{"id":3513,"date":"2011-12-02T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T00:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcincome.com\/blog\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2012-07-30T08:56:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T15:56:37","slug":"technique-vs-marketing-which-one-really-attracts-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcincome.com\/blog\/technique-vs-marketing-which-one-really-attracts-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Technique vs Marketing: Which One REALLY Attracts Patients?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, which one do you think is responsible for attracting most of your new patients or clients? When first started in practice, I used to believe it was my technique because in school that was the primary educational focus.<\/p>\n<p>However, when I got in the real world, I was met by a harsh dose of reality.<\/p>\n<p>Since this is a chiropractic marketing blog, you obviously know where my stance is. However, it&#8217;s not just an opinion this time&#8230; it&#8217;s a fact.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sales and marketing is BY FAR the #1 factor responsible for your new patient acquisition. The sooner you understand this and become a student of marketing, the more money income you&#8217;ll effortlessly generate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Even if you have a highly unique and specialized practice that gets patients better that no one else can help, if you want to grow big, you&#8217;d be wise to master marketing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My practice is built on internal referrals,&#8221; some doctors say with a hoity toity voice.<\/p>\n<p>Wake-up my friend, if you&#8217;re getting consistent internal referrals, you have a marketing system \/ script to generate them. You might not like to call your &#8220;internal referral system&#8221; a form of marketing because you despise the word&#8230; but it&#8217;s marketing.<\/p>\n<p>But why stop at integrating just one effective patient generating system? What if you had a half-dozen new patient getting systems in place that brought-in patients hand over fist?<\/p>\n<p>Never limit yourself or your practice growth possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Think a little bigger and out of your current box so you can achieve your desired practice growth and lifestyle you&#8217;ve always dreamed about. By the way, I phenomenal book on the subject I recommend all chiropractors read is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/-Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About\/dp\/0887307280\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322762700&amp;sr=8-1\">The E-Myth<\/a> by Michael Gerber.<\/p>\n<p>As another FYI&#8230;.\u00a0 If you trace back to the forefathers of chiropractic, it becomes very apparent that they understood how to sell themselves. The same thing with our industry leaders today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Did you like this post? 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