Being a life coach means that you have the passion for leading, mentoring or even teaching people so that they can reach their fullest potential. They help people create and be able to achieve their dreams, be able to nurture loving relationships, break down mental blocks and also improve their wellness and health. To become a life coach doesn’t require any certification or license, but hard work and reading books it quite necessary. Coaching is done through one on one session, group sessions or even through phone calls or Skype.
There are various ways you can make money as a life coach and these include:
1. Tell Your Networks
Reach out to your friends, coworkers and also family and let them know about your services. You can give them offers such as free coaching to prospective clients.
2. Build Content About Your Topic
You need to produce content that is so helpful so as to become authoritative in your calling. You can create content either in a blog, video or podcast about the topics you coach. This will help in determining if you are or being hired or not.
3. Get A Website
A website is important to all businesses because it offers a platform where people can read about you and your services.
4. Get Active on Social Media
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are great social media platforms where you can connect with potential clients. Make sure you state your services in your profile so that they can read once they open your page.
5. Offer Workshops
Workshops and seminars are a great way of meeting a lot of potential clients at once, hence, it offers the chance of meeting local clients.
6. Go Beyond Coaching
Once you have mastered the art of coaching, you can move a step higher by either writing books or even do lead group workshops. These alternative ways will increase your income a you help more people.
7. Unique Charges
Don’t do research to compare what other life coaches are charging their clients. Most charge depending on the number of experiences they have had on the field or even on a popularity basis. When starting out, check your experience and expertise and start at a low level, then increase as demand grows. Work within your own money block.
The salary of a life coach varies depending on what he/she does, but a few coaches make millions. It’s not easy being a coach so success requires patience, time, action, commitment, and skills so that you are able to get high paying clients. Coaches should be passionate enough to be able to help people, have good listening skills and be empathetic to people’s problems and challenges and be committed to helping people grow and learn. The field is becoming populated so you have to work hard to remain relevant and earn that cash.
