To find out more about Rosemary's services go to her website
Talking Techy with Rosemary
Rosemary is one of my perfect clients. She is one of our members of Online Coach Support and she is also a client of mine personally. One of the things that frustrates and overwhelms Rosemary is some of the techy aspects that are involved with creating her coaching and wellness biz @rosemaryobrien.com.au. What I love about her and the other members with Online Coach Support is their determination and persistence to work things out.
They are also encouraged to post into the private Facebook groups (Online Coach Support - closed FB group) any dilemmas they may need help with. Rosemary now knows to come to me whenever she has some techy troubles. Our coaching sessions are about working on whatever she is stuck on or wants to accomplish in this regard. Sometimes it is the littlest thing that could have stopped Rosemary such as setting up her booking calendar - youcanbook.me and syncing it with her Google calendar. This one frustrated both of us because I would look at her screen (using the share screen option in Skype) and it appeared she had done everything correctly. It was just by persistence that she realised that in her Google calendar that she didn't have it set to Available. This may be because Rosemary has varied times and days because she does shift work. If you would like to check out Rosemary's services please use her booking link. You can see below that she has quite a varied range of amazing modalities to check out.
Another area that I have worked with Rosemary is on her website - rosemaryobrien.com.au. It is now very beautiful and I am so proud of how far Rosemary has come in this regard.
Through our coaching academy training we were actually given a website template. We were encouraged to use Wordpress. Although I have tried it and like some of the themes, the widgets and plugins required for just the basic elements did my head in. I also wanted to show new coaches that especially when getting started to use something that is easy. This would give them confidence and they would be able to quite easily and cheaply design something nice themselves without having to hire a web designer. As I had already started using Weebly, I decided to keep going with my original website - Colleens Coaching Corner. This has been neglected over the last couple of years since I have been working on this site - Online Coach Support. Rosemary had come to me in desperation initially because she knew I was using Weebly. She had actually hired someone to help set up her website initially . She paid for this service in more ways than one. She tried to start doing some things herself only to be told by her web designer to "just leave things alone" and "don't touch it at all". Rosemary was left feeling unhappy, overwhelmed and with the thought that she couldn't do it and would have to always rely on someone else. This made me so upset so straight away I spent 20 mins with her and she was then off and racing. Check out her site now. From teaching Rosemary, she has also taught me some other little tricks that she came across. 
When you click on to her website after a couple of seconds the water starts to run as she has looped a video giving it a very calming effect. Rosemary has added different banners to each page so check them out also. This is something she showed me and a fairly new feature of Weebly.
We also added the Facebook like feature. It was something I did years ago back on my old site and had forgot about adding that feature to Online Coach Support so once again she helped me by asking me if I knew how to do it. Rosemary has also got a Call to Action to book her on her Facebook page which is something that I should also add. Check out Rosemary's and my Facebook pages. I also have created one for Cambodia for a Cause which you can also check out.
There are so many different features and elements that you can add with Weebly. They also have introduced heaps more apps and features which I am loving such as the Colour Block. You can change the colour and the transparency and also round the edges such as I have done here. No coding required just install the app.
A few other tools that I have shown Rosemary and other members are:
Most of these are either free or at low cost.
Rosemary and I had so much fun today that we decided to cohost a FREE Zoom meeting for anyone to join. This will be next Wednesday 30 November 2016 at 5pm AWST (Perth Western Australia), 8pm ADST (New South Wales & Melbourne). For the first session we are actually going to explore Zoom.
If you have already used Zoom then it would be great to see how you have used it and any tips or tricks that you want to share. If you are new to Zoom then this is a great way to check it out. So if you are interested and want to join us then please register using the link below: ZOOM TRAINING WITH COLLEEN & ROSEMARY - limit of 50 on the call 
Within our community at onlinecoachsupport.com there is a small group of overwhelmed and techy troubled life coaches that have been road testing my new course - 6 Basic Pillars to Creating Your Online Biz & Attracting Your Perfect Customers (aka The Honeycomb Effect). I also had three of those members also trialling out my Product Creators Course. Over the next few months I will be sharing some of the snippets (or little nuggets of gold) that came about because of the live interaction from beta testing to a small pocket of my target market.  My Awesome Beta Tester Coaches
I had previously piloted the 6 Pillars course over 18 months ago and had good results. The thought though of trying to put it all together, going through all the audio, editing and creating the required content overwhelmed me. I also had mixed feelings about whether it was good enough or had strong enough content to then build it into an online course. I decided that I needed to take the plunge and run it again to a small group at a very discounted price, otherwise the course would never be run. By doing so I was able to test out my content, the length of each topic and sub topic and create extra content material such as planning sheets, checklists, little snippets of audio and videos, etc. By interacting with the lovely coaches that joined me this enabled me to also see if I was on the right track and where I had to tweak my content when necessary. I had also signed up to a business and marketing course that cost me $5,500. I was freakin' out as my full time job paid my bills, but I didn't have any spare income to start the course. I needed to at least come up with the deposit before I could start this course that would actually help me with getting my course created and out to my target market. I could then pay the rest of the course off by instalments. As my mentor Ryan Magdziarz of Winning International would say "Progression not perfection". Another mentor Jeff Walker (Product Formula Launch) calls this the seed launch. Each of these members have continual private access to my 6 Pillars Facebook Group and an Online OneNote where they can electronically store everything in the one place. The best thing about this is that they can privately share with me their progress, where they are stuck and what they have got completed. Instead of emails going back and forth between us each exercise is completed in the OneNote. My coach asked me "How resourceful are you?". It was like he was giving me a challenge and I took the bait. I did my sums and thought if I start running this course as a beta program (bare bones) I would have enough money to pay the deposit. Also I had