Episode #25: Proven Strategies to Get New Patients

It has long been a mystery among PT owners as to the how to get and where to get new patients from. I have claimed for many moons that I can get more new patients as easy as turning a faucet on or off.

All it takes is that PR personality and knowing that this is a marathon, not a sprint. You and your staff must be dedicated to putting in the work necessary to get the number of new patients you want.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• All businesses live and dye by their marketing strategy. You need to first know who your customers are, and you need to know what their expecations are. How many past patients were referred by doctors and allied health professionals? 
• In terms of advertising, when it comes to tv commercials, a sale is made or lost within the first 3-5 seconds. When it comes to print ads? 75% of the buying decision is made at the headline alone. Finally, in a sales presentation the sale is made or lost in the first 3 minutes. 
• The pillars of a successful marketing strategy include: the demographics, or knowing who your customer is  (the marketplace reality); and the psychographics, or why they buy (the perceived marketplace reality). 
• Find a perceived need and fill it based on these expectations. The challenge in marketing is learning the our customers’ language – we need to speak it or they will pass us by.
• Learn this information by surveying your customers to get their demographics like age, gender, where do they live and income level. Psychographic questions could include where they shop, brands they buy (research their ads and what messages they are using).
• You the owner must always start out by aksing marketing questions such as “what must our practice BE in the mind of our customers to choose us over everyone else?”