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Patient Acquisition Marketing | 2014 Property of GMMarketing 2014 | Private and Confidential

Transcript of 1-3% of Practice Revenue to Marketing = long term sustainability

Patient Acquisition Marketing | 2014

Property of GMMarketing 2014 | Private and Confidential

Modern Practice Management Marketing

Improve  Pa+ent  Sa+sfac+on  Treat  prac)ces  like  businesses  and  pa)ents  like  consumers    

Create  and  understand  pa+ent  demographics  and  behaviors  Know  your  pa)ents  profiles  before  “moment  of  ouch”  and  how  and  where  to  engage  them  –  brand  awareness  

Marke+ng  is  included  as  part  of  prac+ce  management  Annual  budget  planning,  budget  management,  and  full  )me  marke)ng  resources  and  personnel  

Clearly  define  and  educate  on  the  difference  between  adver+sing  and  marke+ng  U)lize  marke)ng  methodology  to  first  create  a  brand  and  consistency,  remove  adver)sing  as  a  synonym  for  marke)ng  –  a  print  ad  is  not  marke)ng  

Zero Moment of “Ouch” – Patient Journey

TV  Radio  Print  Out-­‐Of-­‐Home  

AWARENESS   CONSIDERATION   PURCHASE   SERVICE   LOYALTY  

Display  Ads  

Customized  APP  

Community  Signage  

On-­‐Air  Promo)ons  Contes)ng  

Blog  Social  Conversa+on  Social  Content  

Web  Site  M.Site  

Prac)ce  Loca)on  

Pa)ent  Service  

e-­‐Commerce  M.Site  

Care  

Pa)ent  Services  

Cash  Pay  Services  

Search  SEO  |  PPC  +90%  of  all  pa+ents  

 Timeline  Marke)ng  

Pa)ent  Surverys  Mobile  search  

Ouch  Happens…  Now  What?  

Brand?

Iden+fy  the  obvious  What  do  you  do?  What  are  the  services  that  drive  90%+  of  your  revenue  

Be  a  pa+ent  at  your  own  prac+ce    Go  through  the  same  journey  as  a  pa)ent  would,  what's  broken,  what's  not  being  communicated  

Create  and  enforce  guidelines  Create  a  set  of  clearly  defined  rules  for  the  brand  based  on  the  architecture,  and  enforce  them  by  having  marke)ng  approve  and  management  all  image  and  content  decisions  

Journey

Build  a  process  that  allows  the  brand  to  have  ac+on  Apply  the  brand  rules  to  the  living  breathing  parts  of  the  prac)ce  and  give  them  responsibility  

Iden+fy  touch  points  with  pa+ents  Understand  the  essen)al  points  in  which  a  pa)ent  will  be  interac)ng  with  the  brand  and  monitor  

Constantly  train  and  enforce  U)lize  data  and  feedback  to  con)nually  improve  pa)ent  journey  to  ensure  posi)ve  outcome  

Improving Digital Mechanics – A Must

Don’t  ignore  consumer  behavior  80%-­‐90%  of  pa+ents  will  u+lize  web  content  to  make  a  physician  or  facility  decision  

Search  is  a  managed  service  not  a  product,  and  it  CAN  NOT  be  cheap  Search  is  Search  Engine  Marke)ng  (SEO)  –  the  ability  to  manage  over  140  and  constantly  changing  search  algorithm  rules  that  hold  relevance  to  your  search  engine  rank  –  The  best  place  to  hide  a  dead  body  is  on  page  2  of  search  results  

Sound  site  design  and  page  labeling  Meta  tags,  page  labels,  page  tags,  naviga)on,  and  content  

Social  reviews  buRoned  up  Make  sure  SEO,  Healthgrades,  Vitals,  Facebook,  G+  are  up  to  date,  and  content  is  being  changed  on  regular  basis  -­‐  daily  

Marketing Spending – Budget Management Total  4%  -­‐  10%  of  A

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65%  

15%  

20%  Adver+sing  20%-­‐25%  20%  goes  to  tradi)onal  channels  Print  –  TV  –  Digital    

Community  Investment  15%-­‐20%  High  School  Sports,  Non-­‐profits,  Educa)on    

Marke+ng  Infrastructure  –  Search  65%  -­‐  70%  •     SEO  •     Site  design    •     Social  Content  Development  |  PR  •     Brand  Development  •     Crea)ve  Development  

Looking forward

Reviews  will  be  going  from  public  service  to  reimbursement  factor    Government  will  be  analyzing  public  review  records  to  decide  reimbursement  rate  

Stay  in  control  –  get  your  own  self  referrals    Afract  and  retain  your  own  pa)ents  don’t  rely  on  referral  channels  as  only  source  

It  is  the  future  –  con+nued  investment  in  technology  is  a  must  Factor  investment  in  technology  as  a  fixed  marke)ng  expense  moving  forward  

Be  in  business,  not  in  prac+ce  Know  every  employee,  and  know  every  pa)ent  (customer)  

Mobile  is  a  must  Mobile  first  strategy  is  a  must