On a financial level, attracting patients over to your practice doesn’t have to be a painful process. You don’t have to work overtime trying to extract them from the arms of your nearest competitors. It can be a relatively painless process if you follow some of the suggestions we have for you in this article. 

So, let’s delve a little deeper as we open wide just a few of the methods you can use to attract more patients. 

#1: Work on your website

You have a website for your practice, right? Sure you do, so be sure to make the most of it. 

For starters, you might want to focus on your web design. Get to the root of your site visitors’  needs by providing clear links to the information they are looking for. Dazzle them with high-quality pictures of the facilities you provide. And make life less painful for them by scaling back anything that could be off-putting, such as any annoying pop-ups or musical jingles that are bound to grate on their nerves.

Within your website, be sure to add customer testimonials too. These will encourage potential new customers to consider your practice. And then add any other credentials to your site, such as professional awards you have received, and mention of your memberships to accredited dental organizations. 

You might want to work with a web design company too, as not only will they help you to polish up your website, but with dental SEO, they will make sure your website is the first that potential patients come to when googling local dentists online.

#2: Make use of social media

We have already discussed social media marketing on this website, so have a look at the linked article for some useful advice.

By promoting your business on Facebook, Twitter, and the legion of other social media channels available to you, the chances of you attracting more patients to your side are high. So, send out regular updates about your practice. Encourage your employees and existing patients to spread good word-of-mouth about your business. And engage with the people you connect to online, perhaps by answering any questions they might have about your practice, and by sharing dental advice that existing and potential patients will find useful.

#3: Do more to boost your online presence

Sign up to Google Ads and use localized words in your ad campaign to attract the attention of local people. Encourage your existing patients to write reviews about your practice on dental review sites. Advertise your business on YouTube, perhaps with video tutorials on teeth-cleaning, or a walk around your practice. And share your wisdom on dental forums. Not only will you attract more attention online when following these steps, but you will also improve your SEO if you link back to your website.

And finally… the tooth of the matter!

You won’t attract very many patients at all if your practice isn’t very good. So, brush up on your patient communication skills, train up your reception staff, and focus on these other dental practice essentials. 

By focusing on these and the other aspects we have discussed within this article, you will have fewer cavities in the linings of your bank balance. 

Thanks for reading!