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Marketing Services – Dentists2026-06-09T14:30:26-05:00

Digital Marketing for Dentists

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To stand out in today’s crowded dental market, it is important for dental practices to use a variety of approaches to widen outreach to potential patients. Both traditional advertising and digital marketing for dentists should be utilized to reach a diverse audience that receives information in a variety of ways.

Just like dental care offers preventative (rather than reactive) strategies for your oral health, a well-rounded marketing plan helps your dental practice stay visible and attract your ideal patients.

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  • Targeted Online Ads

  • User-Friendly Web Design

  • Local Search Optimization

  • Social Media Management

  • Reputation Management

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Getting Started with Dental Marketing

We’ve moved past the times when a listing in the yellow pages and (maybe) a basic website would grow your dental practice. Patient expectations have changed, and many are doing their research online before choosing a dentist. Boosting your presence with our dental marketing services, you can create a multi-faceted marketing approach to grow your practice.

Benefits of Dental Marketing

  • Promote Your Brand

    The result of a well-rounded and consistent online (and print) persona, your brand reflects the personality of your practice, making it recognizable across all marketing platforms.

  • Attract New Patients

    Well organized information, whether it’s through your website content, social media postings, or print collateral, allows prospective patients to easily access the information they are seeking while also gaining insight into your culture.

  • Improve Your SEO

    Through your Google Business Profile and strategically placed keywords on your website you can grow your presence in search engines.

  • Engage & Educate Patients

    Here’s where the benefits of social media abound. Regular postings, from infographics and how-tos, to Q&A sessions and sponsored postings, utilizing various social media platforms allows you to engage and educate your ideal client base.

  • Build A Community

    Combining all of these methods creates a community with your patients. From preventative dentistry to orthodontics and periodontal procedures, your practice adapts as your patient’s needs change. The same occurs within your online community.

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The Top 5 Pillars of Dental Marketing

1. Websites

Your practice’s website is an opportunity to combine the information that patients expect to see with the information they need to see to gain valuable information about your practice. Your website needs to be easily viewed on a computer monitor or laptop screen, but more importantly, you need to optimize your site for viewing on smartphones, since more than 70% of today’s web traffic is coming from mobile devices.

Realizing that the average shelf life of a website is only 3-5 years, it is also important to maintain your site regularly to provide up-to-date medical information (since recommendations are constantly changing) and stay in tune with online marketing technology (that is also constantly changing).

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The Top 5 Pillars of Dental Marketing

2. Search Engine Optimization

With over 40K searches happening on Google PER SECOND, implementing proven SEO techniques throughout your website’s content allows you to position your practice among the eyes of those conducting internet searches for dental practices. Since 75% of users never click past the first page of search results, using keywords that will drive your website to the top of search results is of vital importance to avoid missing prospective patients.

Search engine’s generate 300% more traffic for websites than social media, making well-researched and effective keywords and SEO strategies crucial to landing your website among the top search results. Through Local SEO and Organic SEO, your site will rank higher in searches, while website loading speed and ease of use will keep patients on your site.

The Top 5 Pillars of Dental Marketing

3. Social Media

One of the most responsive, rapidly changing avenues to engage your target audience, an effective social media strategy brings your services to an already-engaged audience, with over 53% of the world’s population active on social media.

Engaging your community with real time content, your social media accounts should include content that establishes your practice as a source for relevant information for both current and prospective patients.

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok have among the highest user engagement statistics but it’s important that you know your audience and choose a platform that makes sense for your area. Knowing who your audience is, what channels they are browsing, and what times they are active help to create a strategy that results in heightened engagement.

By using various social media platforms that drive patients back to your website, social media for dentists allows you to reach your patients on a personal level.

How to Succeed on Social Media

  • Share Original Content
  • Be Responsive – Engage your Audience
  • Post about Current Events or Updates
  • Post Consistently
  • Target your Local Audience
  • Use Sponsored Content to Maximize Reach
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The Top 5 Pillars of Dental Marketing

4. Advertising

A well-developed marketing strategy that takes advantage of a combination of digital and traditional advertising methods allows you to make the most of your marketing budget and reach a diversified patient base. Although the distribution of advertising focus has transitioned to favor digital marketing, traditional advertising should not be abandoned as part of your marketing strategy to reach your patients across multiple information streams.

The Top 5 Pillars of Dental Marketing

5. Reputation Management

For dentists across all specialties, reviews and testimonials are an integral part of growing a practice. As many as 51% of patients consult reviews when choosing a new provider, making reputation management an important aspect of patient interaction and follow ups.

