Attract More Patients and Grow Your Practice with Medical Blogging

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Attract More Patients and Grow Your Medical Practice With Blogging

Blogs get people’s attention. The fact that you’re reading this right now proves it. Medical practice blogging is no different. Blogging is an effective healthcare marketing strategy that can help your medical practice attract more patients. Blogging is also an … Continue reading

20 Effective and Surefire Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction

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20 Effective and Surefire Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction

Recently, an analysis of over 30,000 online reviews of medical practitioners confirmed poor service is patients’ biggest frustration. In fact, according to this research, 96 percent of patient grievances are due to disappointing service, while the other four percent cite … Continue reading

The Best Medical Marketing Tips You Will Read This Year

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The Best Medical Marketing Tips You Will Read This Year

In today’s increasingly complex world of digital communications, some healthcare practices find themselves drowning in a sea of questionable medical marketing advice from equally questionable sources. To complicate matters further, they are faced with an ocean of Internet-based, fly-by-night healthcare … Continue reading

Step By Step Guide to Patient Access System

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Step By Step Guide to Patient Access System

Building a health care delivery strategy, as defined, that includes all aspects that affect a patient’s ability to get the right care at the right time, should be the forefront of every practice. Here is a step-by-step guide to revenue … Continue reading

5-Step Guide To Creating An Action Plan That Helps You Achieve Goals

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5-Step Guide To Creating An Action Plan That Helps You Achieve Goals

Increase patient volume. Boost website traffic. Launch new services. Improve brand awareness. Strengthen online reputation. These are all examples of healthcare marketing goals. But “goals” is rather a vague term. If you genuinely want to set goals, you have to … Continue reading

Feeling Stuck with Healthcare Social Media Marketing? Here are 6 Fresh Ideas

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Feeling Stuck with Healthcare Social Media Marketing?  Here are 6 Fresh Ideas

Did you know, seven in every 10 Americans are active on at least one social network? (Source) In fact, most of us open up a social networking site on our phone first thing every morning. As a result, medical practices … Continue reading

Why Is Avoiding Unethical Healthcare Marketing Best for You?

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Why Is Avoiding Unethical Healthcare Marketing Best for You?

Healthcare marketing is one job that is never done. There are always new campaigns to create and launch. New tricks to master and roll out. And new targets to chase down. The pressure that comes with seeing a return on … Continue reading

Free Healthcare Marketing Ideas for your Medical Practice

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Free Ideas for Healthcare Practice Marketing

Getting the word out about your healthcare practice is one way to make sure it succeeds. Indeed, many aspects of your medical practice may depend on it. And what better way to promote your brand than to come up with … Continue reading

8 Ways to Handle Patient Complaints and Defuse Their Frustrations

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8 Ways to Handle Patient Complaints and Defuse Their Frustrations

2020 will see healthcare’s full transition to value-based reimbursement, so scoring low on the patient satisfaction surveys that payers send to patients will cost you. But how do you handle those patients who, no matter how nice you are, you … Continue reading

Do Patients Love Your Medical Practice?

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Do Patients Love Your Medical Practice?

The world of healthcare marketing is growing increasingly competitive with each passing day. It has become more important than ever to have a foolproof plan in place to grab the attention of new patients, give them reasons to stick around … Continue reading

Increase Profitability of Your Medical Practice by Attracting High-Value Patients

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Increase Profitability of Your Medical Practice by Attracting High-Value Patients

Medical practices are built around their patients. Attracting more patients and understanding their value is by far the most important thing that impacts a practice’s viability and sustainability. While driving traffic to your practice website is essential, only a handful … Continue reading

25 Proven Marketing Strategies to Help Your Medical Practice Grow

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25 Proven Marketing Strategies to Help Your Medical Practice Grow

Like all other businesses, medical practices must implement healthcare marketing strategies for accomplishing their long-term and short-term goals. Most medical practices implement a mix of different marketing strategies with an aim to increase their cash flow, get an edge over … Continue reading

11 Things Patients Want From Their Doctors

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11 Things Patients Want From Their Doctors

Patients trust doctors with their health. When we think about the patient-doctor relationship in this light, we realize just how important it is for the relationship to be a healthy one. When the relationship is strong, your patient’s health will … Continue reading

18 Strategies for Attracting Patients to Your Dental Clinic

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10 Strategies for Attracting Patients to Your Dental Clinic

The number of dental practices in the United States is growing at an exponential pace, thus increasing the competition between practices. You must have seen new dental clinics pop up in your area, promising a variety of unique services and … Continue reading

A Complete Guide to Patient Retention at Your Medical Practice

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A Complete Guide to Patient Retention at Your Medical Practice

