Written by Local Loyal Clients LLC
Q:WHat is the bIggest mistakes Dentists do on the internet when marketing?
A: the Biggest mistake dentists don’t use Social media
2 Advantages of SOcial media
- Creates Trust with your audience and credibility with the social media platforms. Helps promote organically
- Build an audience/following and engage with them
- Create Awareness with your existing patients and future patients. Helps Promote referrals in the office.
- Showcase your office and yourself
Main reason social media is great to use is it Creates Brand Awareness, Trust and Credibility
SOCIAL MEDIA is KIND OF a BIG DEAL!
Let’s look at the NUMBERS
According to BrandWatch.com
- For context, as of Dec 2019, TOTAL worldwide Population is 7.8 billion
- The internet has 4.54 Billion users
- There are 3.725 Billion Active social media users
- On average, people have 7.6 Social Media Accounts
- The average daily time spent on social is 142 minutes a day
- Social media users GREW by 328 million between October 2018 and October 2019.
- That works out at 10 new social media users per second.
- Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp handle 60 Billion Messages a Day
Social Media Platforms USERS:
- Facebook-2.5 Billion
- Instagram-1 Billion
- TikTok-500 Million
- Twitter-340 Million
- Reddit-430 Million
- SnapChat-210 Million
- YouTube-1.9 Billion
- Linkedin-660 Million
- Pinterest-265 Million
- Google+-111 Million
With So many Users on the Internet There is NO WAY Businesses Cannot Thrive from it
People Go on the internet to:
- Communicate
- Gather Information
- Be Entertained
- For Work
- For School
- Build Businesses
SOCIAL MEDIA Allows for ALL of it at ONCE
Social Media is a way for the Public to Share as a Community VIA the internet their: Thoughts, Beliefs, Emotions, Goals, Ambitions, Dreams, Achievements, Gossip, Reviews, Videos, Pictures, Businesses etc..
The list Goes onYou Do Not have to Master Social Media to be Successful
Tips to take advantage of Social media:
- Create and Post Content Daily
- With Great Content It doesn’t matter where you place it as long as you Create Well Thought Out Content
- Concentrate on the Content you want to Create not on the Views you want to Receive
- Post It To all the Platforms you have
- Post Consistently and Often
- Engage
- After Posting Make Sure to Engage with People if an comments, Questions or even Likes were given
- Interact with the Audience
- Plan
- It’s great to plan at least 30 Days Out of Social Media Posts
- Make a Calendar with Key things to Post; such as, Inspiring quotes, Giveaways, Facts etc..\
- Collect Emails/Followers
- Create a way to collect followers information such as emails, phones numbers, and or personal social media pages
- Contact and reach out to them to promote your business