Maybe your practice is growing and you’ve realized that the incessant phone ringing is too much for your current staff. Or, maybe you’re on the cusp of adding a new location and want to do it the right way. Well, what are you waiting for? Call centers offer big benefits to growing practices, including improved …
With warm weather approaching , you may have been feeling the itch to do a bit of spring cleaning. Every year, millions of Americans just like you head out to their yards or into their closets to freshen up their homes, but what about their businesses? Below, we have detailed a list of must-haves to …
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Patient experience, satisfaction and engagement are intertwined, but each has slightly different nuances. In today’s age of medical consumerism, patients are taking a more active role in their healthcare, which means that patient expectations are elevated. They want more. They demand more. And their opinions matter more. What Is Patient Experience? Patient experience, as defined …
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Google recently announced Core Web Vitals, combined with existing user experience signals, will become a new search ranking signal as a part of the Page Experience Update launching in early 2021.
Search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) are very similar to each other in terms of the end goal. With both strategies, the marketer is trying to increase their visibility online and improve their lead generation. These five easy tips work by combining the two strategies to improve your website’s ranking, drive customer …
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Content is king! If you started looking into search engine optimization (SEO) and content marketing, you’ve probably bumped into this phrase at least once.
Shorter content can earn more backlinks In this episode, we cover data that show the importance of shorter content, from earning the most backlinks to the number of shares for the content to the subjects or topics that had the most clicks and shares. One type of content had the highest number of shares over …
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September 3rd is eBay’s 25th birthday—the perfect time for a closer look at eBay versus its once smaller competitor, Amazon.
Online video views have been rising as people spend more time watching content through online channels while at home. The rise in video impressions served to Connected TV (CTV) platforms during Q2 shows advertisers started to spend again in April through June, during the initial stage of the pandemic. Video impressions served to CTV platforms …
The technology for showing ads to visitors as a way of inviting them back to your website is called Retargeting. It works by placing a small piece of code on all pages of your site.
Eliminating all risks of transmitting infectious diseases from patients to providers and staff and vice versa, telemedicine can provide a solution for your practice to continue business in a safer, more efficient and less costly way while still providing top-quality care. Points Group researched and evaluated the best telemedicine services available and reviewed our top …
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WordPress may have started as a blogging platform, but it’s evolved to handle even the most complex websites, including those for healthcare and medical organizations. One of WordPress’s greatest strengths is its extensibility in the form of plugins. Having worked with hundreds of (not always great) plugins, we put together a list of the best …
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After 11 million voice-activated smart speakers like Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Google Home were purchased in the 2017 holiday season, The Motley Fool dubbed 2018 “the year of the smart speaker.” In January 2018, NPR and Edison Research announced that 16 percent of Americans were regularly talking to Google Assistant and Alexa in their homes, and there’s no …
Virtual reality (VR) may be the next generation in video games, but it is far more than just a toy. VR and its cousin—augmented reality, or AR—are poised to shake up the world of healthcare. A search for “virtual reality” in online research database PubMed yields nearly 5,000 results published in the last five years …
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You’ve probably noticed that more and more patients are eager to take their health management into their own hands—or onto their own wrists, feet or even thumbnails. For people who can afford them, personal technology devices (sometimes called “wearables” or “trackers”) make it easy to keep a close eye on health and fitness. Originally developed …
Healthcare providers often warn their patients against Googling a new diagnosis. That’s always a losing battle–by 2011, 80 percent of Internet users were going online to find medical information. Even more than knowledge, patients and caregivers crave connection and empathy. And healthcare influencers are right there to help them with trustworthy content, relatable blogs and carefully …
Whether you’re a dentist, doctor, optician, or work in any other kind of healthcare practice, growing your business is likely at the forefront of your mind. Every healthcare provider wants to get more patients – and to increase the satisfaction of their existing client base, to ensure that their services get attention through word-of-mouth. But …
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The usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an integral component of cognitive marketing will forever change the marketing landscape. Research and intelligence marketing firm, IDC, predicts that half of all companies will utilize computer intelligence for marketing and sales efforts by 2020, as audiences are introduced to brands and products on a hyper-personal level. While cognitive marketing …
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Reputation Management is something that many businesses have heard about – healthcare practices especially. Digital marketing companies often promote that they can get negative reviews taken down for you and ensure your online reputation is squeaky clean. This way, when prospective patients find you online, they only see sparkling reviews that make you seem like …
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A 2017 survey the American Medical Association conducted with 1,300 physicians indicated that more than eight out of 10 have experienced some sort of a cyberattack. Medical records can be very valuable for hackers and thieves. It’s a pretty trivial thing to cancel a stolen credit card, but people can’t just cancel their medical history. Plus, …
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