Six Reasons to Build a Phone Coaching Business

by LaSara Firefox, www.lasarafirefox.com

The benefits of transitioning your face-to-face practice to a phone-based model are numerous. Here are six reasons to begin that transition today.

1. Geographical availability:

You can be anywhere, and serve clients all over the world. I’ve had clients in three countries at one time. This is a great benefit for anyone who wants to build a global perspective into their work.

2. Mobility in work and life:

You can travel, and still be available to your clients. I’ve been able to serve my coaching clients while I was traveling in the Middle East, on the east coast on book tour, and in Los Angeles on business. I’ve even been able to help a client with a time-sensitive issue by carving ten minutes out of a family vacation.

The freedom and security of being able to be mobile and still serve your clients is a huge benefit.

3. You’ll save time and money:

Fewer hours traveling means less money spent on gas, and fewer hours wasted in your workday. And, your clients don't need to travel to you either, so you're saving your clients time and money, too.

With gas currently at over $4.25 per gallon, I’m sure you can see how this could change your life for the better. Say you drive 60 miles a day (30 to work and 30 back home), your car gets 25 miles to the gallon, you drive to the office 5 days a week, and you’re paying $4.25 a gallon; you spend $204 a month on gas to get to the office and back.

Working from home, you stand to save nearly $2500 a year on work-related gas money alone!

Time-wise, I’m sure we can all think of better ways to spend the hour-or-so a day saved by not commuting. A few ideas; hanging out with loved ones. Marketing your services. Exercising. Taking a bath. Reading a new magazine. Talking with a friend.

4. You’ll Reduce your carbon footprint:

Working again with the driving distance of 60 miles a day (a low-average for most Americans), five days a week, your car at 25 miles to the gallon, you are producing 11,290 pounds of carbon a year.

You could buy “carbon offsets” (see carbonfootprint.com for more info), but why not just ax the negative impact of use, and cut straight to the chase?

5. You can work from home:

How great would it be to be there when your kids get home from school? I can tell you it's really great. I build in a break at 3:20 on my "kid days", so that when my girls get off the bus I can give (and get) hugs, hear about the school day, hang out for a few, share a snack, and set the monkeys up with activities before I dive back in to my work.

You can coach in an environment that is comfortable to you, and your clients can simultaneously be in environments that are comfortable to them. I love to take coaching calls in my yard on temperate days, where I can be held by nature, connected to beauty, and totally available to my client on all levels. Where would you most like to have your “floating office”?

6. Flexibility in scheduling:

You can choose what hours you want to be on the phone, and work it around your life. As opposed to an office environment, you have the flexibility to easily accommodate clients in other time zones or with non-standard work hours.

And, you can shape your coaching hours around your own needs, too. Like to go for a run after coffee, but before the heat of the day sets in? Me too! I build my schedule to support my self-care routine.

Not sure where to start? Check out the offerings at Greenfield Coaching Institute, by visiting my website at www.lasarafirefox.com.

About the author:

LaSara FireFox, MPNLP, is a master practitioner and trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), life coach, educator, and professional speaker. LaSara helps her clients to find balance in their lives, and alignment with their personal and family-held values.

In addition, LaSara is a mother of two, a successful author (Sexy Witch, nonfiction/self-help, Llewellyn Worldwide, 2005), founder of Ecstatic Presence Project and Global Family Awakening: an educational, peace and humanitarian family adventure club, and co-founder of Greenfield Coaching Institute (GCI). She teaches and coaches internationally.