{"id":104,"date":"2017-06-28T06:35:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T06:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cp2.therasoftclients.com\/TSBLOGTT\/?p=104"},"modified":"2021-11-25T06:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:55:23","slug":"how-to-use-social-media-when-running-a-private-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/how-to-use-social-media-when-running-a-private-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Social Media When Running a Private Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>How To Use Social Media When Running a Private Practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Next to a blog and website, you can <a href=\"\/tips-for-therapists-using-twitter-to-promote-their-private-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use social media to communicate<\/a> with your clients and get the word out about your private practice.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Whether you choose to use Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, these can be a great marketing channel. However, at the same time you need to be aware on how to use these platforms to represent your private practice.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Before setting up social media channels for your private practice, you need to understand how each of them works, and how to work each of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s make it clear from the start: do not use your personal Facebook profile synonymously for your practice.<\/p>\n<p>Create a separate business page using your private practice as an identity.<\/p>\n<p>On this page, you can share visuals, content and make downloads available. Do not post personal matters or cases on Facebook, and keep it strictly professional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn1.hubspot.com\/StockImages\/Silly%20Photos\/7K0A0032.jpg\" alt=\"How To Use Social Media When Running a Private Practice\" width=\"320\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"How To Use Social Media When Running a Private Practice\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>How To Use Social Media When Running a Private Practice<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Twitter is where the conversation is happening.<\/p>\n<p>Engage with your clients, colleagues as well as a wider audience by answering questions, contributing to discussions and posting interesting and engaging content.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s main feature are #hashtags &#8211; they work similar to keywords. If you are talking or responding about a certain topic, you can use hashtags for other people to find.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>LinkedIn is a great way to connect with other and related professionals in your field.<\/p>\n<p>By connecting with people, they will see the<a href=\"\/5-ways-blog-posts-can-attract-potential-clients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">content your share<\/a>. You can join groups and discussions, and make great networking connections in your area.<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn is also a great way to create a networking group and gain support for your private practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{{cta(&#8216;ab69bf49-4103-4e19-8244-357161f848f9&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Use Social Media When Running a Private Practice Next to a blog and website, you can use social media to communicate with your clients and get the word out about your private practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,34,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}