Business owners are often surprised when they figure out how many online searches are occurring for home care, home health, hospice, and physical therapy. For most practices and agencies, there are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of relevant searches monthly! Imagine all those people trying to find providers and who must be getting […]
Physical Therapy Provider Pays $25K in HIPAA Fines for Publishing Patient Testimonials
September 7, 2019Did you know that a physical therapy provider was once fined $25,000 for HIPAA violations related to patient testimonials? If you are a licensed healthcare professional or operating as a licensed healthcare company, you are likely bound by very specific and strict laws to not divulge any information about your patients/clients. Under the Health Insurance […]
If Marketing is a Sideline Activity for You, Outsource it to Someone Who Lives for Marketing
July 23, 2019by Gary Brazzell When I was business administrator for Southwest Virginia Home Health, developing our physician newsletters was one of my favorite things to do. Not only was it creative and fun, after my referral source newsletters doubled referrals from doctors and discharge planners, the marketing campaign was one of my greatest professional successes at […]
In a word, “no.” Plenty of us are feeling down about social media, especially Facebook. They’ve been getting a lot of bad press. Of course, the companies generating bad coverage of Facebook are competing with Facebook for your advertising dollars. So let’s grab a grain of salt and look at the numbers. Seven of Ten […]
America’s fascination with being number one can backfire when it comes to search advertising. Everyone knows that the higher you appear in Google, the more likely you are to get clicked. This leads some marketing managers to incorrectly assume that higher is better. In search advertising campaigns such as Brazzell’s Search Results Now, businesses are […]