Healthcare practice marketing sabotage exists, and should be considered when reviewing your practice marketing strategy. Sabotage is the intentional destruction (or obstruction) of an action, process, or accomplishment. Most of us would be furious to discover someone sabotaging the healthcare practice we’ve worked so hard to build…yet sometimes we’re the ones unintentionally sabotaging ourselves. For example, you’ve probably seen a patient sabotage his own efforts to stick to a new exercise regimen, or her own efforts to lose weight. Self-sabotage happens in personal life, as well as in our businesses.
5 Steps to Create Your Healthcare Marketing Calendar [Connections CalendarTM]
When was the last time you created a healthcare marketing calendar for your practice? Perhaps the single most critical component of a successful healthcare practice is planning. You develop the floorplan of your office, you plan the look and tone of your business cards and brochures, you design the décor of your rooms, and you plan the care you provide to your clients. Likewise, you should intentionally plan your practice marketing by creating a written marketing calendar. (I like to call the marketing calendar a Connections CalendarTM, because it details all the community connections you plan to make in the upcoming year.)