👉 Time Stamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:35 - Join My Private Facebook Group 01:06 - The Problem With Getting Therapy Clients 01:36 - A Solution I Use 02:30 - The Aims Of This Video 03:15 - What Is Bark? 04:26 - What The Platform Looks Like 16:59 - What Does It Cost 19:24 - Upsells To Consider 22:52 - Some New Features 24:21 - Becoming An Elite Pro 25:09 - How You Get Paid 26:16 - The Strategy I Use 35:01 - The Pros And The Cons Of Bark 36:53 - The Ratio Of Clients I Get 37:57 - Bark Support 38:46 - A Bonus For You 39:19 - Summary 40:13 - Two Free Responses 👉 If you would like to join Bark, here is my link so you get two free responses bit.ly/483jQBS
Thanks for the very helpful video. Here is what it has on the Bark website about why different leads have different credits - "Leads vary in credit price depending on the service required and the size of the job. This is calculated based on the specific requirements of each customer when submitting their request on Bark. For example, a lead where a customer needs their 2 bedroom flat cleaned as a one-off will require fewer credits to respond to than a lead where a customer needs their 4 bedroom house cleaned every week". Hope that explains a bit more. Just started out trying this in Australia. Still skeptical but I thought I'd throw $200 at it and see what happens.
Thanks for that information. Good luck on your Bark journey. Feel free to give an update on how you find it and whether the tips I gave helped you attract more clients. Best wishes, James
Hi James, thanks for the video. You gave a "for instance" fee of £70 as a standard charge for a session. I was wondering if there is a point where the counsellor's charge makes Bark unviable? For example, in my local area, in a working class market town outside of London, £40 to £50 is the typical charge. In your experience, would a counsellor who charges £40 per session struggle to break even?
@@Lambgarnish thanks for commenting. One thing about making your fees typical, or ‘average’ is there is a risk of being viewed as an ‘average therapist’ by the general public. They will make an assessment of you based on your price alone, even though you may be the best therapist in the area. I would also recommend doing the maths around this. For example, if you charge £40 a session, and have ten clients who have 10 sessions with you, that’s £4000. At the same ratio, but charging only £10 more, that’s £5000, so another £1000 but for the same amount of work, and time. Regarding Bark, if just one client comes on board from Bark and has multiple sessions with you, that will pay for all the credits you bought, and then some. So I’d say it is still worth it 💯. You also have your own business costs too, so that should feature in your pricing as well. Remember, clients are not paying you for your services. They are paying to release or resolve something that is impacting them, and what is the price they will pay if they do not do this? Will their relations suffer? Will they continue to have anxiety, depression, low confidence, etc. I would suggest the price of not addressing this is far too high, and they may not have thought of it in this way before. One other thought is the saying, ‘Birds of a feather flock together’, and it’s generally true. People who can only afford £40 sessions will (generally) associate with others who can only afford £40 a session. If they tell their friends about the help you have given them, then you are keeping yourself in a tight financial bracket, as the cost of living continues to rise, so you would actually be earning less. Is it worth them going without a coffee or two to be able to afford getting the help they need? If you haven’t already, pop over and join my Facebook group. The link is in the description. I do FB lives in there and answer and questions you may have too. I hope this helps. Best wishes, James
@@TherapyBusinessSchool Thanks, James. I’m in the FB group already which I think is how I became aware of your video. :) I appreciate you giving your time to provide such a detailed reply.
@@Lambgarnishyou’re very welcome. Since you are already in the Facebook group (👌), feel free to ask any questions in there too, especially with the Facebook lives I do around business skills there as well. 😊
I am an Elite Pro and usually I am the first or second caller. Most of the time the phones are switched off since the calls go straight to VM. I follow up with a text and email. No call back, no reply to my email and no text back. I am losing my credits very fast. I make sure i use the leads that has verified phone number. I dont know what else to do...Can you help?
I would try this approach: 1. When you go to your leads, filter them for 'Action a buyer has taken', click the box next to it, then click 'Apply'. 2. Follow the steps I suggested. For example, the lead is new/recent, the number is confirmed, you will be the first to apply, and they fit your criteria. What I have found is when the 'buyer has taken an action', they are more open to being contacted and responding. Ideally, look for those who have given extra detail in their responses, too. Let me know if this helps. James
@@JM-tm4hb I would say it all depends how you look at it really. If this was the only way I obtained clients, I would agree that those numbers are low. However, Bark is only one strategy I use, and I dip in and dip out when needed. If I wanted to, and only used Bark as the sole way to obtain clients, those figures would be a lot higher. 😊
👉 Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - Join My Private Facebook Group
01:06 - The Problem With Getting Therapy Clients
01:36 - A Solution I Use
02:30 - The Aims Of This Video
03:15 - What Is Bark?
