The Veterinary Marketing Podcast

In Today's episode, I talk all about tracking your marketing and specifically marketing metrics. It is no surprise that tracking your marketing has become more difficult within the last few years. With the Apple IOS 14s privacy update, IOS 15 with even more changes is on the horizon. and even Google has added difficulties to tracking your digital marketing. With both Apple and Google coming against Facebook tracking pixels it has made marketers have to find different ways to track conversions and metrics. I share some ways you can create easy ways to see where your traffic is going. 1 Have Google analytics and 2 Google Tag Manager installed on every page of your website 3 Set up pages based on channels- Create landing pages for specific channels so you know where that click came from 4 Use UTM Codes- We went over what UTM codes are and do in the last episode in depth. UTM Codes are little streams of coding attached to URLs that you can create to see where customers come from specific channels. 5 Native Conversions tools through the specific channels, Which we will talk in-depth in a future episode If you want to learn even more about tracking be sure to sign up for The 5 Day Marketing Funnel Challenge! Check Out my new Marketing Challenge! Visit Here to learn more about the How To Create a Marketing Funnel 5 Day Challenge. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I talk about using UTM Code for tracking your marketing for your veterinary practice. Check Out my new Marketing Challenge! Visit Here to learn more about the How To Create a Marketing Funnel 5 Day Challenge. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Today's episode, I am continuing off last week's episode using the Maverick Marketing Method and I'm sharing how to create offers for your niche specific audiences. I go over how to make and present offers and what is the best way to do that. As we covered last week in the first part of the Maverick Marketing Method. The first step of creating your offers is knowing exactly the audience you are targeting. Really scale down the audience you want to market to market to. We also covered figuring out what products and services we will be selling to these groups we have defined. Now to create the offer we need to find out your audience's pain points. What does this audience need a solution for in the lives of their pets? How can you make this offer more valuable? List out what is included in your offer- Most people are unaware of what exactly is included in many services. if they see all t How do the features benefit the clients and their pets? Do these services provide a solution for your client's pain points? How can we make this offer even better for the client? How do we get these offers out to your clients? What is the best way to get their attention about this offer? Check Out my new Marketing Challenge! Visit Here to learn more about the How To Create a Marketing Funnel 5 Day Challenge. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I talk about what makes your veterinary practice different and stand out from all the other practices around. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

Digital Marketing is getting more difficult with how much competition is out there and practices are busier than ever right now, so In today's episode, I share how to make your marketing effective for your veterinary marketing. I share with you the Maverick Marketing Method which I created and use for my clients. I'll go over ways you can make your digital marketing be more effective and efficient that will be beneficial for your veterinary practice. Now there are 3 ways to grow your business typically -Cut cost -Increase Prices -Increase Frequency From a digital marketing standpoint the best way we can grow your practice is by focusing on the the last 2 methods. Increasing prices and increasing frequency can work hand and hand together to ultimately help you weed out what you don't need to spend money or focus on. With both of these, we need to be increasing revenue and growth which should be the primary focus on digital marketing. With increasing revenue, we need to do it the most effective way possible with out having you and your staff burnt out. Ask these questions in your marketing. -What services can I offer that will generate the highest margin revenue? What is the best use of your time? -Which of these services do you love doing the most? How can you still enjoy your job and make it fun? -Who is the minimum viable audience for these services? Target the people that truly need an want your services. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I talk about why you should avoid mass messaging marketing in your practice. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Today's episode, special guest Crystal Cuadra-Cutler from the sociable pet on Instagram joins us on the podcast to talk about many social media marketing topics where we cover Instagram, Tik Tok, and more. Crystal got into Veterinary medicine over 20 years ago starting out as a veterinary assistant and working all the way up to hospital manager. She then got into social media marketing in the veterinary space over 5 years ago when she started doing her hospital digital marketing. She now works full-time doing social media marketing for the veterinary space and helps 17 other practices. We discuss how Veterinary practices are now in a time where most if not all have at least one form of social media platform they are on. And as times continue to change so do the goals of your social media marketing. Focusing our returning clients with our social media marketing especially for very overwhelmed practices is a great way to continue building their brand with their followers. Having a well-rounded mix of content types with your social media post to keep your audience connected with your practice or brand by getting to know your values and practices. And so much more! If you want to check out more from Crystal be sure to check out and follow her on Instagram @sociablepet Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything! Want to join my super-secret, in-depth, exclusive content emailing list? Email me to join at [email protected] Reminder! The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Course and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop are now available and open! Be sure to check out what we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing

