June 12, 2007
Make Sure Your Newspaper Ads Are Targeted to Potential Dental Clients Needs
Do the newspaper ads you run for your practice completely represent all the services you dental office can provide? If not, potential patients have no way of knowing whether you are the dentist they need.
It isn't enough to simply list the services your office provides. You must also describe the benefits that potential patients will enjoy from these services. This is true target marketing.
To achieve effective newspaper ads, imagine you are a potential patient in search of a new dentist. Do you need whiter teeth? Or have a toothache that signals a cavity is present and will need to be filled? Write an ad that speaks to these problems.
Imagine for a moment that you have been in a car accident in which your mouth hit the dashboard and one or more of your teeth feel like they may be fractured. What would you want from a dentist? You'd want any necessary repairs made as quickly and effectively as possible, of course—so put that in your ad as well.
Going through the list of services you provide, putting yourself in the position of a potential patient who needs each service and writing your ads accordingly will ensure that those ads will attract the potential patients you desire.