No Matter What Kind Of Medical Facility You Run, Advertising Helps Gain New Patients


by Robert A. Barber - Date: 2008-11-12 - Word Count: 398 Share This!

Do you have a Health Care facility? Are you a Pharmacist? Do you work for a hospital or clinic? Podiatrist? Pediatrician? Chiropractor? You may feel that advertising might be unnecessary. Health care isn't a frill, you know. Unlike other businesses, people become ill or injured and they will seek help. You're a doctor, so they'll come to you. Well, maybe not. What if they choose another physician? Your waiting room will have an extra empty seat while your competition has them lined up at the desk.

Uh oh. Perhaps you are in need of getting your name out in the public.

Humans are complex creatures, but there are instances in which they are entirely predictable. Advertising is an example. Radio and TV ads will bombard the viewers/listeners with the same ad over and over. There is a reason for that, and it is because it takes many exposures to a business before it becomes ingrained in their mind. So they hit the potential customer over the head with their pitch.

You, as a Health Care Professional, can take advantage of that human trait and put your business information in the mind of thousands of potential patients by using direct mail. It has been used for decades with great success, and it is remarkably affordable. In the past, direct mail was a paper postcard that went to entire neighborhoods or cities. Everyone got one, and some people responded to it. A recent improvement has taken the direct mail product for the Health Care industry one step farther, though.

That new product is a magnetic direct mailer. Like the original product, it is an attractive postcard…but his one has a quality refrigerator magnet attached, which is easily peeled off. They key to its success is the magnet. A good number of the old paper products got tossed in the trash just seconds after they were received. With the Magna-Peel ™ style direct mail product, the recipient is intrigued by the magnet and removes it from the mailer. Instead of dropping it into the trash, they fling it onto the fridge at home or their computer case at work.

The magnet will be seen many times a day now. Just like the TV or radio ad that is aired over and over, people viewing the magnet will think of your office or facility the next time they need the services that you offer. It's just human nature.

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Robert is currently working for ESP Promotions, supplying magnetic promotional products for the Health Care Industry.

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