In today's Inbetweenisode I share a simple overlooked tip that you can use in your digital marketing for your veterinary practice. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Today's Episode, Craig Spinks from Veteos joins me on the podcast to take a deep dive into video marketing for your veterinary practice. We talk all about video and cover video marketing, production, creation, and more. Craig got his start in video production over 20 years ago and has been working exclusively with the vet industry for over the last 5 years creating and producing top notch high quality videos for veterinary practices. Videos for most veterinary practices have been a weak point as video production and creation can come off overwhelming and difficult for busy practices. But videos can be one of the most effective content an marketing mechanisms when done right. Videos have so much benefit to them as they have an additional element than text and that is emotion. Through video you can connect, create bonds, and convey what cant come through text. The great thing about how fast modern day technology moves is how we now have high quality cameras sometimes in our very hands. So while amazing cameras do exist not necessarily are the deal breaker to being able to produce and create high quality content for your practices marketing. Video is a tool you can use in your marketing to reach your practices digital marketing goals. Be sure to check out Veteos on demand where you can use Veteos templates to create your own high quality high production videos. Or get in contact to learn how we can a create custom video for your practice. Or check out Veteos new co produce option where we take the best parts of both options an work together to create your videos. You can check all this at Veteos website here Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything! Want to join my super-secret, in-depth, exclusive content emailing list? Email me to join at [email protected] Reminder! The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Course and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop are now available and open! Be sure to check out what we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing

In Today's Episode, Brian Macrae from Rethink Veterinary Solutions and Rethink Loyalty joins me for the third time on the podcast! We talk about wellness plans, memberships, payment plans, and marketing with loyalty in mind. Brian has been working in the veterinary space since 2012 by creating the Rethink Veterinary Solutions and actually was how I got involved and started in the veterinary industry. The goals of providing memberships and wellness plans in your practice for your clients are to retain and keep your current clients, have your clients come in more frequently, and gain more new clients. Having clear goals will help you market even better. Key elements for making your memberships and wellness plans work for your practice are setting up your plans to be as automated as possible for your administration. Having also it made easy and clear to articulate to clients will help your adoption rate. Creating the most ideal loyalty reward program for today would be taking the elements from both a membership structure and a wellness program and combining them together to create a payment plan that is automated for ease of clients. And we cover so much more. Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything! If you want to get in contact with Brian Macrae and Rethink Vet Solutions or want to learn more about their programs you can give a call or text directly at (714) 271-8354 or can visit Rethinks Website here or send an email to [email protected] Want to join my super-secret, in-depth, exclusive content emailing list? Email me to join at [email protected] Reminder! The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Course and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop are now available and open! Be sure to check out what we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing

We are celebrating 7 years of The Veterinary Marketing Podcast! Over the last 7 years, it has been amazing to see just how far digital marketing and veterinary practices have come and how much they have grown over the years. In these last 7 years, we have seen an immense amount of growth in digital marketing, with growth comes competition and with competition comes needing to stand out. In today's episode, I am sharing 7 important lessons you can apply to your veterinary practice's digital marketing so your practice can stand out. Here are 7 things you can do to make sure your marketing stands out: 1) Create A Client Avatar- Having a client avatar helps you know exactly how you do want to target and market to and who you do not want to target. Creating your perfect client and really getting specific about what are their wants, needs, and problems will give you a clear direction of what to market to them. 2) Have Specificity- Tying in with the first lesson, having very specific content and offers will help you really target the best audience for your practice 3) Dial In Your Offers- What does your audience want or need and how can you make an offer be valuable to your ideal clients. 4) Use Landing Pages- Get specific with your offers and make their own landing pages. 