04:26 - What The Platform Looks Like
16:59 - What Does It Cost
19:24 - Upsells To Consider
22:52 - Some New Features
24:21 - Becoming An Elite Pro
25:09 - How You Get Paid
26:16 - The Strategy I Use
35:01 - The Pros And The Cons Of Bark
36:53 - The Ratio Of Clients I Get
37:57 - Bark Support
38:46 - A Bonus For You
39:19 - Summary
40:13 - Two Free Responses
👉 If you would like to join Bark, here is my link so you get two free responses
bit.ly/483jQBS
Thanks for the very helpful video. Here is what it has on the Bark website about why different leads have different credits - "Leads vary in credit price depending on the service required and the size of the job. This is calculated based on the specific requirements of each customer when submitting their request on Bark.
For example, a lead where a customer needs their 2 bedroom flat cleaned as a one-off will require fewer credits to respond to than a lead where a customer needs their 4 bedroom house cleaned every week".
Hope that explains a bit more. Just started out trying this in Australia. Still skeptical but I thought I'd throw $200 at it and see what happens.
Thanks for that information. Good luck on your Bark journey. Feel free to give an update on how you find it and whether the tips I gave helped you attract more clients.
Best wishes,
James
Hi James, thanks for the video. You gave a "for instance" fee of £70 as a standard charge for a session. I was wondering if there is a point where the counsellor's charge makes Bark unviable? For example, in my local area, in a working class market town outside of London, £40 to £50 is the typical charge. In your experience, would a counsellor who charges £40 per session struggle to break even?
@@Lambgarnish thanks for commenting.
One thing about making your fees typical, or ‘average’ is there is a risk of being viewed as an ‘average therapist’ by the general public.
They will make an assessment of you based on your price alone, even though you may be the best therapist in the area.
I would also recommend doing the maths around this.
For example, if you charge £40 a session, and have ten clients who have 10 sessions with you, that’s £4000. At the same ratio, but charging only £10 more, that’s £5000, so another £1000 but for the same amount of work, and time.
Regarding Bark, if just one client comes on board from Bark and has multiple sessions with you, that will pay for all the credits you bought, and then some.
So I’d say it is still worth it 💯.
You also have your own business costs too, so that should feature in your pricing as well.
Remember, clients are not paying you for your services. They are paying to release or resolve something that is impacting them, and what is the price they will pay if they do not do this? Will their relations suffer? Will they continue to have anxiety, depression, low confidence, etc.
I would suggest the price of not addressing this is far too high, and they may not have thought of it in this way before.
One other thought is the saying, ‘Birds of a feather flock together’, and it’s generally true.
People who can only afford £40 sessions will (generally) associate with others who can only afford £40 a session.
If they tell their friends about the help you have given them, then you are keeping yourself in a tight financial bracket, as the cost of living continues to rise, so you would actually be earning less.
Is it worth them going without a coffee or two to be able to afford getting the help they need?
If you haven’t already, pop over and join my Facebook group. The link is in the description.
I do FB lives in there and answer and questions you may have too.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes,
James
@@TherapyBusinessSchool Thanks, James. I’m in the FB group already which I think is how I became aware of your video. :) I appreciate you giving your time to provide such a detailed reply.
@@Lambgarnishyou’re very welcome.
Since you are already in the Facebook group (👌), feel free to ask any questions in there too, especially with the Facebook lives I do around business skills there as well. 😊
I am an Elite Pro and usually I am the first or second caller. Most of the time the phones are switched off since the calls go straight to VM. I follow up with a text and email. No call back, no reply to my email and no text back. I am losing my credits very fast. I make sure i use the leads that has verified phone number. I dont know what else to do...Can you help?
I would try this approach:
1. When you go to your leads, filter them for 'Action a buyer has taken', click the box next to it, then click 'Apply'.
2. Follow the steps I suggested. For example, the lead is new/recent, the number is confirmed, you will be the first to apply, and they fit your criteria.
What I have found is when the 'buyer has taken an action', they are more open to being contacted and responding.
Ideally, look for those who have given extra detail in their responses, too.
Let me know if this helps.
James
92 clients in 7 years doesn't seem a lot of bookings i.e. 0.91 clients a month.
@@JM-tm4hb I would say it all depends how you look at it really.
If this was the only way I obtained clients, I would agree that those numbers are low.
However, Bark is only one strategy I use, and I dip in and dip out when needed.
If I wanted to, and only used Bark as the sole way to obtain clients, those figures would be a lot higher. 😊
But if they each come back 5 times...
@@CheekySeeker 0.91 a month multiplied by 5 is 4.55 client-hours a month. Still doesn't seem a lot of clients to me.