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What to Include in a Coaching Agreement, Whatever Your Niche
A coaching agreement is the first coaching conversation you have with a client, written down. Here’s what to include, clause by clause, whatever your niche.
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The 1099 Threshold for Coaches Is Now $2,000: What to Do Before January
The 1099-NEC threshold jumped from $600 to $2,000, and January 2027 is the first filing season under it. What changes when you pay contractors, what doesn’t change when companies pay you, and a short list to finish before December 31.
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Client Email Templates for Coaches: What to Send Before, Between and After Sessions
Your client emails are part of the coaching experience. What each message in an engagement should do, from the first confirmation and the no-show note to the recap and the final thank-you, plus nine templates you can adapt.
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Health Insurance for Self-Employed Coaches: What to Decide Before 2027 Open Enrollment
Premiums are rising, the enhanced subsidies are gone, and there’s no longer a cap on paying credits back. Here’s what that means for a coach with uneven income, and four decisions to make before December 15.
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How to Invoice Coaching Clients: What to Include and When to Send a Receipt
A clear invoice keeps money from becoming an awkward conversation. What to put on it, how to word packages, retainers, payment plans, and company billing, what a receipt adds, and how to handle a late payment calmly.
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How Much Do New Coaches Make? Honest Numbers for Your First Year
The six-figure screenshot isn’t the benchmark. What the best available data says about how much new coaches make, why your rate isn’t your income, and how to build an honest first-year estimate.
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Coaching Business Launch Checklist: What to Decide First and What Can Wait
A coaching business launch checklist only helps if it’s in the right order. Here’s the sequence that lets each decision rest on the one before it, and what can wait until you have clients.
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What to Put in a Coaching Welcome Packet (and What to Leave Out)
The days between a client saying yes and your first session set the tone for everything after. Here’s what to put in a coaching welcome packet, what to cut, and when to send it.
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Coaching Program Marketing Claims: What the Law Already Requires
A class action against a high-ticket coaching program reached a proposed settlement, and the law it turned on reaches further into ordinary coaching businesses than most coaches realize. What FTC and state law already require when your marketing touches income.
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Your Coaching Refund Policy: Deciding What Happens to the Money
A cancellation policy decides what happens to a session. A refund policy decides what happens to money that has already changed hands. Four decisions, what the ICF Code actually requires, and why your terms are also evidence in a card dispute.
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AI Notetaker Consent for Coaches: What to Fix Before Your Next Session
A federal judge let wiretap and biometric privacy claims against Otter.ai move forward. What that means for the notetaker running in your coaching sessions, what real consent has to cover, and the clause to add to your agreement.
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When to Quit Your Job for Coaching: The Three Numbers That Decide
“Follow your calling” and “never leave until coaching replaces your salary” are both wishes, not decision rules. Here’s the rule: the floor your household actually needs, the months of runway sitting in cash, and the months of repeatable revenue behind you — plus the middle option most coaches skip.
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Starting a Coaching Business
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