Cosmetic patient coordinator training. You may not realize how insanely difficult it is to get an internet stranger to buy your services. First, they need to become aware of you. Then research you enough to feel compelled to contact you, then meet you and then say yes to you and hand over their credit card.
A lot happens between each of those stages, but especially at the converting stage when your would-be patient is at the pivotal moment of saying yes or….
”I have to think about it and call you back.”
Cosmetic patient coordinator training tips
A professionally trained coordinator would NOT set herself up for failure by letting this happen in the first place.
She would use proven strategies to not only avoid this from happening but to methodically prepare the prospective patient to say yes instead.
But here’s what I see in many practices….
Too many coordinators have been placed in the role with no sales training.
Sure, they are nice people and may look the part and have been educated on your procedures and processes.
However, they don’t have the mindset, sales methods or structure to convert more often.
And just because your coordinator has been on the job for years doesn’t mean she’s a professional living up to her potential.
Without professional training, she’s actually working with one arm behind her back and not able to give you the best results you both want.
For example, see if your patient coordinator has these attributes:
Coordinator’s Mindset and Attitude
A patient coordinator must love serving people. She must be curious about others and helping them get what they want.
She is open and friendly with a ready smile, great eye contact, and has a confidant air that puts strangers at ease quickly.
Doesn’t see her role as “selling” but rather as “serving” the public to help them make a good decision.
Her money mindset is also solid. She appreciates your skill and expertise and calmly explains why you charge what you charge without apologizing for it.
Coordinator Builds Rapport
A professionally trained coordinator listens and learns.
She acts as the patient’s aesthetic advisor to help them through their journey, so they are
comfortable every step of the way.
Builds rapport by asking strategic questions to help her bond with the patient.
These questions also help her get to know the prospective patient’s preconceived beliefs, expectations, and hot buttons to better gauge where the patient is coming from emotionally, physically, and financially.
Coordinator Promotes the Surgeon as the BEST Choice
The right coordinator knows how to strategically build you up BEFORE the patient consultation, so the patient is 70% more likely to say yes during their visit.
The right coordinator also “drinks the Kool-Aid”. She loves the plastic surgery industry.
She’s fascinated with the transformations that happen with your patients and wants that for new prospective patients who visit you.
She partakes in the services herself and has no qualms about people spending money to enhance their appearance and confidence.
She is your biggest fan and knows how to brag about you using presentation tools, so the would-be patient also sees you as the best choice.
Coordinator Knows How to Present
The trained coordinator knows how to use verbal cheerleading to present the quote, so the patient understands all that goes into it.
She confidently articulates the process, so the patient is comfortable with the steps that follow
and reiterates the benefits of choosing you and your practice.
The coordinator checks in with the patient throughout her presentation to be sure the patient is following along and still engaged.
Coordinator Knows How to Convert
The professionally trained coordinator knows there is a pivotal point when she stops presenting and asks for the decision in a smooth way that makes it comfortable for the patient to say yes.
And, if the patient does have questions or objections, the coordinator calmly addresses them and asks for the decision again using a different angle.
So, how did your patient coordinator stack up?
Does it sound like you have a professionally trained coordinator representing you to the best of her ability?
The point of all this is to remind you that there are nuances to everything.
For example, there are nuances to surgical techniques that make all the difference in your outcomes and the same goes for converting consultations.
Without knowing these small nuances in the process of converting consultations could be holding her back from greater results.
If you believe your coordinator could benefit from cosmetic patient coordinator training, please check out The converting club for coordinators at my website where I professionally train coordinators to convert more consultations professionally and confidently.
