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Two years in a row dentist best health care job Selected based on predicted growth 2012-2022 by US Bureau of Labor Statistics Low unemployment, decent work/life balance, good salary, predicted employment growth of 16% with more than 23,000 new openings.
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Corporate dentistry is growing 15% annually Online reviews and searches are ever increasing Dental insurance companies are systematically decreasing reimbursements Discretionary income has shrunk for every segment of American society except the top 10%. • Patient perception of dentists are changing based on work Performed, Marketing Seen and Fees offered
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1. A warm and sincere greeting. Use the guest name, if and when possible. 2. Anticipation and compliance with guest needs 3. Fond farewell. Give them a warm good-bye and use their name, if and when possible.
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1. Customer focus is the key 2. Exceed the expectations 3. Respect your employees
1. Brand Image 2. Customer Care Protocols 3. Employee’s Role
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• Gift Certificate • VIP Referral cards • Custom Whitening
• Evaluate the office & brand appearance • What is your message • Look at your team
• Custom patient cape • Blanket • Custom bag
• Is everyone trained to offer the same care and service repeatedly
• Protocols • Repetition and consistency • Greetings and goodbyes • The best
• Patient Perception? What do they see?
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What does the patient see? Insurance dentist? Family dentist? Discount dentist? Who are you? You need to know Patient Referrals
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How marketing and advertising have changed Brand/Image Internet A Responsive Website is #1 Google +/ Local Business page Claim your business on other search websites • Bing, Yahoo, City Search, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook etc…
• Consumers are being over run with spam in many ways • Consumers want instant (relevant) information • Business owners want results…… • ..but many are not sure how to achieve them today.
• Consumers are being over run with spam in many ways • Consumers want instant information • Business owners want results…… • ..but many are not sure how to achieve them today.
• What image do we want to portray? • Consistent brand image
• California has 6 dental schools • (more than any other state, potentially a 7th to be built)
• Between 500-600 graduates every year in CA. 5000 in U.S. • Dentist to patient ratio in CA is one of the worst at almost 1:1300 compared to 1:2500 • 32000 approx in CA (14% of nation) • Orange County the worst ratio in CA
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• Increase in discount dentists • Increase in managed care facilities and growing quickly.
These are becoming the norm And I Love IT.. And so should you
How are you found on the internet? More importantly how are you perceived?
More important than ever What does your brand say about you?
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• Branding 101 Basics: • WHO ARE YOU? • Take a close look at your company and why it exists in your market. What is your story? Sometimes the product or service that we are selling has a positive benefit within our local communities. If this sounds like you, then part of your brand experience is how you benefit the community. You are now selling something with a by-product involving a social benefit.
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Branding 101 Basics: YOUR BRAND NAME…? YOUR BRAND IMAGE What can you do to strengthen your brand image? Color of an icon. • ING Direct • UPS
• Make sure that all your marketing materials portray a professional brand image. Every item should be consistent.
• Branding 101 Basics: • YOUR BRAND LOGO
• As with your brand image your brand logo identifies who you are. If it has been professionally developed it will be consistent with your color icons & total brand image. Your brand logo should position your company from an emotional vantage point. It can position you as a progressive or a traditional company. Your brand logo communicates on an emotional level. Your brand logo is the introduction to your over all brand experience. Be sure it tells the story you want told.
Not many companies can accomplish this….
…it takes time
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Many have done well ….
Its been done by many and it often works well….
• Develop your brand • • • •
Its appearance Its representation Its visibility Keep the same theme on everything • Web pages, stationary, business cards, media, advertising, etc. • ……….and everywhere on the internet!
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It’s not what you know, it’s who you know!
Who you know just got a
whole lot bigger. Numerous ways to market thru who you know, or your friend’s know.
And it just keeps getting
larger and larger….
Social Media Marketing There are numerous types
of websites to engage potential new patients
Informational Social Photos Videos Geographical And more…
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
You are a source for information
Multiple definitions and components
80% of U.S. Internet consumers research health info
Getting your website in front of consumers Top organic rankings/search results Top spot on Google, Bing, Yahoo etc..
online.* 24% of U.S. online consumers engage in some form of
health related social media once a month or more.**
Highest success is on the first page *Pew Internet Project **Forrester Research
Local Search Location keyword Google Places Most people use 3 keywords “dentist” “location” “zip code” “procedure” “problem” Organic Adwords/Pay Per Click
Where to start? Google Organics / Google + Facebook Website Blog YouTube / Flickr Twitter
Claim your free marketing Local search results, map results, & specific geo-location
searches Google Places https://plus.google.com/+GoogleBusiness/posts Yahoo Local https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/local-listings Bing Local https://www.bingplaces.com/
GOOGLE Search Most influential internet component % of searches are done on Google Ranking is based on Importance of your “website content that is relevant to the search user and geographic local google business page” Your website must have the proper coding and relevant
content, along with location, services and any other focus.
