 | 1. |  Social Media Marketing 2.0 for Your Veterinary Practice   Proceedings: Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference 2012, Phillip Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2. | Conquer Your Fear of Veterinary Social Media Marketing Proceedings: Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference 2012, Phillip Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 3. | Social Media: Calculating a Return on Investment (ROI) Proceedings: Western Veterinary Conference 2012, Rebecca J. Rose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 4. | Social Media and Employment Law Proceedings: Wild West Veterinary Conference 2011, Deborah Guiducci, Edward J. Guiducci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 5. | Seriously? Social Media? Proceedings: Western Veterinary Conference 2012, Kelly A. Baltzell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 6. | Social Media and Today's Veterinary Practice Proceedings: ABVP 2012, Bill Schroeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 7. | Mastering Social Media (& Having Some Fun Along the Way) Proceedings: Western Veterinary Conference 2011, Kelly A. Baltzell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 8. | Social Media and Employment Law in Veterinary Practices Proceedings: 2013 SAVMA Symposium, Edward J. Guiducci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 9. | Social Media Tips To Help You Tweet, Blog, Friend, Connect & Grow Proceedings: ACVIM 2011, Karyn Gavzer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 10. | Social Media for Your Vet Clinic Proceedings: Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference 2010, Kelly Baltzell --------------------------- Reference 1.
Social Media Marketing 2.0 for Your Veterinary Practice
Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference 2012
Phillip Barnes
23803401NorthStar VETS, Robbinsville, NJ
Objectives of the Presentation
 Why social media? An industry SWOT analysis Before you engage in social media marketing: Know the importance of strategic marketing planning Take stock of your current tactics through data analysis Blend social media into your integrated, multichannel approach Drive actual business results Listen to the conversation first Join the conversation and add relevance Have some fun! Establish yourself as a thought leader through content curation Develop a content marketing strategy that doesn't quit
Overview of the Issue
For the past few years, you've been told that you need to be involved in social media marketing or you'll miss out. This lecture is designed to leave you with a solid background of what the leading experts are actually doing, tailored for your specific industry, and it will improve your understanding of how to properly approach social media in a way that makes sense for your business and your audience.
Summary
Strength: Veterinarians who speak, write, and can use a computer are already equipped for success. 39% of pet owners research veterinarians online before calling (Brakke Consulting). Veterinarians who consistently spend time putting relevant content online are more likely to be found. Posting content is one of the least expensive ways to connect with the right people at the right time. Weakness: Word-of-mouth marketing and traditional marketing models alone are less effective today. 95% of consumers no longer trust advertising messages (Alterian). 35% of consumers regard companies using social media as "genuinely interested in them" (Alterian). Today, veterinary practices contend with reviews that live forever on sites like Yahoo!, Google, Yelp, and others. Opportunity: Pet owners are more likely to use social media than the average person. Cat owners are 31% and dog owners are 15% more likely to use social media than the average adult (Nicholson Kovac). 1-in-10 pets have their own social media profiles (UK Study). Threat: Veterinary visits are trending down, and they have been for some time. 56% of veterinarians reported fewer visits in 2010 than in 2009 (NCVEI Study). Six factors affect the decline in veterinary visits: Misperceptions regarding the necessity of exams Fragmentation of services Cost of care Declining incomes and unemployment The Internet Feline resistance
Before You Engage In Social Media Marketing
Know the importance of strategic marketing planning Can you say what your strategy is? The Hierarchy of Corporate Statements (Harvard Business Review) Mission: Why we exist Values: What we believe in and how we will behave Vision: What we want to be Strategy: What our competitive game plan will be Objective = Ends Scope = Domain Advantage = Means Take stock of your current tactics through data analysis by measuring these 6 attributes of your marketing campaigns: Cost of campaign Number of new patients Cost per new patient Revenue Average revenue Return on investment Example 1: Newspaper ad $800 ad 5 new patients $160 spent per new patient $900 in revenue $180 in average revenue 113% ROI Example 2: Postcard mailing $1,000 list/printing/postage 6 new patients $167 spent per new patient $1,700 in revenue $283 in average revenue 170% ROI Blend social media into your integrated, multichannel approach.
