Smile Marketing Blog
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Founded in 2003, Smile Marketing aims to help dental practices succeed in the digital age. Smile Marketing Blog is a blog that offers dental marketing insights, tips, and resources to help dental professionals attract new patients and grow their practice.
Smile Marketing Blog
14h ago
Your holistic dental practice website is more than just an online brochure; it’s the virtual embodiment of your clinic’s philosophy, expertise, and unique approach to patient care. Your website’s branding, photography, design, and content are what inspire patients browsing online to book that first appointment.
When it works well, patients naturally see themselves in your care and book an appointment. They can’t wait to achieve that fabulous smile!
If your website isn’t working, it might be time to revisit its design and functionality, as well as the soul of your website – its core messaging a ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
1w ago
Introduction
A well-designed dental website has the power to set you apart from competitors, it can boost your practice's visibility and help fill your chairs with new patients. A poorly designed site, however, will hinder your practice’s growth, can deter potential patients via a frustrating user experience or an unprofessional image, and negatively impact your practice's credibility.
So given that your website is the hub of your marketing efforts, it's critical to understand exactly what’s needed to create a high-converting, patient generating website.
What’s A High-Converting Website?
To ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
1M ago
Digital marketing is an ever-changing landscape, and for dental practices aiming to thrive in today's competitive environment, staying ahead of the curve is essential.
Here are five straightforward digital marketing strategies tailored specifically for dental practices. These tips are designed for easy implementation and can lead to quick, significant improvements.
Best of all, they're doable by anyone on your team, so it’s a great opportunity to empower someone to become the digital marketing champion of the practice!
#1. Refresh Your Website Content
Your website often serves as the first poi ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
2M ago
Picture this: A patient enters your dental clinic, desperately in need of treatment. There’s just one obstacle – the cost. For many patients, their ability to afford dental treatment can be the number one barrier to them proceeding. This financial challenge often leads to postponed or declined treatments, affecting both your patient's health and the clinic's revenue.
Traditional financing options, while helpful, don't always suit every patient's circumstances. But what if there was another way?
This is where using superannuation for dental treatments comes into play, by providing patients a wa ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
3M ago
In the highly competitive world of dentistry, standing out is more important than ever. With numerous practices vying for patients' attention, you need to know exactly where to focus your marketing efforts to drive practice growth.
It's not enough to just be a great dentist anymore; you need to make sure prospective patients know you’re going to be a great dentist for them! That's why we’re diving into five proven strategies to help skyrocket your patient numbers in 2024.
1. High Converting Website: The Cornerstone of Your Online Marketing
First impressions are everything. Your website is the ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
3M ago
Blogging. It’s not just a hobby.
Your dental blog is an online marketing tool that can boost the new patient performance of your website. It’s a channel to nurture patient relationships, while attracting prospective new patients by educating them about oral health.
The Internet is full of information about every possible topic. That’s why each day millions of people search on Google.
When someone local is searching about dental health, you want to be the dentist to answer their questions.
More than 80 percent of consumers trust advice and information from blogs
After a website exceeds 20 bl ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
8M ago
What Makes a Great Dental Website?
When it comes to attracting new patients, your dental website design should do more than just look good. It needs to effectively communicate your value, demonstrate your expertise, and cultivate trust in the website visitor (a.k.a. prospective patient).
Already this year, we’ve seen many brilliant dental website designs that do just that – they’re designed to attract the dentist’s ideal patients, ease fears, and authentically represent the practice.
Read on and get to know Smile Marketing’s top dental website designs of 2023 — and discover the key elements of ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
11M ago
In the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing, staying up-to-date and prepared for change is vital. At Smile Marketing, we’re here to keep you updated and equipped to face these changes.
The latest update, mandated by Google, is the transition to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) – the newest version of Google's powerful analytics platform. This isn't an optional upgrade. It's a necessary change that every website owner will have to make.
GA4 and Your Dental Practice Website
Why the required transition to GA4? Here are a few ways in which the new analytics will help your dental practice:
Advance ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
1y ago
KEY INSIGHTS FROM BRIGHT LOCAL'S 2023 CONSUMER REVIEW REPORT FOR DENTISTS
Renowned SEO specialists, Bright Local, have published their annual consumer review report for 2023, which provides invaluable data that can shape your patient review approach.
We've delved into this report to extract the statistics most pertinent to dentists, allowing you to make informed decisions about your online presence.
The key takeaways are:
Google remains the leading review platform
The best way to get more reviews is to ask for them
There's one thing more critical than your star rating that you can actually co ..read more
Smile Marketing Blog
1y ago
The right digital marketing agency can help you keep your dental website up-to-date and ahead of the competition by providing:
Actionable advice
Effective digital marketing strategies
Responsive and friendly service
Are you getting these benefits from your current website vendor?
If not, it might be time for a switch.
Here are five reasons why you should consider Smile Marketing as your new dental website provider:
#1 YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING TEAM IS DIFFICULT TO REACH
You should have easy access to your website and digital marketing team. At Smile Marketing, our client services team is availa ..read more