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Hi everyone
Well, as many of you might know I went on an expedition/adventure late last year in November and December. I and two  other friends ( George Metcalf and Gordon Dove) went on our three motorcycles down to Spain and into Morocco. We toured around Morocco for a few weeks and then came back up through Spain.
The reason for my trip was twofold, one was a reconnaissance trip for our new charitable arm launching soon called The Noble Foundation, the other was to have an exciting adventure.
Well, perhaps when I put the intention out there into the universe I did something wrong !!!!
Because it gave me an adventure alright, but not quite the one I had been expecting.
We had a total of 19 days of rain, wind, snow and ice. Not what we had been expecting at all. In fact everyone told us that it was the coldest weather they had had in over 40 years.
It brought with it many challenges, and I won't bore you with all of those, except to say that I learned many things from that trip.
The need for tolerance and patience.
Always expect the unexpected. Accept what life throws at you, and, an adventure is what you make it not necessarily what you plan for
If you look further down the newsletter you will see that we have created two new sections called marketing help and work available. It is here that we will post details of all marketing, brand raising advice and help and contract work and jobs that are available to all of our students and coaches.
Looking forward to working with you all throughout 2009
Warmest
Gerard
As you are aware the course was due to increase in price at the end of December 2008. However, many of you have contacted us and asked us to delay the price increase as we shut our office on the 23rd of December and the offer did say it was available until the end of the year. We understand this is a very expensive time of year & as it’s the season of goodwill, we are happy to delay the price rise until 31st January 2009!!
If you are considering the Life Coach Practitioner course and training to be a professional accredited life coach, then now is the time to make that decision.
We are still allowing you to take advantage of last months incredible offer– please see details below:
You will benefit from:
> Discount Off the 2008 course price (£800) = £2900 including vat
> Two complimentary tickets to a Christopher Howard NLP course worth £1800
> Securing 2008 prices (the 2009 price will be £3825 ) saving £925
> This equates to a staggering £2600 worth of discount and benefits.
Even if you don't actually wish to start training right now we will allow you to place a small holding deposit which will guarantee all of the above and you can then start your training program anytime you want in the first three months of the year
Not only that, all of our students qualify for a government backed career development loan which will pay 80% of the total cost of the course.
Don’t forget to ask about the Noble Manhattan Bursary!
To find out more please call our friendly customer care team now on 0800 1910100 (inside UK) or +44 (0) 1305 769411 – Or e-mail info@noble-manhattan.com
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Do you want to find out all about coaching, find out how it can transform lives and experience coaching techniques from our qualified coaches?
Our Introduction to Life Coaching Events are a great way to find out everything to do with coaching and training to be a Life Coach. Gerard is a really inspirational speaker and we know you'll enjoy listening to him, so do come along and attend! Why not bring a friend or relative as well?
You will learn:
- What is a Life Coach?
- What is an executive coach? What do they do?
- Learn how Life Coaching can transform people’s lives
- The benefits of applying Life Coaching Skills in the home and work place.
- Learn the four pillars on coaching
- Take part in a highly interactive and informative coaching workshop where you will get hands on real coaching techniques.
- Learn how to build your client base.
- Plus much more
Please click here to find out all about this day + book your place securely online now!
Event One
Saturday 17th January – 10.00am-5.00pm – London - Columbia Hotel
Event Two
Saturday 7th February – 10.00am-5.00pm – London - Thistle Kensington Gardens
Event Three
Wednesday 4th March – 6.30-10.00 – Dublin – Park Inn
Event Four
Saturday 7th March – 10.00am-5.00pm – London - Thistle Kensington Gardens
Event Five
Saturday 21st March – 10.00am-5.00pm – Edinburgh –Royal British Hotel
Event Six
Sunday 5th April – 10.00am-5.00pm – Manchester – Thistle Hotel
If you would like to attend an event please contact us on the free phone: 0800 1910100 or e-mail info@noble-manhattan.com and we will send you a booking confirmation and a map to you. Places are limited.
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Would you like to have the opportunity to build your profile by working with us at a show?
One Life Show 13th-15th March – London Olympia – Stand 32
We have two great opportunites to help you build your profile and gain clients
1.Helping on the stand
This is a great opportunity for you to network and meet new, interesting people. Helping out on the stand is always good fun and would involve handing out brochures, speaking to people who are enquiring about coaching and sharing your own coaching experiences and helping us gain new prospects. You will of course get free entry into the show. We will probably have 6 people helping on the stand. We usually have 3 on the stand at once so while you are not helping you can look round the rest of the show.