5) Have Goals- Defining and having very clear and specific goals will help your digital marketing go so much smoother by knowing exactly what you are expecting. 6) KPIs- Measuring your goals with KPIs and being aware of if you are reaching the clear goals you have decided. 7) Build Assests- Create content, email sequences, text sequences, etc that can be used over and over again and even automated will save you so much time. Want to join my super-secret, in-depth, exclusive content emailing list? Email me to join at [email protected] Reminder! The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Course and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop are now available and open! Be sure to check out what we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share some easy helpful tips for your content creation in your veterinary practice. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, special guest Karen Bolten from The Business Vet on Instagram joins us to talk about the business side of veterinary marketing, how she got her start and some tips and tricks to using Instagram to reach and grow your veterinary practice audience. Karen Bolten started out her career in the veterinary field after finishing vet school starting at an internship treating horses and eventually started her own clinic owning for over 8 years. 2 years ago Karen sold her practice and is now going to business school and moved into the business space of the veterinary industry and now helps other veterinary practices with the business side of their practice through her Instagram @thebusinessvet. Using Instagram for your veterinary practice digital marketing is a great choice for reaching more of your demographics and audiences. Instagram offers more of an opportunity to gain organic engagement and organic followers. Karen has an amazing hashtag generator that she offers to help practices create and find the best hashtags for their posts to get the best engagement and growth. Since most vet practices are physical locations it is very important and useful to tag your location and hashtag local areas to attract and reach local new clients. Be sure to check out Karen's hashtag generator and follow Karen Bolten on Instagram! @thebusinessvet Want to join my super secret, in-depth, exclusive content emailing list? Email me to join at [email protected] Reminder! The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Course and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop are now available and open! Be sure to check out what we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share some helpful tips for using Youtube in your veterinary practice. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I go over content, content types, content creation, and content strategies for your veterinary practice. While we have gone over content in the past, the world and how content creation is done have changed. With creating content it is super important to have a content strategy that you exacts of who you are targeting and what you are putting out. With how much content is out on the internet it is important to move away from general info and content. With your content, you will want to have high quality and high value information you are providing your audience with. Let's talk about the content types that are working now and in the future and the 4 mediums you can use: Text-Blog Post Image-Facebook, Instagram, and social posts Audio- Podcasts and Video- Most bang for your buck option because it can be used for years over and over again An example of a content strategy I would use in a veterinary practice would be. Knowing who I want to target, who I want coming through the door and what they are interested in. Create 1 pillar piece of content a month that is super high quality. And create this content that is very specific and niche for your unique audience. Creating long form content (which is content that lasts over 10 minutes long) allows you to stand out by providing your audience super high quality information and content that is valuable. Be sure to check out the many The Veterinary Marketing Podcast Courses like the Youtube Ads Couse and The Veterinary Marketing Ad Workshop we have available Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share some helpful tips you can use to make your veterinary practice stand out and be different from the competition. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I am joined by special guest Abby Herman content and email marketing extraordinaire from The Content Experiment where we discuss content marketing but more specifically email marketing and how you can use email marketing in your veterinary practice to grow. Abby has been working with her business full time since 2016 where she has helped many people with their content marketing and email marketing. Her company helps their clients build out strategies for their content marketing around what they want to share and put out for their audiences. Veterinary practices can grow their content marketing by getting to know what their clients are actually wanting and needing by sending out surveys. Surveys can include what challenges are your clients facing at the moment, how they like to consume their content and information about pets (to know where you can reach them), and what seasonal issues could be a concern for them. Practices can figure out what clients want and need by surveys to generate content topics and posts. Using email to reach your clients on a regular basis to be sure to keep your practice at the top of their mind rather than getting lost in the inbox by only checking in once or twice a year. Treat your emails to clients as a way to add value to their lives and to keep your audience informed with helpful and useful information about pet care and how they can keep their pets healthy and safe. Be sure to go and check out and connect with Abby Herman on her podcast HERE, Facebook HERE, and website HERE Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share some of the changes that are coming to IOS 14.5, how it could affect Facebook and Instagram ads, and how it could affect us socially and your veterinary practices digital marketing. