{"id":140,"date":"2017-06-08T06:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cp2.therasoftclients.com\/TSBLOGTT\/?p=140"},"modified":"2021-11-25T06:38:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T06:38:42","slug":"how-important-is-it-for-therapists-to-have-an-online-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/how-important-is-it-for-therapists-to-have-an-online-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"How important is it for therapists to have an online presence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>How important is it for therapists to have an online presence?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Even if you have a popular clinic which has a full caseload and a long waiting list you still need to have an online presence.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>An online presence principally refers to a website, and a social media account. It is often the first port of call that many people use before making an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Your website, if constructed properly with blog posts, should generate visitors to your site on an ongoing basis. This will help your practice survive when times are slow.<\/p>\n<p>As well, all therapists need more clients, and having an effective online presence is now a large part of that.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stats About Online Usage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingfortherapists.org\/therapist-seo-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research<\/a>&nbsp;is telling us that 80% of patients use online search before setting an appointment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As well, 77% of adults in the US have a smartphone and, one in five clients use their computers or smart phones to book an appointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/3049890\/title-register-image_tcm7-216662.jpg\" alt=\"How important is it for therapists to have an online presence?\" width=\"320\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"How important is it for therapists to have an online presence?\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Researching Referrals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Even if someone is referred to you by a family friend, doctor or another person they trust, they are going to Google to decide if you are right for them.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"\/why-you-should-use-external-links-on-your-website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a professional looking website<\/a> which potential clients can use to find out more about your practice helps them to establish a sense of trust and rapport even more they pick up the phone.<\/p>\n<p>People know that the internet will give them free second opinions with just a few clicks, and if you don\u2019t have a comprehensive presence they are not going to find you.<\/p>\n<p>And, you might be losing potential referrals because most people won\u2019t visit a therapist they can\u2019t research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{{cta(&#8216;ab69bf49-4103-4e19-8244-357161f848f9&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How important is it for therapists to have an online presence? Even if you have a popular clinic which has a full caseload and a long waiting list you still need to have an online presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,24,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140"}],"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=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uscp10.therasoft.com\/TSBLOGTT\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}