There is a lot of information available about how to attract new patients to your medical practice, but not much thought is given to patient retention. What most medical professionals do not seem to realize is that retaining a patient … Continue reading

Influencer Marketing: Big Impact Even With a Small Budget

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Influencer Marketing: Big Impact Even With a Small Budget

2019 is almost here and healthcare marketers are planning their strategy for the next year. Every medical practice wants to get its name out there and attract more and more patients. However, when you are a new practice with a … Continue reading

4 Biggest Challenges of Growing a Medical Practice

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4 Biggest Challenges of Growing a Medical Practice

The path of starting a medical practice is paved unevenly, with many obstacles to jump. Medical practice owners are tasked with taking an idea from the early stages all the way through to online reputation management, marketing, patient care and … Continue reading

Are You Spending Enough on Your Healthcare Marketing Budget?

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Are You Spending Enough on Your Healthcare Marketing Budget?

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

Top 25 Ways to Attract More Patients to Your Medical Practice

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Top 25 Ways to Attract More Patients to Your Medical Practice

Healthcare Marketing is essential to the success of any business, and medical practices are no exception. For a medical practice to grow, a doctor should see 30 to 50 new patients every month. Moreover, to attract new patients, a practice … Continue reading

5 Reasons Your Medical Practice Needs a Visual Marketing Plan

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5 Reasons Your Medical Practice Needs a Visual Marketing Plan

To start with, here are the key stats you must know about the importance of including visual content in your healthcare marketing plan in 2018: Nearly 37 percent of marketers said visual marketing was important for their business, second only … Continue reading

5 Video Marketing Ideas for Your Healthcare Practice

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5 Video Marketing Ideas for Your Healthcare Practice

Consider this: More than 65 percent of people are visual learners. Around 90 percent of the information that our brain processes is visual. Messages conveyed using graphics and visuals are 43 percent more effective. Most people have an innate psychological … Continue reading

Increase Your Medical Practice Revenue By Up-Selling and Cross-Selling

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Increase Your Medical Practice Revenue By Up-Selling and Cross-Selling

Did you know that more than 60 percent of patients who are convinced of your quality would try more of your products or services when offered? The significance cross-selling and up-selling is underestimated in the healthcare industry. Medical practitioners can … Continue reading

How to Use Instagram to Promote Your Plastic Surgery Practice

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How to Use Instagram to Promote Your Plastic Surgery Practice

Earlier this year, Instagram reached an astounding 700 million active users, 400 million of whom are daily users. Many medical practices have adopted Instagram as one of their crucial revenue-generating tools. Today. Instagram has more than 1 million advertisers and … Continue reading

10 Tips to Double Your Medical Practice Leads

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10 Tips to Double Your Medical Practice Leads

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

8 Ways to Improve SEO Ranking of Your Healthcare Website

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8 Ways to Improve SEO Ranking of Your Healthcare Website

When most people hear about search engine optimization (SEO), they think of researching keywords and building links. While this is somewhat correct, that is not all there is to modern SEO. These days, analytics and content play a significant role … Continue reading

8 Essential Metrics Healthcare Marketers Must Focus On

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8 Essential Metrics Healthcare Marketers Must Focus On

Are you flushing your precious marketing dollars down the drain? If you cannot track how much revenue you are generating from the various marketing activities, you may end up wasting A LOT of money on activities that will never yield … Continue reading

5 Fundamentals for Building an Effective Medical Practice Website

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5 Fundamentals for Building an Effective Medical Practice Website

As a medical practitioner, your ultimate goal of having a website is to provide patients the information to learn more about your practice and services. Hopefully, those informed patients will make an appointment or contact your practice, resulting in a … Continue reading

19 Patient Referral Tips to Help Your Practice Grow

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19 Patient Referral Tips to Help Your Practice Grow

Before we start, here’s some food for thought: 65 percent of a company’s new business comes from referrals. Customers are four times more likely to try a new business or product when referred by a friend. A referred customer is … Continue reading

11 Modern Solutions for Effective Hospital Marketing

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11 Modern Solutions for Effective Hospital Marketing

How can you market your hospital clients and increase your patient base more effectively? There isn’t one single way to answer this question. While marketing hospitals requires brand-building or sales support, it also takes more, much more. It should also … Continue reading

The Fundamentals of Medical Marketing: Why So Many Practitioners Struggle to Create Profitable Practices

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The Fundamentals of Medical Marketing: Why So Many Practitioners Struggle to Create Profitable Practices

When you are running a medical practice, you are no longer just a physician – you are also a businessperson. And any business needs a way to promote itself, find new customers and make your brand known in the marketplace. … Continue reading

10 Cost-Efficient and Effective Ideas to Market Your Medical Practice

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10 Cost-Efficient and Effective Ideas to Market Your Medical Practice

