Hi Tammy!
I have copied and pasted below a post from LONG ago. It is still full of great information but a couple of things have changed because the world HAS CHANGED.
ONE- Social Media. You must be active in social media both as a creator and presenter of information and also a member of groups. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Quora….even Twitter.
TWO- Video video and video. And don’t forget the VIDEO. Youtube, facebook and on your website.
Look, having a website and only a website and hoping that will get clients? Its like having an electronic business card….. Putting up a website only and expecting people to show up is like tacking up a business card in the grocery store and hoping people pick it up! Can it happen, yes… but not the best thing to get noticed.
THREE – Our Directory is like a great big BILLBOARD… for all of you.. rather than a grocery store bulletin lboard….and you can use it to your advantage!!!I suggest you should use our link in YOUR website, you should add articles to your profile on the Directory… you can submit articles to our main blog. We actually take a lot of the SEO hard work out of the picture for you. BQH and “quantum healing” is getting some nice notice by the interwebs!
Below are more suggestion- but I cannot express enough how important the videos are…..(This post was originally written in 2012. It remains valid and I have added updates where appropriate)
I am a firm believer in the universal law of what you put out you will receive back.
I have a very full appointment schedule. This did not happen by accident and although, yes, my contact information on DoloresCannon.com is displayed on the Practitioner page along with the other moderators of this forum, I promise you, this is not where the great majority of my session appointments come from. (update in 2015 I am no longer listed or recognized on the official website in any way, quite the opposite.)
I work my business and I promote myself locally and on social media in both Austin and Wichita. This took some time and effort. (Update in 2018- I used to commute back and forth from Kansas to Texas and no longer do this either)
I have MEETUP groups in both areas. I hold free information and entertaining meetings in person, in real life where people can meet me. I bring Dolores Books. Sometimes I bring my computer and show one of her youtube videos or other clips. Last night I showed the Gregg Braden clip of the Chinese medicineless hospital and the woman whose bladder tumor disappears in 3 minutes. Most had never seen that clip. I believe it supports the idea of Quantum Healing and instantaneous healing.
I talk about my sessions, I tell stories. I pick a subject and encourage discussions. I offer free brief group regressions at the end of the presentations. I have a collection of Dolores books that I offer for sale. I tell them they can save on postage if they buy them from me right then and there. You too can contact Joy in the office and arrange to have books on consignment. You can make a few dollars doing this…you can become the local Dolores expert too, just like me.
I contact OTHER metaphysical groups and attend their meetings. I sit by people and we talk. I have my cards ready to hand out or just mention my work and plant that seed in conversations that come up. Sometimes I am a GUEST speaker at other groups. For Example, I regularly am a guest speaker at a Women’s Shamanic Drumming circle in Austin. Where they usually do a drum journey, I lead them on an extended group regression. Sometimes these members remember and recommend me to friends in the future. Getting your face out there in real life is important in regards to trust and allowing others to feel your energy…,.
I have had meetings at my home, an empty conference room at a business, local library and a back room of a cafe. I always book appointments after those meetings.
I had another meeting last night. I had 16 people attend. My subject was “The Evolving Human” also CORe healing, another modality I have learned and speak about. I talked about my sessions of the last week and the Shift. I talked about the new Convoluted 4 book. I sold 3 books. I booked 4 confirmed sessions and I have three people getting back to me after checking my open dates with their own calendars. How did these people find me? Primarily the MEETUP.com group. Others were former clients who brought friends or family to meet me.
Some read my blog or website. (Update in 2018 YouTube has far surpassed blogs and websites! Video is where it is AT!)
I market my practice, my business, regularly. In the distant past I tried simply sitting at home and waited for people to find me, it did not work.
Have you given presentations? Have you started a group? Have you contacted other groups and offered to talk about Quantum Healing? Do you have cards or information in your purse or car to hand out if the opportunity arises? Do you write a blog? Do you have a website? Blogging platforms are FREEEEEEE. Its one of the easiest ways to begin to market yourself. (Update – VIDEO, cannot stress this enough, want more sessions? Do videos! YouTube or Facebook LIVE)
Most areas have local health fairs or such where you can set up a table. Have you considered that way of marketing?
Have you tried bartering with other holistic practitioners? Traded for say, a reiki session or a tapping session or a massage? Its great to network with others who are interested in health and healing.
Something else to consider is this: Do you contribute here, on our Forum? Or do you only come here to read and receive the energy and contributions of others? You are not required to contribute, of course, but I suggest to you that when you do, in any significant way at all, even with the smallest comments or observations or sharing of parts of your own work, you plant seeds for receiving in your own practice.
I’ll leave you with one more suggestion. Do you program your future appointments or ask for help from the SC? If not, I suggest you try. Ask to be inspired about how you can spread the word about your practice. Imagine giving talks to full rooms and then people standing in line to book appointments with you. Create that reality.
I promise you, it is possible.
Hope some of this helps those of you wanting to be busier.
Much love 😡
Candace
