As I dig deeper into the traits that successful practitioners share, I’ve discovered that–no surprise–they all tend to get a lot done, particularly when it comes to marketing. The problem, though, is that practice marketing can be a bottomless pit of to-do’s. It’s easy to become overwhelmed, confused, or intimidated. We covered four questions to [...]
We wrote recently about how to grow your practice with public speaking. That post focused mainly on finding places to speak, and how to turn speaking opportunities into paying clients. Since then, however, I’ve had a few discussions with practitioners who want more help with the actual preparation and speaking part. If you’re nervous about [...]
Even the most devout anti-resolutionist has a tough time not thinking ahead at this time of year, and we’re no exception. If you’re like us, your thoughts are turning toward the New Year, and how to improve your practice. Here are three upcoming happenings here at TPJ for 2012 that we think will make a [...]
Hi All, In related news, I’m opening up more speaking dates for 2012. If you’re looking for an engaging speaker at your conference, convention, or classroom, you can learn more here. Thanks in advance for spreading the word to your schools, instructors and association leaders! – Dan A reader recently asked me: What is [...]
Creating content is becoming more and more essential for practitioners. It’s hard to create a website that gets search traffic without good words on the page. Newspaper ads work better when you also write articles. It’s easier to engage your clients in the long run when you communicate with them regularly, and that, too, takes [...]
Hi all – if you want to skip the ‘why’, just scroll down for the how-to part. It’s easy. There’s also a clinic sign we made at the bottom that you can download in PDF… -Dan Facebook has become one of the largest sources of traffic to our clinic website. And the more traffic we [...]
One of the barriers to practice marketing is getting caught up in trying to make things perfect. You put things off because you need to figure out X, or get just the right Y, or get some advice from Z. And the time ticks by. And, of course, you really can’t get things perfect. Trying [...]
Reader J. writes: “…how do I revive my practice after leaving it for a 6-month maternity leave? I took on a locum and I went from seeing 30+patients a week to her seeing a mere 10 patients per week at best. I know many of my patients wanted to wait until I got back, but [...]
It’s amazing to me how many of our practice building efforts involve writing. Blog posts. Website content. Articles for newspapers and magazines. Fliers. Patient forms. Letters. Facebook posts. Email newsletters. The list goes on. Of course, we like that medium, but I don’t think that’s the whole picture. I see writing as crucial for any [...]
As I start the early stages of our next book, I’m becoming more and more intrigued by practitioners who grow their practices very quickly. Sometimes it’s right out of the gate, other times they seem to limp along for years, until something changes and they take off. I think there’s great inspiration in these stories [...]
Back in 2006 (wow) we listed five things we wished we would have done in practice right from day one. Since the New Year is almost upon us, it seems like the right time to pass on a few more. Even if you started your practice long ago, you can still pretend like the new [...]
One of the most frequent comments I hear from practitioners is that they know what they should be doing to grow their practices, but they can’t seem to actually get it done. The go-to reason for most practitioners that we speak to is time – that there’s just not enough of it. I’m not so [...]
When you search for a service in a geographically specific area – like massage therapy in San Diego, or a chiropractor in Miami – Google returns a different type of result, showing a map marked with the location of practices in the area, instead of just the usual search results. The service is called Google [...]
Note: Apologies if any of you are receiving this twice. Strange things afoot on the site this week. -Dan With this year closing out and next year looming, we thought we’d share a couple of things. First, a look at our marketing plan for next year, and second, a 4-step process for creating your own. [...]
The dreaded elevator pitch. It’s the quickie of marketing, the one-liner that you can whip out anywhere and knock someone’s socks off. It’s the perfect answer to “What do you do?”, the ultimate networking How YOU doin? Meh. It’s things like elevator pitches that make practitioners dread marketing their practice. And rightly so – elevator [...]
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