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Articles, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, How to Start a Private Practice, SEOJuly 12, 2020

3 Reasons Why Your Private Practice May Not Be Growing

Do Your Friends Know What You Do? I remember shortly before I decided to go into private practice full-time. I was lead to take…

Articles, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, SEONovember 22, 2018

How to Improve Your Google Ranking

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Are you wanting to improve your Google ranking? Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Business Basics, Marketing, Running a BusinessJune 23, 2018

Tips to Improve Your Website (Part 2)

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Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, Marketing, Running a BusinessJune 16, 2018

Tips to Improve Your Website (Part 1)

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Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…

Articles, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, MarketingMay 23, 2018

Why Your Business Needs a Welcome Video & How to Nail Making It

By Practice of the Practice

We are sure that, by now, you have recognized a growing trend of making video content. If you thought it was just reserved for…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, How to Start a Private Practice, Launching a private practice, Marketing, Networking, Running a BusinessMay 22, 2018

Adding Clients to Your Private Practice

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Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, How to Start a Private Practice, Launching a private practice, Marketing, Networking, Running a Business, SEO, Social MediaMay 19, 2018

How to Build Your Private Practice

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Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…

Aspiring Clinicians, Basics, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, Marketing, podcast, Podcasts, Setting Up a WebsiteMarch 7, 2018

How to Get Clients Using Your Website | Website Roundtable with John Clarke, Perry Rosenbloom, Joe Sanok and Jaime Jay | PoP 285

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What’s the funnel that you use to get people to your website? And, once they’re on your website, how do you keep them there?…

What to do while you wait for your website to go live

Articles, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, Marketing, Running a Business, Setting Up a WebsiteMarch 1, 2018

What You Can Do While Waiting For Your Website to Go Live

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Q&A was part of Next Level Practice, the most supportive community for therapists starting a private practice. In this video, Joe answers the question based…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Branding, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, podcast, Podcasts, Running a BusinessJanuary 16, 2018

Intellectual Property and How to Not Get Sued with Bobby Klinck | PoP 274

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Have you ever stayed up at night wondering if you could get sued for the images on your website? Should you trademark your practice? …

Aspiring Clinicians, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, podcast, Podcasts, Setting Up a WebsiteDecember 26, 2017

Counseling Website and Getting Clients with Perry Rosenbloom | PoP 271

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What are the most common website trends within the counseling field? How can you grow your email lists? And, how can you successfully transition…

Business Basics, How to Start a Private Practice, Launching a private practice, podcast, Podcasts, Setting Up a WebsiteDecember 13, 2017

How to Make a Website? Starting a Practice | PoP 263

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In this episode, Joe Sanok speaks about how to make a website when starting a private practice. Podcast Sponsor Confused by all the advice on…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Business Basics, How to Grow a Private Practice, MarketingNovember 23, 2017

7 Ideas to Market a Practice

By Practice of the Practice

So, you’ve decided to take the leap into starting a private practice. And, now, you’re faced with the often daunting task of marketing it….

Articles, Business Basics, Marketing, Setting Up a WebsiteJanuary 12, 2017

Should I Or Shouldn’t I Build My Own Website?

By Julia Smith

My Story Starting Off It started six months ago when I had decided to start private practice. One of the first things on my…

Business Basics, podcast, Podcasts, Setting Up a WebsiteDecember 26, 2016

PoP 178 | 12 Days Of Practice: Two Website Questions

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Today we’re talking about two website questions with Joe Sanok. In This Podcast: Am I in the right place? Can this counselor help me? The…

Articles, Business Basics, Launching a private practice, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a Website, Social MediaMarch 3, 2016

Website Roundtable

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Website Roundtable Bios Joseph R. Sanok Joe is a private practice consultant and the owner of Mental Wellness Counseling in Traverse City, MI. He…

Articles, Business Basics, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteJuly 1, 2015

4 Common Therapist Website Mistakes (And How to Fix Them) [Guest Post]

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Guest post by Daniel Wendler of MarketingForTherapists.org The good news is that it’s extremely easy to launch a website for your therapy clinic. The…

Articles, Marketing, Podcasts, Running a Business, SEOMarch 3, 2015

Podcast 70 Counseling Private Practice Websites | An interview with Perry Rosenbloom from Brighter Vision

