Business Coaching for Women

• Are you feeling overwhelmed by your home business start-up?

• Do you want help with marketing ideas and low cost ways of attracting clients?

• Do you want to pick someone's brains who has done what it is you want to do?
  
  
• Are you confused by what needs to be done next to help take your home business to the next level?

Running a business from home can be lonely. You often lack the confidence and support to do what you really want to do.

You want to be successful. You want a sounding board for your ideas and help with your business planning. You want to have a passion for what you do, yet your business needs to be profitable.

You want the freedom to do more than just work. You want to create a business on your terms.

You just don’t know how.

A personalised coaching and mentoring programme with CanDoCanBe will show you how.

Hi, my name is Karen Skidmore. In 2004 I left an eleven year corporate career and started my own home business. I wanted to create a term-time career to fit around my family life and running my own business seemed to be the ideal solution.

But it was hard work. Far harder than I imagined it would be. Those first six months were a roller-coaster ride of success and failure. My confidence levels crashed. And I was making very little in the way of income.

I wanted to give up at one point and considered going back to work. But I didn’t. I found a Business Coach to help me re-focus and get me clear on my vision. Together we turned me and my business around and CanDoCanBe was created. Now I work with women, like you.

Women who want to create a successful (and profitable!) home business.

"Thank you so much for all your help, guidance and advice.  It has been a pleasure having you a Business Mentor and I will take from the sessions many positive tools and ideas."

Faith Simpson, www.BagsofChange.com

How does working 1-2-1 with CanDoCanBe make a difference to you and your business?

What we end up working on together is entirely up to you and your present circumstances. I can help you work out what is you want to achieve in your business and put a simple, yet highly effective business and marketing plan together.

If you prefer to work on a specific project such as developing an email newsletter or starting a blog, then we can do this too.

It really is up to you how you wish to design your personalised 1-2-1 programme.

Working 1-2-1 with me will enable you to:

• Get totally clear on what it is you want to achieve
• Understand how simple Business Planning can be
• Learn how setting specific goals will help you decide what actions you need to take
• Benefit from thinking big whilst still having the ability to focus on small, achievable baby steps
• Become brave enough to ask for more than you ever thought possible
• Get the confidence and support to do all that you want to do
• Have a sounding board for your ideas and be able to discuss them confidentially
• Be believed in and know that you DO have what it takes to make it happen

"Using Karen as a mentor to point me in the right direction saved me time – and money. Karen challenged me to reach deadlines I myself had set, held my hand at times when I just couldn’t see my way around yet another technical hitch and cheered me on when I landed some great publicity with the Debenhams ‘Separated and Successful Club.’

"Karen helped me break them all down and focus on one chunk at a time – a blog one month, a workshop the next, an eCourse the next and now tele-classes."

Kirsten Gronning, www.DivorceCoaching.co.uk

You will also benefit from my experience and knowledge in:

• Low cost client attraction and how you don’t need to start with spending money on advertising
• Developing networking skills to build your own network of support as well as creating local, national and even international brand recognition
• How to sell yourself effectively
• How to make sure you price yourself at the level that you deserve to be paid
• What blogging and article submissions can do to create a strong online presence
• Developing your biggest asset – your customer database – and taking you step-by-step to starting and growing your own email newsletters
• Search engine optimisation and getting your website found by the right people
• How to get the results you want from your website
• How to create products so that you are not just selling your time by the hour
• How to develop events and market them effectively

“Before coaching with Karen, I had lost the focus, enthusiasm and passion for my business. I was lacking motivation and was worrying too much about what other people thought."

“However, Karen has helped me to turn my life around; I am now 100% focussed on my business and my future. Karen's style worked so well for me because she combined her wonderful supportive qualities with a good old fashioned kick up the backside. My confidence is soaring and my business is now really starting to take shape."

Charlotte Hunter, www.CharlotteHunter.co.uk

Where do these 1-2-1 sessions with CanDoCanBe take place?

We can work together by telephone. The sessions can be scheduled in to your busy day, depending whether you prefer day time or evening appointments.

If you have children, there is no need to get a babysitter or book extra childcare! Book evening sessions and be in your PJ’s at home on the sofa.

You will also receive email support between sessions to help with quick questions or a pick-me-up if needed. Sometimes you may appreciate 5 minute “laser calls” to provide support during challenging times – it may be a particularly tough week and you need a push and a prod to keep focused on your original goals and objectives.