Your website is indexed for searching. Your internet presence is indexed as to relevance and size
for “the searched content”
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Reviews
Local Listings
Reputation management Get a large number of reviews for the off chance someone wants to post a negative review it will dilute the effect. Don’t fake reviews Post reviews from the office on an iPad Run Google Alerts for your name and brand
First claim your listing www.google.com/placesforbusiness Google will Call Send PIN Google does not like multiple listings Exceptions?
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Google Listings 10 pictures, 5 videos Complete profile with business name Local profiles are pushed to the top based on activity,
online reviews, links, profile changes, videos, photos, content
Google +
Google 88 Billion searches each month Everyone uses Google 20% of Google searches are related to Local Search Get a Google Plus Profile
Two divisions SEO for the Website Local Optimization (Places) Driven by: diversification and citations Citations are mentions of: name of business, address, phone number, & reviews. Social media is perfect for this. Facebook name should match Google Places and website.
Google Business Photos
More powerful in searches than Facebook Google has indexed this heavily and places emphasis in
search rankings over many other webpages “+” reviews are the new Like and they add up to higher
rankings
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Where to start? Google Organics / Google + Facebook Blog YouTube / Flickr Twitter
Facebook Over 950 million users Over 50% of US population has an account No other media source has this much attention, tv,
newspaper, magazines, radios etc.. Info on birth date, email address, place of work, education,
interests, etc.. Create your own profile and then a business profile You will be the original admin for the site
Personal Profile
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Facebook Content Anything but not so often as to have people remove you. Website link, Demandforce link, local business profiles Blog link Photos- over 300 Million Uploaded Daily Staff input Videos Promotions Call To Actions! Limit posts to about 80 characters has shown higher engagement Use full URLs they get 3x higher activity
Facebook Content (or any Social Media) Limit the type of personal info, photos and activity that
you post. HIPAA Employee Manual needs to be upgraded to cover usage Do not discus patient/business matters Do not post fees or discounts (call for details)
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Facebook Content posted in the early morning & evening have a 20%
higher activity level due to work places blocking usage Thursdays have the highest level of engagement for brands in health & beauty industry Posts ending with “?” have a 15% higher engagement rate Would is one word having the highest potential “like” Post, comment and like are the most commonly used
Where to start? Google Organics / Google Places Facebook Blog
Facebook Send out mailers, emails, texts letting people know you are on. Solution Reach, Sesame, Demandforce automated information Give a flier to all patients at checkout with a Call To Action Advertisement in front office and website DENToolz media marketing screen http://www.facebook.com/badges/ Profile, Photos, Like, Page After 25 Likes you can claim your vanity URL ie. facebook.com/aestheticdentaldesigns Claim yours at facebook.com/username
BLOGS Creating an on website blog* Increased web traffic by 32% Users spent 38% more time on the site They looked at 30% more pages per visit
YouTube / Flickr Twitter
*Inside Dentistry, Feb 2011 p.12
BLOGS Coincide with content from website and SEO. Blog on Implants, a YouTube video on Implants and
keyword optimized landing page for Website on Implants. Post quality informative content for lay people don’t always
make it about your business. Keep blogs short, use catchy title and images SEO content, links, web copy and keywords Make it interesting that people would share it on Facebook,
etc.
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Where to start?
YouTube
Google Organics / Google Places
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is
Facebook
worth millions.
Blog
Demonstrate procedures, patient testimonials, staff
YouTube / Flickr
YouTube videos can be embedded within blog posts
Twitter
creating more value as content.
YouTube
Where to start?
Second most popular search engine second only to
Google Organics / Google Places
Google. Valuable SEO, Google ranks very highly and tries to put one in for each search content Keep videos short so they will be watched to completion. This is important to rankings. Use keywords and business name to optimize for SEO.
Facebook
Flickr.com
Where to start?
Blog YouTube / Flickr Twitter
Image archive
Google Organics / Google Places
Indexed by Google
Facebook
Adds to online ranking
Blog YouTube / Flickr Twitter
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Twitter Over 200 Million Accounts 140 Characters Photos Links Blogs, videos, etc
Patient Reviews Worried about bad reviews? Best defense is a good offense! Harness the power of the internet Prequalified new patients A support community Reputation management
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Patient Reviews
Yelp, Angie’s List, Dr.oogle, etc
Feedback helps to customize the office and patient
Get signed up its free
experience. Numerous positives dilute the potential negative Use great customer service to handle negative reviews Photos and video testimonials are great to ad What would be important for a patient to read?
