This is the third and final post recapping over the previous year of fantastic guest posts. Today we are covering the months May – August 2011.

To read the recap of September – December 2010 click here. And for the second recap covering January – April 2011 click here.

May 2011

May began with Frederique Murphy sharing a post about how you, as a coach, can know how effective you are with your clients. Read “Chuuut… Watch out” here.

Marketing was the focus of our next post as the “Marketing Goddess” Elizabeth Purvis provided valuable advice in “What to say when they say ‘Yes, but …’”

Andrew Ferdinando runs Hubworking, based in London that hires out meeting rooms to business people on an hourly basis. Ideal for use by coaches it’s probably no surprise that coaches are one of his biggest sources of business. In his post “Successful coaches – observations from an outsider” Andrew shares the things he’s seen work for coaches.

“What the Belbin!” was our next post by Liz Scott. In a post she discusses a framework that she utilises in her coaching.

June 2011

“I ‘Sell’ Coaching” was Billy Moyer post about what he considers is the most important thing that we do as coaches.

Karen Williams, experienced coach, mentor and author of “The Secrets of Successful Coaches”, shared her thoughts and expertise in “become a confident coach”.

Our next post invited you to have fun as Andy Lucas shares his expertise and experience in the post “Games and surprises.”

Practical advice and expertise about “What to include in your email newsletter” was shared by Djanira Cortesão.

July 2011

What should a coach have if they want to succeed? Angus MacLennan’s “Coaches Need Coaches Too” provides his thoughts and observations about the Business Essentials.

Our next post saw Karen Wise, an organisational development consultant and coaching psychologist, share “5 tips when starting a new job.”

Cindy Hillsey asks about your coaching business in our next post “Does your coaching business reflect the YOU of today?”

A question that many coaches and those entering the profession ask was what Steve Chandler answered in “How to get coaching clients.” In this post Steve also generously offered a pdf of his book “The life coaching connection”.

Elizabeth Purvis also addressed the issue of finding clients in her post “How to get high-end clients when you DON’T have a big list (yet!)”

Lenny Deverill-West rounded the month off for us with his post “How to use lessons about spaghetti sauce in your coaching”

August 2011

August guest posts began as Jeff Thompson asked us “You do what with your hands?”

“Your coaching services needs YOU!” urged Marie Yates as she shared her expertise with practical advice and pointers for coaches.

Anja Schuetz shared her thoughts about “Loving Communications: A coaches view.” What do you notice as you visit her post about the communication discussed?

Amber Fogarty completed a fabulous year of guest posts with a piece about “Knowing versus doing.”

I’d like to thank all the guest posters for taking the time to share their thoughts and expertise. There are also some more superb guest posts lined up for the remainder of the year.

If you have been reading this and thinking you’d like to be a guest poster than drop me an email and you may be reading about your post in next years recap.