Marketing your medical practice is an art as well as a science. This is because marketing requires inventing innovative strategies, and artistically executing them, and effectively connecting with target audiences. However, some strategies may yield better outcomes, depending on how … Continue reading

How to Create a Profitable Healthcare Business Plan for Your Medical Practice

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How to Create a Profitable Business Plan for Your Healthcare Practice

Marketing is crucial for any industry, and healthcare industry is no exception. Whether you are a big hospital or private practice, creating and implementing an effective marketing plan will help to attract new patients, retain the existing ones and maintain … Continue reading

Ultimate Guide to Patient Referral Marketing

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The Ultimate Guide to Patient Referral Marketing

Developing a strong referral network is critical to ensuring the success of your medical practice. In order to grow your medical practice’s revenue, it is important to attract new patients consistently. In addition to advertising and connecting with insurance agencies, … Continue reading

Your “Good” Waiting Area May Not Be “Good Enough”

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Your "Good" Waiting Area May Not Be "Good Enough"

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

Staff Training Can Set Clear Boundaries in Handling Difficult Patients

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Staff Training Can Set Clear Boundaries in Handling Difficult Patients

Angry, dissatisfied, defensive or difficult patients. Managing difficult patients is a frequent challenge faced by healthcare providers. The hostile patient, the aggressive patient, the overly demanding patient, the excessively anxious patient, the know-it-all patient and the compulsive complainer patient. If … Continue reading

How Can a Physician Liaison Program Grow Your Practice’s Referrals?

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How Can a Physician Liaison Program Grow Your Practice’s Referrals?

Doctors and specialists are constantly looking for more referrals. This is probably their biggest marketing goal. But not many medical practitioners put a plan in place to ensure a steady stream of referrals through their doors. The most simple and … Continue reading

The Hows and Whys of Patient Reviews – Surefire Ways to Get Positive Online Reviews

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The Hows and Whys of Patient Reviews – Surefire Ways to Get Positive Online Reviews

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

17 Content Sources to Keep Your Social Media Posts Buzzing

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17 Content Sources to Keep Your Social Media Posts Buzzing

When it comes to healthcare marketing, content is the most critical component. Similar to other businesses trying to establish their brand in the digital marketplace, your medical practice can boost its reach and credibility by publishing high-quality content that is … Continue reading

SWOT Analysis in Healthcare: A Self-Exam to Identify Primary Areas of Focus

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SWOT: A Self-Exam to Identify Primary Areas of Focus

Business marketing books are often aimed at MBAs who understand marketing jargon, not busy medical practitioners. As a result, you may not fully understand the steps necessary for growing your medical practice and attracting new patients. You may have survived … Continue reading

20 Most Effective Doctor Marketing Tips for Attracting New Patients and Growing Your Practice

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20 Most Effective Doctor Marketing Tips for Attracting New Patients and Growing Your Practice

Effective marketing is powerful. Successful medical practices understand the value of having an integrated marketing strategy that includes traditional and online marketing to reach, attract and retain patients. Having an effective strategy and knowing your target audience is imperative for … Continue reading

Top 22 Social Networks for Doctors and Healthcare Professionals

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Top 22 Social Networks for Doctors and Healthcare Professionals

For healthcare professionals, social media is like a double-edged sword. It is an opportunity to connect with potential and existing patients, discover business opportunities and seek professional advice. It is also a place to network with peers and find job … Continue reading

Which Type of Staff Training Is Right for Your Medical Practice?

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Which Type of Staff Training Is Right for Your Medical Practice?

Untrained staff can unconsciously reduce patient appointments and severely damage your practice’s revenue. There are hundreds of examples of practices where customer service is the highest priority, yet the staff cannot schedule more than 50 percent of new patients who … Continue reading

16 Marketing Trends That Will Transform the Healthcare Industry in 2017

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16 Marketing Trends That Will Transform the Healthcare Industry in 2017

The healthcare sector is evolving rapidly. Today’s patients are more concerned about the quality of treatment they receive rather than the proximity of the practice. As the priorities of patients change, there’s a greater need for doctors to engage with … Continue reading

5 Painless Ways to Attract New Patients to Your Chiropractic Practice

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5 Painless Ways to Attract New Patients to Your Chiropractic Practicee

Marketing your chiropractic practice may feel like a pain in the neck, but it’s necessary if you want to remain competitive and attract new patients to your office. We’ve got your back with five ideas you can use to market … Continue reading

Focus on These Crucial Elements to Ensure An Exceptional Patient Experience

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Focus on These Crucial Elements to Ensure An Exceptional Patient Experience

Patient experience is a critical portion of your healthcare practice’s success in 2017. If you aren’t scoring high on patient satisfaction surveys (that payers distribute to patients) you won’t get reimbursed. Because your patients’ full experience is comprised of many … Continue reading

