Yup, it’s true. Creating content is essential to any online business, especially if you're a life coach in the wellness space. Whether you're creating organic content or leveraging a content marketing strategy, having quality, engaging pieces can play a significant role in building “know, like, and trust” with your potential clients.

Benefits of Creating Organic Content

I know what you’re thinking: does organic content even work anymore? Yes, it does. Creating organic content is essential for online businesses as it can help increase visibility, improve brand awareness, enhance client engagement, and drive more traffic and sales.

Increased Visibility

The problem is that not everyone will see your content on social media. When you create organic content that speaks to the actual problems your ideal client is looking to solve, this helps increase your business's visibility by appearing in search engine results.

By creating high-quality content optimized with relevant keywords, you can reach a larger audience and gain more exposure. Additionally, you can further expand the reach of your content when you promote your core content on social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram.

Improved Brand Awareness

How exactly does creating organic content improve brand awareness? How has brand awareness helped Marie Forleo? Marie is well known for her online business program B-School. I’d be surprised who hasn’t heard of Marie in the online space.

Like Marie, you can create organic content that helps improve brand awareness by focusing on one thing your coaching or business is known for. Allowing you an opportunity for your business to showcase its expertise.

Increased Traffic & Sales

Creating organic content is a great way to build your online presence and engage with clients. The types of content you create will depend on your business's goals, so let's explore what options are available.

Types of Content to Create

Blog Posts: Blog posts are one of the most popular types of content for businesses to create. They can be used to share information, promote products or services, and engage with clients. Even if your primary creative content in your online business is a podcast or YouTube video, your strategy must also contain blog posts, including relevant keywords and optimized titles to improve search engine rankings. Additionally, blog posts should be written in an engaging tone that resonates with your readers.

Videos and Podcasts: Videos and podcasts are great ways for your business to reach a wider audience and establish yourself as a thought leader in your niche. When creating videos or podcasts, it is important to focus on topics that interest viewers or listeners while providing valuable insights into your business’s offerings.

Social Media Posts: Social media is a powerful tool for connecting with your ideal clients online. Use your favorite social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, to post updates about your one-on-one services, group coaching, or courses.

Social media posts must follow the relevant trends while still feeling authentic to you. I don’t know about you, but there is no way this girl is dancing and pointing on social media. You want to capture attention quickly so users do not scroll past your post. But here’s the thing: if it makes me feel completely out of integrity, your ideal client will be able to sense that. It’s the unspoken language. Instead, use strong visuals to capture attention quickly from users scrolling through their feeds. Using carousel posts on Instagram is the perfect example of this.

Infographics and Visuals: Infographics are visual representations of data, making it easier for people to understand complex concepts quickly without reading long paragraphs of text first. They often contain statistics related to the topic being discussed along with other relevant images like charts, graphs, maps, etc. These visuals can help make your message more impactful than just words alone. Please keep in mind that these, too, must be authentic to your brand.

Ebooks are longer-form pieces of content that allow you to dig deeper into a subject matter than what would normally fit within a blog post. Ebooks are a fantastic way to grow your email list by having people subscribe to your list to receive it.

Strategies for Creating Quality Content

Research Your Ideal Client and Topics: Knowing your ideal client is key to creating quality content. Researching who you are writing for, their interests, and the problems they are actively looking to solve will help ensure that your content connects with them. A great way to do this is by creating a survey or reaching out to your ideal client and asking if they would be interested in a coffee chat so that you’re able to understand their business and pain points.

Additionally, researching trending topics in your niche can provide ideas for new content pieces or ways to update existing ones.

Keywords: Your content should include relevant keywords to help search engines understand what it is about and make it easy to find when people search online. When choosing keywords, consider what people would use when looking for information related to the topic of your article.

Optimize For Search Engines: Search engine optimization is important in making your content reach its ideal audience. This includes using meta tags such as titles and descriptions, formatting headings correctly, including internal links within the text, adding alt-text to images, and more.

Now, this is important; incorporating images and multimedia elements, maybe GIFS if that’s your thing, into a piece of written content can help break up large blocks of text, making it more engaging and visually appealing.

Additionally, adding elements such as your YouTube videos or podcast can provide additional ways for your readers to consume your content.

