by Melanie Herron | Mar 8, 2012 | Blog
When your medical practice begins its social media campaign, one of the foremost actions you take should involve creating a Facebook page. Why? Because, like any business, you go where your customers are, and Facebook is where your patients live. It has over 800...
by Melanie Herron | Feb 20, 2012 | Blog
Many of today’s consumers are quite tech savvy and rely heavily on the Internet to research virtually everything, including doctors they are considering seeing. If you are not managing your online reputation, you are doing yourself a disservice. While you may offer...
by Melanie Herron | Feb 1, 2012 | Blog
There is nothing predictable about visiting the doctor, especially when it comes to the wait. Wait times vary significantly from provider to provider. The practices with the leanest wait times will at some point, run behind. Emergencies continue to happen, which backs...
by Melanie Herron | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog
In today’s busy world, it is challenging for many practices to request feedback from their patients. It is often even more difficult to find a patient who is willing to share their opinion. This is not because they have nothing nice to say. It is usually because they...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 9, 2011 | Blog
There are many different ways to communicate a message to a patient or prospective patient. I find the most successful messages are those that resonate with your consumer. North Carolina based hospital system, Wake Med, is doing just that through their radio and print...