If you prefer talking in person, I also offer a limited number of face-to-face sessions if you are able to travel and meet me in the Guildford and Farnham area of the UK.

How long do these personalised coaching and mentoring programmes last?

Having been working with women on a 1-2-1 basis for more than 3 years, we have found that the ideal length of time to work together is 4 months. How often we speak depends on you and what you want to achieve.

Your programme can always be extended if you feel you would like more detailed guidance on a particular topic.

And individual MOT sessions can be booked after the programme has finished to help you keep your plans on track if you feel you have lost your focus or wish to ask for help in another area of your business.

“I have benefited immensely from our sessions and am so grateful for having worked through this crucial kick-starting stage with you. You have given me such valuable guidance and direction and really helped me to shift my mindset."

“Thank you for getting those milestone dates out of me and on to paper.  It was such a valuable lesson."

Marita Gramstaad, Surrey

 

Great…But how much is all of this going to cost you?

Remember – this is an investment in YOU, as well as your business.

For those of you who have had personal trainers, you will know the impact this has on your fitness levels compared to training by yourself. You are pushed harder and find yourself running that extra mile that you would never have done on your own.

And this is an investment in your business. Keep your invoices as Business Coaching is a valid tax-deductible expense (speak to your Accountant to confirm this).

You have three options:

Learn & Grow Programme: £125 a month

This 4 month telephone programme enables you to schedule one hour-long session every month. I will be supporting you by email in between sessions and can provide constructive advice and mentoring on the following:

• Website planning and writing online copy
• Website critque and help with improving visitor conversion
• Getting started with blogging
• Running and marketing open workshops and teleclasses
• Low cost marketing ideas and ways of not having to fork out for expensive adverts
• Developing networking skills
• Building a brand from scratch, especially if you are in a crowded marketplace
• Launching an email newsletter and building your very own database of potential customers

You will also receive relevant exercises, specific advice based on my experience and recommended businesses resources that could save you months of research as well as “homework” for those of you who feel you need it.

Your monthly investment will be £125 and works really well for women who are fighting time battles and need to take things that little bit slower.

Make It Happen Programme: £230 a month

This 4 month telephone programme really helps move your business forward.

You schedule two hour-long sessions each month, have me at the end of the phone for “emergencies” as well as full email support on all the above that you see for the Learn & Grow Programme.

Your monthly investment will be £230 and this can include weekly or fortnightly action sheets, depending on your agenda.

This is ideal for those of you who have a business to grow, need to see business revenue happening quickly and who are truly committed to following through on their business vision.

Face-to-Face Show & Tell Session: £210

If you are able to travel to the Guildford and Farnham area of the UK, we can arrange a face-to-face meeting for up to 2 hours.

These sessions are ideal for you if you prefer face-to-face meetings and wish to discuss a particular project in more detail.

 

Working 1-2-1 with Karen Skidmore is only for women who are serious about making their business happen!

It takes a lot of hard work and commitment from both of us. If this is the sort of help and support you are looking for, then you need to take action NOW.

What do you need to do?

Your first step is book a consultation with me. It is totally free and there is absolutely no obligation if you decide that this is not the right course of action for you, at this time.

We will schedule 30 minutes on the telephone. This is your chance to find out more about me and whether I am the right person to be helping you at this stage. It also gives me the opportunity to discover whether you are the right person to embark on this personalised coaching and mentoring programme.

What are you waiting for?

Call me now on 01428 607745 or email me at karen@candocanbe.com.

We can schedule a consultation that will suit both our diaries and take it from there.

And remember – this consultation is totally free. I even pay for the phone call (as long as I can call you on a landline). I promise you that you can say No when we have finished talking and I may even be able to offer some different solutions, depending on what you really feel you need.

"I cannot recommend Karen highly enough for her coaching skills and ‘kick ass’ methods!  Throughout our sessions together she kept me completely on track, gently but very firmly pointing out when I was getting side tracked with the things I wanted to do because I liked doing them and not doing the things that were going to really bring in more business. 

"She constantly brought me back on track, and by following her methods, I really did bring in that business.  I expanded my own horizons which enabled me to take the business into the future with greater confidence and not give up when I hit the first challenges!"

Gill Oliver, M&O Virtual Assistants

Thank you for your interest in the personalised coaching and mentoring programmes with CanDoCanBe and I look forward to hearing from you.

Wishing you all the success you need to make your business happen,

Karen Skidmore

01428 607745

karen@candocanbe.com

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