Creating quality content requires research, optimization, and visuals to engage your audience. Creating content can be easier and more efficient with the right tools.

Tools to Help You Create Content Easily

Creating content can be a daunting task, but luckily there are tools available to make the process easier. Writing tools like Grammarly and Hemingway Editor helps you create quality written content quickly and easily. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you check for grammar, spelling, punctuation errors, and more in your writing. Grammarly was one of the very first tools I invested in and continue to invest in with my online business. Hemingway Editor is a great tool for improving readability by helping you simplify complex sentences and highlight passive voice usage. Hemingway has a free and paid version, but I continue to use the free version.

Design tools such as Canva are great options for easily creating visuals, workbooks, and social media posts. Canva provides templates that allow users to customize their graphics with text overlays, images, shapes, icons, and more. I love Canva; invest in the paid version. It’s so worth it! 

Video editing software, Descript, is the only tool you need to write, record, transcribe, edit, collaborate, and share your videos and podcasts. It’s as easy as editing a word doc. 

Creating content doesn't have to be a daunting task. With the right tools, you can create engaging and high-quality content easily and efficiently. Now that we've covered the tools needed to help you create great content let's look at best practices for promoting it.

During a recent consultant call I heard, “For the longest time, I thought that I couldn’t use the same content for Facebook, Instagram, or my blog. I had to create new unique content for everything. I never got any clients but I have a lifetime’s worth of content.”

Friend, if this is you. Right now today, please repurpose your content. This could involve taking old blog posts or videos and transforming them into something new by adding fresh visuals or different angles on the same topic; creating infographics from data-heavy articles, or converting long-form written pieces into shorter video clips that can be shared across multiple channels quickly and efficiently.

One last thing before I move on from repurposing content. Start a social media content bank with all your post information in a project management system like Asana. Add your content to a task and schedule it to recur every 90 days or so.

Finally, monitoring performance metrics is essential in order to measure the success of any promotional efforts made around a piece of content. This could include tracking views, likes/shares/comments, measuring time spent reading/watching, looking at website analytics such as page views per session, and understanding where traffic has come from (e.g. organic search vs. referral). All these metrics give valuable insights into how successful each campaign has been, which helps inform future decisions about promotion strategies going forward.

FAQs in Relation to Why is Creating Content Important

Why is it important to create good content?

Creating good content is essential for any online business or life coach. Quality content helps to build trust with potential clients, establishes credibility and authority in your niche, and increases visibility on search engines. It also serves as a valuable resource for readers who are looking for helpful information about a specific topic. Good content can help to engage visitors, convert leads into clients, and drive more traffic to your website. Ultimately, creating quality content is an important part of any successful online business or life coaching strategy.

What is important when creating content?

When creating content, it is important to ensure that the content is relevant and engaging. This means researching topics thoroughly and ensuring that the information provided is accurate and up-to-date. Additionally, it’s essential to create a clear structure for your content so readers can easily understand what you are trying to communicate. Finally, make sure to proofread your work before publishing in order to avoid any mistakes or typos. But, hey mistakes do happen you’re human, give yourself grace. By following these steps, you will be able to produce quality content that resonates with your audience.

What is the main purpose of content?

The main purpose of content is to provide valuable information and engage readers. Content should be tailored to your ideal client, providing relevant topics that are interesting and informative. It should also be crafted to encourage engagement, such as through storytelling or asking questions. Content can help build relationships with clients by establishing know, like, and trust, while also helping businesses reach their goals by driving traffic, leads, and sales. Ultimately, content helps create meaningful connections between you and your ideal client.

Time To Wrap This Up

Quality content can help to build trust with your audience, increase website traffic, and boost conversions. It’s essential to create organic content that resonates with your ideal client in order to make the most out of your efforts. With the right strategies and tools, you can easily create engaging content that will drive results for your business. By following best practices for promoting your content, you can ensure that it reaches its intended audience and drives maximum impact. Creating quality content is essential to a successful online business or life coaching strategy – so don’t forget about it!

Creating content is essential for any business, as it helps to drive traffic and create visibility. It's time to streamline the process of creating content with simple workflows that allow you to quickly produce high-quality pieces without sacrificing quality. With an efficient workflow in place, you can maximize your reach and increase engagement from ideal clients while still maintaining control over their brand identity. Investing in solutions like these will help ensure success for years later!