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Today’s Private Practice Podcast Sponsor: Practice Nation, Meet the Perry Rosenbloom from Brighter Vision He started Brighter Vision. Brighter Vision is the complete web…

Articles, Business Basics, MarketingSeptember 2, 2014

Marketing Basics for Your Private Practice

By Aaron Carpenter

Although it is associated with advertising and promotions, marketing is a very large part of opening and running a private practice. If a counselor…

Articles, Monthly Income Reports, Running a BusinessJune 16, 2014

Increase Revenue: May 2014 Monthly Income Report

By PracticeofthePractice

May was an amazing month for me. I feel like I did a great job with being fully present at home. As some of…

Articles, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a Website, Social MediaMarch 13, 2014

When should I hire a website designer? #4 was really hard!

By PracticeofthePractice

This morning I had an amazing meeting with Aaron Carpenter from Legendary Lion Web Design. For a long time, I’ve tried to learn…

Aspiring Clinicians, Marketing, Naming a Practice, Networking, Referrals, Running a BusinessFebruary 21, 2014

5 Essentials for Websites in 2014

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Did you miss the webinar? Ever wonder what it takes to have an amazing website? Find out now: Watch it now! The Best Private…

Basics, Marketing, Podcasts, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteJanuary 20, 2014

How to Rank Higher in Google an interview with Sarah Barnes, marketing, SEO, social media, and website expert Part 1

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Summary In this podcast I talk with Sarah Barnes, SEO and website guru. She is Director of Marketing and Communications at Campbell and Company…

Aspiring Clinicians, E-book, Marketing, Podcasts, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteDecember 5, 2013

Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 023 | Caller Questions about SEO, Passive Income, and Raising Counseling Rates

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www.PracticeofthePractice.com/episode23 Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok episode 023 | Caller Questions about SEO, Passive Income, and Raising Counseling Rates by Joseph R….

Aspiring Clinicians, Basics, Running a Business, Setting Up a WebsiteNovember 28, 2013

10 Reasons I personally use Bluehost and 50% off hosting today only!

By PracticeofthePractice

If you are launching or plan to launch a website soon, you will need to buy hosting. Or maybe you’re going to launch an…

A better life, Articles, Clinical Issues, Clinical Resources, ParentingNovember 21, 2013

You’re not going to believe what this infographic says about parenting!

By PracticeofthePractice

With so much parenting advice, here’s a parenting infographic that should get you started. www.MentalWellnessParenting.com/book …

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Basics, Launching a private practice, Running a Business, Setting Up a WebsiteOctober 9, 2013

How to Launch a Website in 10 days

By PracticeofthePractice

Launching a counseling private practice website can be time-consuming and an energy drain, but it does not have to be that way! It can…

Basics, Marketing, Setting Up a WebsiteAugust 16, 2013

What I just learned…the hard way

By PracticeofthePractice

I have learned a lot lately. Most of it has been the hard way and actually probably helped me lose some money, connections with…

Articles, Monthly Income Reports, Running a BusinessAugust 12, 2013

July 2013 Monthly Income Report

By PracticeofthePractice

Some people might think that posting my income every month is bragging or somehow beyond what I should disclose. I used to be in…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Basics, Branding, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteMay 7, 2013

Time to grow your business?

By PracticeofthePractice

Act now! Save yourself hours of frustration, learning, and tedious work. It took me so much time to figure out how to link…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Customer Service, Marketing, Networking, Referrals, Running a BusinessMay 6, 2013

Five Ways to Know Your Business Will Be Successful This Year

By PracticeofthePractice

There are five essential indicators as to whether your business will grow this year. I am sure there are more than five, but these…

Articles, Basics, Marketing, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteApril 8, 2013

Redirect your website for better Search Engine Optimization

By PracticeofthePractice

Recently in a podcast I discussed redirecting URLs to go to your website. Following the podcast I got this email: Hi Joe, Thanks for…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Launching a private practice, Monthly Income Reports, Running a BusinessJanuary 19, 2013

December 2012 Earnings

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by joseph sanok Why I do this I’ve been doing these income reports for a number of months now. If…

Articles, Customer Service, E-book, Launching a private practice, Marketing, Networking, Running a BusinessJanuary 17, 2013

How to launch an e-book on Amazon

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You may have recently noticed more e-book action from Practice of the Practice. If you have not, you may want to check out my…

Articles, Basics, Marketing, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteDecember 5, 2012

Intro to Websites | Bluehost and WordPress step-by-step

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On Practice of the Practice, I usually make totally unique and original content. But, I am not too proud to tell you about things…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Branding, Launching a private practice, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteOctober 24, 2012

52-week Private Practice Creation

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I often get people asking me about consulting and how to launch their private practice. Also, I often have discussions with counselors in private…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Basics, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteOctober 10, 2012

Website Consultation

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We counselors often miss immense opportunities because of our lack of business skills. Our websites often look crappy and we need help with design….

