How to Thrive as a Manifestation Life Coach

So you’ve decided that manifestation life coaching is the career for you. You want to ditch the tedious 9-5 job and start up your own coaching business. You can be your own boss, work the hours you choose, and not have to answer to anyone. You’ll set your own goals and it’s up to you to achieve them. The success of your new venture will depend entirely on you. Is it daunting? Yes, but it’s also incredibly exciting. This could be the most amazing thing you’ve ever done; it could be truly life changing.

Get it right, and you could be earning a lot of money doing a job you love, with the added reward of helping others! But before you jump in at the deep end, check out our list of dos and don’ts so you start out on the right footing and avoid some common mistakes people make when starting up their own manifestation life coaching business.

Do take a training course

There are so many different approaches you can take when you’re helping your clients. Each client will have unique needs and specific goals. When you have a range of ways in which you can assist them in achieving their goals, you are well prepared to help them by whatever means possible. When you take a manifestation coaching course, you will learn new techniques, and be able to improve your skills, so you become highly knowledgeable in all aspects of manifestation coaching. Not only that, but you’ll also gain access to a great deal of invaluable advice regarding running and marketing a small business.

Do choose a course that offers certification

Not all manifestation life coaching courses are made equal. Some courses come with the added bonus of certification. Of course, it’s nice to have your hard work recognized, and you can feel rightly proud when you earn your certificate, but the benefits of being a certified manifestation coach are more wide-reaching than this. With certification, you have a tangible way to prove your credentials to potential clients. It’s no surprise that the majority of people searching for a life coach would choose one who has earned certification over one who has not.

Don’t rush to quit your job

As with any small business, getting established as a manifestation life coach can take a little time. Once you have several clients under your belt, getting word-of-mouth recommendations and positive online reviews will make finding new clients effortless, but in the early days, it can be wise to start out slowly,  perhaps working on your new venture around your current working hours. Or perhaps you can change your current job to a part-time position for a while, so you still have a regular income, just while you’re building and growing your business. When the time is right, and your manifestation life coaching business is clearly on the path to success, then you can quit your job and go all in with your fabulous new profession, but until then, if you rely on a regular income, play it safe for a little while.

Don’t overload your social media channels

Starting a new business is exciting, and engaging with people on social media can be highly beneficial and a lot of fun. However, it can be tempting to go too far with this. You’re keen to spread the work, you’ve got so much to say, but you need to remember not to bombard people with too much content.

It’s also a wise idea to keep in mind that your content should be useful and relevant. Constant posts that are nothing but advertisements for your business are going to have a detrimental effect leaving readers searching for the unfollow button. Instead, make posts that offer the reader something of value. Perhaps it’s a top tip for visualization, or simply a meme that will raise a smile. The key is to make every post count. Put yourself in the shoes of your followers. Would you value this content?

Do proofread everything

From your website to your Facebook posts and your emails to clients, never put anything out there that hasn’t been double and triple checked for errors. Spelling and grammar errors can make you look careless. When clients are placing their life success in your hands, they don’t want to work with someone who doesn’t pay attention to detail! Of course, not everyone is naturally good at this sort of thing, but you can always hire the skills of a professional proofreader to check your content before it goes live.  Or at a minimum ask a friend or family member to take a look at your written work before you publish it.

Do network with other manifestation professionals

You may see other manifestation life coaches as competition, but it’s far better to see them as allies. When you begin to network with other like-minded professionals, you can share tips and techniques and tap into a wealth of expert knowledge. If you take a manifestation coaching course, you have a great opportunity to make connections with your fellow students.

Don’t neglect your accounts

Working as a manifestation life coach is so fulfilling and worthwhile, but you can’t be a professional coach without having to deal with the more tedious aspects of running a small business. As a small business owner, ensuring your accounts are well-kept, and your tax liabilities are all accounted for, is down to you. Don’t overlook this or you could end up with a nasty surprise bill down the line!

Don’t design your own branding (unless you truly know what you’re doing!)

 Nothing says ‘unprofessional’ quite like a badly designed website or logo. Unless you have previous professional experience as a graphic designer, it’s best to leave the design of your website and branding to the professionals. It may be tempting to cut corners and save some money by opting for a DIY website that can be put together with a few clicks, but at the end of the day, it will just look cheap and generic. Invest in your business, and have a distinctive, stand-out logo designed, and you’ll be able to use this for years to come, on your website, social media channels, and your marketing materials. You’ll soon be reaping the rewards of your investment when the business rolls in due to your professional presence.