6 Ways to Capitalize on Your Patients’ New Years’ Resolutions

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6 Ways to Capitalize on Your Patients’ New Years’ Resolutions

You’re in a prime spot as a medical professional ringing in the new year because your patients are likely setting some health goals for 2017. This is your chance to step up to the plate and capitalize on those fresh … Continue reading

4 Ways to Stick to Your Practice’s New Year’s Goals When Things Get Tough

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4 Ways to Stick to Your Practice's New Year's Goals When Things Get Tough

Those New Year’s goals you set for your medical practice are a great motivating force, but at some point you may hit that proverbial wall and lose the drive to move forward. Because your practice’s success is too important to … Continue reading

5 Tips for Setting Your Practice’s New Year’s Goals That You’ll Actually Keep!

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5 Tips for Setting Your Practice's New Year’s Goals That You’ll Actually Keep!

The start of a new year is the perfect time to implement fresh goals in your healthcare practice. But don’t set yourself up for defeat by setting obscure goals or laying out objectives that aren’t obtainable. Use these five tips … Continue reading

9 Easy Enhancements to Promote a Positive Waiting Room Experience

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9 Easy Enhancements to Promote a Positive Waiting Room Experience

Have you waited in your waiting room lately? You should. In fact, that’s one of the best ways to find out what your waiting room experience is really like. If you’re wondering why this is such a big deal, waiting … Continue reading

Top 8 Ways to Ensure That Your Patients Keep Their Appointments

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Top 8 Ways to Ensure That Your Patients Keep Their Appointments

Perpetually tardy patients, last-minute cancellations and flat-out no-shows have adverse affects on your healthcare practice. They disrupt your schedule, minimize your efficiency and, most of all, reduce your profitability. Patient Prompt reports that with an average appointment cost of $125, … Continue reading

Top 5 Digital Marketing Issues You Need to Consider to Hire the Best Digital Marketer for Your Healthcare Practice

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Top 5 Digital Marketing Issues You Need to Consider to Hire the Best Digital Marketer for Your Healthcare Practice

Here’s the hard truth: You need to invest in digital marketing if you want your healthcare practice to remain competitive. The unfortunate reality is that digital marketing can get costly, and not every digital marketer is worth his weight in … Continue reading

6 Ways to Promote Your Practice Around the Holidays

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6 Ways to Promote Your Practice Around the Holidays

Many healthcare practices see a lull in business around the holidays, but that doesn’t mean you have to sit around and wait for things to pick back up. The holiday season is a perfect opportunity to send well-wishes to your … Continue reading

6 Low-Cost, Highly Effective Ways to Boost Staff Morale in Your Healthcare Practice

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6 Low-Cost, Highly Effective Ways to Boost Staff Morale in Your Healthcare Practice

Healthcare industry-induced stress can derail your staff’s demeanor if you aren’t continually keeping morale boosters on your radar. When your staff is happy, they’re more engaged in their jobs, friendlier to patients (who immediately sense it!) and more productive. And … Continue reading

5 Ways to Nurture and Increase Patient Referrals

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5 Ways to Nurture and Increase Patient Referrals

When it comes to healthcare, patients want to know they are getting the best and prefer going to physicians someone they trust has recommended to them. Here are some ways to increase your number of patient referrals. 1. Gather information. … Continue reading

Marketing Eye to Eye: Don’t Let Your Computer Get in the Way

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Marketing Eye to Eye: Don’t Let Your Computer Get in the Way

Medical marketing may get you thinking about websites, social media and email campaigns, and while those are all important components, there’s no substitute for the power of a good doctor-patient relationship. Not only is a good doctor-patient relationship a good … Continue reading

Use Your Healthcare Practice Website Design for Subtle Promotion

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Use Your Healthcare Practice Website Design for Subtle Promotion

If you thought that your healthcare practice’s website design wasn’t important enough to be part of your healthcare marketing plan, think again. Did you know that you can set up the design of your healthcare practice’s website to subtly promote … Continue reading

How to Create Content for Your Healthcare Practice’s Mobile Site

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How to Create Content for Your Healthcare Practice’s Mobile Site

If you have a mobile site for your healthcare practice (and in 2016, you definitely should!), it’s important to think about mobile logistics when you’re creating content as part of your healthcare marketing strategy. Because of the dynamics of mobile … Continue reading

Thinking About Selling Your Practice? Proceed With Caution.

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Thinking About Selling Your Practice? Proceed With Caution

It’s no longer just hospitals that are buying up healthcare practices. Today, it’s health insurers, practice management companies, private equity firms and venture capitalists. They may offer you generous upfront bonuses, long-term contracts and other financial incentives. What they cannot … Continue reading

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