Carol's Writer's Block Buster: Tip No. 4 for Coaches

In the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you I have only been blogging for about 8 months. However, if you're in the mood for one of those list posts that is quick reading and good general info to squirrel away in your file labeled "Blog," then read on.

Come up with the wrong answer to this question and you may end up as melancholy as the melancholy Dane who first asked the question. I have to admit that I never asked myself this question. Eight months ago, I was a starry- eyed optimist who believed a blog was "no big deal" for someone who was used to writing and writing deadlines. So I just started blogging.

Have you ever clicked on something and regretted it before you even finished clicking? That's what I call clicker's remorse. A couple of weeks ago I clicked on a cute little button that cheerfully ordered me to join a blog challenge. In a spontaneous fit of this-will-be-good-for-me, I obeyed the cute little button's order.

The size of your business doesn't matter. I bet you're just like me – a 1-person show running your coaching practice out of your home office. The location of your business doesn't matter. You can be located at the ends of the earth just so long as there is good phone and internet service, right?

Have you come across the term, gamification, before? Maybe you have and found you do not quite understand what it means. Put simply, it is a term used to have a person or group of person's complete tasks to gain a reward. More often, the more tasks one completes then more or larger rewards are gained.

People always searching for information related to travel experiences online. Writing reviews and making travel recommendations the earn you a lot of money.

Becoming a success in Internet marketing is not an overnight process. Getting good positions in search engines takes time and lots of content.

Article marketing is not as hard as you think. All it takes is a creative mindset to learning new approaches, in leveraging the power of the internet to work for you.

if you can produce content five days out of the week for two years, you can potentially earn a full-time living online.

"I'm bad at writing." "Writing is too hard. I can't do it." "Everything I write sounds stupid." Those are the lies I hear all the time. You know what? They scare the heck out of me. Why? Because, if you believe those lies, you are going to lie yourself right out of business. And there's nothing I can do about it.

Okay, I admit it. I blew a writing deadline. The great tamer of writing monsters, the great writing strategist, the great writing partner to coaches didn't get her piece written when she said she would. Aaarrrggghhh!

you don't have to look at it, is a box. Inside that box is the best business tool you'll ever have for creating a successful coaching practice. That tool is writing.

When it comes to editing our own writing, it's hard to strike the right balance. Either we hate everything we've written and over edit until there's nothing left, or we love everything we've written and can't bear to part with a single word. I fall into the latter category. I start out wordy and end up wordy. When I cut out a word, I feel like I'm cutting out a body part. I use a red pen. (Once an editor, always an editor.)

Have you ever noticed the shadowy figure that stands behind the door to your email in-box? Take a good look. Could it be Oscar, the Overwhelm Ogre? Is it too dark to tell? Take a step closer. See that big block of wood that's wedged in your email in-box door? See how it's wedged in there so your in-box always stays open? Now look at the initials carved in the side of the block.