Marketing Strategies By Business

Marketing a Dermatology Practice

Marketing a dermatology practice isn't as simple as it seems. To get noticed, you'll need to invest time, energy, and resources in an innovative marketing plan.

For every dermatology practice success story, there many more dermatology practices struggling to survive.

A robust marketing plan cements your company's relationships with customers. With that in mind, it's important to leverage marketing as a path toward better customer engagement in your dermatology practice's planning process.

Newsletters

Newsletters can pack a promotional punch. How? By subtly using information to promote the benefits of your products and services. Blatant marketing messages aren't appropriate in newsletters because they don't communicate informational value to your customers. Instead, your newsletter should contain industry news, product use tips, and other content that captures your customers' attention. These days, dermatology practices to distribute newsletters through online channels (e.g. in email campaigns and as PDFs on the company website).

Expand Your Advertising Options

Take a look around the industry. Chances are, you'll see companies using a vast array of advertising vehicles to communicate brand messages. When it comes to dermatology practices, it is mission critical to identify the advertising vehicles that are most likely to meet the specific marketing goals your business is facing right now. These days, dermatology practices get solid marketing results from online channels capable of streaming high value content to a large, yet targeted customer base. In general, if your competitors know more about promoting their business online than you, you may lose market share.

Improving Customer Loyalty

Customer loyalty provides the backbone for business growth. In growth-minded dermatology practices, sorted and updated mailing lists obtained from top-tier providers are effective tools for customer acquisition. To encourage customer loyalty, you'll need to tap into deliberate mechanisms that incentivize customers to reward your brand with repeat business. In many cases, online channels can be leveraged to create innovative customer loyalty programs.

Share this article


Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs

Lists of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

Franchise Opportunities

Contributors

Business Glossary