Branding can be a challenging concept for multilocation healthcare providers. The difficulty often stems from internal debates about practice names, including which ones to keep and which ones to drop, but it can also include internal politics and brand inconsistencies … Continue reading
Doctors are always looking for top medical journals that provide the latest breakthroughs in medical research and opportunities to publish. So, which medical publications should you keep on your radar? We suggest searching and reviewing the 21 must-read healthcare publications … Continue reading
If you are a dentist, you have probably thought about running digital advertisement campaigns at one point or another. And why wouldn’t you? Online ads are among the best healthcare marketing strategies to find potential patients for your dental care … Continue reading
Branding is essential for medical practices in the same way it is for any other business. Adding personality to your healthcare brand with a carefully chosen logo and compelling color scheme is all it takes to bring flair to your … Continue reading
Physical therapy marketing is anything but easy. From writing blog posts to publishing e-books, from posting videos to sharing infographics, there are tons of physical therapy marketing ideas to drive the best organic traffic to your website. But instead of … Continue reading
Online reputation management (ORM) and search engine optimization (SEO) are two distinct services that are often grouped together. However, they both serve entirely different purposes. In general, SEO is used to increase the search engine ranking of your brand or … Continue reading
Not too long ago, physicians claimed that the key to winning and retaining patients was in the quality of the services they delivered. But now, things have changed. Providing the best patient experience is an even more critical success factor … Continue reading
Healthcare search engine optimization (SEO) for doctors is continually changing. Gone are the days when it was possible to rank a website within days just by including spammy backlinks and stuffing keywords. Google’s algorithm is way smarter now, and the … Continue reading
How do you know which is the most effective way? If you are a medical practice owner, you must be looking for effective ways to promote your medical practice. You must be keen to learn more about healthcare marketing – … Continue reading
Online reviews are reliable and one of the most effective ways to drive potential patients to your medical practice. Sure, you can spend hundreds or thousands of dollars trying to take your practice to the top of search engine results … Continue reading
If you do not control your brand image online, someone else will. These days, almost every transaction starts online. If existing or potential patients see harmful content about your medical practice in search engine results, you are taking a considerable … Continue reading
There are so many healthcare digital marketing strategies, and sometimes it can be overwhelming when you are trying to decide which one to choose. Marketers looking for the best digital marketing strategy need to have a clear understanding of their … Continue reading
Your website is one of your healthcare practice’s best reputation management tools. It is your identity to the world and is often the first time your potential patients will see your name. You want to be sure your website gives … Continue reading
Social media patient service is not optional these days. Your patients will choose when to contact their healthcare providers, and through the channel that best suits them. Superior patient service is a key differentiator for healthcare practices, and social networks … Continue reading
Jam-packed waiting rooms, busy schedules, longer wait times, doctors too stressed to listen to their patients — such feedback is common when we talk about healthcare practitioners. However, what may come as a surprise to us is that these sentiments … Continue reading
In order to make a dental practice more profitable, any marketer would consider the following three things: Find new patients Get existing patients to come back Increase the price of services If you are like much other dental practice marketers, … Continue reading
So, your waiting room. With almost every aspect of healthcare transforming, the traditional waiting room is changing, too. Forward-thinking medical practices are introducing newer concepts and tools to make patients more productive, educated and engaged even when they are sitting … Continue reading
Ideally, healthcare marketers should have a hunter’s mentality. This means they must be quick and shrewd enough to attract and retain new patients in order to successfully compete in this challenging medical practice marketing landscape. Medical practice owners spend hundreds … Continue reading
Where there is a visitor, there is an opportunity. Traffic on your website, blogs and social media platforms represents an opportunity for conversion. This means you have plenty of qualified leads, who are highly likely to convert into paying patients. … Continue reading
The average customer today is exposed to thousands of marketing and promotional messages per day and wield more computing knowledge in their hand than NASA had to land the first man on the moon. A potential patient can make a … Continue reading
The secrets of healthcare branding are worth millions. With ever-increasing competition in the healthcare market, a strong brand identity is more critical than ever before. A consistent, well-thought-out healthcare branding strategy is at the heart of all successful medical practices. … Continue reading
Most practice owners and healthcare marketers know that it takes money to make money. It is a given that you must invest in advertising and marketing your practice in order to raise awareness among potential and future patients. If you … Continue reading
