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OK, gang! Some of you have already heard the news but for those of you that haven’t . . . . I’m FINALLY launching BlogStart for Therapists! This is a quick 4-week tele-class for beginning bloggers. If you’ve got the platform already set up to blog but find that you’re too intimidated to even start, this is my personal effort to help you get it started.
Check it out for yourself. When you see what I’m offering and realize the value you will get, I know you’ll sign up today! I’m counting on this class filling up quickly and I want you to be right there with me . . . finding your courage to grow your practice . . . one blog post . . . and one client at a time!
(And, for those of you more experienced bloggers who are not attracting the attention of the search engines and clients, I have a BIG SURPRISE for you, too! I’m not quite ready to tell you yet . . . . Just know that I’ve got your back and some FABULOUS SUPPORT coming for you, too. Watch for details to be posted in April! I’ve got TONS of juicy help coming your way!)
In the mean time, feel free to drop in here to share your wildest fantasies for blogging support! I’m happy to take them on and try to integrate them into . . . my BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU!
Brenda Bomgardner says
Tamara, I consider you one of the best bloggers for therapists. Your are queen of content and the Jon Morrow for therapist bloggers.
Wishing you great success. Brenda
Tamara Suttle says
Oh, my gosh! I can’t think of a higher compliment! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Jill Osborne says
What about those of us with more than one blog? I think for my, even though I’m not beginning I need Motivation to sit down and plan and write my posts. How do I clear out my busy mind and focus?
Jill Osborne says
I just noticed there is not a place to put both my websites, I tried to put both but when you click on my name it thinks it’s all one site.
Tamara Suttle says
It’s true, Jill. You can only link your name in the comments to one website. I haven’t seen a widget that allows you to do otherwise. I suggest you decide which is more relevant to your comment and include that URL.
Tamara Suttle says
Oh, Jill! I can so relate to this dilemma! It is really difficult for me to stay current with my two blogs, too. If it’s not absolutely necessary to have more than one blog, I say DON’T! Obviously for those of us who do clinical work and also coach / consult in a different area, it’s really a best practice to have two entirely separate spaces. However, if one of your sites is clinical . . . and a separate one is for something other than coaching that can also be related to your clinical work . . . like writing or teaching or facilitating workshops . . . then you are much better off to merge them.
The other piece I will contribute to this discussion is that for those who are just starting off blogging, start with one. If you can put systems and habits in place that allow you blog at the frequency and with the quality that you want for a good year or so, then go back and consider whether you want to add a second one. One good solid blog is much more effective in building your business, than two half-assed blogs that appear to be, as Beth Hayden says, “blog orphans.”
Jill Osborne says
For me, I started a second blog after having Jill’s Writing and Play Therapy Page (www.jillosborne.org) for several years. It is focused mainly on play therapy and writing related topics, and the new one I started towards the end of last year as a way to blog about more spiritual growth and an outlet for expressing my own spiritual growth. I haven’t 100% decided what my voice is for that blog but since it’s still new I’m playing with it. I felt that they were too separate to marry them together. Maybe i’ll think differently at some point.
Tamara Suttle says
That makes perfect sense to me, Jill, if it’s important to you to keep them separate. After all, while you want to be authentic as a therapist and you want to be aware of how your own life influences your practice, you don’t want to negatively influence your clinical work by giving too much or unnecessary information.
Part of what you may what to consider are the ways that clients having knowledge of your spiritual growth may support your clinical work and the ways that may inhibit your clinical work. If you decide to keep them separate, then consider how important it is to you that you drive traffic to your spiritual growth website. If indeed, it is important to you – because of course – you could keep it private and even password protect it – but assuming it is important to drive traffic to it, then you will need to set up a plan for blogging on each of your blogs. For me, it is easier to set up time on different days to blog on different blogs with different audiences.