Therapist Thoughts

  One of the things that you can do to maximize your online presence is blogging.  Have you tried your blog in this site yet?

When I blog, I consider who I want to attract to my blog, and write according to that audience.  What are they interested in? Take for instance this blog post I am writing right now.  I am writing it to the membership in Image Face to Face, but in the future I want to attract prospective members so I will consider creative ways to do that. 

It is important that you think about what your readers want to know.  If you are blogging to attract clients, then consider what kinds of search terms they are typing into Google.  Did you know that terms like depression, marriage therapy, relationship help and key words describing every kind of mental disorder, number in the millions every month, are searched via search engines such as Google and Yahoo, every day? These key words are entered into search engines by prospective clients.

Clients are looking for information; they want help and the best way for them to get it is to read an article or blog post from you. This is often how they decide to meet you for a session. Since our site supports online video counseling sessions, it isn't so difficult to arrange a session even if your client lives several hundred miles away. 

Here are some simple instructions for accessing your blog here in the Hub;

First of all, you have to be logged into Image Face to Face. Then, click the blog tab at the top of the page, and look for the option that says "my account".  Click on that tab and you will see your blog dashboard.  Halfway down, you will see a tab that says "write new entry." Clicking that will take you to your text box, tagging options and a few other tools.  Don't forget to put keywords in your title and remember to use the "tag" area so that you can make your article or post, search engine optimized (SEO) with key words!

When you are ready, make sure the publish option is clicked and hit the "save and close" button.

Those are the basics for using your blog here in the Image Face to Face website! To Your Success!

Darlene Ouimet