2. Marketing Your Practice
Therapists are no longer dependent on
insurance companies
Large population willing to pay for
services
Many services for which insurance
companies do not pay
No permanent record is kept by
insurance companies
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3. Marketing Your Practice
Private Practice
Mindset / malpractice / intimidated
Investment ROEI
Key – Flow of patients
Pay now or pay later
Specialty coaches available
30-35 patients/week (patient hours)
Lifetime value of a referral/patient 3
8. Joe Versus Paul
Paul
month-to-month struggle
no consistency of referrals
Joe
Needed to get serious
Got help / invested / return on education
Networking, directories & pay-per-click
24 therapists, 3 offices, averages 125 new
referrals/month 8
9. 6 Primary Tools
1. Identity
2. Internet Marketing
3. Networking / Outreach
4. Patient Referrals
5. (Optional) PR and Promotion
6. The Art and Science of Follow-Up
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11. Specialization
Establishing your specialty
Defining your USP (Unique Selling
Proposition – What makes you special)
Advantages – for patient and other
practitioners
Easier to help / specialized expertise
Easier to attract patients
Easier to network
Easier to market (focus) 11
13. Website
Photo
About Us
Services Provided
Common Questions
Rates and Hours (& Insurance)
Appointment Request
Helpful Forms
Hot Topics / Newsletter
Links & Resources
Contact Me/Us 13
14. Brochure / Website
First year – 75% of referrals come from
your website – last thing they see
Clients are selfish!
P-S-C F-B-A (earn the privilege first)
Problem – Solution/Services – Credibility
– Features – Benefits – Action
Home page – above the fold
Video
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32. #2. Internet Marketing
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Directory Listings (in more than 30 local
and industry directories)
Pay-Per-Click advertising (Google,
Yahoo/Bing, Facebook)
(Optional) Email marketing / Opt-Ins
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33. Search Engines/SEO
Google, Yahoo/Bing
Expensive, complicated and tedious
Local focus is key
Professional directories
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38. Directories
Google Maps / Google Places
Professional directories
Local directories (more than 30)
Yext – about $500/year
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39. 39
Therapist Directories
AAMFT Therapist Locator
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association maintains a list of links to each of the state
psychological associations.
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
The Anxiety Disorder Association of America maintains a find-a-therapist tool that will help you
find mental health practitioners in your area that specialize in social anxiety disorder.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies' offers a locator service to help you in
your search for a therapist specializing in CBT.
Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
The Association for Contextual Behavioral Science offers a search tool to help you locate a
mental health specialist close to you that practices Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
This national register offers a service to find psychological service providers based on location,
expertise and other criteria. The service is free to use by the general public.
Psychology Today
Psychology Today offers a therapist locator service for the U.S. Therapists included in this
directory have been screened to ensure that they are licensed in their area of practice.
53. Pay-Per-Click
Pay-Per-Click advertising
(Google, Yahoo/Bing, Facebook ads)
Typically $5/day per new referral
$150/month for each new referral
$1,500/month for 10
$3,000 for 2-months
What’s a new referral worth?
Social media usually a waste
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61. #3. Networking/Outreach
Medical / professional referrals
Community organizations / groups
(presentations and events through
Chambers of Commerce,
Religious institutions,
Service organizations such as Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.,
Local and regional exhibits/booths,
Nursing homes, senior centers, hospice, etc –
May include co-marketing with other practitioners
Volunteering 61
62. Networking
Alumni associations
Fraternity/sorority
Neighbors/concentrations
Local service organizations
Local hospice, nursing homes, etc.
Volunteering
Focus on your specialty
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63. Networking
Visits – drop in w/coffee & business cards
Talk about how you could support each
other
Collaborate with others and…
hold an open house, host an event or
telesummit, or present an ongoing series with
different presenters
Create a signature talk and speaker-sheet
with information on your talk
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64. Public Speaking
Benefits:
Exposure
Establish your reputation as an expert
Build confidence in your competence
Use English versus tech speak
Effective speaking AND presenting
Dale Carnegie – or – Toastmasters
Tell a story P-S-C F-B-A
What is YOUR call-to-action??? 64
65. #4. Patient Referrals
Email bottoms
Brochures with list of services
Patient orientation to services offered
Question on intake form:
How did you hear about us?
Optional - Newsletters
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67. #5. (Optional) PR/Promo
Press releases
Newspaper column, radio/TV
appearances or shows
Blog and/or Facebook postings
White papers, published articles and
books
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68. #6. Follow-Up
The art and science of follow-up
Establishing clear expectations
Proper records and follow-up tools
Email, Mail
Reminder Calls
Phone Check-Ins/Follow-Up
Marketing transitions (patient retention)
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69. 6 Primary Tools
1. Identity
Specialization, Business cards, Brochure, Website
2. Internet Marketing
SEO, Directory Listings, Email Bottoms, PPC
3. Networking / Outreach
Healthcare Professionals, Local Organizations
Signature talk and speaker sheet
4. Patient Referrals
5. (Optional) PR and Promotion
Press Releases
6. The Art and Science of Follow-Up
Reminder Cards, Database Follow-Up System 69
71. Buy or Do It Yourself
Coaching + Production Service $10,000
Recurring Costs
Website (annual)
Directory (annual)
PPC (monthly)
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72. Summary
Your responsibility to succeed
Establish your specialty
Focus on “flow” of patients
Partner and collaborate
Get help… don’t do it all alone
Understand the value of a referral
ROEI (educate yourself in marketing)