2.Giving free coaching sessions – (you would need to be a fully qualified coach)
The Psyhcologies Zone have asked us once again to give free coaching sessions after the success of the 2008 show! This would involve giving 20minute taster sessions to the public within the Psycologies Zone. You will of course get free entry into the show. You will have plenty of time to look round the show too as we usually work it hour on/hour off so you'll only be working about 4 hours during the day.
This will greatly increase your profile and is a fantastic way to generate paying clients as anyone who is interested in having a coach rather than training as one becomes your client. It is perfectly ok for you to have your own marketing material with you.
If you would like to help please state which day/days you are available and would like to volunteer by e-mailing me on emmasmith@noble-manhattan.com
Please visit the One Life Show http://www.onelifelive.co.uk/
OR
Vitality Show –26th-29th March– London Earls Court 2 – Stand H221
It is the 10th Anniversary of the Vitality Show and is advertised as a great Girls Day Out! We are looking for people to help out on the stand. This is a great opportunity for you to network and meet new, interesting people. Helping out on the stand is always good fun and would involve handing out brochures, speaking to people who are enquiring about coaching and sharing your own coaching experiences and helping us gain new prospects. You will of course get free entry into the show. You will have plenty of time to look round the event too as we usually work it hour on/hour off so you'll only be working about 4 hours during the day.
Please visit details on the Vitality Show www.vitalityshow.co.uk
If anyone is interested in helping this event please send an e-mail to me on emmasmith@noble-manhattan.com stating the show and the day/s you'd like to volunteer.
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We are delighted to be able to make available to all of our coaches and students worldwide. In fact to every coach and student coach worldwide, the opportunity to have a professionally drawn up legal contract that you can use with everyone of your clients from now on.
This contract will provide you with safety security and of course will give a huge air of professionalism to your coaching practice.
To access these contracts just go to.
www.noble-contracts.com
This is another exciting development and another first For Noble Manhattan Coaching
Warmest
Gerard
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Well this is a very exciting time for Noble Manhattan. We have a number of great opportunities starting in the New Year.
So here is a brief update of what is happening for you all.
There is our Meaningful Change programme. We will be running the first of our new licensee training programmes mid-January
http://www.weightloss.uk.net/ and http://www.meaningful-change.co.uk/
so if you ever thought of becoming a well-trained expert in coaching people to lose weight this is now the greatest opportunity in the industry.
Businessforcoaches has gone through a most incredible overhaul and upgrade over the last few months. Thanks mainly to two great IT programmers Daniel Masters and Mike Christopher. Under the leadership of Dawn Campbell.
We are now in a position where we are finding between 8 and 15 new coaching contracts for all of our business for coaches members every single day !!!!!!!!!!
That’s right every single day. So if you’re looking for a community? A place to find work? A place to learn how to grow your business? Then look no further than Businessforcoaches all for the new price of just £137 a year
http://www.businessforcoaches.com
Support Groups
Under the wonderful leadership of Paul Wells This initiative which started about a year ago is really going well. In fact we are going to run a special training day in the next few weeks for people who want to become support group leaders anywhere in the world. We are going to offer these new leaders a most unique income earning licence.
So if you want to raise your brand, raise your profile gain experience, run groups, be a leader, be a great coach and earn an ongoing and rising income, with a total commitment of no more than a couple of hours a month. Then I suggest you contact Paul Wells immediately.
On knightoftherealm@blueyonder.co.uk
New Coaching Tools Division
We are working on creating a whole new division under the leadership of Yasmin Mukadam. This division will be dedicated to providing supporting tools and services to help coaches develop a strong and profitable coaching business. As we speak Yasmin is working with our IT in to design and develop the website and many of our initial products. This should go live towards the end of January.
Licence Opportunities
Because of the success of many of our products in a number of countries around the world we have been approached by different people who have enquired about purchasing a licence to deliver some of our products in different regions. Therefore we have decided to formalise this and have taken on a bespoke international licence manager. Wendy Jeffery. Wendy will be available to talk to any individuals or companies who wish to deliver coach training in any country around the world.