“What do you do after selling your service? How do you keep track of what needs to be fulfilled?” A question popped up in a group, sparking a discussion many of us can relate to. It's funny how often we overlook the importance of tracking open orders, especially after securing a coaching client during a flash sale. You’ll likely have a staggered onboarding, and some may even plan to start in a few months. It's crucial not to lose track, and here's how you can ensure everything stays organized in your coaching business.

Strategies and Tools for Effective Lead and Client Management

Managing leads and clients can indeed be overwhelming, particularly for coaches just starting. Implementing a system for tracking open orders is vital to ensure your marketing efforts are not useless. Let's look at some strategies and tools to help you stay organized and efficient.

Lead Management to Tracking Open Orders

If you’ve been around for any amount of time, you’ll know my belief that having a system in place is the first essential step. You can use a simple spreadsheet or a CRM tool like Honeybook to keep everything in check. Whether it's a project management tool such as Asana, Trello, or MeisterTask, these platforms can streamline your process. You can create tasks for each service request, assign them, set deadlines, and monitor progress. Remember, duplication of your lead template simplifies the process significantly.

A spreadsheet might seem basic for those just starting, but it's incredibly effective. I've assisted a multiple six-figure business coach who relied on Google Sheets for lead management. Tools like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets can help you maintain a detailed log of customer names, services provided, due dates, status updates, payments due, and links to essential documents.

Project Management Tool

Using a project management tool like Asana, Trello, or MeisterTask can help you manage and track your open orders.

You can create tasks or projects for each service request, assign them to team members, set deadlines, and track progress.

When a new lead comes in, simply duplicate your lead template and check off all the boxes. 

Use A Spreadsheet

As a new small business, even a simple spreadsheet will work. As I mentioned previously, I helped out a multiple six-figure business coach who utilized a Google Sheet for lead management in the past.

You can use a spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to track open orders or service requests. 

Create columns for details such as the customer's name, the service being provided, the due date, the request status, the start date, the end date, team member assigned along with payments due and links to supporting documents. 

Scheduling Tool

Using a scheduling tool like Calendly or TinyCal can be helpful if your coaching services need to be scheduled. This is a simple way to manage your availability and schedule appointments with future clients. This too, I’ve seen this in action with one of my past coaches. 

The process was simple and streamlined. 

Leads would fill out an application, and once reviewed and approved, email invitations with Calendly links would be sent to schedule a consultation.

If it were a “yes” client, following the onboarding process they would receive another Calendly link to book out all the calls with the coach. 

Regardless of which method you choose, it is essential to have a system in place to track your open orders so you can ensure that they are completed efficiently and on time.

Lead Qualification

When it comes to managing leads, it’s essential to know which is a good fit for your business. As much as you want, you can't be everything to everyone, so it's important to qualify your leads to find the ones that are a good fit for your coaching services. 

With this in mind, one way to do this is by asking qualifying questions during your initial contact with a lead. Without a doubt, a video call is the best way to get a good sense of who they are and if they’re serious about working with you.

Fortunately, there’s a simple solution. That is, create an application with good qualifying questions that will provide you with the information to decide if they are someone you’d like to work with. 

Here are a few basic questions:

• What are your specific goals or objectives?
• What challenges are you currently facing?
• How soon are you looking to start working with a coach?
• By asking these questions, you can quickly determine which leads are serious about working with you and which are not.

Lead Nurturing

But wait, just because a lead isn't a good fit at the moment doesn't mean they never will be. That's where lead nurturing comes in. 

Lead nurturing is building relationships with your leads and keeping them engaged until they are ready to become clients. This can be done through regular communication, such as email newsletters or quick check-ins on social media. 

Some ways to nurture leads or build up trust and respect include:

Sending out regular newsletters with valuable information and tips related to your coaching services.

Free resources, such as worksheets or e-books, can help your leads achieve their goals.

Follow up with leads regularly to check in and see how they progress.

Regularly nurturing your leads can keep them engaged and excited about working with you.

Client Management

Once a lead has become a client, it's necessary to have a system to manage their progress. This can include setting up regular check-ins and progress reports, as well as tracking their goals and progress. 

