If you are committed to building, editing and maintaining your own website, you’ve likely spent some time searching google for answers. As the Website Doula I am committed to sharing website tips & tutorials to help you learn the ropes.
If you have every found yourself confused by how to register a domain, create a gravatar, or what exactly to include on your about page or resources page, you’ll find the answers here. Is there something you want to know how to do but don’t see it here? Let me know at info@thewebsitedoula.com and it might just become my next free website tutorial!
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 around $12 / year, which is pretty negligible in the…
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 websites have been live for a year and haven’t resulted…
Choosing Your Domain Name (updated for 2021)
More often than not, I get a new client calling me for help building their new website who has a fantastic creative name for their business that has only one major catch: <em>The domain name is not available.</em> Perhaps someone else is using it for their domain, or often an individual or company has purchased…
Core Web Vitals: How the new Google Update will impact your wellness website
Once again, I get to write you a “Friendly FYI” blog post. This time, it’s about an upcoming change on Google that will impact your presence in search results (SEO). Ouch, I know. But don’t walk away, please. Keep reading. Do you have a wellness website? Most of my clients are doulas, chiropractors, midwives, massage…
Free & Paid Stock Birth and Postpartum Photo Sources for your Website (Updated 2021)
Let’s face it – there is a wide range of truly bad stock photography out there readily available for you to illustrate your birth or postpartum services website. Whether you are a birth or postpartum doula, newborn care specialist, midwife or birth center owner you likely are frustrated with the plethora of cheesy, unrealistic, staged,…
Google Fonts for your Holistic Website Design in 2021: Free, Easy to Use, and Web-Friendly
Choosing fonts for your holistic business website design can be crazy overwhelming. As a holistic wellness provider, whether you are a midwife, chiropractor, acupuncturist, or naturopath, as a holistic practitioner you are likely looking for affordable ways to help your website design feel custom. Not only are there gazillions of free and paid fonts to…
How to safely research domain names in 2023
So you thought of your perfect domain name. Great! Innocently, you hop online to check domain availability – has someone else already thought of your dream domain name? You’ve heard a lot about GoDaddy as a host so you use the GoDaddy domain name search tool to see if it is available. Seems like a…
Website Hosting and Domain Registration for Wellness Websites
If you are a wellness or holistic practitioner, such as a doula, chiropractor, midwife, acupuncturist or therapist, you are likely looking for a website host that will provide great tech support, not oversell you on hosting packages you don’t need, and that will keep your website safe & sound. So many wellness practitioners I meet…
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
I do my best to include helpful posts for your online strategy and your holistic business. Whether you are a midwife, chiropractor, doula, or non-profit / advocacy organization, you will find tips & tricks to improve your website and use it as a creative tool to get more clients.
Have a topic you'd like to learn more about? Email me at info@thewebsitedoula.com and let me know!