Drive Actual Business Results
Listen to the conversation first Where are your customers and future customers (on- and offline)? TweetDeck Google alerts Pet and veterinary forums Lobby surveys Face-to-face discussions Ask your receptionists about common conversations What topics interest them? How passionate are they? Join the conversation and add relevance Add value by addressing major problems/complaints/issues facing the group (avoiding talking about yourself) Connect with one or two people and build a relationship Start initiating your own posts and offer your solutions that genuinely help the group Have some fun! Many pet owners love to share photos of their pets and tell their pets' stories; give them that opportunity Create themes for this (summer fun, Halloween pet costumes, pet talents, etc) Engage with these contributions Share stories from your own team Establish yourself as a thought leader through content curation Collect articles and lectures your team has already created Go through your FAQ page Interview your team members who have special interests, experience, and knowledge What is currently in the news or external but relevant information about which your audience cares? Group like content together by topic, season, or sequence Assign topics throughout the year to fill the calendar Repurpose content across different channels Blog Facebook Twitter YouTube Web pages Everywhere! Develop a content marketing strategy that doesn't quit Ensure that your content reflects your overall strategy and goals Spend time planning and preparing before going online Keep measuring and tweaking as you go Connect with us https://plus.google.com/u/0/#105734500137117449109/posts (VIN editor: This link could not be accessed as of 9/16/2012.)
Speaker Information
(click the speaker's name to view other papers and abstracts submitted by this speaker) Phillip Barnes NorthStar VETS Robbinsville, NJ Another paper by Philip Barnes
Conquer Your Fear of Veterinary Social Media Marketing
Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference 2012
Phillip Barnes
23803365NorthStar VETS, Robbinsville, NJ
Objectives of the Presentation
Find solutions to the top 5 fears:
1. How will I handle negative feedback?
2. How do I properly use social media?
3. What resources do I need to dedicate to using this medium?
4. What will I say?
5. How will I know my return on investment?
How to socialize your veterinary practice.
Overview of the Issue
Many veterinarians, practice owners, and veterinary marketers are hesitant to jump into social media due to a fear of the unknown. How do we get started? How will we manage it? Will it work? The answers to these questions can be answered simply and will empower practices to begin using these tools with confidence.
Summary
1. Handle Negative Feedback
a. Reviews are everywhere online, from Citysearch to Yelp to Google. Some are anonymous while others are not.
b. Know what is being said about your practice and your veterinarians through regular Google searches.
c. Anecdotally, negative reviews are a very small percentage of total online comments.
d. Address a negative post or review tactfully.
i. Acknowledge that you've heard their concern.
ii. Express your interest in hearing their story or making things right for them.
iii. Offer to speak with them offline (provide your phone number and/or email address).
iv. Allow others to come to your rescue and handle negative feedback if they choose.
v. Do not whitewash your page. Leave negative posts unless they are abusive or offensive.
2. Learn How to Properly Use Social Media
a. Whether you outsource, delegate, or own your social media efforts, educate yourself on what's out there and how it works (Google "Twitter training").
b. Use each social networking site's own help section.
c. Ask someone to show you.
3. Dedicate Adequate Resources to Using This Medium
a. Time
i. Carve time out for yourself to manage social media.
ii. Delegate to a team member you trust (have a social media policy).
iii. Outsource to a marketing company with experience helping veterinary practices that will work with you personally.
iv. Use automation tools, like SocialOomph, to manage your time.
b. Money
i. Increase your marketing budget to allow for social media.
ii. Shift funds from other efforts, such as newspaper ads, into social media.
iii. You may consider employees' time spent on managing social media as part of its cost.
4. Decide What to Say
a. What's new at your practice?
b. What relevant topics are trending now?
c. What's in the news (extreme weather, recalls, pet holidays, pet issues, upcoming events, industry news)?
d. Ask questions, post polls, and host discussions.
e. Reward them for connecting with you via contests, prizes, and offers.
f. Spotlight clients or other pet-related businesses (like groomers).