Some ways to manage your clients effectively include:

Make sure you have regular check-ins or progress reports to track their progress and make any necessary adjustments to their coaching plan.

Use a project management tool, such as Trello or Asana, to keep track of your client's goals and progress. 

Keep detailed notes of all communication and sessions with your clients so you can refer back to them as needed. Here’s a quick tip on note-taking: using a note-taking app during your calls will transcribe the call as you go.

During the call, the best thing to do is keep track of the action items from the call. At the end of the coaching session, review the action items and set a check-in date to keep your client accountable. 

Following the session consolidate notes, action items and other vital information in a Google Doc that can be shared with your client, this ensures everyone is on the same page.

It’s Time To Wrap This Up

The management of leads and clients is one of the most important aspects of growing a successful online business. In order to stay organized and ensure that you make the most of your time and resources, it is important that you pick a system that work for you. Whether it is a CRM tool, spreadsheet or project management software. Start with a simple process to qualify leads, nurture them, and manage your clients effectively. 

Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate you, and I hope you have a wonderful week!

The struggle to maintain work-life balance while running a work-from-home business, your family's busy schedule, along with Black Friday and end-of-the-year sales. I’m guessing most of you do it single-handedly, making the struggle oh-so-real.

Gratitude and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance

We've all heard about the power of gratitude, but did you know it can be a game-changer for entrepreneurs regarding work-life balance? Studies show that practicing gratitude can reduce stress, improve mental well-being, and boost creativity, all essential aspects of maintaining a healthy work-life balance for entrepreneurs. How can you cultivate gratitude in your daily hustle? Here are a few of my favorite ways to not lose sight of God’s blessings. 

Journaling 

At the time that I’m writing this, I’ve successfully journaled in the Day One app for 230 days. I’ve tried for years to be consistent with this practice. I’d find myself stopping because I let in all the noise about how I should be journaling. 

Nope, that’s not true. The best way to journal is the way that you’ll actually do it. What if pen to paper isn't working for you? That’s okay. Find a way that does work for you. As with everything in life and business, it is essential to find what works for you and what doesn’t work for you as an individual. 

Then, take a few minutes each day to jot down the things you're thankful for in your life and  entrepreneurial journey. Journaling out frustration, ideas, and gratitude helps to improve the work life balance of entrepreneurs.

Vocalizing Thanks

Do you struggle to pause and say “thank you”? Well, you’re not alone. I have lots of thank you thoughts that I don’t always pause to convey those thoughts to those around me. For what reason? It is a pretty lame excuse, when any excuse with do, busyness. Do you want to know something? If you pause and share your gratitude with others feels good to everyone involved. 

Expressing appreciation strengthens relationships and spreads positivity, improving entrepreneurs' work-life balance.

Reflecting on Progress

Do you take time to reflect on what is working in your business? Yes, most likely after a big launch, but how about the little things? Don't forget to look back and acknowledge how far you've come. Celebrating your wins, big or small, fuels your motivation and improves work life balance for entrepreneurs.

Setting Boundaries to Enhance Work-Life Balance for Entrepreneurs

While this one is not exclusive to entrepreneurship, it is felt wide and large across corporate America, too. While employees get time off, how many of them actually take time off? Most will be found with their face in their phone, checking emails.

Here’s the thing: burnout is the enemy of productivity and can significantly impact the work-life balance of entrepreneurs. As an online business, setting boundaries to protect your well-being and keep your priorities in check is crucial. 

Embracing Simplicity for Improved Work Life Balance of Entrepreneurs

In the world of entrepreneurship, things can get complex quickly as your online business grows. Even when you’re primarily a work-from-home business owner, as you begin to bring on remote team members, it will have an effect on how you balance your business and your family. With growth comes change that you’ll need to learn to navigate in this new season.

However, simplicity is often the key to success regarding the balance as a work-from-home business owner. Here's how you can simplify your business:

Streamlined Systems: Identify areas where you can streamline your operations. Are there repetitive tasks that can be automated?

Focus on Core Services: Keep your offerings simple and aligned with your strengths. Overcomplicating your services can lead to overwhelm, negatively impacting the balance you desire as a business owner looking for flexibility.