What will the Specialist Guild offer me that other membership sites wont?
many membership sites give you a host of promises and then as soon as you have paid your money you are able to access the membership pages and information, but you do not receive any personal help or support, everything is automated and robotic.

At the Specialist Guild you will always be able to ask questions, receive responses, talk to someone in person. The Guild has been built on Carol’s personal vision to “support each other – for each other” and to always offer more in terms of personal value to you, than you are asked to contribute in financial return.

Carol is always available for you to talk to, and is passionate about helping you, offering you high value and quality content and support, without hyped marketing tactics or false promises. Carol values each and every member of the guild and is honoured to be here to share your journeys, hold your hand and empower you to create yourself true potential for success.

Why should I pay to join the Specialist Guild when there are a lot of free forums , blogs and article bases out there?
Whilst you can find a host of useful information on your own particular specialism and therapy, these are often devoted to the particular therapy you are using and not specialised in offering help and support in respect to business building tailored to you as a “helping professional”

Free in terms of business success solutions and advice will normally offer you the “sizzle without the steak “and “helping” professionals often find it overwhelming & challenging to translate everyday business advice received into powerful and relevant strategies and actions that work for you.

When something is FREE even if it is high quality, often it is perceived and seen as low quality and if you are not truly investing in yourself, it is very easy to not use the tools you are offered. When you invest in yourself and your business you will perceive the value more easily and will also be more committed to taking powerful actions and using the tools and techniques for your success.

The Specialist Guild offers you specific “how to” business advice, in a way that you will understand and can relate to. We offer you high value, at low cost and will always be here to hold your hand, help and support you so that you are able to succeed in your specialist business area without overwhelm and frustration.

What will the Guild offer me that other business advisors don’t?
Many business advisors are not specialised therapists or coaches and don’t understand how to offer “helping” professionals tailored and relevant business advice. Many don’t understand your personal challenges, or how to give you the hands on real “how to” advice you are looking for and need.

We don’t overwhelm you with business speak and information that often seems irrelevant to you, but give you clear and easy to implement strategies and techniques. The guild has been founded by Carol who is herself a trained coach and therapist as well as an EFT practitioner and inspirational life designer. Carol has faced many of the challenges that you are facing and understands how to tailor all products and services to your needs and how to talk your language too. is run by professional therapists and coaches and as such we talk your language, understand your challenges and know what you “Need2Succeed”.

We give you specific information and advice tailored to your business and your market and target audience. We are pro-active and create up to date proven concepts, tools and techniques for you to take away and implement to ensure your business success. We are also reactive to the Guild members needs and create specific content , workshops and resources as a result of members requests, so you can be sure that we will always listen to your ideas, challenges and needs and address those with and for you too.

I am already a member of a business networking group why should I join the Guild?
So many mainstream face to face networking communities , lock out members of the same profession, meaning you are not able to take advantage of masterminding with like-minded professionals. At the Specialist Guild face to face networking groups you can:
Share ideas and services with other helping professionals who are all here to “Support each other ~ for each other “
Be part of a network of professionals and experts that help each other build their businesses through collaboration not competition
Learn something of value at each and every off line guild meeting and also access the same presentations and learning through the online community for FREE too
You are also able to promote your own services and products to others

What is the difference between the Specialist Guild and professional associations or training providers?The specialist Guild is a specialist therapist, practitioner. Coaching and helping professionals “business success solutions” , networking and collaboration, on and offline community, not a therapist or practitioner association , coaching federation, or training provider.

We specialise in taking your hand and offering you all the help and support you need after you have gained your qualifications and certifications. We offer you the practical “how to” tools and techniques that will enable you to succeed in building your professional practice, not simply strategies & concepts that you then have to take away and translate into your own language to be able to implement and use.

We are here to offer you collaboration, support and much much more throughout your professional career.

Why is the annual membership so cost effective when you offer so much value?
Because the Specialist Guild has been founded by Carol Dodsley, who began her career and business as a professional clinical hypnotherapist, EFT practitioner and life coach, we know that it is important to enable professionals, like yourself, to access and receive specialist relevant business success solutions at an affordable price and we are passionate about helping you to succeed and help many others to change their lives too.

What if I am not UK based?
Whilst our head offices are based in the UK and therefore our prices are listed in UK sterling, we are a global specialist Guild, not a UK guild and therefore, it doesn’t matter where you live or are based, we will support you across the world (we currently have clients who live in the UK, Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, Mexico and the Philippines too). For your convenience we have placed a currency convertor on the website for everyone too.
Our offline face to face Specialist Guild networking groups and Specialist Guild gatherings will be launched in 2010, initially within the UK and will then grow globally as more specialist helping professionals join us and want to create their own specialist guild groups in their own local areas, with all the help and support from our head offices here in the UK.

Is there anyway that I can join the Guild as a Silver, Gold or VIP member for FREE?
Yes there is—the specialist Guild offers all it’s members the opportunity to receive a full refund on their annual membership fees through it’s affiliate and referral programmes.

Once you have joined the guild yourself as a silver, gold or VIP member, you will be able to automatically join our affiliate scheme and for each new member you recommend to the guild , who subsequently joins us as a silver member, you will receive a £5 thank you payment and for each gold or VIP member, that joins the guild from your recommendations, you will receive 20% of their first annual membership fee.

This means that you will be able to very quickly recoup and receive a full refund of your own annual membership fees., through simply recommending the guild to your friends and colleagues..

If you already have a group of 5 friends or colleagues who would all like to build their own successful practice and you all join together you will automatically receive 1 FREE Gold annual membership place as my way of thanking you for taking positive action and investing in your future success.

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