5. Know Your Return on Investment
a. Set clear goals
b. Track your results
c. Know these 6 important campaign metrics
i. Cost of campaign
ii. Number of new patients
iii. Cost per new patient (cost of campaign divided by number of new patients)
iv. Revenue
v. Average revenue (total revenue divided by number of new patients)
vi. Return on investment (total revenue divided by cost of campaign, expressed as a percent)
vii. Example:
a) Technician spends 8 hours per month on social media at $12 per hour
b) Cost of campaign: $96
c) Number of new patients: 2
d) Money spent to acquire each new patient: $48
e) Total revenue: $180
f) Average revenue: $90
g) Return on investment: 188%
Socialize Your Veterinary Practice
Strengthen your relationships with your clients. Bring "word-of-mouth" online to help grow your practice. Improve your opportunities to educate pet owners and increase compliance. Be where your (potential) clients already are. Control your own business marketing.------------------ webpage www.northstarvets.com
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
1223. SOCIAL MEDIA REFERENCES - Page 1
Friday, November 29, 2013
1222.Big limb abscess in a young guinea pig
Abscess was drained without sedation since it was rupturing and would take less than a few seconds. However, there was some discomfort from the guinea pig. He went home to a happy owner.
1221. Large ear tumour in a dwarf hamster
It is not possible for all patients to survive surgery esp. dwarf hamsters as they are so small as compared to dogs and cats. This rodent did not survive after surgery. Vets can try their best but they are not Gods. Get your vet to excise small tumours as survival chances are much higher.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
1220. Audit of urolithiasis case TP 44309
Much follow up by the vet must be done as the owner usually does not bring in urine samples on a 2-monthly basis. Unfortunately vets are busy and perhaps a written schedule of urine tests should be given to the owner.
Three bi-monthly urine tests negative of crystals and acidic pH with no bacteria and an X-ray is my advice before the dog is off the medical dissolution of stones diet.
Each vet has his or her own advices.
In this case, the owner does buy C/D or Urinary S/O seriously and has no urinary problems since 3rd opinion at Toa payoh Vets on Apr 4, 2013 to date (Nov 28, 2013).
It is time consuming to get history from Vet 2 and the vet needs this history to know what's happened on April 1, 2013 when the dog consulted Vet 2 for a 2nd opinion. The $1800 cystotomy fees prompted the owner for a 3rd opinion. As the stone appears quite small and had been flushed into the bladder by Vet 2, Dr Daniel recommended medical dissolution as an alternative.
My audit recommendations.
A written schedule of urine testing every 2 months and calling the owner to comply is necessary in medical dissolution trials as an alternative to surgery. Use of social media to remind the owner to send urine samples to Toa Payoh Vets, using Google calendar? This will be the future of vet medicine. Vets just don't have time. Must make time. Just advising anti-struvite diet is usually the case.
The dog still has bacteria in the urine and so far the owner has not come for antibiotics. X-ray from Vet 2 and comments are below. Very rare case of an owner taking some trouble to send urine for testing, but at >2 months for the 2nd sample! Still it looks like the diet is effective as the owner is happy with no urinary tract obstruction and has saved $1,800 on surgery!
The purpose of audit is to see whether standard operating procedures are effective or new processes need to be implemented and is not meant to reflect on the skills of any veterinarian.
at Toa Payoh Vets. I do audit my own cases too. There is just no time to do audits as it takes many hours of research and review.
Three bi-monthly urine tests negative of crystals and acidic pH with no bacteria and an X-ray is my advice before the dog is off the medical dissolution of stones diet.
Each vet has his or her own advices.
In this case, the owner does buy C/D or Urinary S/O seriously and has no urinary problems since 3rd opinion at Toa payoh Vets on Apr 4, 2013 to date (Nov 28, 2013).
It is time consuming to get history from Vet 2 and the vet needs this history to know what's happened on April 1, 2013 when the dog consulted Vet 2 for a 2nd opinion. The $1800 cystotomy fees prompted the owner for a 3rd opinion. As the stone appears quite small and had been flushed into the bladder by Vet 2, Dr Daniel recommended medical dissolution as an alternative.
My audit recommendations.
A written schedule of urine testing every 2 months and calling the owner to comply is necessary in medical dissolution trials as an alternative to surgery. Use of social media to remind the owner to send urine samples to Toa Payoh Vets, using Google calendar? This will be the future of vet medicine. Vets just don't have time. Must make time. Just advising anti-struvite diet is usually the case.