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Monthly Income Reports, Running a BusinessOctober 8, 2012

September 2012 Earnings Report

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In an effort to be transparent and to inspire you, I want to start reporting my monthly earnings. But first, let me thank…

beatles Counseling private practice advice

Articles, Branding, MarketingSeptember 19, 2012

Business Advice and The Beatles

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Are you part of the MAYA group or not? If you don’t know, than you are not in the group. MAYA stands for…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Clinical Issues, Marketing, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteJuly 27, 2012

Selecting a counseling private practice name

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How to name a counseling private practice What’s in a name? EVERYTHING! The name of your practice should be something that reflects who you…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Marketing, Running a Business, SEOJuly 26, 2012

A Step-by-Step Guide to “Dinner and a Counseling Session”

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If you are not familiar with the”Dinner and a Counseling Session” service that I offered starting in May, you can check out the site…

Angry Kids, Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Clinical Issues, Parenting, Running a BusinessJuly 25, 2012

More ways to help angry kids

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In my last article “How to Help Angry Kids” I talked about a number of treatment approaches to help kids that have anger issues….

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Marketing, Running a BusinessJuly 19, 2012

You Marketing You

By PracticeofthePractice

I didn’t realize how much was involved with marketing until I really got into private practice, and I am still learning. As much as…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Clinical Issues, Marketing, SEOJuly 9, 2012

How I almost lost 5,000 customers

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I became more active on counseling private practice discussions on LinkedIn a few months ago. In Pat Flynn’s e-newsletter (Smart Passive Income) he had…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Clinical Issues, E-book, Marketing, Running a Business, Setting Up a WebsiteJuly 2, 2012

E-book is now on Amazon!

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Joseph Sanok’s new e-book! Practice of the Practice | A Start-up Guide to Launching a Counseling Private Practice A straight-forward guide to making private…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Branding, Marketing, Networking, Running a BusinessJuly 2, 2012

How to get referrals from doctors

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I have received so many questions from counselors in private practice about how to market to doctors. I decided that rather than email…

Articles, Clinical Issues, Marketing, Running a BusinessJune 29, 2012

When do you need a practice consultant?

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For most counselors, a practice consultant is a waste of time and money. It is really important to know yourself well enough to ask…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, MarketingJune 26, 2012

What I wish I had known in graduate school

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As I made my way through my graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology and Community Counseling, I did a lot right: I had a job…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Branding, Marketing, Networking, Running a BusinessMay 29, 2012

The case against a business plan

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I was recently asked by a reader, “What software did you use for your business plan? Do you have one?” I also just had…

Articles, Running a BusinessMay 29, 2012

Is “real time” counseling dead?

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I had a Practice of the Practice reader email me this: It has finally just hit me that since it is just ME sitting…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Marketing, Networking, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteMay 18, 2012

How I Got On The Front Page of Google in 6 weeks

By Aaron Carpenter

How did I get on the front page of Google for the terms “counseling” and “Traverse City”? I often get this question. People will…

Articles, Aspiring Clinicians, Branding, Marketing, Networking, Running a BusinessMay 9, 2012

Private Practice: What Does It Take To Be Successful? A Business Paradigm

By PracticeofthePractice

Being a well-trained and ethical counselor is the foundation for being successful in private practice. While competence is essential, you also need to…

Articles, Branding, Marketing, Networking, Running a Business, Setting Up a WebsiteMay 1, 2012

Five Ways to Market on the Cheap

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When I launched my counseling private practice several years ago, I was brand new to the Traverse City area. I was coming from another…

Articles, Basics, Branding, Marketing, Networking, Running a Business, SEO, Setting Up a WebsiteApril 25, 2012

Set Up a Business Facebook Page in 5 minutes

By Aaron Carpenter

Many people want to get a Facebook page for their counseling private practice. For many clinicians, the whole process can be overwhelming. Recently, I…