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, It's all about Youtube ads! I share what you need to know about Youtube ads types, ad placements, the different placements you get to chose, and all the opportunities for your veterinary practice using youtube ads. Here the 6 types of placements are: -Skippable In-stream Ads This placement is the most recognizable and most common choice where you have the option to place at the beginning, middle, or end of the video has to be a minimum of 15 Seconds long or longer. These are a great choice for your first impression so potential clients can get an understanding of who you are by learning more through the ad. -Non-Skippable In-stream Ads has to be a maximum of 15 Seconds long or shorter. Non-skippable ads are great for retargeting people who have looked into your practice before. -Out Stream Ads This ad placement varies for the others as this ad is an autoplay. This Ad plays automatically and is mobile-only. While you would have great impressions and views its probably not a choice to use for your veterinary practice as there is no intent behind the views. -Conversion Ads Great for online sales and stores and you get to select the outcome you want however it comes with a need for a big budget -Ad sequences Creates a sequence of videos and delivers to your ad audience in a specific order. Perfect to consider to use for your employment ads -Shopping Ads Great placement to sell physical items in your practice that is underutilized by vet practices Reminder! Be sure to sign up for the Pre-order of my Youtube ads course and be one of the first registered. Sign up HERE Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share an opportunity you could be missing out on with your veterinary practices digital marketing. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I am joined by special guest Brandon Boyd from Vet and Pet SEO and The Practice Heist Podcast to talk about SEO and digital marketing for your veterinary practice. We share some strategies, approaches, and even misconceptions in digital marketing and SEO. Here are some key approaches and strategies to think about for your veterinary practice digital marketing. -Solve a Problem First Frame your sale in a way that provides your clients with solutions to their problems or concerns by focusing on the benefits of a service, product, etc rather than just the features of the product and service. -Narrow Down Tactics and Strategies Have a very clear strategy that you can use for your digital marketing that will actually work and help your practice grow. -Create Expert Knowledge Content Your content that your practice produces is very important because you want to create content that will serve your current clients but also allow you to reach new audiences. Create expert professional level content that is easy for your audience to understand and comprehend but also evergreen that can be relevant at any time. -Create Content First and Find Keywords Second While keywords in your headlines are great for increasing your SEO ranking be sure to create content for your audience first and then find your keywords. SEO may tell you where you rank but it doesn't give insight into your conversion rate. If you would like to get into contact with Brandon Boyd be sure to check out his website Vet and Pet SEO Here and check out his podcast The Practice Heist Podcast Here Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I share updates that are coming to reviews in the future, some different trends and things to think about in terms of reviews of your practice, helpful strategies you can build out for your reviews, and how you can prepare for the review changes coming in the future. Reviews for veterinary practices are very important and following 2020 reviews have begun to change due to fewer reviews being left and become even more important for all businesses. The same way most people look at reviews before purchasing anything online, people will look at reviews for your practice to gauge if they want to become a client. While reviews are very important and a lot of potential clients search for reviews sometimes they are met with very polarizing either 5 or 1 star reviews there are not very many middle of the road reviews. And a lot of people are becoming warier of reviews questioning the legitimacy of reviews in general. Some strategies you can use to get even more good reviews and have people looking - Turn your best and trusted reviews into a personal recommendation. Ask your clients that have left glowing reviews to say a few words or testimonials on video that you can share on your social media or even website. Giving potential clients a chance to see its not just words on a screen. -Develop a system to incentivize clients to leave reviews pretty consistently -Integrate your reviews into your website, content, or email newsletters so you own your reviews. Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share a quick and easy tip you can use to improve your Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I share the very important and rapidly changing privacy policies that are going to affect how we run ads in the future. With Google following Apple's lead with IOS 14 Privacy changes we are going to see even more changes from these ad platforms and possibly others too. As we have talked about in previous episodes their is a privacy battle going on between Facebook, Apple, and Google. Apple made the announcement with IOS 14 that they would no longer allow pixel tracking, which Facebook gathers most of its data from. In 2019 Google announced that it would in the future no longer allow third party cookie tracking on Google chrome browsers. Now Cookie tracking (short pieces of javascript code) would only be allowed for first party cookies (owned by the website owner from an independent source) and not third party cookies (from advertisers like Facebook). Google has now announced on March 3rd that they are changing their rules and will no longer be using the data they have collected from first party cookies anymore. Google is now creating a new system that provides better options for them and their services and products. Which in turn will give google ad users even more options with their advertising. Which for many users who are using Facebook and Instagram exclusively it may be time to diversify your ad platforms for your digital marketing. Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how you can market what makes your practice stand out from competitors Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I share 3 common misconceptions that could be holding back your digital marketing and possibly be hurting the growth of your veterinary practice. I also share how you can combat these misconceptions to help your practice's marketing grow and perform better. The 3 marketing misconceptions and what you can do instead: 1) Chasing tactics and gimmicks with your marketing- Instead of relying on pitches from marketing company have very clear goals of what you are looking to achieve in your practice's marketing. Find marketing companies and professionals that you trust and can express your goals and trust their judgment to best execute your marketing plan. 2) Waiting for business to slow down to start marketing- While it is hard to imagine during a super busy streak ever slowing down ultimately it is inevitable and does happen eventually. Don't wait for business to start slowing down to start really focusing on your practice's marketing. Setting up your funnels and all your automation (email, messaging, ads, etc...), while you are your busiest, is one of the best things you can do in your marketing. Be proactive instead of reactive with your marketing. 3) Assuming that digital marketing will stay consistent- Find how you can have steady traffic streams to draw your best clients into your practice. Create through different channels additional ways to keep your clients coming through the door of your practice. Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how a simple tip can help make your marketing even better! Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I am joined by special guest Phil Masi from Restoration Marketing! We talk about helpful and easy ideas and uses for chat marketing that you can bring into your veterinary practice's digital marketing. Chat marketing is using real-time conversations with clients to provide information and help. Automating your messages to serve your clients and point them in the directions they need to go and provide them with helpful information on the spot. With chat marketing specifically in the way of Facebook chatbot messaging you can create fully automated conversational flows with clients. Just like email marketing is able to be fully automated to have replies, chat marketing cuts down the response time and is an easy and time-saving tool to have in your veterinary practices digital marketing. People even more nowadays are turning to chat forms of communication as a preferred way of communicating over email or phone calls. Chat marketing is also able to tie into paid ads giving you an extra way to reach new clients. If you are interested in getting in contact with Phil Masi and booking a chatbot live demo you can click here Be sure to register for the upcoming chat marketing webinar training Here where we will show you in-depth how to set up and use chat marketing for your veterinary practice. Reminder This is the last week! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share a simple, easy, and practical tip that you should be using in your digital marketing. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I am talking about Facebook ads! I share some of the big changes that have happened recently to Facebook as a result of the big tech wars that have been going on this last year and even before. I also share how these changes affect veterinary practices, what you can do to improve your targeting, how you can keep your ads from going crazy from all these changes, and some things you can think about for the growth of your marketing using Facebook and Instagram Ads. Because of the last few years of controversies with Facebook, they have been made to change their tracking and data collection thus changing how their ads ultimately work. With the newest wave of scrutiny coming from apple with their IOS 14 update of not allowing third-party pixels or cookies to be used on their users it has been impactful for the platform. By using their aggregated measurement tool Facebook now has a new way to track conversion events from ios 14 users. Other ways you can collect conversion events and data include: Using UTM tracking- UTM codes are a great method to use for analytics for your ads. Creating the UTM codes at the end of your URLs allows you to gather data from each platform in an easy way. Create Landing Pages - Creating landing pages for each platform and every ad. You will be able to easily see where traffic is coming from. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Join the Veterinary Marketing Nerd Facebook group to get even more help with your veterinary practices digital marketing Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share some ideas you can use for split testing and optimization. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

