Some medical practices will survey new patients to learn how they found them. With direct referrals on the decline and patients finding online care options on the rise, having “Google search” selected on the patient survey is a positive sign of a strong online presence. Practice managers who have asked how to be found in…
Today’s healthcare consumer expects convenient options for accessing health information, and to do so by a mobile device is increasingly in demand. For many consumers, mobile devices have replaced a home computer and patients in this circumstance rely on a mobile device to take care of healthcare matters and find a doctor. Mobile website design…
Everything a patient needs to find a new healthcare provider fits in the palm of their hand. Growth-minded medical practices are conscious of how patients search online and what they see when they do. Where your practice isn’t showing up in healthcare local search results, you can be sure the competition is, and claiming market…
If you Google terms like “dental services” or “dentist near me” what do you see? If you notice that other dentists in the area show up but not your practice, this is probably not by chance. These dental practices are likely to have measures in place to win Google’s favor in search. To show up in…
It doesn’t much matter what medical field you’re in, chances are that if you’re getting new patients, it’s because they’re able to find you online. But merely having a website isn’t enough — you need to promote your medical practice precisely where many people spend their time these days: the internet. The best digital marketing…
Patients today do extensive research online, which means they are more particular about the healthcare services they receive. As they gain more knowledge about these services, they are also increasingly expecting personal engagement – e.g., more transparency and two-way communication – with their healthcare providers. In response, healthcare marketing is becoming more digital. Here are…
Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) is the process of optimizing your website so that it shows up on the first page of Google for the keywords specific to your specialty and business. When it comes to Google, if you are on the second page, you don’t exist; and if you don’t exist, your patients can’t…
Diagnosing Your Online Presence As a doctor, you diagnose your patients with various ailments every day. You make careful assessments, and by the end of their visit, you have a plan to further explore or treat the problem. You share this plan with the patient and then work with them on their road to recovery….
What is it? SEO = Search Engine Optimization. Google is a search engine, arguably the preferred search engine of most internet users. Bing and Yahoo! follow behind but are also very credible search engines. Search engine optimization, or SEO, ensures a website can be found easily in search engines for words and phrases relevant to…