If you would like to work with Wendy and be part of our licence development and acquisition team and of course be financially rewarded for that
Then get in touch with her directly to discuss options. wendyjeffery@noble-manhattan.com
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Protecting your information
I know that I have mentioned this before. But I had a very scary situation a few weeks ago. My PC crashed and I lost all of my data, contact list and e-mails etc.
When that happened I felt the cold hand of fear on my heart, I came out in a cold sweat. Because if I lost all my data it would have a huge impact on my ability to contact people. ( this was my personal data, not Noble Manhattan’s database)
However, the good news was that since this situation happened to me over a year ago, when in fact I did lose most of my info.
I have been backing up every day.
I was able to go to my online provider and restore everything.
I use an online provider that is completely and utterly free yes F R E E . If you go to this link you will be able to have exactly the same product free of charge.
I would strongly recommend you do it
https://mozy.com/?ref=DMD7N1
it takes five minutes to set up and from that moment on it is completely automated. It backs up my material every day for me in the background.
By the way I do not get paid in any way for recommending them.
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Would you like to have your own private personal assistant?
We have a most wonderful lady, a graduate, highly educated very articulate based in India.
Willing to work for 4 hours every day for a monthly salary of approximately £260
for further details contact Gerard at
gerard@noble-manhattan.com
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Monique Rider, PECI, ACC, CPT is available for speaking, training and coaching events. Ms. Rider is the president of BodyLife Dynamics. Founded in 2001, BodyLife Dynamics provides executive coaching, business training, and employee wellness services. Ms. Rider will be visiting London and other areas of the UK in April, 2009. If your organization is looking for an event speaker or coach, or has an interest in the following services please contact our office at: 1-480-699-0527 or Monique@bodylifedynamics.com. Ms. Rider would be happy to meet with you during her stay in the UK. Services include:
- Design and facilitation of curricula for workshops and retreats for organizational planning and development, including mission, vision and goal setting, change management, team building and leadership development.
- Training and coaching for work/life balance issues, stress management and soft skills development for groups and individuals.
- Design and delivery of organizational and personal development programs via internet and a variety of distance learning protocols.
- Design and delivery of classroom curricula for health and exercise science programs.
- Design and delivery of physical fitness programs.
BodyLife Dynamics is a certified woman-owned small business. Ms. Rider and her staff serve corporations, government and military sectors, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the US, UK and China. Ms. Rider holds a formal degree in business management, a wellness certification, two coaching certifications, and a certificate in instructional design. In addition, she has over 15 years of experience in the areas of: management, training, project management, and organizational & leadership development. We welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss your business needs. Further information can be obtained at www.bodylifedynamics.com
Sincerely,
Monique Rider, President
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BodyLife Dynamics, LLC
Phone: 1.480.699.0527
Fax: 1.604.648.9111
Monique_Rider@msn.com
Chinese: www.bodylifedynamics.cn
International: www.bodylifedynamics.com
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2 Grow your Business
Personally recommended by Gerard - the Course you have been waiting for !
Win more Clients - Increase your Income - Gain Telephone Confidence -
Put yourself head and shoulders above the competition, this extraordinary course will unlock all the technologies, tips and techniques for you to be the absolute best you can be on the telephone
Whether you are trading as a Life Coach or Business Coach we recommend this specialist course - which pays for itself with just one client booked!
learn all about how to make cold calling your friend
shape your 'lift speech' or USP in a way that engages others
learn how to use embedded commands to win over prospects
calculate how to build in telephone calls to make the sort of income you really want
Written by a European expert on telephone skills, Senior and Mentor Coach Wendy Jeffery, this course has been 2 years in the development and is available to all Noble Manhattan students and coaches at a special price -
14 Chapters on line for you to download as fast as you want, backed up with audio links and scripts, this could be the best investment you make in your business;
Convert more enquiries
Win more clients
Be happy and successful on the telephone
Click here to learn more -
http://www.noble-manhattan.com/landing_pages/2grow/
we are proud to launch this unique course into the coaching world, another first for Noble Manhattan..
Marketing on The WEB
As a coach, finding the right way to present yourself and your services on the web in a way that's compelling and persuasive, while preserving your integrity, is no small feat.
My friend Andy O'Bryan has been writing effective web copy for the coaching industry for over 4 years, and his results have been nothing short of outstanding.
