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Predictive Targeting for Small Practices: The Secret Weapon for Scalable Growth

Large hospitals and private equity groups have the upper hand with significant marketing budgets and specialized teams, leaving small practices somewhat stranded in the competitive field. These organizations can afford…

How to Boost Healthcare Profitability through Patient Mix Analysis

In order to stay competitive and grow, independent practices must leverage every tool at their exposal to attract and retain patients. However, sometimes even the practices that are at capacity…

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The Importance of Healthcare Marketing in an Economic Downturn

The Importance of Healthcare Marketing in an Economic Downturn These past couple of years have been the equivalent of the world’s largest roller coaster for businesses everywhere — and the…

Why So Serious: Using Humor in Healthcare Marketing

Two doctors walk into a bar… oh, no, that’s not where we’re going.  We often say humor is the best medicine. Stand-up comics say humor is a coping mechanism or,…

The Importance of Patient Portals for Hospital Patient Retention

We’re all more than familiar with the confounding feeling of frustration some everyday tasks induce. For example: sitting in traffic for 40+ minutes just to pick up a piece of…

The Hospital Marketing Quiz: Is Your Hospital Driving Maximum Profitability from Healthcare Marketing?

The truth in question: Is your hospital maximizing its marketing potential?  Hospitals and hospital groups play a critical role in delivering high-quality healthcare to a broad patient base. Unlike smaller…

The Cheapest Way to Get New Patients: Reputation Management

We get it, running a healthcare practice is expensive, and the last thing you want to do is pour more money into costly marketing campaigns. Well, you may work in…

5 Essential Healthcare Marketing Metrics to Track for Measurable Success

Today, let’s play a round of Dares Only, where we dare you to find out how your patients learned about you, where they booked their appointment, how much money they…

How to Prove Your Value As A Healthcare Marketing Executive

In 2022, the hospital industry in the United States spent an estimated 6.3 million U.S. dollars on advertising, underscoring the importance of marketing in healthcare. It’s clear that hospitals spend…

How to Successfully Apply the 5 P’s of Marketing to Healthcare

When it comes to marketing concepts, the 5P’s of marketing are oldies but goodies. Let’s revisit the famous concept coined back in the 1950s in an exploration of how it…

Branding Isn’t Enough Anymore: What Should Hospitals Do

Today’s marketing can seem like everybody is trying to get noticed and get their sales no matter what. In a climate of annoying and pushy messages that inspire people to…

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