{"id":3228,"date":"2015-11-23T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T10:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonebridge-blog.positive-dedicated.net\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:41:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T13:41:05","slug":"market-foot-health-practitioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/foot-health-practitioner\/market-foot-health-practitioner\/","title":{"rendered":"How to market yourself as a foot health practitioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>So you&#8217;ve successfully completed a professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/foot-health-practitioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">foot health practitioner course <\/a>that included a solid foundation of relevant theoretical tuition, accompanied&nbsp;by practical training.<\/h2>\n<p>Now you have&nbsp;an accredited<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/foot-health-care-practitioner-qcf-diploma-level-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> level 3 <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/course\/foot-health-practitioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">level 4<\/a> certificate in your possession and have taken out the necessary insurance cover, what are the next steps?<\/p>\n<h3>1) Invest in some basic marketing materials:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Business cards \u2013 to distribute as you meet new people.<\/li>\n<li>A4 flyers with details of the services that you offer.<\/li>\n<li>A simple WordPress website that adds credibility to your business and confirms your services, charges and full contact details.<\/li>\n<li>Written testimonials (these are essential, and you need to gather them as you begin treatments).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2) Decide what you are going to charge for various treatments, taking into account:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Costs you will incur&nbsp;(time and travel).<\/li>\n<li>Revenue that you will generate accounting for cancellations.<\/li>\n<li>Prices charged by any competitors in your area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3)&nbsp;Choose the area you want to operate in and make contact with people&nbsp;and facilities that could&nbsp;promote your services to:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The elderly, who can no longer look after their own feet.<\/li>\n<li>Patients with specific foot-related problems, that you are qualified to treat.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who&nbsp;has diabetes and needs regular foot check-ups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stonebridge graduate Sharon set up her business as a foot health practitioner by visiting local businesses and giving talks on foot health. She also&nbsp;provided clinics&nbsp;in community centres&nbsp;and&nbsp;church halls and placed adverts in local newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, there were no plans to grow the business to the size that it is today; she&nbsp;simply set about establishing it with enthusiasm and determination.&nbsp;Her marketing tools were basic but professional and effective \u2013 flyers that clearly explained&nbsp;her services and business cards to distribute. Sharon now runs a very successful mobile business and will soon have five foot health practitioners helping to keep up with the demand for her services.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about our foot health practitioner courses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/category\/foot-health-practitioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png\" alt=\"A-Z book of courses\" width=\"690\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses.png 690w, https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/a-z-courses-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;ve successfully completed a professional foot health practitioner course that included a solid foundation of relevant theoretical tuition, accompanied&nbsp;by practical training. Now you have&nbsp;an accredited level 3 or level 4 certificate in your possession and have taken out the necessary insurance cover, what are the next steps? 1) Invest in some basic marketing materials: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":6353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-3228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foot-health-practitioner","tag-foot-health-practitioners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3228"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24691,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3228\/revisions\/24691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonebridge.uk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}