Friday, March 11, 2011

It's got to be a system / Build relationships



Each time we roll up our sleeves and work with a group of doctors at one of our 2-day marketing meetings, the professional referral marketing strategies and tactics session is one of the most interesting, lively, popular and productive segments. It hits home with a lot of healthcare practices and businesses. 

Our usual "rapid fire" pace kicks up a notch or two when we talk candidly about the interaction–the good, the bad and the otherwise–between and among professional organizations. Marketing to practices that refer or could refer to your practice is of critical concern, especially the specialist who depends on the generalist for referrals. 

With years of experience working with practitioners and staff of all shapes, sizes, locations and temperament, we share a ton of candid and highly effective strategies about what to do and what not to do. But we don't have enough space here to tell all those secrets, so let's look at the foundation of a really good professional referral system–including the fatal mistakes we've seen. 

It's got to be a system. Assuring a regular flow of referrals from other healthcare businesses requires a regular, systematic-even scheduled-amount of time and attention. Success and continuing results come from a habitual process, not a loose collection of occasional and independent tactics.

Build relationships. Professional referrals are based squarely on sound relationships. Doctors and their staff refer to people they like, trust, feel are competent and believe are successful. As we all know, personal relationships require time and attention to maintain and grow. So...take care of the people who take care of you. That rule is a two-way street. 

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