AAPH Classes

Deciding what, when and how much to do on the Internet for your business
Tuesday March 1, 2011, 6pm-7:30pm Eastern Time / 3pm-4:30pm Pacific
This is a 90-minute conference-call format Q&A and workshop.

2009 research revealed that when searching for products and personal services, 83% of shoppers in the USA will search the Internet before checking the phone book. We've been hearing over the last three years that the results from phone book ads have been strongly declining for hypnotherapists. Some blame the economy or believe hypnotherapy is declining as a personal service, but in reality, all that really changed is that people shop differently for personal services now.

Still, the Internet is a boggling and complex thing. Internet marketing is the new "get rich quick" peddle, and thousands of people claim to be selling you the secrets to it.

Let me guess: there are more than a few books on your shelf (or online books) that you have wanted to read that would help you professionally, but it is a challenge to find the time. Or, even if you find the time, it is tough to keep treading through it, chapter by chapter, learning everything from it that you could be learning.

What would help is to have a learning buddy. People learn better in groups, and more reading gets done if you are reading and discussing things chapter-by-chapter and week-by-week in an informal yet organized group.

We call them study groups. Here's how they work:

• Choose from the study groups listed. Each is organized around a book or course and already has an organized study plan and study question set.


• Sign up for as many or as few study groups as you like. When a group has enough members (whatever the minimum, as required by the group setting), everyone will be notified and the study group will start. You can specify how many study groups you can be in at once, so once you are in an active group, the system will automatically keep you from being in another group starting up until your present group is finished.


• Read the chapter each week and come online to answer the week's question. You'll be able to see the answers from your study buddies, and leave comments, discussion and feedback. Optionally, attend the weekly chat session or voice conference call.


• Automatic email reminders can be sent to you to help you stay on track and remember group time.


• When you have completed the book, you'll optionally receive a certificate for continuing education hours. Print a certificate from your computer for free, or get a paper certificate mailed to you for a small fee.


• AAPH are available for technical support or questions about the study groups during normal business hours.

Study groups are FREE to AAPH members, and except for optional live chat sessions, can be managed on your own schedule.

Meet other AAPH members while learning new skills and knowledge to support your success as a professional hypnotherapist: from business to marketing to hypnosis techniques and methods to technology and Internet skills.

Select a study group today - and see where group learning can take you!

Watch for the group function controls and messages in the left-panel when you are on a group page. After requesting to join a group, you'll be notified by email when the group makes its minimum number. Congrats on moving forward with your continuing education and I hope to chat with you in one of the groups! --Katin

New Century, New Business Tools

In today's business environment, things are changing rapidly. We are seeing a huge transition from the 20th century, Industrial Age business methods and tools to 21st century methods and tools like the Internet. Even schools and universities are having a hard time keeping up, and as professionals, we don't always have time to go back to school.

Professional Support from your Professional Association

AAPH is offering a set of professional continuing education classes to support our members in this time of new business skills, especially Internet skills. Understanding the Internet and having quality Internet business skills can now really make the difference between a high-yield business and a struggling one. As a professional organization, we are committed to the business success of our members.

Customized Classes just for Professional Hypnotherapists

AAPH understands that hypnotherapists are people people, and not necessarily technology geeks. That's why all the instructors for AAPH online classes and workshops are also certified hypnotherapists, and have operated a full-time hypnotherapy business themselves. These instructors know the industry, they know the business and they know the kinds of issues and processes that professional hypnotherapists face everyday.

Affordable and Accessible

AAPH has subsidized the cost of these classes and workshops in order to make them as inexpensive as possible. These kinds of classes would easily cost 3-5 times as much or more elsewhere, and they wouldn't be customized to hypnotherapists and our industry.

AAPH members are located throughout the United States and the world. There would be no possible way of offering these classes and workshops in person and fund all the travel and facilities expenses - they would simply cost too much. Thanks to the Internet, however, we have another option that is just as interactive: the online classroom.

In order to provide the easiest access possible, these classes and workshops are offered online, in easy-to-use online classrooms where you can converse with your instructor and other students in both posts and in live chat sessions. Learn at your own pace, supported by audio, videos and text instruction. Get help and offer help to other students in your class, and access your class materials for a full 30 days after the class completes.

Certificates and Transcripts

AAPH issues certificates to students that complete all the assignments in the instructor-led classes and workshops earning you continuing education hours. We also will keep on file all of your completed classes and workshops so you have a complete transcript, accessible through your web account.

Sign Up Today!

Make the most of your membership benefits, and experience professional continuing education in a quality online classroom environment. Polish up your business skill set for the new century, and meet other professional hypnotherapists from all over the world. Sign up for an AAPH class today!