How do successful coaches and consultants make money and make a difference? You have to be good at networking, marketing and sales. That’s why Seal the Deal belongs on any new or experienced professional’s desk. It will help you avoid pitfalls made in all three of these key areas and increase your effectiveness. In this unique book, you’ll follow the …

You’ve been following your business plan yet your business is flat. What is missing? Most coaching business plans are composed of activities that are actually tools for keeping an already-built market engaged until they are ready (if ever) to purchase your service or commodity. They miss the first and most essential step: describing, finding, and building a list of people …

There are many approaches to getting new clients as a coach, but most of the coach training programs out there don’t do a great job of preparing coaches to succeed in the marketplace. Whether you’re a life coach, business coach, or executive coach, you’ll likely need a process that allows you to build, grow, and keep your coaching practice or …

People who know us we know them, widely constitute our social network. So when we refer to human social networking, we literally mean: "Knowing the right person in the right place".

The question I’m asked by coaches all over the world, which is “How do I get more clients?” And more specifically, “How do I make it easy and comfortable to consistently get more clients?” In February 2013, my team launched the Seal the Deal Success Kit to answer that question. Ten years later it is still relevant! If you aren’t …

Have you ever noticed that the coach training schools and programs do a great job of teaching us how to be excellent coaches, but not such a great job of teaching how to get more coaching clients or run your business most effectively?  You may have read some of the articles in this library from bestselling author and executive coach, …

You can download the entire ebook: Seal the Deal Networking: How Coaches Connect with Leaders in the Age of Social Media,  by Suzi Pomerantz. We live in the Age of Social Media.  This e-book will tell you all you need to know about the critical mindsets for how to leverage social media to your networking advantage! Learn from The #1 Most …

As you explore how you currently go about organizing your time as it pertains to business development, don’t concern yourself with recommended percentages or the right way of doing it

The following article was contributed by: http://sealthedealsuccesskit.com/ This article includes a chart that shows you how to distinguish between networking, marketing and sales, the key terms of business development. ©2005. Suzi Pomerantz, Innovative Leadership International LLC. All rights reserved. Excerpted from Seal the Deal: The Essential Mindsets for Growing Your Professional Services Business People often misuse the term Marketing to …

Identify your current mindsets about sales and see how you can re-frame it for yourself to be something that aligns with what’s true for you.