that our surroundings play a huge part on our ability to stay energized, on our ability to stay focused, and to not get distracted by things all the time. Now granted, there are some things that cant be helped. Like family and just life in general. But I`m talking about things like television, negative people and friends, your prospects need to surround themselves with positive people, they should try to eat healthier, and stay away from drama and try not to get sucked into all the negative aspects of life. They must make this choice if they really want to move forward fast in their business. It does ultimately come down to them making that personal choice. They need to eliminate all the distractions so they are clearly focused and highly energized so they can make things happen for them when they need to.
5. Mastering your Mindset :
This is what you need to help your prospects with [and yourself for that matter] to accomplish constantly. You can never have enough education and becoming a better all around person. there is never an end to this. There is always another level that everyone can attain. This is a terrific concept because what it means is that you are always evolving. Everyone can always grow and continue to master their own psychology and mindset which will enable them to take things to that next level.
It means freeing yourself up from all the negativity, eliminating insecurities and bad emotions. Its about making you a more confident and capable entrepreneur. Where your energy isn’t being wasted on all the negative drama, anger, sadness, fear, and doubt that that really just wastes your time and draws you away from what you want to achieve. Which is total and complete success.
I hope these five key points were helpful in how you may develop your relationships with your prospects. If you would like to work with someone that truly values these concepts, this site is absolutely amazing: http://mygoldenbusiness.com
To your success,
Robert Hanna…

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