Great Communication Equals Huge Marketing Returns


We Are Now in an Environment Where Communication Matters
We are now in an environment such that your marketing content should also form the basis of the communication (verbal skills) articulated by your entire team when they interact with any patients.
Early adopters of this style of communication will not only gain a return on their marketing efforts but will also make their marketing more powerful.
Excellent communication, in conjunction with cost-effective lead-generating strategies such as content marketing and the use of social media, will have a dynamic, productive impact on your bottom line and profits.
This will inevitably rebuild your businesses in a dynamic way.
Key Aspects Your Communication Should Include
1. Reassurance of the Safety Measures You Have in Place
If you don’t speak these verbally to your patients, how will they know that you have implemented such measures? If we assume that patients will understand this, we are mistaken and may lose customers to those practices that clearly state and explain these safety protocols to patients.
Your team will only be able to do this effectively if you have held meetings and planned the exact protocols in advance. Otherwise, your team will not be confident in what they are allowed to say.
2. An Understanding of Your Patient’s Full Situation
Having a clear picture of your patient’s world can be very useful in helping them further. This relates to building rapport by showing care and understanding of the difficulties a patient may have faced during the current or post-pandemic environment.
They may have suffered to varying degrees, and showing how much you care when you ask about this will make a strong impact. It is important to plan what you will say in advance; otherwise, your words may come across as unemotional or indifferent.
3. Appealing to a Customer’s Emotional Intelligence
This is all about feelings. Asking questions and having conversations with patients that elicit emotion is a great place to start. Patients should come away feeling good as though they have had the chance to express themselves and feel understood.

4. Providing Current and Updated COVID Pandemic Information
Your patients will have many questions and not enough reassurance or answers. If you become the expert source where they can gain clarity and understanding, you will attract more patients to your practice.
Educating your patients on current situations demonstrates expertise. Ask yourself: Where would you be more likely to go a place that is “in the know” or one that doesn’t appear to inform you at all? It’s all about patient perception.
5. Finding Out Your Patient’s Exact Dental Concerns
Identify precisely what is troubling your patients when they call. Show understanding and ask questions to establish a clearer picture of their needs.
Many business owners are so focused on saving money that they lose focus on how to make money.
Planning how you and your team will communicate with patients will have tremendous effects on your bottom line. Don’t just assume your patients know things plan and set out specific verbal skills for what the entire team will say.
This way, no team member will simply say whatever comes to mind at that moment.
Plan now to get a return on your marketing investment, organise team thinking beforehand, and increase your turnover.
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Bhavna Doshi
