I’ve been involved in Marketing and PR and worked with and met good, bad and ugly of coaching world and can honestly say if you are not making any money there is probably a reason why that I can help you with.

There is usually a very fundamental point missed. You’ve probably pitched into your business cards, letter heads, brochures and all online stuff and you’ve probably even read a few good books on marketing… And it still ain’t happening.

Maybe you get a client or three, but before you can build your coaching practice to client number four, “client pack of cards” falls down and you pace office exclaiming “why oh why?

Well, answer is easy. All networking, all marketing, researching, modeling and hoping, visualizing and affirming isn’t going to make a blind bit of difference unless you back up a couple of steps.

What most coaches have failed to do is define themselves. They do this because they fear if they say, ‘I’m a relationship coach’ that they’ll miss out on all health and fitness, money and career business.

No, I'm not going to talk about "how to give a successful powerpoint presentation" or "10 tips for an irresistible rhetoric." I won't meddle in here. You will find a lot of good tips from other professionals who handle this topic.

What I will let you know about is extraordinary. It is quite simple, and just few people consider them. I myself TRIPLED my business transactions with these "tools."

Anyhow, let's get started.

1. Television Towers

In each big German city you will find a Television Tower, or "TV Tower." Each one has its own restaurant. There you can meet your business partner to negotiate business contracts.

Sure, fist you have to make sure your business partner does not suffer from fear of heights.

So, you ask, "Do you suffer from fear of heights?" (German: "Haben Sie Hoehenangst?"). If your business partner answers "No, not at all!" you invite him to an appointment on local TV Tower. You will experience how surprised he will be! Probably, he hasn't got such an invitation anytime before. Usually, we are invited to normal cold offices with cold and unhealthy artificial light.

Maybe some of them have been on a TV Tower before, but probably only for kind of sightseeing. Then you have big points by your business partner, and he will remember that day for rest of his life!

If in your preferred city is no TV Tower, ask for highest skyscraper with a tower restaurant. In Frankfurt, for example, TV Tower is closed, but they have "Main-Tower," which has a viewing terrace and a first class restaurant.

"And what if he suffers from fear of heights?" Okay, I have one more option for you:

2. Ships

Another good thing is to hold appointments on ships.