Saturday, January 12, 2002 Do you use Instant Messenger with/for your clients? also, on an unrelated note...due to popular demand, we now have blank versions of all 75 coach cards up at coachcards.com.  enjoy!  and promises for or completed translations in french, italian, spanish swedish, japanese, chinese, romanian, afrikaans.  a great start.  thanks, translators! Dear R&D Team... We're compiling a story for Today's Coach (22,000 subscribers) next week on the use of Instant Messenger (AOL, MSN, Yahoo and/or ICQ versions) by coaches as a way to serve/add value to their clients. Andrea and I communicate all day long via Instant Messenger; immediate contact, fast, easy, no delay.  And if I was coaching clients right now, I would use it with them. And, if you ARE using IM with clients and/or folks visiting your site/email link and you'd be willing to write up a 1 to 4 paragraph story of how you're using it, what your clients/prospective clients say about it, why YOU like it, surprising benefits, examples of an IM link in your email signature or website, we'd like to run your story, along with a link to your site or email address. Great exposure for you. If you decide to write a micro story, please make sure the examples of use/benefits are clear/interesting.  It's my view that 90% of coaches could/should/will be using IM with their clients but just haven't thought about it or don't know how.  And, given our mission is to improve the quality of coaching worldwide, this IM article is a perfect match. Please email to thomas@thomasleonard.com by Monday evening, Janaury 14, 2002, and include your web address if you'd like to have us link to your site in the story. Thanks!   Best, Thomas