He has a unique understanding of the coaching business and has an amazing rapport with his clients. That's probably why all his business is through referrals and repeat customers.
Andy is accepting new clients. You can go to his website at www.copyforcoaches.com to learn more about him and to schedule a complimentary 30-minute strategy session. Or you can call him directly at (001 ) 315-736-3600.
Warmest Regards
The Noble Manhattan Team
Opportunity to Submit Articles
Fingertips Coaching are looking for experienced (ie been successfully working as coach for 2+ years) coaches to contribute articles to our newsletter ‘By Coaches for Coaches’. Our readership is made up of other established coaches and we hope to share best practice, ways to gain new clients and latest developments from all around the world. We are looking to profile an article by a contributing coach in each newsletter and although this is NOT an opportunity for a sales pitch, it does mean free publicity for you!
So if you would like to contribute a short article, or want to let us know what YOU would like to more about in 2009, please email nicola@growmycoachingbusiness.com. Obviously if you would like to sign up to the newsletter, please feel free to go to www.fingertipscoaching.com and do exactly that!
best wishes
Nicola
connect to me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/growmycoachingbusiness
follow me on www.twitter.com/nicolabird
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Opportunity for Account Executives
Wanted - Business for Coaches is delighted to announce an opportunity for Account Executives to join us in growing Business for Coaches world-wide.
Environment ; Work from home.
Hours ; 4 hours a week min.
Equipment ; Phone, computer access to internet (receipted bills re-reimbursed) broadband and skype useful.
Reward ; (To be discussed*)
Experience ; Confident telephone manner, previous sales experience useful or at least a genuine desire to succeed, acomplished networker.
Personality profile; Motivated by working to targets/league tables, disciplined self-starter, genuine networker, ability to follow through.
Training ; *Full training with downloadable CD, standard letter pack, promotional material etc all provided.
Job Description ; Working as part of a team in a structured way to promote Business for Coaches over the phone/internet to increase membership.
If you wish to participate in this unique opportunity, then respond by sending your one page profile to me at dawncampbell@businessforcoaches.com
Work with the ECI
Volunteer Request
External Communications
A volunteer is required to work within the Operations Team to provide a communication link between the ECI and its externally accredited course providers.
As a newly created role, it is envisaged that the post holder will be responsible for contacting externally accredited course providers to ensure that the courses they are providing meet the standards set and expected by the ECI. It will be their role to make recommendations to both the course provider and the ECI in relation to development of action plans. This could be either developmental or recommending direct action where infringements occur.
An additional aspect of the role is to develop strong relationships with the course providers and to make recommendations for further accredited status where appropriate.
Working directly with the operations team, there will be strong links to other departments, including Marketing, Accreditation, Enquiries and Sales.
Contact David Payne
david-payne@the-eci.org
2 new volunteer VA opportunities
www.businessforcoaches.com
has 2 new volunteer VA opportunities to offer in return for FREE annual membership
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PR
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Web Research
Join our team of volunteer virtual assistants and benefit from free membership and access to over £700 worth of downloadable bonuses
and so much more!
In addition, for EVERY new member YOU introduce, you'll EARN £69.50
Valid now until 30/01/09 so you'll make money too!
Time commitment is approx 5 hrs a week
Interested?
Then provide brief details of your background & skills to dawncampbell@businessforcoaches.com |
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Newsletters that sell
Headlines - the most powerful part of your marketing communication
The headline is, without argument, the most important part of ANY
marketing communication - whether that is a sales letter, print
advertisement, web page, brochure or exhibition stand.
Why "without argument"? Simple - you can have written the best marketing
copy in the world - a real copywriting dream - but unless you can excite
readers enough to read it then all your effort is totally wasted. If your
headline does not captivate your reader's attention they will not [repeat,
will not!] read the rest of your communication.
Add to this the fact that you only have between 3 and 8 seconds to capture
the reader's attention you can quickly see why a headline has to work
hard.
The key word here is ATTENTION. You need to grab the reader by the scruff
of the neck and shake them!
So how do you achieve this?
Here are 4 simple steps to help you write POWERFUL headlines:
1. Define WHO it is you want to capture the attention of. Write it
down. What makes your product/service valuable to them?
2. Personalise it.
A good tip here is to consider the fact that your headline will be read by
one person at a time and write accordingly. Think about the reader as a
person - an individual
3. Tell the reader what is the most important benefit to them, as an
individual.
