As a dentist, your No. 1 priority is to take care of your patients, and this is as it should be. But as a business owner, you also need to take care of your practice. This means marketing, managing your staff, maintaining your equipment, keeping up with your continuing education creditsthe list goes on and on.
Read on about the 4 biggest marketing mistakes dentists make here.
One of the questions I am frequently asked by small business owners is:
How much should I spend on marketing?
My immediate answer usually goes something like:
How much do you want to MAKE?
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Heres a marketing question:Wouldnt it be nice to forgo the trial and error that seems to go hand-in-hand with dental marketing and get right to the good stuff? Right to marketing that works?
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Congratulations on starting your own practice!Its got to be a little scary, right? Theres no real business education in dental school, and being a great dentist is simply not enough. The question is: How do you create a successful, profitable practice?
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Have you ever looked at a product online, and a short time later seen an ad for that same product on a completely different website?
Yeah? Then youve been retargeted.
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I received a questionfrom a dental client of mine recently, and it jumped out at me. I want to share my answer with all of you. Sassan Dadseresht, DDS, of Choice Dental in Temecula, California, asked: How do I design a postcard to get that first impression and make a potential client become a client?
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Quick question: Whats your marketing budget?
If youre like many small business owners Ive talked with, you might not have an answer.I know marketing budgets arent super sexy but they are DIRECTLY CORRELATED to your business growth.
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You chose the perfect location for your practice, designed a welcoming, kid-friendly office, and mastered the art of soothing nervous children.
Now you need a way to bring in a steady flow of new pediatric patients. Postcards, a form of direct mail, are a proven way to do that.
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They say caregivers spend so much time caring for others that they neglect themselves. The same can be said about long-term care (LTC) providers.
Most of you are too focused on the health and well-being of your residentsnot to mention managing your budget and your staffto think much about your marketing.
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Running a small business is a full-time job. Hows that for the understatement of the decade? More like two or three full-time jobs!
On top of keeping up with the books, hiring and training staff and staying on top of industry trends (and hundreds of other tasks), you need tomarket your businessif you want to STAY in business, that is!
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