Archive for Aesthetic Marketing
Is Botox a Commodity?
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In my recent travels to AZ, I ran across this sign for Walk-In Botox at a medi-spa right off the main street.
This is what you’re competing with nowadays. On the one hand, this seems tacky, doesn’t it? On the other hand, from the patient perspective, this is really convenient and easy IF they get a good result.
Botox does have a tendency to fit into the “impulse” category if the Patient has been doing it for awhile and like their results. However, it can be a nightmare if they inject too much or it gives you a droopy eye or it doesn’t take well and you have to go back and do it again (so much for time-savings and convenience).
If you don’t want to play this game, be sure your patients know the pitfalls of “Mall Botox”. They might just get what they pay for and that’s not usually what they wanted.
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For a Free Marketing Checklist, Visit www.CosmeticImageMarketing.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
Are You Opened For Business?
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My stove was acting up and I received a postcard from an appliance store in my area so it was the perfect time for me to look into replacing it. However, what should have taken me about 1 hour to do has drawn out to a 2-month project.
I first went to the website on the postcard and had trouble navigating so I called the 800# they listed and I had to call twice because I was told to leave a message and nobody called me back. When I did get through, I was transferred but the call got dropped. So I decided to visit instead. I drove over on a Sunday because I’m super busy during the week and Sunday was the only day I had available and, sure enough, they’re closed on Sunday!
I’ve never tried so hard to give a company money and I hope you’re easier to do business with than they’ve been.
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For a Free Marketing Checklist, Visit www.CosmeticImageMarketing.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
You’ll “Thank Me” for This…Eventually
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s the Season of Thanks so I’m going to give you some harsh reality you’ll thank me for if you’re serious about growing your aesthetic practice profits more than your ego.
If you are serious about paying your overhead, supporting your current lifestyle AND generating extra capital to secure your future, there is ZERO ROOM for tolerance for waste, mistakes, sloppiness, indifference, stupidity, squandered leads and lost patients because you didn’t have the time nor the interest to see and deal with it.
You need to find the time and the interest to fight against those desperate to sell for less and work for free. They will hurt you in the short run but they’ll disappear in the long run.
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For a free download of Catherine’s book, Visit www.YourAestheticPracticeBook.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
Are You a One-Hit Wonder?
Posted by: | CommentsIf you spend all of your time, money and effort getting a new patient to say yes to you and then never see them again after their procedure, you are doing them, you and your pocketbook a disservice.
The patient liked and trusted you enough to say yes. The hard part is done. The least you could do is reciprocate by staying in touch, following up and seeing how they are. You can do some of that with post-op follow up appointments. It shows you care and gives you more opportunity to bond with the patient.
However, there’s a group of patients who won’t bother with follow-up appointments. They’re happy and don’t feel the need. That’s the group you want to reach out to throughout the year and give them other reasons to visit you.
An aesthetic patient has endless needs so it’s almost guaranteed if they had an issue with their looks, there’s a really good chance another issue has their attention.
Keep in touch to keep them coming back again and again.
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For a free download of Catherine’s book, Visit www.YourAestheticPracticeBook.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
Guarantee Surgery – Wha-Wha-WHAT???
Posted by: | CommentsThere’s a pretty good chance you don’t guarantee your surgeries so please hear me out.
Consumers in general are skeptical. Patients are even more so since they want to know they’ll get a good result and they won’t have buyer’s remorse. They don’t know whom to trust and often have a tough decision to make between several practices. So how can you stand out?
Offer something your competitors don’t and watch your conversions grow. Offer a guarantee they will be happy with their result or you’ll throw in a revision for up to one year. However, put parameters around it. They must adhere to your directions, show up for their appointments and agree to communicate.
You probably do this anyway if a patient is unhappy so offer it up front to take away their fear of making a mistake by going with you versus someone else. And it tells your prospective patient you’re confident in your ability and that builds their trust in you.
So even if 1 out of 100 take advantage of it and you lose a little money, you’ll get 10x more conversions and 10x more profits by offering something unique. Try it!
