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Healthcare marketing / Practices

Medical practice marketing that fills the schedule.

Practice marketing gets sold as websites, logos, and social calendars. None of those fill a Tuesday afternoon. This is what does, in the order to do it.

1. Fix the reply before spending a dollar

Request an appointment from your own website at 9 PM. If a human does not reply until the next morning, every marketing dollar is buying patients for the practice that replied that night. A text reply within 60 seconds with the insurance answer and two times is the highest-return change available. Grade yourself on the speed to lead grader.

2. Own local search

A complete, maintained Google Business Profile with accurate hours, services, insurance accepted, photos, and a steady flow of reviews. Then search ads on the phrases that matter: "[specialty] near me," "accepting new patients," and insurance-specific searches. High intent, captured before directories resell it.

3. Reactivate the list you own

Recalls, lapsed patients, and unbooked inquiries, re-engaged by text with one-tap booking. Zero ad spend, and usually the fastest volume available. Templates on patient reactivation examples.

4. Then new patient campaigns

Meta campaigns to the service area with a plain offer (accepting new patients, in network, this-week availability), and condition-first campaigns for specialty lines. Inside health advertising rules: describe situations, never the viewer.

5. Protect what you booked

Reminder ladders with one-tap rescheduling and near-term availability. See how to reduce patient no-shows.

What to skip

  • A website redesign before the booking flow works.
  • Social content calendars with no funnel behind them.
  • Lead vendors that sell the same patient to three practices.
  • Brand awareness campaigns for a single-location practice.

What to measure

New patients seen per month by source, cost per completed first visit, reply time, and show rate. Not website traffic.

Common questions

Straight answers

What is the best marketing for a medical practice?
Fast reply to inquiries, a maintained Google Business Profile with reviews, search ads on high-intent local phrases, reactivation of existing patients, and new patient campaigns to the service area, in that order.
How much should a medical practice spend on marketing?
It depends on visit value and capacity. The useful discipline is measuring cost per completed first visit against the lifetime value of a patient and scaling what pays. Provido engagements run $5,000 to $8,000 per month plus setup, with ad spend billed direct.
Do medical practices need social media marketing?
A presence, yes. A content calendar as the growth strategy, no. Social works for practices as paid campaigns with a booking path behind them, not as organic posting.
How do I get more patient reviews?
Ask at the moment of a good visit, by text, with a direct link, and make it a standard step of checkout. Steady volume matters more than bursts.
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