Mentor Coach Tips

Achieve Online Identity Nirvana

Expatriate Coach Anne Egros recently shared this nifty little digital identity test in her blog. 

Visit the Reach Online Identity Calculator, answer a few easy questions about how often and when your name shows up in a Google search, and find out if your web presence is digitally disasterous, dabbling or distinct.

In this era of branding, standing out in the crowd by being clear about who you are, who you serve and what you offer is important. 

New coaches often get stuck worrying over a website.  Yes, a website helps communicate your message and establish credibility.  But so does showing up in thoughtful, relevant ways around the web -- in blog posts, Amazon book reviews, social networking sites.  Start with a LinkedIn.com profile and keep building.

Here's the source article for the complete story: What's Your GQ? Build Your Google Quotient

btw, by writing this post I just added to Anne's digital identity ... see how it can grow on its own?

Free -- Yes, Free -- Phone Conferencing

I don't understand how they do it, but they do it! There is no longer any need to pay annual rental fees -- sometimes upwards of $1,000 -- for a phone conference bridge line.

If you've been thinking of trying group coaching, leading a teleclass, or hosting a discussion group, do it now. Don't let worries about access to teleconference bridge lines get in your way. Both FreeAudioConferencing.com and FreeConference.com provide 100-person bridge lines at no cost to you. The fine print is this: Long distance charges do apply for your callers  unless, of course, your callers are lucky enough to be in the area code of the assigned phone number.

Callers will hear a short "commercial" for the provider when they dial in, but it's a small price to pay. You can get going with your ideas for group programs, and you don't have to worry about a high price tag. This will cost you, if you don't take advantage of it! Imagine the possibilities...

When you are ready to step up the pace, both services provide cost- effective ways to remove the commercial ($9.95 per month at FreeAudioConferencing.com), obtain a toll-free dial-in number (10 cents a minute per caller, charged to you, at FreeConference.com), or even download MP3 recordings of the call ($10 from FreeAudioConferencing.com).

My favorite? FreeAudioConferencing.com -- they assign a phone number and host/participant codes for use at any time, making it easy to provide the same dial-in instructions for each session of a program series. Go ahead and try it, and tell me what you think. Maybe we can even schedule a conference call to discuss these conference calls...