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How does one hire qualified and well-fit applicants into a new private practice? What do you do when someone applies who isn’t qualified? Which way is best when it comes to making the session scheduling system for your prospective clients?
In this podcast episode, Joe Sanok gives an update on Great Lakes Online Counseling: website news, posting the job, and banking.
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In This Podcast
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The website is live!
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How Joe’s doing the banking
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Scheduling clients with new hires
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Hiring new applicants
The website is live!
Good news: Great Lakes Online Counseling’s website is live! Joe worked with Tom O’Malley from Session Sites and together they designed, built, and launched Joe’s new practice’s website.
If you are looking to revamp your practice’s website, we offer a deal with Session Sites directly for our listeners.
There’s often a quick turnaround, usually two to three weeks, and you can be launching your polished, fresh website for 2026 to showcase the best of what your practice has to offer.
How Joe’s doing the banking
In organizing Great Lakes Online Counseling’s bank, Joe’s opening up a new account with a bank he likes, knows, and trusts, and has worked with for years.
From there, once [that account] is set up we can get the business credit card, and with that business credit card I can get the things I do have to pay for. (Joe Sanok)
For example, Joe’s going to use the business credit card to pay things like the practice’s new Google Workspace account.
Scheduling clients with new hires
Now that slowly but surely the bank accounts and credit cards are coming together, as well as the website, and one new job application to the LinkedIn profile, Joe is starting to look at scheduling clients for the new hires.
I’m also thinking through the flow of scheduling. So, I [want] people to be able to start to schedule after I hire someone. You know, it’s interesting being a consultant and kind of knowing the flow, but now that I’m in the thick of it, being like, “Gosh, how do I do this!?” (Joe Sanok)
Here the experiment comes to life: Joe’s back to being faced with the same kinds of decisions that all other new private practice owners have to make as well.
Hiring new applicants
Now that Joe is starting to get applications from prospective employees, the screening slowly begins.
I’m going to be promoting this on Facebook and letting other people know who live in those states. So if you know people, go ahead and find me on LinkedIn and you’ll find Great Lakes Online Counseling. So, it will be interesting to see how the hiring process works here. (Joe Sanok)
If you are in a similar situation, reach out to Joe and the team via our contact channels to connect!
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Meet Joe Sanok
Joe Sanok helps counselors to create thriving practices that are the envy of other counselors. He has helped counselors to grow their businesses by 50-500% and is proud of all the private practice owners who are growing their income, influence, and impact on the world. Click here to explore consulting with Joe.
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