Where are the Great Coach Blogs?

Are You There?

As Denise Wakeman and I make our last minute preparations for our flight into the blogosphere (Tuesdays, 8:45 p.m. ET) I am searching for great coach/consultant blogs.

I am surprised! There aren't that many! Sure, there were some created last year...and then their owners just stopped posting. I don't know about you, but I am just not that excited about reading a blog with a last entry date six months ago.

This is good news and bad news. It means that many independent professionals aren't taking advantage of this easy tool to create a web presence, establish credibility and expertise, and set up dynamic client interaction. Too bad for them!

Good news for you, if you are a coach, consultant or any other independent professional in the personal development field. Why? Because you can get into the forefront. You can create a blog and be right up there with the few stars that know about this great creative tool. And, if you have anything to say, and have a knack for saying it, you will get yourself known. And, because search engines love blogs and pick up easily on their key word-rich format, your rankings will go up. Even if your web site is static, just an online brochure, you can start to get more visits to both your web site and blog.

Here are some coach blogs we've found so far. Please let me know of any others you come across. Denise and I are writing a book and would like to include as many interviews and sample blogs as possible.

http://www.ggci.com/blog/

www.bergerblog.com

http://lifecoaching-alternativehealing.blogspot.com/

http://business-coaching.blogspot.com/

http://coachblog.halmacomber.com/

http://www.bloglines.com/blog/TerriLevine 

http://theseductionofthemind.typepad.com/

http://www.howtobecomeahero.com/

If you would like to set up your own business blog, Denise and I will show you how. Class still has 5 places left, and you can attend for $47. Even if you can't attend, that's worth the price of the ebook and audio files.

Register here:

http://www.ecomincs.com/app/javanof.asp?MerchantID=50408&ProductID=2146414

Hope to see you Tuesday Jan. 18, 8:45 p.m. ET, and for all four Tuesdays!

Patsi

Comments

[Des Walsh]

Hi

I'm challenged by your call for 'great coach/consultant blogs'. Are you looking for blogs about coaching/consulting or - a broader category I suspect - blogs by coaches/consultants?
I started out last year, with a number of other coaches, endeavouring to do a blog about coaching. I found that this was not a good fit for me - felt I had to keep coming up with "coaching principles" and such. I now have a blog - http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com which is about home based business and I see this as a way of promoting my capabilities, including my coaching skills, to that sector. I have more fun with this and I'm pretty sure I have wider readership.
Des

[Kathy Mallary]

I'm a coach who recently jumped into the deep end of the blogging pond -- and was amazed at how few fish there are! I'm glad to have come across your site.

Best wishes,
Kathy Mallary

[Michael D. Pollock]

Thanks for the list Patsi. I was wondering the same thing. Why don't more coaches blog. Is it a time issue? Nothing to say? What?

[Kim Black]

I'm the Business Agility Coach, and I've been blogging for several years.

Why don't more coaches blog?
Coaches, like most business people, may not realize the ability of a blog to reach out and grab an audience.

Time is also a factor, when you're trying to keep your marketing head above water, its difficult to find the time to write articles, post to a blog, create an ezine and still keep money coming in.

Fear of writing can be signficant for people who hate writing or are intimidated by writing.

Lack of interest. To some, blogging may feel like yet another technology trend to keep track of.

But, we blogging coaches are out there - come visit! Take a stab at blogging, you just might find it works for you.