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Messenger Healthcare Marketing | The Biggest Lie about Social Media

The Biggest Lie about Social Media

Let’s face it: social media has much of the ophthalmology world confused. At first glance it might seem like an embarrassing thing to admit, but it’s really not. So many ophthalmologists have personal profiles on popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, but they

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | The Unseen Risk Hiding in Your Website

The Unseen Risk Hiding in Your Website

When it comes to our marketing, our websites are often treated like cars: change the oil every 3 months, but unless something breaks or a problems arises, they usually require fairly little maintenance, right? Wrong. The Internet moves a little faster than the automotive industry.

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | Marketing: Not the Four-Letter Word You Think It Is

Marketing: Not the Four-Letter Word You Think It Is

When many people think of marketing, they conjure up images of salespeople, false advertising, cold calls, and annoying popups on websites. But marketing, in its most pure form, is none of these things. Marketing is a powerful force to be reckoned with…when it is done

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | The Patient is *Not* Always Right

The Patient is *Not* Always Right

Leveraging the Power of Physician Review Sites The age of the Internet has brought about online reviews for just about everything – products bought on Amazon, restaurants, bars, professional services, and of course, medical practices. By the democratization of the review process, patients no longer

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | How Ophthalmologists Can Reach Millennials

How Ophthalmologists Can Reach Millennials

Who are millennials, and why do they matter anyway? It seems that seldom can we go a day without news of how the millennial generation is interacting with their world in a new way. From advertising to social media to the “new normal” of online

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | The Do's and Don'ts of Social Media for Doctors

The Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media for Doctors

Social media is an incredibly powerful tool, but when it comes to utilizing it in the medical field, certain rules apply. Here are some best practices for successfully using social media as a doctor: DO be on multiple platforms. Different audiences are on different platforms, so

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | 5 Common Myths about Social Media

5 Common Myths about Social Media

Let’s face it: social media as a tool for business is here to stay. Whether you choose to utilize Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or any other number of platforms, the opportunity that social media affords physicians to connect and engage with patients is astounding. But many

Messenger Healthcare Marketing | 10 things your practice’s website must have

10 things your practice’s website must have

More and more physicians are beginning to understand the power of the Internet to connect and engage with current and potential patients, but too often, websites are still out of date or difficult to navigate, frustrating the user and forcing them to abandon their search.