Social Media

“Help! Social Media Isn’t Working for Me”

While increasing numbers of therapists have set up social media accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, I’m still hearing a lot of confusion and many misconceptions about how to use social media successfully. I’m also seeing people make some social media faux pas, while still other’s tell me they are not sure what the heck [...]

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How To Write Content That People Will Read

It’s long past the time that having a static website was enough for a therapist or helping professional in order to make their presence known. Things really have changed. Adding fresh content to your website or blog is now a requirement if you want to be competitive on the web. I know some of you [...]

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Twitter, Confidentiality and Our Small World

The following post was written by my colleague, Susan Giurleo. A big thanks to  Susan  for sharing this post with my readers… You know I love Twitter. It’s just so fun. But it can be a slippery slope of ethics and confidentiality land mines if you’re not aware of what you’re doing and treat it [...]

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How to Deal with Social Media Overwhelm

I’ve been hearing a lot from therapists and other health practitioners about how overwhelmed they are by social media. There is much confusion about whether it’s even ethical for therapists to use it, and if it’s a worthwhile marketing tool. There are also concerns about privacy, not knowing how to use the technology, and fears [...]

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Yes, People Want to Help You

Copyblogger points out that People Really Want to Help You. In his post, Brian Clark summarizes  research by psychology researcher Felix Warneken. Warneken found that behaving altuistically  (helping someone when there’s nothing to gain) is innate in humans, and can be seen in babies sometimes younger than 18 months old. Yes, people do want to [...]

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Website Review is now Complete

Thanks to Barbara Babkirk for participating in the Website Review that Nathaniel Richman and I did over at our Website Design and Promotion Blog. You can read all the posts on the review over at our blog.

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