Social media is a powerful marketing channel. It helps drive website traffic, build brand awareness, and stimulate patient referrals. Facebook groups should be a part of your strategy. Over the years, Facebook groups have grown in popularity. These communities help users get information from people outside their immediate social circle. Oftentimes, people join groups to […]
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With Facebook’s billion-plus active user base, people now spend more time scanning their newsfeeds than checking their emails. That makes Facebook a powerful medium to communicate with current and prospective patients. Of course, newsfeeds are a cluttered space. Are you standing out from the crowd? Consider these three post ideas to give your Facebook strategy […]
Continue Reading >>Does social media impact your SEO? Do retweets, shares, and likes of a webpage actually boost that page in search engine results? It’s a longstanding debate. Google hasn’t acknowledged that social signals are a ranking factor. However, numerous studies suggest there is a correlation. The premise is simple. Google wants to serve the best results […]
Continue Reading >>Video can be a valuable marketing channel. It’s a great way to make announcements, provide education, and engage both current and prospective new patients. When it comes to video marketing, we often get this question: “Which is better, Facebook Live or YouTube?” The answer? It depends. Which platform to use hinges on what you are […]
Continue Reading >>Google is by the far the largest search engine. No other platform comes close. However, social networks like Facebook are underestimated for their search engine abilities. Prior to 2013, Facebook’s search function only returned results based on existing pages. There wasn’t much logic in the algorithm. Then the network made refinements. It took pages, categories, […]
Continue Reading >>The way we search for answers and recommendations has fundamentally changed. This is due to the emergence of smartphones, increased access to information, and other factors. “Googling it” is a common phrase in our vernacular and, according to a recent study, the average person will spend five years of their life browsing social media. It’s […]
Continue Reading >>Implementing an effective social media marketing strategy may seem simple. After all, most people already know how to use Facebook. Building a custom website requires coding and design experience, which requires extensive training. Posting a fifteen-word status update on your Facebook page? It could take less than a minute. Social networks let businesses take “the […]
Continue Reading >>Patient referrals don’t always come from word of mouth. In fact, it’s becoming less and less common that they do so. To maximise your referral marketing, it must feed through several promotion channels.
Continue Reading >>Social media. It’s hip. It’s cool. It’s a sexy marketing channel that’ll produce a flood of new patients for your practice. Right? Sorry, not going to happen. Sure, Facebook has a host of benefits. But there are many misconceptions about those benefits.
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