Ho Ho Holiday No-Shows: Tips to decrease missed appointments

[by: Amanda Midence] Decorations are up, and the holiday spirit is in the air! You have the next month jammed packed with family gatherings, dinners, and shopping and so do your patients. No-shows are already a concern at most sites and during the holidays, it can sometimes become a common occurrence as patients are traveling, …

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Ghost, Goblins and Clinical Trials

by: Brandy Haslam, MBA Halloween is a time for haunted houses, ghost and goblins, scary stories and terrifying clown movies. We love scaring ourselves. That exhilarating feeling we get from the best haunted houses and scariest movies is something we don’t often get the rest of the year. I personally love haunted houses and make …

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Instant Message Marketing Is Here: Are You Ready?

[by: Amanda Midence, BBA] Messaging apps are becoming a phenomenon around the world. Everybody texts to some extent and messaging apps present the perfect medium to be expressive and connect with people from around the world. According to a recent report, WhatsApp has more than one billion active users per month and the app is …

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A BLOG? But why?

[by: Amanda Midence] You are a site, and you focus on research and bettering people’s lives. Why should you spend your time blogging? Isn’t that for millennials and avocado toast reviews?  Nope. Think of blogs as a way of updating your website on a regular basis. You can’t re-arrange or re-create your website every week …

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A good first impression through social media

By: Amanda Midence Think about the last time you met someone new at a barbecue, networking event, or the office. Within the first 5 seconds, you created an idea of what the person is like and decided if they were trustworthy. The same idea stands for the online world. Potential patients go online, search, find …

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4 Reasons Why Your Business NEEDS Social Media

By: Amanda Midence — To social media or not to social media, that is the question. Most of you have probably considered at one time or another to adopt social networks either in your personal life or business. For instance, while you are reading this blog, you might receive a Facebook notification and will feel …

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Embracing the Micro-Moment

By: Haley Wilson – As the mobile crusade continues to take the world by storm, the way consumers receive and utilize media is ever evolving. It is up to marketers to continually push themselves to do better, think outside the box, and address this ever-changing need. Enter: Micro-moments. The idea centers around the philosophy that …

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SMS Marketing: Can it help your business?

“Did you get my text?” Chances are, they did. According to the IDC, (International Data Corporation), 98% of texts are opened and nearly 90% are read within the first three minutes of being sent. Researchers at the IDC also state that eight out of ten 18 to 44-year-olds have their smartphones on them as many …

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Successful Marketing Doesn’t Happen Overnight

By: Brandy Haslam, MBA – Marketing is like building a long-term relationship. It doesn’t happen overnight and takes time, nurturing and lots of attention. If you’re marketing to your prospective clients only one single time and then calling it quits, you’re not building relationships or thinking about the long-term. You have to get to know your …

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Digital Marketing: Still Not Convinced?

By: Brandy Haslam, MBA – Ever since Facebook launched its advertising platform back in 2005, no one could have predicted that it would be one of the most effective forms of advertising today. Surpassing traditional methods when it comes to both cost and level of effectiveness, Facebook and its digital counterparts have rocked the advertising world. …

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