What do new patients look for when choosing a dentist? People purchase products and services based more on the results, or benefits, they will receive rather than their features. The same goes for your patients. Businesses across the board like to describe their product’s bells and whistles or the many, many details of what’s included with their service. New patients, however, will resonate more with your marketing and brand when you describe how the results of a treatment will make them feel, because that is what they are really interested in. When you focus on features, well, you may blend in with every other dentist who delivers the same services. Here are a few examples to show you what we mean.
Among the many questions we are being asked from our dentists, the most common one is, “What can I be doing now?” In some cases, dentists think they should just pare back or stop marketing; stop posting on Facebook, pause emails, stop their Google and Facebook ads and discontinue adding content to their website. We…
Ways to Market During These Uncertain Times
This article originally appeared in the July/2019 issue of the Academy of General Dentistry’s AGD Impact magazine.
You take great pride in offering the highest quality dentistry available. You invest in the best equipment, attend training sessions to grow professionally and hold memberships in the most renowned organizations. Therefore, you don’t feel obligated to offer discounted treatments. Aren’t patients willing to pay for quality treatment?
The short answer is yes, but competing in a market that is saturated with businesses offering specials and discounts can be tricky. To resonate with the right patients, you have to appeal to their appreciation of excellence.
How to Compete With Discount Dental Practices
Picture this: You’ve been itching for more implant cases, so you and your marketing team devise a customized campaign sure to make that happen. When the Google ads go live, they reach your target audience as intended. As great as this scenario may seem, you could be losing patients if your team hasn’t been fully…
Take Your Marketing to the Finish Line (With a Little Help From Your Team)
If someone were to ask you or one of your team members what makes your practice special, what would you say? More importantly, what would you say that might actually convince someone to choose YOU over your competitors? If you can’t put it into words, it’s time to define what makes you and your practice…
Articulate the Positive
You’ve probably heard the phrase “Jack of all trades, Master of none.” This is exactly what you are if you are trying to market for every treatment under the sun! It’s far more effective to narrow your marketing and target the patients who are interested in the services that you actually want to do. Here’s…
You Can Do ANYTHING, But You Can’t Do EVERYTHING
Okay, maybe not actual gold, but what we have to offer is worth more than its weight in gold. At My Dental Agency, we’ve seen the best and the worst of dental marketing. We noticed detrimental patterns as well as beneficial practices that can make or break a business. In our first book, The Dental…
We’re Giving Away Gold, People!
This article originally appeared in the April/2018 issue of the Academy of General Dentistry’s AGD Impact magazine. Marketing your practice can be an overwhelming task. Between reputation management, your website, posting to social media sites, email campaigns and soliciting new reviews, the list seems never-ending. You spend a lot of time ensuring that your practice…
Differentiate Your Marketing: New vs. Existing Patients
One of the best ways to keep your marketing content fresh is to take advantage of the holidays. From a “Jacked-Up Jack o’ Lantern Teeth” contest at Halloween to a “Show Your Teeth Some Love” photo contest for Valentine’s Day, they give your patients a break from the typical dentistry themed posts and remind them…
Marketing With March Madness … Really!
The Difference Between Quality and Quantity in Patients So often, marketing efforts focus on bringing in more patients. That’s all good and well unless your new patients pop in for an exam and cleaning then disappear, never to be seen again. To make the most of your marketing, seek to appeal to more quality patients…