Posts in Category: Branding & Identity
Why Do You Need a New Veterinary Website?
Practicing veterinary medicine is your passion. Seeing patients, making diagnoses, and helping animals feel their best is what you love to do. So why do you need to put focus on (seemingly) unrelated things like building a new veterinary website? Because it will allow you to do what you love best. Unfortunately, social media isn’t enough exposure for people to find your practice. You have to meet pet owners where they are: on search engines. The right veterinary website will be a revenue generator for your practice.
When & How To Shift Your Veterinary Marketing Goals
Marketing goals should not be set in stone. Sometimes goals change, and that’s okay! How can you tell when it is necessary to adjust your focus, and more importantly, implement these changes? We have some great tips to help you navigate when and how to shift your veterinary marketing goals:
A Dash of Social Media for Your Business
The Burning Questions We Received at VMX
The morning seemed calm enough—people camped out in front of the exhibit hall doors with their morning bagel and coffee. It was a peaceful scene, and not unusual for the first day of the Veterinary Meeting & Expo (VMX).
Then, insanity hit.
Feeling Caught in a Vise Grip?
Marketing Can Help!
The world is just peachy keen out there right now isn’t it?? Depending on where you live in the country, prices for goods and services are increasing at some eyebrow-raising rates. One is never sure what the price will be at the pump and thoughts are circulating around buying holiday presents now, before they are gone or too expensive to purchase. Within the practice, the cost of goods to operate are going up as well. Many services a hospital uses most likely will see price increases come the start of 2023, as businesses adjust to this higher cost of living. These price increases are one side of the vise grip. The other side of the vise grip is the cost of labor. Many hospitals are having to pay higher wages and benefits to attract and keep the staff that they have. Stacy Pursell writes about these trends here in the Fountain Report. With costs of goods and services going up and the cost of labor increasing too, it means it’s quite a bit more expensive to run the business. Ouch.
Inflating Prices and Decreasing Visits
2023 Is Almost Here! Ideas To Get You to the End of the Year & Beyond
Somehow, 2022 went POOF and 2023 is quickly sneaking up on us. December is a month packed with multiple holidays and end-of-year business needs. Not to mention, the VMX convention occurs right at the beginning of the year. Before this year officially ends, you must start considering your marketing for 2023.
Veterinary Marketing for the Holidays—Goldilocks Style
One of the keys to successful veterinary marketing is finding a plan/system that works for you consistently. Many of us tend to overestimate the time we can give to a project on an ongoing basis. In order to be effective, marketing needs regular time and attention—not just a few spare minutes here and there. As we look forward to the holiday season, now is the time to focus on molding a marketing plan to fit your needs. Beyond Indigo Pets is here to provide the ongoing marketing you need to see real results. Whether or not you’ve already signed up for a marketing package, the following tips can help you get your marketing jumpstarted for the holiday season. Just like Goldilocks, find the veterinary marketing strategy that is “just right” for your hospital while building a quarterly plan with your Beyond Indigo Pets marketing strategist.
Mild Effort
Best if you have: ✓ limited time ✓ no budget ✓ basic social media knowledge ✓ basic photo/video skills
We know that you might not have the time or resources to fully jump into a complete marketing plan right away, but there are some quick and easy ways to get people to engage with your brand. Here are just a few that only require a mild amount of effort:
Idea One: Social Media Holiday Contest Have an Instagram account? Create a holiday contest with a hashtag like #yourbusinessname that people can use to tag their favorite holiday photos of their pets. This is an easy way to create some buzz around your business name. You will simply need to create the marketing message, tell people on Instagram and Facebook, and interact with the posts people tag you in. And all you have to do for a prize is to feature the winning photo on your timeline.
Idea Two: Team Video For social media, create a video with every willing staff member saying “happy holidays” and sharing a pet holiday tip like: “Remember, no chocolate for dogs!” Once you are happy with the videos, have someone schedule them to post on platforms like Facebook and Instagram, or NextDoor during the holiday months.
Medium Effort
Best if you have: ✓ flexible time ✓ small budget ✓ educational content ✓ marketing channels to spread the word
If you have a little more time to devote to your holiday veterinary marketing efforts, here are some ideas that could be perfect for your practice:
Idea One: Client Education Sessions Holidays are fraught with preventable animal health issues that catch many pet owners completely off guard. Educating clients about the dangers of certain toxins (like grapes for dogs or lilies for cats) is helpful in preventing issues that could instantly ruin someone’s holiday. You can hold a free in-person or Zoom class to discuss these concerns. If you do have the event online, make sure to share on your digital marketing platforms.
Idea Two: Honor Your Clients’ Pets Participate in a pet-focused gift like planting a tree in honor of a pet. There are many services that do this for you and your only requirements are to write a check and let your clients know that you are providing this service. For pets who have passed, there are services such as Tree Givers. You can also use something like the National Forest Service. Create a few social media posts explaining the process, make a flyer for the hospital, and let your clients know about the program when they come in for their appointments.
Maximum Effort
Best if you have: ✓ flexible schedule ✓ budget ✓ space in your practice/facility
✓ community partnerships
Idea One: Celebrate Your Clients’ Pets For all the pets that transitioned over the rainbow bridge in the last year (or a time period that you set), create or buy a Christmas tree ornament or other meaningful holiday marker. Invite the families to come in to pick up their special memory gift from you. Make sure to take pictures before and after the event to share on social media (with permission).
Idea Two: Host a Get Together If your practice is open to in-house visitors, create a celebration time where your pet parents can come in and have a beverage, take a picture of their pet, and maybe buy some holiday gifts for Fido. Reconnecting on a face-to-face level helps grow the bond between you and your pet owners. If you have new services or under-utilized services, this would be a great time to showcase them and how they work.
Idea Three: Support Your Community Work with a local rescue group to serve as a drop-off place for a donation drive for the rescue. Gather a list of what the rescue group needs, promote it on social media channels, set up a drop-off area in or outside of the hospital, and then organize how to deliver the donated items.
When it comes to spreading the word about your practice, Beyond Indigo Pets has plenty of marketing plan options so we can do the heavy lifting for you. We deliver impacting results with a custom touch. Think of us as an extension of your business. We are here to help. Call (877) 244-9322 to get started!
5 Veterinary Website Design Trends for 2023
As hard as it might be to believe, we are quickly approaching 2023. As we officially transition into a new calendar year, now is the time to start thinking about how to get the best veterinary website design to make sure your practice is front-and-center. Beyond Indigo Pets is bringing you some of the top trends in website design for veterinary clinics in the new year:
Top 5 Veterinary Social Media Posts that Will Increase Client Engagement
Your social media platforms are an invaluable tool to reach and engage with both current and potential clients. If you are looking for new ways to boost your social media engagement, Beyond Indigo Pets has you covered. Keep reading to learn about some of the top posts to get people talking on your page:
Numbers Matter—What Do Yours Say?
Marketing isn’t just about fun slogans and fluffy content–its job is to bring clients through your doors and money to your bottom line. Ads, blogs, social media, websites, and more should be precisely implemented to increase dollars in the sagging areas of your profit and loss ledger. And it is extremely important to keep track of these numbers when making marketing decisions for the future.