Question:  Why should I advertise on CounselingSeattle.com?  (It's a great website, but it's so far away!  Who would think to look for my advertising on a Seattle website?)

The Webmaster's Answer 

Even asking yourself the question is a good beginning.  This page is specifically here for persons who are smart enough to ask the question.  The quick answer is, "Because CounselingSeattle.com has viewers from around the whole Puget Sound region and from all around the United States." 

Advertising on the internet is not like advertising in a newspaper with a limited area of circulation.  Most potential clients don't type in the name of a website when they are searching for information--they use a well-known internet search engine such as www.Google.com.  And search engines such as Google, have no boundaries except those that you type into your search-phrase to focus the search.   CounselingSeattle.com is the best internet counselor locator service all around Puget Sound in Washington State.

When a potential client is experiencing emotional pain or discomfort and thinks about finding a counselor, those who are web-savvy, will turn to their computer and call up their favorite search engine--Google, MSN, Yahoo, Ask.

Then, faced with that empty search box, they have to think what words to search with.

mental health depression problem

and hits the enter key.  In a fraction of a second the search engine reveals the first page of results--Results 1 - 10 of about 24,200,000 for mental health depression problem.  And the very first website listed is "The National Institute of Mental Health."  Other sites on page one deal with depression diagnosis, depression resources.  This is not what he is looking for!  So he adds to the search phrase the name of the city he lives in--Tacoma, Washington

mental health depression problem Tacoma WA

and hits the enter key.  In 0.31 seconds the search engine brings up the first page of search results--Results 1 - 10 of about 95,900 for mental health depression problem Tacoma WA.  And the top two web pages in the search results are both for "CounselingSeattle.com"

CounselingSeattle.com has the counselor locator pages that the web-smart counselor, therapist, psychologist or social worker with a private practice office in Tacoma, Washington (or anywhere else around Puget Sound), will be listed on.  That's because they know the primary concern is to advertise their practice where the searching client will find them.  Try this in Google and use the name of your community or a nearby city:

mental health counselor  Your City  Washington

CounselingSeattle.com is the strongest counselor locator site in the Pacific Northwest.  Our only real competition is from a national advertiser that charges more than three times as much annually.  Several of my advertisers who currently advertise on both sites have told me that they have had lots of referrals from CounselingSeattle.com viewers, but have never had a referral from the other site.

Add to that the financial incentive--if you are one of the first three counselors to list on one of the "New Service Area" marked pages, you are eligible for ten percent "new service area discount."  (Just mark it in the fee section of your application form.)

But CounselingSeattle.com also provides an effective way to advertise full-time or part-time office space for rent, to advertise your therapy groups, or your counselor training workshops.

Looking for office space to rent?  Just search for...

counselor office space for rent Your City  WA

and hit the enter or search key.  In 0.28 seconds the first page of search results will show up, reading, "Results 1 - 10 of about 12,000,000 for counselor office space for rent."  and the first two sites on the first page will be CounselingSeattle.com pages.

Demographics for CounselingSeattle.com Viewers, December 2007

Gender: Males 38%, Female 62%
Household Income: $0-30k 21%, $30-60 37%, $60-100k 26%, $100K+ 16%
Education Level (head of household): No College 35%, College $41%, Grad. Sch. 23%.
Age: 18-24: 4%, 25-34: 25%, 35-44: 29%, 45-54: 22%, 55-64: 13%, over 65: 7%
Ethnicity: Caucasian 87%, African American 2%, Asian 2%, Hispanic 9%, Other 0%

Quantcast is a new media measurement service that lets advertisers view audience reports on millions of websites and services.  Quountcast ranks CounselingSeattle.com in the top one percent of the websites in the world.

To advertise on CounselingSeattle.com, just go to the Advertise Around Puget Sound page and click around to find the information and forms you need.

On the other hand, if you have read this explanation and and still have some reason why you should NOT advertise on CounselingSeattle.com, please email me and tell me what you are thinking.  I am here to help.

Best wishes,

Floyd Else, MA, LMHC, NCC, MAC, Webmaster
[My job is helping counselors make money.]
 

             

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