The dog still has bacteria in the urine and so far the owner has not come for antibiotics. X-ray from Vet 2 and comments are below. Very rare case of an owner taking some trouble to send urine for testing, but at >2 months for the 2nd sample! Still it looks like the diet is effective as the owner is happy with no urinary tract obstruction and has saved $1,800 on surgery!
The purpose of audit is to see whether standard operating procedures are effective or new processes need to be implemented and is not meant to reflect on the skills of any veterinarian.
at Toa Payoh Vets. I do audit my own cases too. There is just no time to do audits as it takes many hours of research and review.
1219. The dwarf hamster has a gigantic groin tumur
A final video to be produced by intern Clara
Raw footage at:
http://youtu.be/9ZQNlF6J03s
http://youtu.be/duziTU9fD-I
1218. SOCIAL MEDIA IN VETERINARY PRACTICE - draft report for Myanmar Vet Conference Feb 2, 2014
1306clara.chua, daniel
(1) Reference: Good Design For Daily Living - Dick Powell and Seymour Powell. National Library talk Nov 2006. Link is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
is the link to Univ California Davis Vet School in my blog. Pl use the info to save you time
Add the following:
Under "Discussion"
Good design is important in designing your product (1) like the social media webpages as many viewers will not return to view poorly designed ones like Facebook. Good, preferably daily updated contents are necessary to connect and communicate with viewers. Any website not updated regularly (less than a week) will not get repeat viewers as they do not waste their precious online time going to inactive hyperlinks.
Under "Sharing my social media experiences"
For social media, I use 2 platforms:
1. The corporate website www.toapayohvets (image) since the start of the world wide web in 1997 (Clara to verify by researching). I paid a US webmaster to start up. The website was grey and white in the pioneer days. She could not cope with my demand for instant updates and she charged for every update. This was too costly for me. I discovered Microsoft Frontpage software which allowed me to update my own website and this is what I have done over the last 20 years. (image of 2013 webpage) and has around 100,000 views.
1. The corporate website www.toapayohvets (image) since the start of the world wide web in 1997 (Clara to verify by researching). I paid a US webmaster to start up. The website was grey and white in the pioneer days. She could not cope with my demand for instant updates and she charged for every update. This was too costly for me. I discovered Microsoft Frontpage software which allowed me to update my own website and this is what I have done over the last 20 years. (image of 2013 webpage) and has around 100,000 views.
My advice for the average busy vet works 10-12 hours per day is to focus on one platform to be successful in the top 10 search rankings of Google and YouTube where the younger generation usually seek to find what veterinary services they desire.
2. I use blogger.com (image) since 2010 for my own research reports on hamsters, dogs, cats and other small animals. In 2013, there have been over 200,000 page views and 43 followers (image). I do not pay Google to market my blog but the search engines have ranked many pages on the top 10 as the content is relevant. For example; goto Google and search "hamster tumours vets" on Nov 28, 2013, I can see the first 2 listings refer to my webpages. They are as follows:
2. I use blogger.com (image) since 2010 for my own research reports on hamsters, dogs, cats and other small animals. In 2013, there have been over 200,000 page views and 43 followers (image). I do not pay Google to market my blog but the search engines have ranked many pages on the top 10 as the content is relevant. For example; goto Google and search "hamster tumours vets" on Nov 28, 2013, I can see the first 2 listings refer to my webpages. They are as follows:
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About 390,000 results (0.28 seconds)
Search Results
Hamsters - toapayohvets.com
www.toapayohvets.com/surgery/050609hamsters_ToaPayohVets. htm Nov 12, 2013 - Toa Payoh Vets Clinical Research - Hamster Tumours & Other Cases - Page 1. More Hamster Tumours - Page 2. Anaesthesia, Surgery ...
You've visited this page 2 times. Last visit: 11/5/13
Hamster with tumour at the hip - YouTube
Jan 16, 2013 - Uploaded by Toa Payoh VetsHamster with tumour at the hip is removed. Early detection and removal is best for the hamsters. Toa Payoh ...
(2) Reference for google search words "hamster tumours vets"
(1) Reference: Good Design For Daily Living - Dick Powell and Seymour Powell. National Library talk Nov 2006. Link is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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