#11 What to Prepare Before Your First Client Phone Call
What do you need in place before you officially open your doors or take that first phone call?
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Today, I wanted to talk about what you need in place right before you get your first phone call.
So I’ve been working with this amazing coaching client. She is jumping fast, full speed ahead and I love her energy, and I went to check in on her in between our coaching calls, I realized she put up a Google ad and I said WAIT!
I’m so excited you’re ready, but you’re not ready.
We all start at zero, but there many things you have to set up before you even start thinking about getting ready. While some of the things I list seem obvious, they are easy to forget when you’re going full speed ahead and anxious to start taking clients.
There’s going to be a space where you feel like all those boxes are checked and you’re ready to get the call, but I can tell you about what it feels like when you get your very very very first phone call for private practice and you freeze on the line and I don’t want that to happen to you, like it happened to me.
In this episode, I have created a comprehensive guide on what you need in place before receiving your first client call. Discover the importance of having a professional social presence, a designated business phone line, and a scheduling platform like Simple Practice (not an ad!) to streamline your operations.
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