4. Use power words - You, Free, New, Fast, Guaranteed, Proven, Just
£100 etc.
Your headline should achieve one of the following:
a) Immediately convey the benefit on offer - e.g. "cut
the cost of your motor insurance in half!"
b) Imply the benefit - e.g. "Are you looking to reduce
the cost of your motor insurance?"
c) Ask a compelling question - e.g. "What would you do
if I offered you £1000 in cash?"
d) Give the reader important information, that may be
new to them - e.g. "Are you aware that over 192 million days are lost each
year through staff illness?"
Why not try collecting headlines from mailings, press advertisements etc.
that you have seen? You may just see one that you can adapt to your
business! After all the big advertisers [Virgin, Egg, Orange etc.] employ
the best copywriters in the world - that is how they make their living.
And you can benefit from their expertise FREE OF CHARGE!
One final tip - AVOID USING HUMOUR - it very rarely works. What may be
hilariously funny to you probably isn't to the next person!
Testimonials - how to get the most from this FREE marketing
Testimonials are a great way of adding credibility to what you do. They
can help convince people that your service or product is good - it is as
simple as that!
How often have you been to see a prospective customer, who you know needs
your product or service and can afford to pay for it, but just needs a
little extra persuasion? Maybe they don't quite believe that you can
deliver what you claim you can, or whether it is safe to buy from you -
after all they may not know you from Adam!
What this prospective customer is asking you to do is to prove to them
that they can believe you. And what better way to show them what other
customers have said about you! You wheel out your file of testimonials!
But how do you go about getting customers to give you testimonials?
Simple answer: ASK THEM!
You have nothing to be afraid of if you think about it - they are
satisfied with your service so why shouldn't they be prepared to tell
other people?
With this in mind, there are 3 ways to actually get customer testimonials:
1. Ring them up and ask them!
Simply pick up the telephone and say, "Were you happy with XYZ? Would you
be prepared to give me a testimonial that I could use?"
Simple as that!
Truth is that whilst most people will find it impossible to say "No" they
often won't get round to actually writing one for you. Or if they do it
might not be exactly what you are looking for.
2. Write the testimonial for them
Once you have agreement from someone that they are prepared to give you a
testimonial, take the effort away from them.
Write the testimonial on their behalf and fax it over to them with the
following note:
"Thanks very much for agreeing to provide a testimonial on my behalf. As I
know you are extremely busy I have taken the liberty of drafting a few
words on your behalf.
If you are happy with the content would you please sign and fax back to me
on headed paper.
Many thanks in advance. Etc."
3. Use client satisfaction surveys to gather testimonials
Everyone should routinely conduct customer satisfaction surveys as a
matter of course - if you are not ask yourself "why not?". Are you
frightened of what you may hear? Or do you not care about what your
customers think about you? Or are you unsure of what to ask?
Customer satisfaction surveys are an easy to obtain testimonials if you
just ask!
For example use the following questions:
a) on a scale of 1 to 10 [where 1 is excellent and 10 is awful] how
well have we......
b) on a scale of 1 to 10 how satisfied are you with our service to you?
c) If you experience has been positive would you care to provide a
testimonial for use in our promotional materials?
Don't forget them to ask for signed permission to use it before you print
it anywhere.
Remember testimonials can be a very powerful sales tool, a form a valuable
part of your sales tool-kit. Plus they are very easy AND FREE to get!
Need a hand? Call Professional Mailing on 0870 735 5385 - we will be happy
to have a free and no obligation discussion about how we could help you
grow your business.
Why do we do this? A word from the team at Professional Mailing
So there you go - more simple and effective ways to boost your business
performance TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE courtesy of Professional Mailing.
Only the other day someone asked me, "Do you charge for your newsletters
and fact sheets?" and when I told them "No" they wanted to know why we
produce them if we are not going to charge for them.
The answer is simple - these newsletters hopefully give you an idea of we
can help you grow your business! When you need additional help then
hopefully you will ask us to help you.
All we ask in the meantime is that you tell other people about what you
have read and encourage them to register to receive their tip filled
newsletters.
Thanks and good luck.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
ED MARTIN
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As soon as you trust yourself,
you will know how to live."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Warmest Regards
The Noble Manhattan Team
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