You’ve just started your own dental practice. Your team is trained, your phones are ready, and you’re ready to start your career off right. One question remains: how do you reach and retain the ideal, new patients you hope to serve? In this article you will learn the top 4 marketing strategies for dental startups.
- Set yourself apart through branding — Are you sending the right message to your patients? Branding plays a role in every marketing strategy you will utilize, so finding the right themes to move forward with is imperative to your success. A strong brand, name, logo, and design will set you apart and allow patients to identify your practice and your team as being the best choice for their health, comfort, and their results.
- Take to social media — Use the weeks in advance of your practice’s opening to build interest and exposure. Facebook has a variety of ways you can connect and communicate with your community, including live video to introduce yourself, creating an event to showcase your grand opening event, or much more. If you aren’t sure where to start, we can help.
- Build a beautiful website — You need a centralized place for your patients to find you, read about your strengths, your commitment, and the services you offer — but most importantly, to schedule an appointment. As a new practice owner, you should aim for a fully-responsive website that is both visually impressive and easy to navigate across mobile, tablet, and desktop.
- Send an introduction letter — Have you considered a more direct way of reaching your patients? Engaging your community members through an introduction letter can be a personable and impactful way of building their trust. In addition, if you are taking over a practice and re-branding, writing to your patients can help establish their expectations, allowing them to understand what makes you the best choice as their dental partner. This allows you to set the story straight on how your new practice will operate moving forward.
Whether you are purchasing a dental practice and re-branding, or building an entirely new practice from scratch, you have a unique chance to define your future success through strength in marketing. At Identity Dental Marketing, we will listen to your practice goals and help you achieve them with a marketing plan customized for your consistent growth. Schedule a complimentary marketing planning session with us today.
