--- title: Still the Best and Fastest Way to Fill a Coaching Practice description: You don't want to market. You just want to coach. Here is how to building your coaching business and get clients by coaching. image: https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14049357-jpg/images/crocky_the_coach_cropped.jpg --- [![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/hubfs/scm%20header%203.jpg?width=655&height=124&name=scm%20header%203.jpg)](http://Julia%20Stewart%20Coaching%20&%20Training) Open main menu Close main menu - Training Open the submenu - [Blog](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog) - [Training](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-programs) - [About Us](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/about-us) - [Become a Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/become-a-coach) - [Certification](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/seven-secrets) - [Find a Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/find-a-coach) - [Resources](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-resources) [coaching business](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coaching-business) [Coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coaching) [become a coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/become-a-coach) [coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/coach) [sales training for new coaches](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/sales-training-for-new-coaches) [getting clients](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/getting-clients) [transformative conversations](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/transformative-conversations) # Still the Best and Fastest Way to Fill a Coaching Practice [Julia Stewart](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/julia-stewart) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/26423/Still-the-Best-and-Fastest-Way-to-Fill-a-Coaching-Practice) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/26423/Still-the-Best-and-Fastest-Way-to-Fill-a-Coaching-Practice) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/26423/Still-the-Best-and-Fastest-Way-to-Fill-a-Coaching-Practice) ![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14049357-jpg/images/crocky_the_coach_cropped.jpg) #### ![Crocky the Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14049357-jpg/images/crocky_the_coach_cropped.jpg) **'I don't want to market, I just want to coach.'** **You too?** I've heard this refrain from hundreds of coaches and I am soooo sympathetic. Building a coaching business from scratch can truly feel overwhelming. Of course, you don't know how to do it - yet. #### **But I'll let you in on a little secret.** **THE best marketing strategy is to coach, coach and then go coach some more.** Is there a problem here that I'm missing? I don't think so!   #### **Here are 10 ways to fill your coaching business by coaching:** **1. To reach the moon, shoot for the stars.** What's a way bigger goal than filling your coaching businesess? Shoot for that and fill your business in the process. One fantastic way to do this is to coach many more people than you think you need to. **2.  Get a system.** All a business is, is a system for making money. Systemize your coaching and create a business out of it. Coach a lot of people in a systematic process that provides value to others and build your business abilities at the same time. Everything will get easier. **3. Experiment. **Millions are made by 'gurus' who claim to have 'fool-proof' systems for making a killing. Usually it's only the gurus making the killing. To find your own best system, experiment and expect some failures. Every successful coach fails some of the time and then learns from each failure. **4. Track your progress.** Set goals for yourself along the way (you can call them intentions, if you prefer). Watch how you're doing over time. You should be improving. If not, tweak your system. Make it fun by making a game out of it. **5. Remember it's not about you. **Get your focus off yourself and your needs and focus on assisting your potential clents. If you need to get a side job, go for it! Most new coaches have a side income in the beginning. **6. Build relationships. **You'd be surprised how many people will HELP you build your business if you give them a chance. Some of them may become your clients; some of them may just tell everyone they know about you. But remember to be assisting them, too. **7. Learn to cement relationships.** Recognize when someone wants to work with you (they may be shy about showing it) and when they just need an invitation from you. In sales parlay this is known as 'closing the deal'. You do NOT need to be salesy to do it. In fact, salesy-ness can kill relationships. **8. Transform lives in minutes.** Fantastic coaching practically sells itself. If you give a complimentary session to someone, solve their problem, and they don't buy your coaching package, you didn't give fantastic coaching. Get ongoing feedback on your coaching and you'll become a fantastic coach faster. **9. Collect outcomes, results, testimonials and referrals.** The more great coaching you do, the more attractive your track record becomes. People need to see your track record, so don't be shy about sharing it. **10. Stop boo-hoo-ing.** Crocky the Coach (above) gets to cry you-know-what-kind-of-tears, but you don't, because you're not a cartoon! #### **Isn't it marvelously perfect that the best way to build a successful coaching business is by doing a lot of coaching?** **If you're not sure how to begin, the new free Coach 100 eBook will help you.** We also have a system for filling your coaching business that makes it easy to shoot for the stars, experiment, track and tweak everything, so you can get your focus off you and onto building and cementing relationships, having transformative conversations and collecting great testimonials, referrals and clients. We even have a community of coaches who are going through the same process. They've become the experts on this and they're even sympathetic to the occasional crockodile tear. 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