Important note: This is a critical and independent review and not a salesletter or an ad! The author of this review is not paid to write this review.

Product description and format

Downloadable ebook, PDF-file, 50 pages.

Review

Coaching - whether it's personal life coaching or executive coaching - has become more and more hot during the last 5-10 years. More and more books are being written on the subject, and membership sites pop up. and almost no reputable consultant leaves out the title, "coach", as part of his or her job description.

The author of this manual, David Wood, emphasizes in his sales letter for this book that starting your own coaching business is by no means a get-quick-rich-scheme. You can make a decent amount of money as a coach, provided you know how to do it. A few coaches actually make a lot of money. But if you just do it for the money, it's a bad idea to look for a coaching career.

"The CoachStart Manual" by David Wood is a really fine introduction to coaching as a business. David Wood shows you how to become a coach, how to set up your business, which dangers you should look out for, how to get customers etc.

"The CoachStart Manual" is very readable, and you get a good help to start your own coaching business.

I like the way that David Wood shares his own experiences with you the reader. This is not a dry and boring theoretical treatise. It's more like one person telling another (you, the reader) how to do what he's himself done.

The manual isn't long (just around 50 pages). But I think that's commendable. There seems to be a tendency among some authors and marketers to think that, 'longer is better'. 

Personally I want to get the information I'm looking for as quickly as possible, without having to read hundreds and hundreds of pages that just endlessly repeat and repeat what's already been said.

"The CoachStart Manual" gives you just the information you need. You get a really good help to start your own coaching business. David Wood dares to say his own, personal opinion. You don't just get a lot of alternatives. No, David Wood shows you, based on his own experience, what works and what doesn't.

David Wood's manual (and his web sites in general) is an excellent example on a marketer who's found a niche he "burns" for. Something he really has a true interest, and which he earns money on.

Overall assessment

I've personally read several books on coaching - both some dealing with the coaching process itself and some dealing with the business aspect.

"The CoachStart Manual" is a really fine and helpful introduction to how you can start your own coaching business. It's based on the practical experiences of a coach who's himself already 'gone the way'. David Wood shares what he's discovered works, and what doesn't.

If you're interested in starting a successful coaching business, if you're wondering how you get customers, "The CoachStart Manual" is a fine and really useful guide along the way.

Price (at the time of this writing)

US $99

Buying information

Website

http://www.coachstart.com
 

Email

support@solutionbox.com

Postal address

Australian and International Contact:

David Wood
c/ Carmel Corbett
SolutionBoxT Pty. Ltd.
31 Furlong Drive
Moffat Beach, QLD
Q4551Australia

(02) 9420 2660 (phone)
(07) 5499 7440 (fax)

 

Phone

(07) 5499-7455 (within Australia)

61 7 5499-7455 (International)

011 61 7 5499-7455 (from US)

Fax

International:

61 2 9418 7663