How to Start a Parent Coaching Business
If you want to start your own home based business, operating a parent coaching business may be just for you. Parent coaches are in demand. Parents want to improve their family life, relationships and parenting styles and are drawn to parent coaches to get help. Because parent coaches offer private services and can provide support over the phone, parents like the anonymity. Parents also like the support and encouragement that parent coaches provide. Once you become a certified parent coach, you can easily start your own parent coaching business by following these simple steps.
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How to Start a Parent Coaching Business
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Obtain your parent coaching certification. Organizations such as the Academy for Coaching Parents International offer certification in parent coaching.
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Enroll in a marketing course for small business owners. Some coaching programs offer a marketing course as part of their educational curriculum.
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Create your business plan. Outline your business values, philosophies, services and fees. What will you offer parents? Coaching over the phone? In person? What will it cost?
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Research the local, state and federal requirements for operating a small business. Your local clerks office, state attorney general's office, secretary of state and the IRS will have the information that you need to secure any operational licenses that you may need.
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Create and disperse marketing materials. Websites, business cards, brochures and word of mouth advertisement are great ways to spread the word about your business.
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Target places where parents and kids hang out to market your business. Libraries, learning centers and playgrounds are great places to meet potential clients.Always carry a business card with you to promote your business.
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Tips & Warnings
Visit places such as playgrounds, learning centers and libraries to market your business and meet potential clients.
Be sure to stay current with any business filings and compliant with any tax filing and payment requirements.
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I've got the parenting know how and education down, but it's the starting a website based business that's making me crazy! Any body out there interested in teaching me how to do that part?
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betterbody
Sep 22, 2010
What an interesting idea. This would be a great career choice for the right person. -
sunshinemama
Jun 01, 2010
Another great certification program is offered through The Parent Coaching Institute (The PCI), in affiliation with Seattle Pacific University. It's a year-long graduate-level program that thoroughly screens its applicants and graduates only those with adequate professional and academic experience.
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Rob Stringer
Jan 17, 2010
Great advice Michelle. As a certified professional coach myself, working with parents, families, and youth, I agree with all of your points, especially about obtaining proper certification through an accredited provider like The International Coach Academy (ICA), the school I used. Do your homework and beware people or providers who offer programs that have not been accredited through governing bodies like Tthe International Coach Federation (ICF), for example. The only thing I might add would be to consider finding a mentor coach or team of coaches who have already established themselves and can help you fast-track your success.
