How to Avoid the Biggest Black Hole in Practice Marketing.

Teaser: It shouldn’t surprise you to learn that there’s a “black hole” in practice marketing that can be as devastating as any in the universe. It’s the black hole of lost phone calls and it’s costing practitioners a fortune…

If you suspect that your practice is losing potential revenue to lost phone calls, you are probably right. Most practices lose $50,000 or more each year due to missed, lost or mishandled phone calls. Some lose as much as $250,000 yearly!

In order to correct this problem, you must first understand all the different ways in which calls can be lost – the red flags. They include:

• Busy office does not have enough phone lines
• Automated attendant (answering machine) picks up all calls
• Staff phone person is multi-tasking, sounds busy or puts callers on hold
• Staff phone person cannot answer basic questions about your practice (hours, fees, etc.)
• Staff phone person/receptionist is hard to understand
• Staff phone person/receptionist does not speak the language of most of your patients
• Phones go unanswered during lunch, on Fridays, etc.
• Staff person has the wrong personality for customer service
• Staff person has a poor attitude/not a “people” person

All of the above are correctable. The most effective way to close this “black hole” is to have your staff professionally trained.

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