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For a free download of Catherine’s book, Visit www.YourAestheticPracticeBook.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
Your Loyal Fans
Posted by: | CommentsI’m sure you’ve heard that 80% of your profits come from 20% of your patients. It’s called the Pareto Principle and it works just as well today as it did decades ago. You want to learn who your top 20% of preferred patients are because they will be the ambassadors of your practice as well a great revenue stream with limited effort.
Go through your database and look for those who have spent more with you, visited most frequently, referred more patients than others or who are very connected in the community. Now you want to put a “fence” around them to keep them happy, loyal, returning and referring. How do you that?
You make them part of your exclusive VIP Club. That means they get extra perks that others don’t (until they, too, prove themselves worthy of your Club). Give them an official VIP card that allows them things like: last-minute Botox appointments, free makeover after every treatment so they can go right back to their everyday activities, free monthly peel, you have many options.
The point is you want them to feel very special because they are part of your inner circle. I promise they will brag to their friends about this VIP treatment and their friends will want to know how to become part of your “private club”. This club is very similar to the airline frequent flyer clubs. You have a much different flying experience when you are part of the club – you get on first, there’s plenty of room for your luggage, you get much more leg room, and so on. It’s a different industry, but the same concepts apply. People like to be treated special and will invest in that feeling.
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For a free download of Catherine’s book, Visit www.YourAestheticPracticeBook.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
Build on Your Successes
Posted by: | CommentsThe fastest and easiest way to increase your revenues is to replicate your successes again and again.
Go through your database and study your accounts receivable carefully. You’ll see certain pockets of positive results that you can get more of, if you simply put some effort into promoting them. The point is to play off your home runs to then get more of them.
Look for trends. Which are your most popular procedures performed? Which procedures are the most profitable (taking into account how much of your own time is involved)?
Study your patient demographics. You will see trends in age, gender, marital status, home ownership, children, education level, occupation and income. You’re not judging these folks. You’re simply learning the type of patient who is most likely to be attracted to you for certain procedures.
By the way, if you don’t like the trends you come up with, you need to change your marketing to attract who you do want as your preferred patient.
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For a free download of Catherine’s book, Visit www.YourAestheticPracticeBook.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
Cosmetic Surgery Demand is Booming
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I recently read that 1 out of 5 Baby Boomers polled said they have or would consider having cosmetic surgery. So I did some math: 20% of 76,000,000 Baby Boomers = 19,000,000 people (of which I am one) who are open to cosmetic surgery. That’s a lot of prospective patients!
And here’s more good news. Those 19,000,000 Baby Boomers are going to continue aging so they will need your services again and again. Be sure to offer minimally-invasive procedures and surgical procedures since many will start out small and eventually want surgery. Then they will want to maintain their surgical procedure with injectables and lasers. Like I always say, “You have patients with endless needs. Take care of them for a lifetime – not one time.”
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For a free download of Catherine’s book, Visit www.YourAestheticPracticeBook.com or call Catherine at (877) 339-8833. Her firm specializes in creative patient attraction – conversion – retention strategies to drive aesthetic profits.
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Aesthetic Patients Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s more important than ever for patients to see themselves in your materials. Patients need to quickly feel as if you know them, you understand them and you’ve helped others just like them.
For example, if Sally is a 57-year old white professional who wants a face lift, it’s best she see other 57-year old white professional patients who had a face lift. It’s even better if you have a 57-year old patient coordinator who you performed a face lift on so she can show her scars (or lack of) in person.
Or, if Cindy is a 30-year old Hispanic young lady with two kids who wants a Mommy Makeover, it’s best she speak with and sees patient photos of other 30-year old Hispanic young ladies with kids who had a Mommy Makeover and couldn’t be happier.
More “matching” strategies include:
- Have different Websites for different procedures
- Show a variety of demographics on your websites
- Show the prospective patient before/after photos that match their demographics
- Any staff person who matches a demographic and has had the specific procedure done should talk to the prospective patient about their own experience.
The point is, the more you can match your message to your market, the more successful you’ll be.
