Your Star Rating Is More than Just Your Reputation

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Online reviews can either be your digital marketing hero or nemesis. A high star rating can improve your search ranking and increase your website conversion rate. A low star rating, however, could be doing damage to your website SEO. Your star rating is so much more than just your reputation, and it is important to understand that to start using it to your advantage.

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From Search to Appointment Request in 60 Seconds

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AI-assisted search is completely revolutionizing consumer behavior. The more prescriptive AI search becomes in giving recommendations and directing clients to the answers they need, the more clients expect certain capabilities from business sites. If a pet owner expects to be able to go from search to appointment request in 60 seconds, your website better deliver in order to capture their business.

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How Is AI Impacting Your Veterinary Website Traffic? Here’s What Matters

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AI overviews, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and AI search are terms that no one would have understood just a few short years ago. These days, however, it feels like it’s impossible to go even one day without encountering at least one of them. With all of this AI infiltrating seemingly every corner of the internet, what is it doing to your veterinary marketing? This blog helps you understand how AI is impacting your website traffic, and what it means for your marketing efforts. 

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Social Media Strategies for Every Veterinary Practice

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Social media marketing is a valuable tool that can help you build engagement, find new pet owners in your area, and fill up your appointment slots for your hospital. These social media strategies for every veterinary practice can help you expand your digital footprint, and make the most of your social marketing. 

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Content Is (Still) King: Blogging and Newsletters that Convert Pet Owners into Clients

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When it comes to veterinary digital marketing and SEO, few tactics have as strong a result as a carefully-crafted content strategy. Content is still king for your marketing efforts, and putting effort toward regular blogging and newsletters can actually convert pet owners into clients.

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Meet the AI Algorithm, Your Search Referral Partner

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When it comes to digital marketing, the word algorithm goes hand-in-hand with search engine optimization (SEO). While the idea of appeasing this mysterious digital overlord is not a new concept, it is an ever-changing feature that requires constant tweaking to your strategy to ensure your veterinary website remains at the top of a search engine results page (SERP). New changes in AI results, search behavior, and social search are morphing the way the algorithm prioritizes search results in real time. Keeping up to date with these changes helps you ensure that pet owners in your area can always find your veterinary hospital. 

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Veterinary Marketing Results: What Do They Mean and Which Ones Are Important?

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If you’ve ever heard anyone talk about marketing, you’ve probably heard the term “results” thrown around like a hot potato. While often used as a buzzword to drive interest, the true meaning of results is the foundation of any good marketing strategy. How can you tell what results actually impact your return on investment? This guide will help you suss out what marketing results really mean for you.

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New Veterinary Practice Marketing Timeline

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You’ve made the exciting decision to open your own veterinary practice. Congratulations! As you get closer and closer to your grand opening, it is time to start focusing on marketing your new business. Beyond Indigo Pets has created this marketing timeline to help you figure out when you need to do which tasks to successfully get the word out about your practice.

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Google Business Profile Chat and Call Feature Being Phased Out: Here’s What Your Practice Needs to Know

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Google Business Profile is making changes to some tools you might use regularly: chat features and call histories are being discontinued. Starting July 31, 2024, pet owners will no longer be able to contact your practice via the chat feature, and you’ll no longer be able to access call histories. Customers will not be able to start new chats as early as July 15, but they can still access past chats until the end of the month. What does this mean for your practice’s Google Business Profile, and how can pet owners continue to connect with your business? Keep reading to find out:

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