Special guest Dr. Brett Beckman joins us in today's episode to talk all about veterinary dentistry, veterinary dental marketing, how to differentiate your practice by using veterinary dentistry, and more. Dr. Brett Beckman is a board certified veterinary dental specialist and founder of Veterinarydentistry.net which offers both live and online courses for veterinarians and veterinary technicians and is the founder of IVDI the International Veterinary Dentistry Institute which offers trainings and the VDP program to become a veterinary dental professional. Veterinary dentistry offers an amazing opportunity to really setting your practice apart from other general veterinary practices. Using veterinary dentistry in your marketing helps you be able to gain more clients while also retaining current clients that have dental issues or needs. Dentistry care is a huge need for both cats and dogs, new clients are looking for more dental procedures even more now. Offering dentistry in your veterinary practice is a great way to invest in your practice and yourself as a veterinarian or technician. It not only increases business in your practice but also adds a lot of value to your practice and your clients. Giving your clients and their pets' quality and professional care, for now, their dental needs. If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Brett Breckman's live and online veterinary dentistry courses you can check them out here. And if you are also interested in learning more about IVDI (International Veterinary Dentistry Institute), their veterinary dental trainings, and the VDP program you can visit their site here Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how you can keep your Ads account in compliance with Facebooks ad network with an easy tip. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I share how you can use paid ads to attract new people to work in your veterinary practice. I also talk about what works and what doesn't with employment ads on each platform and 3 placements that will be beneficial for your veterinary practices employment. 3 of the best placements for employment ads 1) Facebook- Facebook is great for ads however when it comes to employment ads the rules are a bit different and have only limited targeting options, but is still a good option to get organic engagement. Your reach can expand from shares and tagging. 2) Google- Google Ads is another good option for employment ads as the people searching for a job actively need or are wanting a job. While on one hand, it may not be a lot of volume in searches their searches are filled with the intent of seeking employment at a veterinary practice. Keeping your employment ads to search ads through google is the best option as you will reach a more interested audience looking for a job in a veterinary practice. 3) Linkedin- Linkedin is a great place to have employment ads running. Linkedin platform allows for the most targeting when it comes to employment ads allowing targeting through company, length of employment, degree, field of study, current job title, and region. There are also two placements you can run your ads, Through their content feed (almost like a Facebook post outlining the job description, benefits, and more) and through their In Mail messaging ads (custom detailed messaging about job opportunities). With all your options of targeting be sure to tailor your employment ads to target the perfect employee for your practice. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how you can with the volatility in marketing and the world currently with some tips Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I share how you can get more done in your Veterinary practices digital marketing with some time saving tools and tips. I will be sharing how you can maximize certain types of activities that will help you create long term growth for your veterinary practice. These tips and tools help your veterinary practices digital marketing become more efficient and more effective: - Sitting down and batching out your content to schedule your posts. Taking the time at least once a week to go through your content and figuring out what you want to post for the next few weeks. Popular choices are Hootsuite, Agorapulse, and Planoly. - Have a content library. Putting your pictures and past evergreen content that you can come back to and share throughout the years. Meet Edgar is a great choice to keep your content in a content library and you can schedule when a post will go out and what social channels it is shared on. - Creating content around client questions. Oftentimes people will ask what should I write about and the best thing to write about are things your clients will be curious about, have questions about, and an offer that is relevant to the post. - Naming Conventions. Be organized with how you and your staff name and label files, pictures, and documents. Google Drive allows you to name your folders easily. You can also use your naming conventions with UTM codes to easily see where you are pulling traffic. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how you can stop discounting in your veterinary practice by framing your marketing in a problem-solving way Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode we are joined by special guests Tom Seeko and CJ Burnett from Flordia Veterinary Advisors where we talk about how you can improve your employment marketing at your veterinary practice. Using offer creation to attract the right kind of employees for your veterinary practice Founders Tom Seeko and CJ Burnett teamed up to create Flordia veterinary advisors in 2014 where they specialize as financial advisors to help busy veterinarians, veterinary students, and practice owners across the country with their financial planning. We cover how we can make offers attractive to attract new employees and how can we retain them and existing employees. Approaching a retention plan and coming up with employee agreements and arrangements that are actually beneficial