Whether you’re an internal or external coach, one or more of the tools below will help you attract and/or retain your customers. (And, in a few cases, your sanity.)

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One Ring to Rule Them All (One that does it all for coaches)

Satori: www.satoriapp.com

Paperless Client Agreements

DocuSign: www.docusign.com

Invoices and Expense Tracking

Harvest: http://www.getharvest.com

Favorite Email Marketing Tool

Mailchimp: www.mailchimp.com

CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

Highrise by 37Signals: https://highrisehq.com

Facebook Posts

Pagemodo: www.pagemodo.com

Blogging Platform (and website)

WordPress (Cheap, hosted option) www.wordpress.com

Scheduling Tools

Satori: www.satoriapp.com

Appointy: www.appointy.com

Appointment-plus: www.appointment-plus.com

Teleconference (phones are so boring)

Skype http://www.skype.com/en/

Google Hangouts on Air http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html

Automated Online Coaching Modules

JigsawBox: http://www.jigsawbox.com/coaching/trial/

Online Forms (Use for session agendas or feedback forms)

Wufoo: http://www.wufoo.com

Personal ToDo List

Wunderlist: https://www.wunderlist.com/en/

Productivity (One I can’t live without)

Evernote: www.evernote.com

Greatest New Potential

Google Helpouts (very cool possibilities for coaches!): https://helpouts.google.com/home

Notice that there’s nothing to install. Most “cutting edge” applications are cloud-based (SaaS- software as a service) and are free or offered on a subscription model. When reviewing an online option, check the terms and conditions to ensure that you own your data and can download it or receive a backup if you should leave the service.

Questions? Feel free to email me directly at paul@motoringforwardcoaching.com