Responding to Patient Reviews about Your Practice

With 88% of consumers saying they trust online reviews it’s difficult not to worry about what your patients are saying about you on reviews sites like Yelp. Your star rating on these review sites are becoming the single indicator on whether or not you get new patients into your practice. When you saw your reviews…

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Lack of Yelp Activity is Hurting Your Practice

You haven’t received a review, good or bad, in a longtime and you feel grateful for the lack of activity on your Yelp page. It could be worse right? You could have had a few negative reviews that effected your star rating. Start worrying. It’s worse. Are You Still Open for Business? Smartphones and social…

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Why is Yelp Hiding My Reviews

In an effort to filter out fraudulent reviews, Yelp has developed an automated software that recommends certain reviews over others which they think will be most beneficial to the Yelp community.

How do I claim my Yelp page?

How do I claim my Yelp page? New patients are the life blood of any medical practice. Whether you’re a dentist or an ob/gyn, you need to pay attention to Yelp. The best first step to taking proactive management of your 5-star reviews is to claim your yelp business page.

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Yelp is #1 Choice for Finding Doctors

[ Read original article ] According to three independent studies conducted by Software Advice, a software insights resource for business owners, Yelp is the most popular choice for people who use review sites to find a doctor, attorney or home service provider.

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5 Components of Good Medical Website Strategy

You may have your own ideas about medical website design. Have you paid thousands of dollars to a web designer only to leave it sitting on the web, disjointed from your other marketing efforts? Often, websites end up being just another billboard in the desert with a few pages of beautiful design, little content, providing…

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Keeping Your Hands Clean

I was getting the oil changed in my SUV the other day and thought about the times I used to work on my first car. I was 16 and it was an orange (yes orange) 1973 Buick Opel wagon. The thing was a beast and always seemed to have something wrong with it. Perhaps it…

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