just been to Cambodia and decided that I wanted to help a lovely lady (Addheka) raise funds to get school uniforms and basic supplies for 800 poor rural children over 7 provinces within Cambodia. This was part of her Aid Projects of Mercy and so my goal became bigger than me. I have since pledged that 50% of my memberships, products and services would go towards this cause and created a crowd funding page. The goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of June 2017. In addition, I also ran another course as a beta program. This was called Product Creators as this was a practical course run over 6 weeks that allowed everyone a chance to be hands on with different types of software that would assist them in creating their content. This is also an offshoot of 6 Pillars as two of the topics covered are Creating Content and Ninja Tools and Support. Clare Lavender, Linda Carroll and Sue Folley also signed up to this course of which I was most grateful. This allowed me to start with this course first whilst I was prepping for 6 Pillars. They were able to create a sample event and go behind the scenes of Instant Teleseminar to create some audio and check out the control panel. Over the 6 weeks we then used Audacity to edit the audios, MP3 Quality Modifier to compress the audio, Canva to create some graphics that we could use as posts or part of a presentation and Movie Maker to then create a video. All of these tools were free for them to use. Instant Teleseminar was the only platform that has monthly charges, but as members of onlinecoachsupport.com and also for doing this course they were allowed to share the platform that I had set up at no cost. They were also able to share their triumphs and challenges in a private Facebook group.  If this is an area that you struggle with I encourage you to sign up for my next Product Creator's course that will be commencing Saturday 8 October. If you want to find out more about it and have a clarity call to start designing your marketing plan for your product use my calendar link to organise a call with me The next round of 6 Pillars will also be commencing beginning of November. This will then lead into 2017 - a great proactive way to get started. If you are interested in joining me for this course or want to find out more information please also use my calendar link so we can discuss further. In this course the topics covered are: Topic 1 - Getting Started Topic 2 - Money Magic Topic 3 - Creating Content Topic 4 - Marketing Psyche & Funnels Topic 5 - Ninja Tools & Support Topic 6 - Partnerships If you choose to do both the 6 Pillars and the Product Creators these programs will also be offered as a bundle.
Linda Carroll of alohalinda.com is not only a member of onlinecoachsupport.com, but she is also an active member of Toastmasters International. In Linda's words...
How could I, in my brief moments, make them pay attention to the homes and buyers that I represented? How could I intrigue and convince them to work with me? How could I best perform the job of helping my sellers and buyers achieve their dreams and goals? I joined the nearest Toastmasters and learned to hone my skills of effective speech, making my time and words work to the best effect. I left Real Estate when I moved to Hawaii, but I've continued to support speakers in the Kona Toastmasters Club. Helping a speaker who has a desire to express, who feels called and compelled to share a message is the most valuable work that I perform. My focus moved to supporting other speakers while I was still in Olympia, Washington. Watching a woman or man struggle against the obstacles of nervousness, uncertainty, undependable voice, not knowing what words to use...and the powerful, jubilant transformation when everything begins to click, and the words begin to flow, their heart opens and their eyes shine as they realize they can speak effectively. and be heard and understood. That they have delivered a message, planted a seed, made a difference (even a small difference) in the listener's life. Even before Toastmasters I enjoyed speaking and acting. I performed in a few plays, done a little singing, and some voice acting too. Mostly amateur, some radio ads. A surprising strength that I bring to Public Speaking is my long career in various retail and other sales. You see, every speech, every lesson, every negotiation is like a sales transaction. First, there's a problem to be solved, or a void to be filled. A solution is offered by the seller or the speaker, and evaluated by the buyer or the listener. It gets accepted or rejected. Both parties are satisfied...or not! The best sales, and the best speeches, are full of value, go smoothly and easily for both sides, and end up happy for everyone! Linda is also a client of mine and has also invested in both of my courses. Over the last few months I have beta tested the content and ran both of these courses:
I am very grateful to have Linda as one of my students because she also provided me with some wonderful feedback and some valuable "nuggets of gold" Below is a little snippet of audio that includes Linda talking about who we serve... (only 2 mins) Look out for my interview with Linda next week. We will talk about her biggest takeaways from doing the courses (especially Product Creators) and also have a sneak peak into what her course entails If you want to support your tribe with group coaching, webinars or teleseminars and workshops, but you are nervous about public speaking, afraid that your voice will shake or squeak or that you won't present the information in a clear manner Linda's course Coaches Speak is the course for you. To start off with you may wish to pre-record some audio so you can hear yourself back. You may want to create your lead magnet or hook to get your ideal clients to opt in so you can build up that trust and relationship. You may want to create a meditation. You may want to record a whole topic or segment first, which will allow you to edit before you present it to your tribe. The list is endless!!! The next round of Product Creators and Coaches Speak (combined) will be starting Saturday 15 October 2017 at 11am Perth (AWST) time. This time though I will be teaming up with Linda Carroll - alohalinda.com who is beta testing her course - Coaches Speak. So not only will you be able to be hands on with creating some content for your courses you will also be guided with some great tips of how you can present yourself when speaking either online or at workshops.  |
Hello thereOnline Coach Support is a membership site that promotes, encourages and supports other coaches emotionally and with the techy, biz and marketing aspects so they can really thrive in their biz, reducing overwhelm in the online world. PROCEEDS from Online Coach Support Memberships, Done with YOU Programs, Video Chats and Workshops go towards fundraising projects in Cambodia. This is our way of PAYING IT FORWARD. You can check these projects out further at Cambodia for a Cause
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If you get involved with this beautiful, sharing community and take action we are sure that your business will flourish.
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It is up to you if you to remain a financial VIP Visible Member each year to receive discount sand 50% commission
Although we are here to support and encourage you each step of the way we are all on own individual journey and may be at
different stages to other members in this group depending on our fears and limiting beliefs.
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