Now is the time to make things happen. In fact, some say that a recession is the best time to start a business. For one, prices are lower for advertising, printing and services. But at the end of the day, to be successful in any business, it is rarely the result of luck alone, but [...]

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A mistake often made by therapists and coaches is thinking that you always need more new clients. In my 11 Mistakes, I talk about this common mistake and the need to change the way you look at getting clients. If you think that by focusing on getting a steady stream of new clients then success [...]

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Do you ever have time to market your practice? We all start our journey as holistic therapists with the best of intentions. We are amazed at the wonderful results our therapy gets and the thought of helping so many people gets us motivated to train. While it is uncommon for many of us to make [...]

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I know you’d love to build a business purely by word of mouth. People speaking well of you and others flocking to your door. Would that mean you wouldn’t feel uncomfortable, pushy, or “salesy”, and it would be easy for your business to keep on growing and growing, right? Maybe it’s an underlying fear of [...]

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#3 Not Looking Professional

The quote “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” Winnie the Pooh, I think is fab. As holistic practitioners, deep down, we’re often too scared of appearing pushy, that we stay in our corner and deprive others of the [...]

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#2 Avoid being too professional

The quote “if you wait to do everything until you’re sure it is right, you’ll probably never do much of anything” is a trap we can all fall into. Waiting until the brochure you’re designing looks perfect, waiting until you’ve lost a few pounds to get the photos done, waiting to get your logo done [...]

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#1 Is Your Practice a Business?

I love the quote by John Norley – “All things are difficult before they are easy“. I believe this is often the case when it comes to the whole subject of how to get more clients. I certainly found it confusing a few years ago when it came to the whole marketing thing. When you [...]

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Our deepest fear ….

I love this quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are [...]

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Cure the seesaw cycle of busy one week / empty the next, and have all the clients you need – consistently!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all you had to do was open the doors to your clinic, and business would grow because so many people were hearing of what you do, simply by word of mouth? A client get a great result and they spread the word! Then you could get on with your life’s [...]

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