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Whether you want to book more first appointments from a patient event in a physical space (an open evening) or online (a webinar), you’ll find this proven advice will improve your results.
Doctors can eliminate fuss, failures and friction with easy online booking software and more conversions – Your short guide to a more flexible and functional private practice.
If you’re not a 1%-er, the question today is: 1) will you get with the program (do what they do), 2) will you get gobbled up (or join them willingly), or 3) will you eventually get out of the business?
As the race to the bottom has proven, price-cutting is not the route to jump-starting eye surgery volumes. For the majority who could benefit from laser eye surgery, even the lowest-price inducements of £399/eye are insufficient. No, the price objection is a superficial smokescreen that often masks a deeper objection - fear. Overcoming the fear objection, therefore, is one of the most important jobs for anyone offering laser refractive surgery. In this post, I write how using the hero's journey in patient stories can help people overcome their fear of surgery.
In November of 2018, I had laser eye surgery. In doing so, my relationship with the medical procedure I’ve marketed for almost 20 years changed forever. I became my customers’ patient, and it transformed my understanding of their patient’s psychological journey and what they most fear and desire.
Creativity is a crucial business skill - especially in healthcare marketing. Most of the medical marketing we see out there is boring, bland and has a bad case of me-too-itis. Patients hate it. The good news is creativity isn't solely a talent possessed by artists, designers or musicians. You can learn how to be creative about your clinic or healthcare business by tweaking the way you think and behave. Here are 7 approaches to upgrade your mindset and produce the results you need from your patient communications...
Should ophthalmologists use social media today? Watch this short video where Rod Solar speaks to Kristine Morrill for EuroTimes about how an ophthalmologist should handle social media in their practice. Should they do it, or should another designated person? Is social media a *must* in marketing today? What should ophthalmologists concern themselves with when using social media? What's on the horizon for social media? What trends should ophthalmologists be preparing for?
A recent study by Akamai claims that if your website takes longer than 3 seconds to load, you could be losing nearly half of your visitors! Use this simple tool to find out how your website rates. Learn more about how we're taking action to maximise patient conversions through website speed improvements...
Reviews are serious business and can affect your bottom line. After doing everything you can to deliver superior customer service, knowing how best to handle a bad Google Review is your only defence. This post will give you a plan and script to deal with bad Google Reviews as soon as they happen so that you can make the best of a negative situation. We'll also tell you how to flag fake Google Reviews. You might, by following our advice, even be able to turn a bad Google review around and have the reviewer change their review for the better...
It's no secret that running and growing a private practice is not easy. While providing high-quality medical care can be extremely satisfying and your patients are often happy to share positive word of mouth with *some* friends and family, the road to building a thriving practice is not smooth or paved with chocolate and champagne (well for most of us mere mortals!) In this post we'll share the five stumbling blocks you need to steer clear of, and the 5-Step Heathcare Marketing and Sales System you can implement in order to get your practice thriving. We've seen these 5 Steps literally transform private clinics around the world, and we hope that by following their lead, you will be able to scale up your practice and help it thrive through the 2020's and beyond...
