Web pages for therapists

Individual web sites can be expensive to build and complicated to manage. Now members can afford to have their own personal web page as part of the Guild's web site for the modest annual cost of £40 pa. That's about the annual cost of a postcard in your local newsagent's window.

Think of it as your own online brochure, explaining the range of therapies that you offer, including brief testimonials and client comments etc. An ideal word count is 200 to 350, to give a balanced look to your page.

Your own web page

As a listed therapist, you will have your own web page, linked to the regional listing in the Directory of Therapists.
Here's what it will contain:

	Your own words, describing your services, to help clients choose you from among the many other therapists in the region.
	Full contact details, so new clients can get in touch with you by phone, letter or email, to make an appointment.
	A photograph, to make it more reassuring and easier for clients to pick up the phone and call for an appointment.
	A map link, so they can find where you work, saving you hours of time explaining exactly where you are based.
	You can add links to other web sites, if you wish. If you already have your own web site, the directory will produce more visitors for your site.
	Include any client comments and testimonials, if you want. Use up to 250 - 350 words of description.
	Cost is just £40 pa. See the details on the Q&A page.
	See the details below to answer other common queries.

Q & A:

Can I include more words and images?
Sorry, no . The price is reasonable because we use a standard format. You can use more words, but the page will become over-long and visitors probably won't read too far. So 200 - 350 words is about right.

Does it take long to publish?
Pages take 2 - 3 days to set up on average. Then we correct any errors and you have the option of changing some of your words, if you want.

What if I change my email address or get a new phone number?
No problem. Changes take a day or two to implement and there is no charge for them.

Can I design my own page?
Yes and No! The price quoted is for a standard format. However, I also build sites for complementary therapists and always quote competitive prices. See www.greendrift.co.uk for some examples.

I've got a web site already, so what's the point?
Each page is coded for search engines to bring visitors directly to your page, so that you should find that your main site receives more traffic from the Guild page.

What do I need to send?
Send the following information for your web page directly to The Guild's web master:
1. Your wording in a Word document by email or on a disk
2. Details of where you work including your full post code (for the map link)
3. An image (JPG file from a digital camera, or a photograph to scan - your choice
4. Your pre-payment of £40 payable to Roger Hocking:

Send or email the information for the page to:
Roger Hocking
Green Drift, Clifford Road
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire LS23 6BZ

My email address is greendrift@ntlworld.com
You are welcome to phone me, Roger, if you have any queries:
01937 845 557

You will receive a receipt and your page should be live within 3 working days, in most cases.

Want to know how to write some persuasive wording?
There is a set of guidance notes on what to write on the following page: NEXT>

Click on the image below......

This is an example page, set out as your page will look. To see it in full size, click the image above.

As a web designer, I manage web sites for several therapy groups and these pages for therapists are tried and proven on several sites.

Interestingly, the first people to take up the offer are often those who have spent £ hundreds on their own web sites and then found that very few visitors find the site. A simple link from their page on the main therapy group web site, like this one, brings them a lot of traffic for very little cost.

You can see examples on several web sites like:

www.hk4health.co.uk/janice.htm

www.healerfound.co.uk/therapists/denisehowes.htm

www.yorkshirehealth.co.uk/therapists/claireclarke.htm

Guidance notes:

How to write the wording for your page.

See the following page.