Before working with ActionCOACH, Bryce Robb, owner of Beaver Tree Services, had a decent business but he was having a hard time taking it to the next level. Since working with ActionCOACH, Bryce has generated larger than expected profits and has also started another company. Within 6 months of working with ActionCOACH, Bryce was able to buy his own office building. Watch the video to find out how.
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ActionCOACH Play by Play: Law’s Country Kennel
August 23rd, 2010 by Contributor
Bill Law, owner of Law’s Country Kennel, started his business as a facility for people to leave pets while away from home. Since working with ActionCOACH, Bill has put vision, mission and culture into place and has used the ActionCOACH “Hiring Sysytem” to hire the perfect candidates. With the help of his ActionCOACH, Bill has also learned how to test and measure his lead generating strategies, average dollar sales and number of transactions. Bill loved the number of resources that ActionCOACH provides…listen above!
The Good And Bad of the Twitterverse
August 16th, 2010 by Contributor
Twitter is fast-becoming as popular as Facebook.
Chances are you’ve heard of a little, tiny social media website called Twitter. Barbara Walters is on it. Lindsay Lohan is on it. The New York Times is on it. ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars is on it.
If you don’t know what Twitter is, in short, it’s a website you can update with anything – what you’re doing, what you’re thinking, links to funny videos, products, etc, as long as it’s under 140 characters – and people can follow you so they can read all your updates.
When used responsibly, it’s a very good thing. The times, they are a changin’ – virtually all companies now are on Twitter to promote products, news stories, anything to get their name out there on the Web and where lots of people will see it.
In addition, people from all over can “tweet” about their experiences with companies, positive or negative. When negative things about your company are out there for all to see, it can become a bad thing – Twitter can come up in Google searches, as well. For example, Horizon Realty is actually suing a “tweeter” who tweeted what they claim are defamatory statements about their company.
Concentrating on customer service is something that gets lost in the mix for a lot of companies, but it’s a very important aspect of business.
It is vital to keep customers coming back. The easiest way to do that is by keeping them happy.
Do this, and ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars agrees. Happy customers can mean referrals, word of mouth advertising and, of course, repeat business.
All of which are great things for a company.
GM CEO Leaves the Company After Raising Profits
August 13th, 2010 by Contributor
Ed Whitacre is retiring from his recent position of CEO of GM.
Some people are confused by CEOs who build up a company just to leave it. But the CEO of General Motors, Edward E. Whitacre Jr., who took over in December, doesn’t think it requires much explanation.
“It was my plan all along, and the board was aware that it was my public duty to restore this company to greatness and I didn’t want to stay a day beyond that,” he told the LA Times.
Whitacre, 68, became temporary CEO in December after the board pushed out longtime insider Fritz Henderson, who himself had been on the job for only eight months. Henderson had been named to GM’s top job in March after his predecessor, Rick Wagoner, was ousted by President Obama’s auto task force.
Whitacre took the job and admitted that he knew almost nothing about cars, but the former telecomunications executive managed to successfully restructure the business, changing much of the top management. In addition, sales rose to $33.1 billion, from $23 billion a year ago.
People are shocked that Whitacre is leaving, but he did what he stepped in to do.
How many other people can get the job done swiftly and efficiently, and then walk away proudly? Not many…
ActionCOACH Play by Play: Amanda Johnson
August 6th, 2010 by Contributor
ActionCOACH Linda Bigler worked with Amanda Johnson, a financial planner and advisor. Before working with Linda, Amanda was having difficulties hiring competent staff. Listen as Amanda talks about how she was able to hire the perfect personal assistant by using the ActionCOACH hiring process.
Being Your Own Best Salesperson
July 28th, 2010 by Contributor
Being good at sales is important -- especially when it comes to selling yourself.
Sometimes people want — and need — more clients to buy their products or services, but they don’t want to be a “pushy salesperson.”
If you know about a great product or service that could make people’s lives easier, or are well worth their price, wouldn’t you tout your experience with it and recommend it to everyone you know?
Are you being a “pushy salesperson” then?
Because it’s fine if you don’t want to be a pushy salesperson…but if your product or services is really good — great, in fact — then you’ll want to be.
Brad Sugars has asked that very same question to audiences attending his Business is Booming tour. In fact, he often relates this fact to dating. When you are within the dating pool, looking to attract someone, it’s all about selling yourself.
Think about it like that: if you’re trying to attract someone to date, you have to be persuasive to get them to talk to you, find some common ground, and make yourself attractive to that person.
In sales, you have to be persuasive with your product, have a common issue the product solves, and make sure that product is attractive to who you’re trying to sell to.
If no one wants to date you…you might have to rework your sales pitch.
Same applies if no one is really listening to you when you’re selling yourself.
Something to think about…do you have a great sales pitch for selling yourself?
If you don’t, a business coach can possibly help. Try out a free business coaching session from ActionCOACH and see if your sales pitch improves.
From a Client to a Coach
July 12th, 2010 by Contributor
For ActionCOACH business coach David Ford, he knows exactly how his clients feel…because he used to be an ActionCOACH business coaching client! Watch the above video to hear why Ford loves helping his clients and how a business coach is different from a business consultant.
An ActionCOACH Play by Play
June 14th, 2010 by Contributor
David Johnson, owner of TNT Bakery, hired ActionCOACH Tim Rooney in 2007 on the advice of his attorney. Johnson was active in his business, but more than he wanted to be — he worked more hours than he wanted to and was always “putting out fires.” Watch how Business Coach Tim Rooney helped him change that.
The Business of Coaching Premieres Next Week!
May 28th, 2010 by Contributor
ActionCOACH is a global company, and clearly, the benefits of business coaching are universal. Some of the best learning tools ActionCOACH has are the videos, and one is premiering next Tuesday, June 1st, that’s a shows what goes into coaching, how clients benefit, and ultimately, what business coaching is all about.
The 22-minute documentary style video, “The Business of Coaching: Winning the Game of Business,” gives viewers an in-depth look into the world’s second-fastest growing industry with testimonials from business coaches and clients all around the world. With each testimonial, there’s a story of how business coaching creates success for companies.
“The Business of Coaching” shows interviews of business coaches, clients, and even ActionCOACH founder and chairman Brad Sugars, and shows viewers all the work that goes into coaching from a coach and client perspective.
Be sure to check ActionCOACH’s website this Tuesday to watch the full length movie! If you just can’t wait, watch the trailer above.
From Rags to Riches
May 26th, 2010 by Contributor
Rhiannon Rees went from being homeless to owning a successful ActionCOACH franchise.
It’s stories like these that makes Brad Sugars proud he started ActionCOACH.
Rhiannon Rees was a single mom who had gone through a complicated divorce, a breakdown of her once successful spa, and had to live in a tent on the streets of Canada with her four-year-old son. Add to this her mother getting terribly ill back in Australia, and having to borrow $10,000 to travel back and take care of her mother, in addition to her son.
“One night I was reflecting on how much our life sucked,” Rees said. “I dreamt up the most ridiculous amount of money I could earn in a month so we’d never live like that again and scribbled it on a scrap of paper.”
During her time in Australia, Rees said she ran into an old friend who had once told her she’d make a great business coach based on her experience. Rees found out about ActionCOACH and applied for a loan to cover the cost for business coaching training.
Her persistence paid off: that figure she scribbled on a paper when she was barely getting by? She made it early this year, and she doubled that amount last month. Read her inspiring story here.
