Business Guide for Health Therapists: How to Find What You Need to Know (Business: things you need to know, #2) (ePub)

"Full of excellent tips, tricks and resource suggestions for getting your therapy business off the ground."
MARGARET TROWELL
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) Co-ordinator.

"A must have for therapists starting out in their career or experienced professional improving their current business. Often as a therapist you can focus too much on the needs of your clients and dismiss the business side of things but with the help of this book you can improve every aspect of your business, even the ones you may have never thought of. A comprehensive well researched guide crammed full of useful tips and information relayed in a pragmatic structured format. An excellent source of information and reference for practitioner's throughout their careers. It could help any practitioner in the field of CAM, experienced business owner or not, this book is a must read."

LAUREN ALLEN: International Federation of Aromatherapists.

"Absolutely jam-packed with extremely useful information. An excellent handbook for complementary and alternative practitioners."
Reader's review.

"The only business guide health practitioners will ever need ... an extremely practical, down-to-earth, and go-to resource ... an impressive stand-by in terms of the thoroughly well-researched links to websites, which is both a feature and benefit of this guide."
JENNIFER LINDLEY
Business Coach & Owner: Powerful People Performance

The aim of tis book is to give a general, brief, simple and straightforward overview of many of the main business processes that you need to know.

It will also enable you to access detailed information by linking to selected websites.

Even as the owner of an established health practice you will find yourself wanting to refer to it again and again.

This manual was written in response to a need that Richard identified in the course of mentoring, and while managing a Natural Health Centre.

The aim of the book is to give a general, brief, simple and straightforward overview of many of the main business processes that you need to know. It will also enable you to access detailed information by linking to selected websites.

Start by reading it without referring to the websites. Then return to the beginning and read it again, on a 'step by step' basis, this time linking to the detailed website information that is relevant to your business.

THIS BOOK PROVIDES:

• Access to detailed information about starting and practice-managing the business of a Health Therapist and of a Practitioner of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM);
• A clear, concise guide to practical business matters for the use of Health Therapists and CAM Practitioners;
• Strategies to promote the sale of health therapy and CAM services and products to clients;
• Essential reading that refers to more than 150 online links to business, therapy and CAM websites;
• Help with achieving business success as a Health Therapist or a CAM Practitioner;
• A checklist of key small business components;
• A compact and straightforward overview of important business processes;
• A brief, structured and innovative method of identifying information and advice about starting and managing a health therapy and CAM business.