“How do I drive more traffic to my plastic surgery practice website?” That thought crosses the mind of every plastic surgery practice marketer at some point. Maybe you too have sunk time and effort into setting up your practice, only … Continue reading
Without high-quality leads, your medical practice will most certainly collapse. Leads are the potential patients who can become regular patients and ambassadors of your practice if you play your game right. Sure, a practice may have several key goals, but … Continue reading
Is your medical practice more focused on patient acquisition or retention? If the answer is ‘acquisition,’ then you need to think about it. Because… The above research makes it clear that the organizations are shifting focus from ‘acquisition only’ to … Continue reading
With the rise of the Internet, medical practices have to change the way they manage their online reputation. A massive amount of information gets shared on the Internet every day, which makes it very difficult to monitor what is being … Continue reading
Instagram’s exceedingly visual interface has taken the social media marketplace by storm since its launch in 2010. The recent addition of a stories feature has crossed 100 million daily active users in just a matter of months. Not only has … Continue reading
According to the Content Marketing Institute, content marketing can help you achieve conversion rates six times higher than other marketing methods. In addition, content marketing can generate more than three times the leads as outbound marketing and costs 60 percent … Continue reading
In a world where your competitors are just a click away, patient loyalty is the new marketing. Today’s patients have access to an endless amount of information about your medical practice and the unique services your offer. Research shows that … Continue reading
Did you know that more than 67 percent of new business owners fail within their first year? And of the 33 percent of business owners who somehow survive their first year, only 5 percent manage to survive in business after … Continue reading
The Harvard Business Review recently surveyed thousands of customers to understand their service priorities. It was found that customers desired “an effortless experience” the most. The same outcomes can be applied to the healthcare community, where patients are our valuable … Continue reading
With 2017 almost in the rear-view mirror, it is time to start thinking about how your healthcare marketing strategy will evolve in 2018. It is a wise thing to step back for a moment, analyze the success of last year’s … Continue reading
With competition in the medical field intensifying, it is important for medical practices to come up with sophisticated marketing strategies to help reach potential patients. One of the best ways for medical practices to do this is by using content … Continue reading
The number of dental practices in the United States is growing at an exponential pace, thus increasing the competition among practices. You must have seen new dental clinics pop up in your area, promising a variety of new services and … Continue reading
Without high-quality leads, your medical practice will most certainly collapse. Leads are the potential patients who can become regular patients and ambassadors of your practice if you play your game right. Sure, a practice may have several key goals, but … Continue reading
Most medical practice owners usually think of hiring a marketing agency when their practice hits a fork in the road, and they need to make a decision. They could be facing one of the following scenarios: 1. They are either … Continue reading
Storytelling is an age-old means of transferring knowledge. Most stories we heard when we were children were passed down from our parents or grandparents and from one generation to the other. Storytelling is a great communication tool that has been … Continue reading
Google’s latest local search update has highlighted the importance of online reviews in a customer’s decision-making process. Your practice’s online reviews are one of the most reliable ways for potential patients to determine whether your practice is good or not. … Continue reading
Reviews are influential. They are powerful. Online reviews are the foundation for building your reputation. Simply put, reviews tell the world what your patients think of your practice. If online reviews of your practice are mostly positive and patients are … Continue reading
What do you want your patients to think of when they think of you and your practice? What do you want your practice to be known for? Your answers to these questions will guide your practice’s brand, which refers to … Continue reading
With so many new mobile devices on the market, it’s no surprise that mobile data use has increased by leaps and bounds year after year. If you’re not getting your healthcare practice a separate mobile site, your healthcare marketing plan … Continue reading
If you’ve researched online marketing or healthcare Internet marketing ideas, you’ve also probably come across the term “brand loyalty.” While this is definitely a business term, it can also be applied to your medical, dental or veterinary practice. Building a … Continue reading
Now that more patients face rising out-of-pocket healthcare costs due to higher premiums and higher deductibles, more are searching the Internet for medical care, comparing reviews, practitioners and practices before they make buying decisions. Like it or not, today’s healthcare … Continue reading
Medical Practice Marketing- Why You Should Brand Your Medical Practice How do you brand your medical practice so that patients understand the unique benefits you offer and why you are the best practitioner to help them? Why you should develop … Continue reading
