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Marketing a Physical Therapy Clinics Business
You have to be light on your feet to stay ahead of the curve these days, especially when you're promoting a physical therapy clinic. We have the information you need to create a nimble, yet effective marketing strategy for your business.
For every physical therapy clinic success story, there many more physical therapy clinics that fail to reach sales and revenue targets.
For many physical therapy clinics, physician referrals are a primary source of patients.
Simplistic promotional techniques can't penetrate the clutter of the current marketplace. Effective marketing now means translating market learnings into techniques and tactics that are relevant to your business.
Public Relations Strategies
Marketing and public relations are two distinct promotional disciplines. While marketing flows blatant advertising messages to audiences, PR takes a more educational and informative approach. If you want to send unrestricted marketing messages to your audience, buy a mailing list and perform a direct mail campaign. But if your strategy calls for sophistication, media buy-in and thought leadership, hire a PR consultant. The art of storytelling is a core PR competency. Storylines need to be believable and objective while communicating your brand's strengths and value proposition.
Product Knowledge
There is no substitute for being able to speak convincingly about your products in a physical therapy clinic. Small product details translate into key value propositions which are critical for distinguishing a physical therapy clinic from the rest of the field. If necessary, conduct product information meetings before launching a major marketing initiative.
Loss Leaders
Smart physical therapy clinics understand that more customers will walk through the door if a few products are priced at less than full retail value. Although you may lose money on one product, you can make up for it buy selling a higher volume of other products. A classic mistake of loss leader marketing is to create pricing without researching the competition. In a worse case scenario, you could be counting on pricing that is higher than your competitors. For the majority of physical therapy clinics, this approach is most advantageous when it is coupled with a promotion for complementary products or services that are offered at full pricing. Whenever possible, piggyback a loss leader approach with the purchase of bulk merchandise that can be bought at a discount.
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