Tag - Referral Network

A dental patient referral program is a great way to improve your patient retention rate. Learn tips on how to create a referral program that works.

Online reviews help dental practices rank higher on Google’s search engine result pages (SERPs) and generate more leads. You must have a system in place that encourages your current patients to share their reviews on the dental review sites that your prospective patients will likely visit.

Introduced by Robert Cialdini, in his 1984 book, Influence, social proof refers to the phenomenon that people make decisions and take actions based on the decisions and actions of others. For dentists, this happens when your prospective patients choose to book an appointment with your dental practice after seeing or reading your current patients’ reviews or remarks about your dental care service.

Marketing for healthcare practitioners have become increasingly competitive over the past few years. Gone are the days of paying for targeted keywords such as “Vancouver Dentist” or “Calgary Physiotherapist” at fifty cents a click. Now those same clicks cost in excess of $5. At the same time, prospective patients are more cautious and do their…