I'm always curious about what's happening behind the scenes in people's practices.
In case you're interested, here are the programs/platforms that I use for my 1:1 work and the courses and programs I offer at Bloom & Grow:
- Website: WordPress + ThriveThemes hosted by Green Geeks
- Practice Management/EMR: Practice Better (see my review of PB)
- Course & Program Management: Zenler
- Email: Protonmail (more about how I organize Protonmail)
- Mailing List: MailerLite
- Bookkeeping: You Need a Budget + Let's do the Books
- Project & task management: Upbase* (see my review of Upbase)
- Paying myself, facilitators, and support folks: Gusto
- Podcast hosting/publishing: Podbean + Podpage
- Transcription & closed captions: Happy Scribe*
- Video recordings: Screenpal
- Video pop up bubble on my website: Warm Welcome*
I may have forgotten some software. I have used a few referral links above. The * means I use a free version or got a "pay once"/lifetime deal.
My monthly cost for software is in the range of $300-400.
I'm not intending to imply that you should use any or all of these. There are pros and cons to each, depending on your needs/wants. There are free versions of most, and some that aren't 100% necessary.
I'm sharing what I use and how much it costs because the costs of running a practice and/or running online courses aren't necessarily obvious, especially when you're starting out.
I hope it's helpful to have a peek behind the hood.
If you're just getting started and spending this much on software each month seems outrageous, you might want to check out my small budget software recs.
Take care,
Camille
