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Why Should I sign up With Chooper's Guide?
The mission of Chooper’s Guide is to be the most comprehensive addiction treatment resource in the world. By listing your services with Chooper’s Guide you will be helping those seeking addiction treatment find the best options for themselves or their loved ones as well as promoting your facility/practice and the type of services you provide.
Unlike many of the other sites that offer addiction treatment advertising, the primary mission of Chooper’s Guide is to provide a factual resource so that those seeking help can find the best type of treatment available for their individual needs. In reading the founders’ stories you will see that they have both gone from the hell of addiction to living happy and productive lives. We have been endorsed by many leaders in the addiction treatment community e.g. (NAADAC, Patrick Kennedy) who we have partnered with and who share our vision and mission.
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I am already listed on another site. What is better about Chooper’s Guide?
Chooper’s Guide is the next generation for web based marketing. We have abandoned the industry standard click thru HTML banners and selected a platform that is PHP and SQL driven to house a data repository containing Treatment Facilities, Recovery Residences, Suboxone clinics and practitioners, Drug and Alcohol Counselors, Interventionists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Addiction Medicine Practitioners, Community Resources, Co-occurring Disorder Treatment Facilities and practitioners and methadone Clinics in the United State, Europe and Canada.
We have constructed a data repository utilizing SQL technology which is a game changer for directories in the addiction treatment field. Chooper's Guide allows a level of standardization for data types which is critical in achieving exceptional SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Each listing has a SEO Control Panel allowing the user to customize their SEO page title, meta description and meta keywords. The description area is HTML 5 compliant allowing the user to create unlimited backlinks. Finally, each user may optimize their listing by assigning categories and sub-categories. Platinum and Featured listing categories have unlimited. What does this mean? It means that search engines will find you by location, facility name and service categories contained in your listing.
How much does it cost?
We offer free listing to all qualified providers vetted by Chooper’s Guide. Providers wanting to expand their presence on the Chooper’s site, and thereby to their potential clients, may choose from one of Chooper’s Expanded Listing options. For those that choose the expanded listing level, a portion of their fee will go to maintaining the operation of the website and to the Chooper’s Foundation that will provide assistance for substance abuse impacted children of alcoholics and addicts and vocational and educational assistance to individuals in recovery. Click here to see Listing Pricing Schedule
How are people going to find me find me on Chooper’s Guide?
Chooper’s Guide has a built in geo-locater. If someone is looking for a provider in their town or city, your practice, name, or treatment program will come up automatically. There is also a zip code locater which will show all providers close to the one searching’s location the distance. People searching by keywords such as interventionist or inpatient program, PTSD. You, as the provider, will include your specialties as keywords which will help those seeking treatment find the services you provide. Chooper’s Guide has exceptional SEO capabilities (Search Engine Optimization) which means each listing will have its own distinctive URL for location, page title and each category selected.
How will I know whether people are looking at my listing?
Chooper’s Guide provides our members with a password protected user control panel to manage all aspects of their listing. A traffic monitoring tool is provided in the user control panel that will show how many people have visited your detail page and your summary views. It also shows how many people clicked through to your website and how many viewed your phone number.
My treatment center is already well known. Why should I list with Chooper’s Guide?
In order to become or stay well known, one must be seen everywhere. We have well known treatment centers on our site. Chooper’s Guide has a global presence. In most cases, your services and reputation are established locally and perhaps regionally. By listing in a dedicated directory, you can cast a broader net and expand your visibility from regional to global.
I already have a website. Isn’t that good enough?
In a word, No. A website is only as good as how easily it can be found. Research shows that people rarely go beyond page 2 on a search results page when doing a search on Google. Google ranks Chooper’s Guide on page 1 for over 500 key words, on 5 different search engines on 3 continents.
I am a NAADAC member. How do I get the discount?
Fill out the correct listing form type and select pay later. We will adjust the price of your listing when your NAADAC membership is verified. We will then contact you to help you set up your listing.
How do I choose a listing that is most appropriate for me?
If you are an Addiction Professional and have publications, articles, books, videos or a unique specialty you wish to promote you would might consider a Featured listing as this would give you greater visibility.
If you are a Treatment Facility, your listing level would depend on your marketing objectives and budget and the services and amenities your facility provides. The more services offered the greater SEO potential. For example: If you have photo’s(limit: 28), video’s and a brochure you wish to exhibit on your page, you will want to take advantage of those options Chooper’s Guide provides in the Featured listings as this will give your facility better exposure. .
I am therapist, but work in an office with 3 others. How should I create my listing? Under my name, or under the name of the practice?
You can create your listing either way. If you want to promote yourself, you should make the listing in your name, particularly if you may be changing jobs sometime in the future. The practice can be listed on your page or you can list the practice and have your name and include the names of your co-workers on the page. You can edit the page at your discretion should someone leave or you expand your practice. Hint - You can also create a free listing with your name or practice and then backlink it (your free listing) to your paid listing.
What Qualifies as a Community Resource?
We have included Advocacy Organizations, Recovery Community Organizations, housing, legal, employment, vocational, educational and medical resources as acceptable types to be listed in this area. A Recovery Community Organization (RCO) is a non-profit that supplies free continuing support services to people in recovery in the community and is generally funded by grants, private donations and events. RCO's provide a structured, recovery oriented environment with twelve step meetings, other sober activities and medical, legal, housing, educational and vocational referral services. Please only list your services if you are one of the types listed above and are willing to work with the Recovery population. Other services may be screened by area addiction professionals prior to being listed.
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