  • Generate patient reviews

    By taking the initiative to request reviews, you can capture the praise of satisfied patients that will help improve your SEO results. Successful strategies to obtain reviews can include sending out patient satisfaction surveys following treatment and inviting patients to write a review. For those technology savvy patients, SMS text messages see a 98% open rate and are less likely to be overlooked and forgotten about than an email. Utilizing hyperlinks within the message directing your patient to the submission form make it quick and easy to capture the response of your patients.

  • Respond to reviews

    Responding to your audience continually fosters open communication and shows that you care about their health and well-being. It is important to respond to reviews, both good and bad, in a timely manner. While responding to criticism may automatically trigger our defense mechanisms, we have provided a few examples of responses to both negative and positive reviews.

  • Increase profile of your staff

    Giving patients reassurance of the quality of care that they will receive, reviews and testimonials can also help to increase the profile of dentists and other staff at your practice. For many patients, their decision to visit or avoid a particular practice has more to do with the doctor-patient relationship, especially since nearly 75% of people experience dental anxiety and between 9-20% avoid visits to the dentist completely because of fear. Those dentists with better reputations are more likely to attract potential patients than those with unfavorable reviews.

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Why do I need digital marketing when I get plenty of word of mouth referrals?2024-09-16T13:40:33-05:00

Because people research before committing, especially when it comes to serious issues impacting them personally & financially. While word-of-mouth referrals may convey positive experiences shared by satisfied clients, digital marketing equips you with the ability to strategically position your brand in online spaces that your target audience frequents. This complements and amplifies your referral network by harnessing the power of online research, proactive engagement, and a global audience.

I’m spending real money on my marketing. Why are my competitors still outranking me?2024-09-16T13:41:06-05:00

Likely because they’re outbidding you in ads and diversifying their strategy further with fresh content created and posted regularly, social media engagement, and taking the long-term approach with SEO that is intended to complement your advertising strategy. By consistently generating fresh and relevant content, you can effectively engage with your target audience and cater to evolving search algorithms. This comprehensive content strategy not only fosters credibility and expertise but also enhances organic search rankings over time.

I get reports with a lot of data, but what does any of it mean?2024-09-16T13:44:10-05:00

You shouldn’t have to have a marketing degree to know where your marketing $ are going and how they’re working for you. Our commitment lies in empowering your engagement with the data. We tailor reporting insights with regular meetings to give you the story of the data, highlighting key performance indicators that resonate with your business goals and giving you the tools needed for marketing decisions/strategies.

Why do marketing agencies have contracts? Tell me the truth about ROI & marketing partnerships.2024-09-16T13:45:07-05:00

Effective marketing is a gradual process, and reputable marketing agencies emphasize that a mutually beneficial partnership goes beyond mere monthly fees or subscriptions – the Return on Investment (ROI) holds equal importance for both parties. A contract serves as the foundation for setting strategies, goals, realistic timelines, and expectations. If your engagement with an agency is limited to PPC advertising, the contract duration is likely to be shorter compared to a comprehensive approach that encompasses multiple vital channels for optimal results in the short and long term.

Additionally, it’s crucial to avoid feeling confined within an unfavorable partnership. Actively participating in your business’s marketing strategy, maintaining open and frequent communication with your partner, and fostering a genuine spirit of collaboration are essential. By doing so, the contract term will conclude before you know it, guided by effective cooperation. If the partnership isn’t yielding the expected results, seeking early termination is a straightforward option.

Should my business be on social media?2024-09-16T16:01:34-05:00

Social Media allows users to communicate with one another, building relationships and boosting your brand identity. Using real-time content, social media offers one of the most responsive, rapidly changing avenues to engage your patient base. An online billboard for your practice, patients can easily scroll through previous posts and receive a fairly thorough understanding of your practice’s atmosphere, personnel, and what they can expect when they walk through your doors.

Why is online reputation management important for healthcare businesses?2022-05-10T16:53:51-05:00

It is important to monitor your online reputation to understand what patients are saying about your practice and respond to those whose experience was unfavorable. Take time to also thank those who have responded in a positive light. Your online reviews and testimonials act as your digital first impression. Be proactive about your online reputation and take control of the marketing power of the internet. Within 7 seconds of an in-person meeting, people begin to develop their impression of you, and when you take that interaction online, the time is reduced dramatically.

How can I ask patients for reviews?2022-05-10T16:46:12-05:00

We know it isn’t easy asking for reviews, but there are ways to make this process easier. Create a script/prompt for your staff to use when completing check-out processes. Print reminders on your appointment cards, mail-outs, and any other materials. Place call-to-actions throughout your website and email signatures. SMS text reminders are another great way to remind patients to leave reviews. No matter what methods you choose, remember to make it as easy as possible for patients to leave reviews.

Why do healthcare companies need email marketing?2020-06-04T11:46:26-05:00

Whether you’re trying to attract patients, doctors, or donors, email marketing helps to keep you connected to these audiences – keeps you top of mind.

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