THE WEBSITE DOULA BLOG

Domain Privacy. What you need to know.

Most health and wellness business owners I work with on websites have never heard of domain privacy, and bump into the question of website privacy for the first time when setting up their new domain and hosting account. The cost for domain privacy is usually…

chatGPT health and wellness blog

Rock your health and wellness blog & social media with ChatGPT (with these tips to make it better!)

Are you struggling to get out a new health & wellness blog post? Stuck figuring out what to say on a social media post? Need to generate client handouts and feeling overwhelmed by the task? There’s a new AI kid on the block: ChatGPT, and…

Google Analytics 4 making the switch

Do you use Google Analytics? How to make the switch to GA4.

Every once in a while there’s a big shift in the way we do things online thanks to Google shaking things up… A few years ago it was Google Core Web Vitals. A few years before that it was ensuring your site had a security…

Laptop and clock on desk. how long does it take for a website to show in google

How long does it take for my new website to show in google search results?

It’s hard to resist, I know… So often the moment we launch a new website, clients immediately hop on google the next morning expecting to show up #1 on page 1 of search results. Or at least somewhere on that page! Or the next page…

website lifespan

How long will a good website last for my business?

I met with a potential client recently. Built in 2017, her site has reached a point where it is time for a website refresh. The technology is no longer current. The backend has tools she’s no longer using. There is information that no longer matches…

Hynobirthing childbirth educator training

A Fresh Approach to Childbirth Education: Meet HelloBirth

Meet Jenny Bennett, founder of HelloBirth Class! I’ve worked with Jenny for many years, and have watched her transition from part-time practitioner to full-time childbirth educator and doula, found an agency, train doulas, reestablish herself in a new state, and more.  Like so many childbirth…

build doula website

Want to build your own website? 6 questions you should answer first.

As a website designer (aka website doula…) I get the calls from the doulas who are ready to throw in the towel after months of wasted time trying to figure out whatever website platform they have chosen. I get the calls from the doulas whose…

website health checkups

Why your website needs regular health checks.

I want you to take a moment and consider the things that turn you OFF when you’re cruising the internet looking for a service or product. Slow loading pages or images? Yep. Broken links? Most definitely. A security certificate warning? I won’t even try to…

Doula providing back support to woman in labor and partner

Doula Jobs: How to be a full-time doula

Having built doula website designs with hundreds of new & established birth and postpartum doulas over my 12+ years as The Website Doula, I’ve seen doulas at every stage of growth. From brand new doulas just establishing themselves and deciding if they want to become…

common business mistakes

Five key business mistakes I have made in my years of self-employment

Ready? Here are five key business mistakes I have made over the years that I wish I had done differently… This is how we learn, right? We make mistakes. Ideally, we learn from them. I’m doing this in the name of showing that we are…