by Matthew Loop DC
We’ve all heard the saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Yet, it amazes me just how much I see this done within the chiropractic marketing and the profession as a whole. Far too many times I see chiropractors buying expensive media slots in the newspaper or on TV that are yielding mediocre results. It’s almost like these media sharks are feasting on “hope,” as the DC’s that I come into contact regularly with think they’ve just purchased a winning lottery ticket or something. Little do they know the startling reality on the other side. They’re actually killing their practice.
We are in seriously tough times in this country. The economy is in recession, and older forms of chiropractic marketing and advertising do very little good now. If you spend a fortune on marketing right now, you can be sure that your business is going to tank under all the pressure and expense. That means that chiropractors are marketing less to compensate, but continue to only suffer more. You need to market to get new patients through your door, but you can’t afford to do it the same old way. What’s the answer for today’s chiropractors?
You’re probably telling yourself that you don’t have the money to market your chiropractic practice anymore, and you’re wondering how else you can spread the word about your business. The answer is much more exciting than you’ve imagined, and it’s absolutely free to you. So what kind of marketing is this? Well, it’s definitely not TV, newspaper ads, magazines, telemarketing, or postcard drops. These are black holes that will cost you a fortune and yield mediocre results.
There is good news. Even though you may have placed all of your finances in ineffective paid advertisements, you can still get some high-impact massive exposure and tons of new patients for free. This comes in the form of doing your chiropractic marketing on social media outlets like YouTube, Myspace, Facebook, and many others. By the way, at least half of members on these networks are above 30 years of age, contrary to popular belief.
Targeted marketing that specifically hits the demographic you need is the wave of the marketing future. It’s simple and cost effective, and you’ll be amazed at the amount of new patients and business you’ll receive. I can’t express how important it is to start your online marketing on the right foot! If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can seriously damage your credibility in your community from the get-go. This is how many chiropractors have failed. To create success, you need to find someone who has experienced success.
Here’s a great way to start on the road to Web 2.0 success. Get an account started on a popular social media site, and begin to invite friends who live within a 5 mile radius of your practice. Let these people learn about you and start to communicate with them. Once you strike-up friendships, you are then able to share information about your chiropractic practice and draw people who are in need of your services.
You can also begin to be of value to these people by providing them useful information online. When you make daily video blogs or weekly postings about relevant topics, people will begin to see that you can help them, and they’ll take note. For instance, I posted a simple video about headache relief and 3,000 people viewed it within one week! Viral marketing was the cause of all this exposure. When one person saw it and found it helpful, they passed it on to a friend, and so forth. Do you see the power?
You’re now beginning to see the massive potential these social media networks have in store for you. You can literally attract hundreds of people to your website and practice for free. You’re going to begin to see your chiropractic practice soar to unbelievable heights, even in these difficult financial times. With social media sites and Web 2.0, your practice can effortlessly become a vital component of your community and a very profitable business as well.
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