Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Promoting Your Private Practice

If it is true, we are in a deep recession, I ask my fellow colleagues on what they are doing to stay afloat and to grow their business?

Some new ideas emanating from the profession are the following marketing tips:

1) Take advantage of the internet in promoting your business. Form an Yahoo or Google group to attract clients. Also, being involved with a social network group like Facebook and Twitter may help promote your business.

2) Participate in committee work for social causes in your local communities to get your name out there.

3) Write articles on different topics pertaining to psychosocial issues affecting the general community in journals; blogs; magazine, etc. for potential clients to hear about your work.

4) Attend networking events with colleagues and business owners from different professions.

5) Offer free workshops to "enroll" potential clients.

What other ideas are you currently doing to build your practice?

How about the new concept of offering online counseling? A potential market that can be tapped into quite soon.

Robbin Miller, LMHC
Facilitator
http://www.robbinmiller.vpweb.com/

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