Video Tips: The Importance of Audio
The dental practice is many things. Quiet is not one of them. Despite the inherent difficulty of finding a quiet location within the practice where you can make your video,...
Video Tips: Let There Be (Appropriate) Light
Whether it’s a dental practice trying to market a new service or a puppy doing something amazing (OK, more likely the puppy), we have all encountered videos with poor lighting...
Video Tips: Put Yourself in Position for a Memorable Video
Somewhere in the not-so-distant past, where increasingly accessible video technology crossed paths with the rise of social media, the viral video was born. Few are immune to its intoxicating effects...
Blogging Basics: What You Need to Know to Get Started
Blogging can be a great communication and marketing tool for dental practices when done right. I won’t sit here and tell you they’re easy and every practice should have one,...
A Turnkey Charity Program That Promotes Your Practice AND Helps Kids
Have you heard of Smiles For Life? Each year, March through June, over 500 dental practices throughout North America whiten teeth to raise donations for seriously ill, disabled, and underprivileged...
4 Components of a Successful SEO Strategy
After talking about local search for dental practices last month, I’m following up this month by outlining four things that are critical to getting your on-page SEO strategy moving in...
Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Tweets
Picture it. You’re sitting at your work computer, writing a tweet about the new post you wrote for the practice’s blog. Painstakingly, you go over the details of the tweet...
The ADA Releases Practical Guide to Internet Marketing
This week the American Dental Association released their new book, The Practical Guide to Internet Marketing. I was flattered that they asked me to author one of its chapters. The...
How Much Does It Really Cost to Send a Laser Postcard?
Here at RevenueWell, we've helped thousands of dental offices eliminate the need to manually send letters and postcards for a host of common communications. From recalls and patient reactivation to...
See How 5 Dental Practices Are Using Instagram Marketing
Are you utilizing Instagram to help market your dental practice? If not, now may be a great time to start! There are only a few simple DOs and DONTs to...
Are You Marketing Directly to Teens and Young Adults? Here’s Why You Should
In your practice today, there are dozens – if not hundreds – of patients with whom you hardly ever speak. They visit your office twice a year, say hello, sit...
5 Things to Boost SEO for Dental Practices
What is SEO and how does it relate to dental practices? SEO, or search engine optimization, refers to the process of making your website Google friendly (or Bing friendly or...
10 Recommended Boards for Your Practice’s Pinterest Page
Are you pinning yet? Hope so. Pinterest can be a useful tool in your dental marketing toolbox. If not, here’s an important concept to remember: Your first question should NEVER...
5 Ways to Make an Irresistible Email Subject Line
When it comes to email marketing, many people put all their energy into the content of their email – and never give a second thought to the email’s subject line....
The Influence of Mom on Facebook
If so many teens find Facebook uncool, is it still worth your marketing spend? Consider the reason Facebook is no longer cool in teenagers’ minds – teachers, moms, dads and...
Is Your Social Media Supporting Your Marketing Funnel?
For five years now, we’ve been coaching hundreds of client practices and thousands of other dental practices on the merits of nurturing patient relationships online. Doing so is certainly a...
Increase Insurance Utilization Through Patient Outreach
If you’re a frequent “Off the Cusp” reader, you know we’re keen on the idea that effective patient communication is one of the easiest, most measurable and predictable ways to...
Social Media Marketing: Where Should You Focus?
Should your practice be on Pinterest? What about LinkedIn? Does Instagram really matter? The answer is different for every practice. Many practices don’t want to spend time considering questions like,...
3 Local Advertising Options to Consider
Advertising in general is a mixed bag. You have to be present regularly to be noticed. Remember, as my colleague Misty Clark says, your message must be seen, felt, heard...
Learning About Dental Marketing From A Bucket Of Ice
How does social media marketing help spread the word about your practice? Often, it starts by doing good—then, sharing those “stories that spread”. And here’s an awesome example happening as...
Should You Be Using Google AdWords?
If you’re a regular Off The Cusp reader with an eye toward practice growth, you’re no doubt using a mix of referral marketing, well-crafted SEO, and easy-to-share newsletters to bring...
How to Use #Hashtags for #DentalMarketing
Love them or hate them, hashtags are everywhere. Used correctly, hashtags can help supercharge your social media content. On the other hand, use them without consideration and you risk annoying...
5 Marketing Tips That Will Make a Difference
When celebrating my anniversary with my husband this past month, I made a reservation for a nice restaurant in Oklahoma City. It is well known for its food and ambiance....
Social Media Helps Move Your Practice Away From Commodity Dentistry
A Costco cup of coffee costs $0.50. Down the street at Starbucks you’ll pay six times that much. Have you ever heard people walk into Starbucks and ask them to...
Social Media’s Value – It’s Not You, It’s Me
Are you wondering if social media marketing is worthwhile? The issue in questioning social media’s value often comes down to expectations. In conferences, Facebook groups and various forums, I’ve heard...
Marketing Your CEREC Services
So you have the CEREC® single visit crown technology. Now what? In our experience, most people don’t know that a service that provides a crown in a single visit even...
Baby Steps – Marketing Strategies on a Budget
One of the scariest elements to marketing is the financial commitment it takes to get something accomplished. If you are financially strapped, your marketing endeavors may seem like an unattainable...
Decoding the Patient Mindset
You’ll hear a lot of talk these days about creating a great patient experience, but what are the practical steps to achieving that? What I’ve learned is that everything that...
Today, All Dental Marketing Is Digital Marketing
I was recently impressed with a blog post authored by Giselle Abramovich at Adobe entitled, “Make the Shift from Digital Marketing to Marketing in a Digital World.” Here’s a quote...
Marketing to Existing Patients? Create Age-Appropriate Messaging
We wrote recently about Content Marketing and the importance it plays in keeping patients educated, engaged and coming back to your practice for recommended treatment and maintenance. Here’s another critical...