Massage Practice Builder Discussions - massage and bodywork professionals2024-03-28T20:39:58Zhttps://massageprofessionals.com/group/massagepracticebuilder/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe art of getting spiders to your massage website.tag:massageprofessionals.com,2010-10-11:2887274:Topic:1095472010-10-11T02:01:05.501ZJulie Onofriohttps://massageprofessionals.com/profile/JulieOnofrio
<p>The art of getting backlinks to your massage website is an important part of getting your website found. Backlinks are links from other sites that link to your massage website. As I was thinking about
writing this post, I realized what it must seem like to people who<br />
aren’t knowledgeable about websites and how they get found. Who the<br />
heck ever thought this up? A spammy, scammy site could get traffic just<br />
by creating a good solid backlinking campaign.<br></br>
This is how it all works (from…</p>
<p>The art of getting backlinks to your massage website is an important part of getting your website found. Backlinks are links from other
sites that link to your massage website. As I was thinking about<br />
writing this post, I realized what it must seem like to people who<br />
aren’t knowledgeable about websites and how they get found. Who the<br />
heck ever thought this up? A spammy, scammy site could get traffic just<br />
by creating a good solid backlinking campaign.<br/>
This is how it all works (from what I can gather- no one really knows for sure because the Search Engines won’t tell!)</p>
<p>Search engines send out spiders to crawl webpages to find all of the words that people search for. The search engines track what people
search for. The crawlers create an index of websites on the internet so<br />
that they can have a database to work from when people do a search. <br />
That is why the searches are able to give such fast results. It doesn’t<br />
go looking for sites when you do a search. It has already done that. <br />
Each search engine has their own rules (that know one knows) about how<br />
they look at a website and decide which site to put in their results and<br />
which ones to put on the top of the first page of results.</p>
<p>Read the rest online at <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/getting-backlinks/">www.massagepracticebuilder.com</a><br/></p> Creating a Referral Networktag:massageprofessionals.com,2010-09-12:2887274:Topic:1049592010-09-12T03:19:28.844ZJulie Onofriohttps://massageprofessionals.com/profile/JulieOnofrio
In addition to a good website, the other main way to build a massage business is to have a large referral network of people to refer clients to you.<br></br><br></br>This can come in many ways - from having the clients that you do already have send people to you, having doctors and other health care professionals refer to you, having other businesses refer to you.<br></br><br></br>First off you clients may often just naturally want to refer people to you. Just start out and tell them something like:…<br></br>
In addition to a good website, the other main way to build a massage business is to have a large referral network of people to refer clients to you.<br/><br/>This can come in many ways - from having the clients that you do already have send people to you, having doctors and other health care professionals refer to you, having other businesses refer to you.<br/><br/>First off you clients may often just naturally want to refer people to you. Just start out and tell them something like:<br/><div style="margin-left: 40px;">I am in the process of building my business, so if you know anyone who could use a massage just tell them I offer a free consultation.<br/><br/></div>
Ok did you get the last part of this? You have to have a clear way for people to tell others to contact you. Just saying 'call my massage therapist' often isn't inspiring enough for people to just pick up the phone. Your website is a good place to start because it can help answer many of the basic questions that people have and it is available 24/7. <br/><br/>You can also offer people an incentive to send you referrals like send my x amount of clients and I will give you a free half hour massage or something like that. <br/><br/>Getting doctors and other health care professionals to refer to you will start with finding providers who understand the value of massage. It is also about finding people that you would go to yourself for care - and that is one of the first steps - Go and visit them as a client! See if you like what they do or the type of care they provide. Then you can send people to them. Oh but you thought this was all about getting you clients... People are more likely to refer once they know you respect them!<br/><br/>This is true for getting other businesses to refer to you. <br/><br/>Give before you get!<br/><br/>To learn more about building a referral network please visit my website <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/start-a-website/">www.massagepracticebuilder.com</a> and also post your challenges in building a referral network here!<br/> Building a Websitetag:massageprofessionals.com,2010-09-12:2887274:Topic:1049572010-09-12T03:10:22.532ZJulie Onofriohttps://massageprofessionals.com/profile/JulieOnofrio
Your Massage Business website can be a major source of getting clients. To do that it has to be found for the keywords - massage your city on the first page of results. Ideally the top of the page is the best. But even after you get your website to that position you also have to have a website that is filled with content about what you do and how massage works. <br></br><br></br>What people want to know is can you help them with whatever issue or problem they have. Having a lot of information…
Your Massage Business website can be a major source of getting clients. To do that it has to be found for the keywords - massage your city on the first page of results. Ideally the top of the page is the best. But even after you get your website to that position you also have to have a website that is filled with content about what you do and how massage works. <br/><br/>What people want to know is can you help them with whatever issue or problem they have. Having a lot of information about massage and what it does can help them in beginning to trust you right from the start. Also people who are more interested in information are often more serious about their health and have a higher potential to be a regular client.<br/><br/>The basic process of building a website is this:<br/><ol>
<li>Research keywords to find out what people are searching for</li>
<li>Use the keyword research to choose the <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/domain-names/">best domain name</a> for your website</li>
<li>Use the keyword research to create pages</li>
<li>Learn about search engine optimization for your pages (metatags)</li>
<li>Submit your website to the top search engines. Using an <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/xml-sitemaps-for-massage-therapists/">xml sitemap</a> is best.<br/></li>
<li>Write <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/writing-content-for-your-website/">content</a> until your practice is full</li>
<li>Have an email newsletter for people to sign up for</li>
<li>Have a <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/using-facebook/">Facebook Fan</a> page for people to follow you</li>
<li>Use twitter.com feeds on the main page of your website to announce daily appointment openings</li>
<li>Use your website to make additional money while you do massage or create another site on a topic like low back pain or some common injury or disease that you are an expert in.</li>
</ol>
So what challenges are you having in getting clients from your website?<br/>