RE: [ozmidwifery] Birth Attendant / Doula Directory

[Kelly @ BellyBelly]

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Nikki,   That’s great – but I feel that you would have a much better response and investment spending that money where the pregnant women are and promoting what we are all about, rather than advertise in the hope they will know what to look for on Google. I have never heard of findadoula until now and I am in the industry, so I wouldn’t expect that many women would deliberately set out to find it at the moment. By putting it on Australian pregnancy websites, magazines etc., if they were to see an ad and / or an article about it, they would be more likely to want to read more or learn about it, because the majority of the women out there just don’t know what we can offer and what we do. Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Creator, BellyBelly.com.au Gentle Solutions From Conception to Parenthood BellyBelly Birth Support - http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support From: owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au [mailto:owner-ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au] On Behalf Of Nikki Macfarlane Sent: Friday, 31 March 2006 1:33 AM To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Birth Attendant / Doula Directory   Kelly,   Findadoula.com is a free listing service as you know. If people do not list, then they will not appear on the listing. We sent out more than 2000 emails more than a month ago to doulas on our mailing list and on other lists and the response to list was moderate. I run several mailing lists and hear all the time that doulas would like more places to become registered so women can find them - this was the driving force behind setting up Findadoula.com. We do promote the service on google and we are finding more and more people listing everyday with many women now finding doulas and educators through the list. People can also list midwifery services, yoga classes, birth photography etc. There are lots of places to list - but it takes a lot of work to find them all. We hope that Findadoula.com can become a central reservoir of information on doulas for women. There are no restrictions, it is free, certified and non certified or students can list and people can also list all the organisations they are certified with. So everybody who doesn't done so already - get your name out there! The services are available but they are only helpful to women if they are utilised!   Nikki Macfarlane