Becoming a blogger or adding a blog to your coaching site is easier than you think. You may have thought you’d like to create a blog but stopped yourself because you didn’t know where to start. Perhaps you’re a bit fearful of the technical aspects of setting up a blog.

To get started blogging you need to know how to create a blog and what to write about. You can access 10 video tutorials and a report below that shows you how.

Best part – they’re both free.

>> Blogging Tutorials and Roadmap

You can watch 10 video tutorials and learn the technical aspects of setting up a blog via the above link. The topics of these videos range from how to get a domain name and web host to choosing and installing WordPress themes and plugins. If any of that sounds foreign, don’t worry, the terms are explained in the videos.

While you’re there, remember to download the 60+ page report on becoming a blogger. You’ll learn:
- how to pick a topic for your blog;
- the 5 milestones for a successful blog; and
- 13 X-factors that will boost your blog traffic via social media.

I’ve watched all the videos and read the report more than once. They’re excellent.

Get started blogging!

Sue
P.S. Already blogging? Want one more free report on how to make money from your blog? It’s more advanced than the report and videos above and covers the types of blog posts you can make (including the infamous pillar article), ways to market your blog, and how to monetize your blog. Blog Profits Blueprint

Whether you’re already a coach or thinking about becoming one, you may have perceptions about coaching, coach training and certification, or the business of coaching that may or may not be true.

A myth, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone.”

For instance, you may have heard the story about the women who cut off the ends of the ham before she baked it. Her husband asked her why she did it that way and she replied “that’s the way my mother did it.” When she asked her mother why she cut the ends off the ham, her mother said “my pan was too small so I had to cut off the ends to make it fit.”

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The Coaching Commons announced on June 2nd that they hired Mark Joyella, an Emmy winning journalist to report on coaching.

In the past most online coaching magazines or portal sites had coaches – whether paid or volunteer – produce the content and news. Hiring a journalist from outside the coaching industry, especially one of Mark’s caliber, is bold for two reasons:
1. journalists aren’t afraid to tell the truth, and
2. he’ll see the industry from a different perspective.

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Every time we turn on the news or read the newspaper there is a story about the declining health of the economy. We have two choices. We can either do nothing or we can take action. Doing nothing increases stress and feelings of hopelessness while taking action gives us hope and energy.

This is the perfect time to turn your passion or expertise into a part-time business. A business allows you to supplement the income you earn from your job and take control of your economic destiny. In addition, you could even aim to grow your business so that the business income equals or surpasses your job income. Once this happens consistently, you can decide whether to stay in or leave your job. The ultimate in job security is when you don’t need your job income anymore.

Here are three ways to start a part-time business.

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The ICF Annual International Conference will be held Dec 2-5, 2009 in Orlando, Florida

The theme for the coaching conference is “Global Conversations: Inspiring individuals, Building communities, Impacting the world.” Registration opened in early May.

For more information visit: ICF Coaching Conference.