Welcome to The Coaching Angels Group

[Steve Terrell]

Allow me to introduce myself and why I'm here.

I have been an ordained minister in the Uniting Church in Australia for 16 years. Prior to that a Royal Australian Air Force radio & radar technician.

I'm fascinated by the recent applications of neurological research to how we communicate at a conversational level and how to create the best environment for insight and achievement.

I have also been trained with Results Coaching Systems as a coach. RCS's approach is based around the research into the brain, and particularly how people can come to their own insights and subsequently be highly motivated to achieve their goals.

My objective in coaching is to create an environment where "the light goes on" in my client's head rather than mine. It's not much good if I've worked out the solution to your problem or the path to your goal, and you haven't!

The reward I look for in my life encounters is seeing other people weave the threads of their life into a majestic tapestry, to be the best they can be. There's not much else that gives me a greater thrill.

Now some cynics like to then ask me, "If that's your reward, why do you charge for coaching?" The answer is simple.
1. I need to live and I like the idea of earning an income doing something I love.
2. It works better for the client because they have a significant investment in making it work.
3. I have a satisfaction guaranetee so if my clients aren't satisfied, I'm happy to make a full refund, so the risk is actually all on my side.
4. I'm working on a bigger project called "2HandsUp" which will bring together the two groups I think are most likely to change the world: business leaders & youth. This of course will need money to get going, so some of my coaching income will support this as it starts up.

So, that's where this groups starts. Now it's over to you. let's see what we can make together!

Steve.

[Brian Verhoeven]

Hey Steve im Brian Verhoeven i am a memmber of gfl , www.giftsforlife.tv/lighthouse08 but im also a memmber of another program take a look and see what you think www.scooby1.eliteresurrected.org i wont be back on till thisafternoon in idaho thanks Brian i need coaching thees are the only programs im in and i cant addvetise gota go get on the truck thanks

[Steve Terrell]

Hi Brian,
Thanks for dropping by. I'll have a look at your programs, but I can also assist with marketing strategies. It's almost midnight here (Australia) so it'll have to wait until tomorrow now, but perhaps you can share briefly what strategies you are currently using. Hope to hear from you soon.
Steve.

PS. here's a letter I sent to one of my colleagues. It may have some useful tips.

Here are some links and info you may find useful.

WEBSITE
Bluehost website hosting: http://www.bluehost.com/track/2globalguys/footer
Don’t buy yourself a domain name. Signup to Bluehost. You get one free with them!

www.Drupal.org is the place I mentioned that you can use to create a website of your own using a template. You do need a place to host it though, such as Bluehost.

However, in the meantime, I suggest you use a free website and blog such as MySpace to get you started. You can customise your MySpace page to suit yourself. Here’s mine: http://www.myspace.com/steventerrell

You can make these sites really good looking with a little bit of work and learning a few tricks. You almost don’t need a domain of your own with this. However serious business people may be a bit suspect of another business that only has a MySpace site. Probably better to have both at some stage.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO)
Have a look at Veretekk. www.steveterell.veretekk.com
This is a HUGE system that provides you with everything you need to make sure your webpage is found. There is also fantastic training. You can get a free membership by signing up at this page. From there you can access a limited range of the site’s features to get a taste for it. It takes awhile to get “up to speed” but you’ll love it once it gets going for you. The best part is the training. There are two paid levels, Silver & Gold. Silver gets you the SEO tools. Gold gets you a lot more plus the opportunity to make income from your Veretekk system. I think the Gold is about $50/mth which is excellent value for money.

NETWORKING
Here are some of my favourite tools for business networking.
• LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/steve2globalguys
• Plaxo – I sent you an invitation to this. The big advantage of Plaxo is that it integrates with your Outlook address book and calendar, and also with LinkedIn. You can also create a signature like the one in my email for nothing.
• GibLink http://www.gibline.com/steveterrell This is a bit more oriented towards income generation but is worth a look at. It’s not a freebie like the others.

If you’re going to use networking I’d suggest you get another email for that purpose. You can get a bit of junk! Gmail is free and has plenty of storage space. Generally, if you’re going to market on line you’ll need three email accounts.
1. A personal address that you give to your clients and hot prospects
2. An admin address that you use for communication from your marketing tools such as Plaxo, etc.
3. A marketing address that goes out to the internet
There are at least two good reasons why you should use networking sites.
1. Because you meet people and some of them will become clients for you.
2. Because if you include your name, your keywords and you links to your site/s you’ll increase the size of the search engine “dragnet” for your website! Remember, more links to your site means a better ranking.

Now a hint for making sure you get found. (Note: I’m still working on this but I can assure you it works from results of people I know and respect. Try Googling “Butch Hamilton”. You’ll see his stuff coming up in every listing page for at least the first 20 pages of the results! Butch is one of the owners of Verete

[Steve Terrell]

Now go and find some forums to join. Just Google “forums”. These are usually free. Choose topics you enjoy and find interesting. Make sure you post your comments in a way that contributes to the forum. If they think you’re just advertising they’ll kick you off. Check the rules about what your signature can include. Eg. some don’t let you include a website address.

ARTICLES
Another great way to get found by search engines and read by people who have a particular topic focus, is to post articles. Posting articles can be quite tiresome because you have to jump through quite a few hops to get into them. They are usually manually vetted (which can sometimes mean that your article isn’t posted for a month or so), and can be quite topic specific. I have a piece of software you can buy that will help you post much more easily.
Here is the link to the submitter package.
http://steveterre.bundleprofits.com/ArticleSubmitter

COMMUNICATION TOOLS
Skype is a really useful tool for voice (and camera) communication. It’s free Skype to Skype, and very low cost for calling to and from fixed line phones and mobiles. Download it here: www.skype.com and you can add me “steve.terrell” to your contacts. Again, it connects with Outlook too.

Vereconference is really nice for groups. It’s not free but is very low cost and bullet-proof reliable for voice, sharing web pages and whiteboards, etc. Terrific training tool! You can get it through Veretekk.