Keep Patients Coming Back
Acquiring a patient costs 5 to 10 times more than keeping one. This topic covers everything that happens after the first visit: generating reviews, responding to feedback, running email campaigns that get opened, fixing the front desk experience, and reducing no-shows. These are the moves that compound every year you run your practice.
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Before and After Photos in Practice Marketing
Before-and-after photos are the strongest proof of your work. Here is how to use them the right way.
Better Phone Answering to Convert Callers
Your front desk is your highest-converting marketing channel. Here is how to make sure they close the call.
Build a Patient Email List From Scratch
Your email list is a marketing asset you own. Here is how to build one from zero.
Build an Automated Review Request System
Reviews should arrive steadily, not in bursts. How to automate the ask for every patient without gating, incentives or Yelp requests.
Catch Negative Feedback Before It Goes Public
The best reputation management happens before a review is ever posted. Here is how to catch problems early.
Create a Fast, Simple Online Patient Intake
Paper forms are slow and error-prone. Here is how to move your entire intake process online.
Dental Email Newsletters Patients Open
Most practice newsletters go straight to trash. Here is how to write ones patients actually look forward to.
Designing a New Patient Welcome Experience
The first visit determines whether a patient stays for life. Here is how to make it exceptional.
Email Metrics Every Practice Should Track
Open rates are just the beginning. Here are the email metrics that actually matter for practice growth.
Getting Listed on Healthgrades and Zocdoc
Claim the profiles that already exist, complete them with the same facts as your website, and keep paying only for directories that send patients.
HIPAA-Aware Email Marketing: What You Can and Cannot Send
Email marketing and HIPAA intersect in ways most practices overlook. Here is exactly what is and is not allowed.
How Star Ratings Affect Google Click-Through
Your rating and review count sit next to your name in local results. Where stars show, why there is no magic number, and how to raise yours.
How to Collect and Use Patient Feedback
Ask every patient, measure with one consistent question, fix what repeats and keep surveys separate from review requests.
How to Monitor Your Online Reputation
One owner, a fixed schedule, a free Google Alert and a monthly log cover most practices. Here is the routine.
How to Remove or Flag Fake Google Reviews
Google removes reviews that break its policies, not reviews that are just negative. Here is how to report, appeal and reply.
How to Segment Your Patient Email List
Sending the same email to everyone wastes your list. Here is how to segment for dramatically better results.
How to Set Up a Patient Referral Program
Happy patients already recommend practices they trust. Here is how to make asking, sharing and thanking a simple habit.
Recover From an Online Reputation Crisis
Slow down, put one person in charge, reply without confirming anyone is a patient, report what breaks the rules and rebuild steadily.
Reduce No-Shows With Automated Reminders
A confirmation, one reminder that asks for a reply and easy rescheduling do most of the work. Here is the setup and how to measure it.
Run a Patient Reactivation Email Campaign
Inactive patients are easier to win back than new ones are to acquire. Here is the reactivation playbook.
Set Up Automated Appointment Reminder Emails
Automated email and text reminders help patients keep appointments. Here is how to set them up and measure the change.
Should You Respond to Every Review?
Not every review needs a response, but most do. Here is when to respond and exactly what to say.
Using Text Messaging With Patients
Short, expected texts for confirmations, reminders and recall, sent with permission and measured against your own no-show numbers.
Welcome Email Sequences for New Patients
Confirm the visit, answer logistics, remind before day one, authenticate sending, and judge success by show rate.
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What Is Covered in Keep Patients Coming Back
Reputation Management
8Step-by-step guides covering reputation management strategy, tools, and implementation for dental and medical practices.
Email Marketing
8Step-by-step guides covering email marketing strategy, tools, and implementation for dental and medical practices.
Patient Experience
8Step-by-step guides covering patient experience strategy, tools, and implementation for dental and medical practices.
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