Get people to write reviews that use these services Having a presence is important Do not buy the service
Google Alerts
Mobile Devices
Get updates on any words
Get a secure WiFi in your office
Track reviews
Let patients surf for free (iPads)
Get a gmail account and monitor key words about you
Have them take a video or photo and post it.
and your brand
Write a review and post it. Check in on Foursquare, Facebook or Google etc Make sure your website is mobile friendly More internet usage is going towards mobile devices
Mobile Devices
Mobile Devices
Circumvent their work place WiFi
Over 300 Million Mobile phone users and growing Over 90% of smart phone users access the internet or
Over 200 Million mobile Facebook users Google mobile is the #1 platform Separate Google Bots Largest growth on the internet currently
email daily. Mobile Searches are growing and have exceed
traditional computer based local internet searches as of 2013. Websites must be compatible for all sizes and types of mobile devices, “RESPONSIVE”
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Internet Marketing Importance Big Opportunity Build a larger relevant existence prior to others you will potentially always be ahead. Least expensive and most effective marketing
PC sales in first two quarters of 2013 down 25%
Compared to external marketing campaigns and advertising
Internal marketing and word of mouth has become
huge with social media
Internal Marketing Strategies Critical Mass
Referral brochures to all patients Call patients, post appt. Strategies Post appt survey, review, & Ask patients for referrals referral text or email Outgoing patients Exceptional customer service patients Monthly practice emails Influential individual Facebook followers 15 or more referral avenues
Work at a large company Know a lot of people Big internet user
Blog followers Text, email, Facebook Educating the importance of referrals promotions
Internet Marketing Problems Time constraint Manpower Employees = Marketing Coordinators2 (E=MC2) Internal and Internet Marketing Hire outside company? Utilize software to not need additional employees and
expenditures
Practice & Employee Impact
Word of Mouth Marketing
30 minutes or less total for day Once in the morning to post Check at lunch End of day responses if needed 3-5 times per week Adding about 2 hours of additional work to the week
Attempt to get every patient to refer one new patient
each year Yearly promotion or quarterly for all patients that are
on Facebook and have provided one referral that calendar year Monthly promotions on webpage and Facebook
Eventually Google +
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Game Plan Set a years worth of monthly agendas to optimize your
marketing What is your brand name and how does it appear? Purchase a web domain or multiples Select an easy, short domain name (it can forward to a vanity domain) Define who you are marketing to and what you are marketing.
Modern Marketing 101 Website (properly fabricated, optimized and
modified monthly or more) Google + Yelp Facebook
Outline monthly goals to be tasked and managed with
deadlines.
Dental Website builders
Officite Einstein Pro Sites Dentalwebsites.com D4Umarketing Solutions21 Others…
Dental Web Creation, Marketing & Patient Interaction Companies Sesame DemandForce Solution Reach Patient Activator by 1 800 Dentist 360 Lighthouse more….
Advertorial
Dental Products Report 2/2012
Mobile Webpage Optimization Less that 2% of websites are mobile compatible
G Lombardi, Officite (BIA/Kelsey conference)Glidewell Chairside 2/2012
Webpage uses flash and does not size correctly
on all devices
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So you’ve got a website…..
So you’ve got a website…..
Unless it is fabricated and linked optimally it is the
How old is it?
same as having a billboard in the desert along a deserted highway.
Internet is More than a Pretty Website
SEO Social Media Reviews Images Videos Blog content New companies and software!! ….and more
When is the last time
you updated it?
Websites…. Are you taking the red pill or the blue pill?
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Websites Appearance Function Content
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Websites
Do you want to be a star?
What products are available? Which ones should you have? How are they best utilized? Just because you have it does not mean it works correctly. How do you verify yours is correctly built and modified
monthly?
Or a Sun?
Our single star is but one amongst 250 billion stars in our galaxy
Websites
Websites
How pretty the website is not important
Who do you trust to build?
Don’t have to spend a lot of money on the site
Initial cost? Residual cost?
Spend money on SEO and Website Optimization
ROI? Who manages program? Delegateable? Training? Learning curve?
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Website- Must Haves
Websites
Easy to navigate with few pages (think phones) Quality content & images Negatives Slow to load Busy Music Lack of meaningful content Flash
Aside from proper build Easy Navigation Responsive (Resizable) Directions Blog Landing pages Photos (YOUR CASES)
Call to action Link buttons Facebook Twitter Google + Yelp YouTube Flickr
Lobby Patient Education Display
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Todd Snyder, DDS, AAACD
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