Chiropractic Marketing – How to Beat the Current Recession
It’s hard to believe that three years have passed already since I introduced the chiropractic profession to Web 2.0 social media marketing. What first began as marketing on just social networks like Myspace, YouTube, and Facebook, has expanded to encompass the vast, new and rapidly growing online media outlets. If you were to take a snapshot at the growth of this Web 2.0 phenomenon back in 2005 and compare it now, it would appear like a virus that literally doubled every 24 hours. Now, I’m not just speaking about huge-growth of a new phase of the internet and communication. I am also referring to the massively profitable nature that comes with this technology for your chiropractic practice and the ability to easily generate multiple sources of income at a staggering rate.
Chiropractic consultants were once able to help humble practices earn more money and market themselves better. Today, this is no longer the case. In fact, every time a chiropractic practice puts down money for one of these groups, they’re completely losing that money. They’ll never see it again. Why is this? Consultants today don’t know a darn thing about Web 2.0 and social media, and the things they do know no longer work.
I know the economy of this nation is bleak, but my part of the economy is actually succeeding, and there is a short list of other chiropractors that are finding tremendous success and countless new patients during this time. How are they doing it? They’ve tapped into the goldmine of Web 2.0 and social media marketing. So, do you want to strike gold, or be left out in the cold?
Here are some of the sites that are helping me reach higher levels of success each day. I suggest you give them a try, and see the magic they can work for your chiropractic practice. The Web 2.0 powerhouses include YouTube.com, Squidoo.com, EzineArticles.com, StumbleUpon.com, Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Myspace.com, Free-Press-Release.com, WordPress.com, Photobucket.com, Furl.com, and eHow.com. Give them a try, and you won’t be disappointed.
There are greater than two-hundred websites that are empty canvases for your marketing masterpiece. For the sake of example, I only named a few. If you really want to tap into the full power of it, you need someone who is knowledgeable in all of these sites, and the specific tactics for how to milk them. The good news is, you don’t need to do it alone. Your profession and skill is at being a chiropractor, so you need to find someone who can expertly do these things for you, and teach you along the way.
These tools are easy to learn when you have the right teacher, and anyone can get the hang of it. When you are coachable, you can exponentially increase your chances of success today and in the future with this free chiropractic marketing.
There are even ways to monetize your existing chiropractic practice online with Web 2.0 social media. I can’t even begin to tell you how great it feels to wake-up in the morning with consistently more money in my bank account without doing any work. Sometimes I think that I’m dreaming but this is a reality, not just for myself, but for many other chiropractors that are hitting it hard with social media.
When you create other forms of income while marketing your practice online, you make your practice entirely recession-proof; nothing can stop you. You need to be courageous and an innovator to do this. You have to think out of the box and ride the wave of the future.
Start by providing something of value to current and future patients online. When you put yourself and your practice in front of the world audience, you are greatly increasing your ability to communicate with a greater pool of people and sharing your talents. And believe that you have something to offer and talk about on the web! There are people out there that you can help, and they want to hear from you. Develop a YouTube video channel around a weekly series discussing some aspect of your chiropractic field. This is just an example of something helpful and informative that you could do that will simultaneously draw more people to your practice.
Be creative and you will find this new, powerful virtual world will bring you boatloads of new patients, build social proof, and allow you to generate multiple streams of residual income.