to both new and existing employees and the veterinary practice itself. We also cover how to handle rewarding and recruiting employees and what each of those looks like and how you could create both of those types of packages to offer to new veterinary employees. We also share how you could structure a new package for veterinarians that are looking to buy or sell a veterinary practice and transition to ownership. Covering also how you can offer something to employees that would both be an incentive and benefit on both ends and much more! If you would like to learn more about Flordia Veterinary Advisors you can click HERE If you would like to work with the Florida Veterinary Advisors and get in contact with Tom Seeko and CJ Burnett you can visit their website HERE Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how you can effectively create content with one easy tactic Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In Todays Episode I share 5 useful tips you can use to help your marketing for the new year and even years to come. These are some of the most important things to think about with your marketing, social media, and emails to help you take your veterinary practices digital marketing to the next level this year to be more successful and help you enjoy work more. 5 tips to help your veterinary practices digital marketing this year: 1) Get Specific- Making content for very specific topics and specific procedures or services will help you target and attract the clients who are looking for, wanting, or needing those specific services 2) Improve Your Creative- Focus on having at least one piece of super high quality content (Videos, blog post series, ebooks, etc.) every month or two months that can be pillar content that can be used again and again that is valuable for your clients. 3) Use The 80/20 Method On Your Past Year- Find out from last years analytics what worked for your marketing, what didn't, and what you can do to improve what was working 4) Get Better Clients- Focus on your best procedures and services you offer and attract the clients that need and what these top-level services. 5) Own Your Own Media- Building your list is a must not only do you get to own that marketing list it provides you with a direct line to have a way to let your clients who know and trust you about what you are offering. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Week 3 Get Clients Who Don't Cause You To Question All Your Life Decisions (Customer Avatar) is now up Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share a quick and easy tip you can use with your copywriting to get better results from your content, ads, post, etc. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I share some of the best ways you can use to measure your veterinary practices conversion analytics. Now I know analytics can be tough and is, unfortunately, something that many practices have trouble with. What we are looking for in our analytics is conversions of where did the clients come from. Analytics help us be able to track and measure meaningful data to help us see what's working and what's not. Some of the best ways to make your measuring analytic easier are: -Create an offer that is only for a specific platform- your platforms can be each social platform, emails, blog post, etc. Think like a promo code. Clients only know about a specific offer because they found you through the specific post or ad. -Create Individual landing pages for a specific platform- Using the same kind of idea as the last way to measure conversions, you can create landing pages that can only be accessed through your post, emails, and platforms. -Use UTM Codes- Instead of creating individual landing pages when you don't have a web team you can create individual links! UTM codes attach a little code at the end of your link you are using helping you figure out where your audience is coming from through a link. -Pixel Audiences- You can use either Facebook or Google pixels (such as Google Analytics) on your website. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Week 2 is now up and all about Analytics. You can learn even more about analytics when you Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share the new updates coming to IOS 14 and what it means for your veterinary practices digital marketing. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

As we near the end of the crazy year of 2020 we have 2021 to look forward to and take some time to reflect on your veterinary practice's digital marketing from the last year. In today's episode, I cover how you can make your digital marketing amazing in the next new year. And the 5 tips you can use to get the absolute most of your digital marketing. There are 5 things we can do to get the most out of your digital marketing: 1) Collect and Compile Marketing Data- Take time to go across your platforms (Facebook, Google, Instagram, etc)and collect all the data you have compiled over the year 2) Analyze- Taking the data you have compiled now is your time to analyze that data and see what worked, what didn't work, what you would change, what you will keep doing, and see how you can apply it to the future. 3) 80/20 Model- 80% of the results come from 20% of the activity. Using this method will help you readjust to find what you should get rid of and what you should be investing in more. 4)Targeting-Having clear targets of what you want to accomplish in your digital marketing and who is going to help you accomplish them is one of the most crucial steps. Make sure you have your perfect client avatar made to help you know exactly who you are marketing to. 5)Execution-Our last step is execution. Taking all the other steps and putting them to work. Reminder! Make sure you sign up for the Veterinary Marketing Podcast Ad Workshop- A ten-week workshop where we dive deep into all the fundamentals of what you need to know about running paid ads. Sign Up Here! Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share how you can keep your ad cost from spiking even during expensive seasons like holidays and elections for your veterinary practice's digital marketing. Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I share some tips on how you can avoid some of the biggest scams people fall into in their digital marketing. I'll also share with you how to find the right partner for your veterinary practices digital marketing so you get the results you are looking for. We'll go over some tactics to look out for so you can get the best results from your partnerships. When going into a partnership to bring on someone to help you with your veterinary practices digital marketing it's important that you find a good fit that will communicate and collaborate well together and that you have a foundation of trust. When working with others in your marketing whether it's one or more you will need to manage each area you are outsourcing. Having a solid ground of understanding and knowing what your ultimate goal is you are wanting to achieve in your veterinary practice will help you be able to easily communicate with your digital marketing partners. Three things you need to know before working with a marketing company for your veterinary practice's digital marketing: 1)Clear Expectations - Being honest on both sides of what you are expecting to achieve with your partnership. 2)Agree on Strategies - Teaming up together to diagnose and prescribe strategies for your digital marketing 3)Frequent Communication - Having frequent meetings to communicate what is happening in your marketing. Tactics to look out for that could lead to wasted money: Geofencing Mobile Display Ads- Think in app ads such as game ads Marketing Companies that aren't transparent with your analytics or your ad spend Link-building SEO or SEO without content And lastly Companies or people selling marketing tactics before even looking at your marketing and diagnosing what your digital marketing needs. Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's Inbetweenisode I share a new media medium you should consider using for your veterinary practice's digital marketing. Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I share how you can maximize your marketing and turn it into a system with evergreen content and offers. Picking up from last week's episode where we talked about having different types of content and offers to have for your practice, and about creating evergreen content and offers to have in rotation. Evergreen offers and content is a piece of marketing you can use over and over again across different platforms and channels, for years to come. These types of content and offers will help you focus on pieces that will produce results for a long time. As you are creating your offers and content you should create pieces that will help move potential clients down a funnel and ultimately become a real client. There are 5 general types of content that you should create by answering typical questions pet owners are asking and looking for. 1) Wellness- What can you do to keep your pet healthy? 2)Prevention- How to minimize health risks and keep your pets safe? 3)Behaviour - How can I train my pet to do what I need them to learn? 4)Nutrition- What should you be feeding your pet? 5)Enrichment- How can I entertain my pet making both our lives easier and better. Following those general types of content, another way to add information is by adding specificity while still keeping it relevant. You can make content a bit more specific by targeting the content towards -Breeds Big breed or small breed dog posts -Age Puppy, adult, and senior posts -Conditions Breed-specific conditions, senior conditions, or even common and rare conditions -Location Problems pet owners face in different areas in the country -And Time of Year seasonal must-have and awareness months Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's inbetweenisode I talk about google ads newest update, the feature they have taken away, and how you can make sure you aren't losing money on your google ads. Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!

In today's episode, I share some creative new strategies you can use to help keep your marketing costs down in your veterinary practice. As we get further into the holiday and political season we are starting to see more and more competitors in the paid ad space in turn driving up ad prices. These tips will help you implement ways to organically get traffic into your practice and lower your digital marketing costs. The first strategy to use is focusing on content. The best time to build out your content is when your practice is busy and doing well, so you can always have it available to use during a slowdown. The two main things to focus on with your content is quality and specificity. Having high professional quality pieces of content is super beneficial as you can reuse them over again across platforms. Making your content very specific is also beneficial because you'll be able to target and speak to a very pinpointed group to drive in more clients like them. Tactics you can also use to maximize your practices organic reach -Let your clients know about each piece of content and offers you put out through your lists. Keep in communication with your list at least once a week -Create a Facebook Group. Creating a Facebook group for your practice members is a great way to give your clients and potential clients a space to find all of your latest information. -Social selling. Direct Response Social Post increases engagement and curiosity -Build your email list. A great way to install cheap insurance for your veterinary practice. Let your list know about offers, content, upcoming events, and about your Facebook group -Have Text message marketing -And Facebook Messenger Be sure to listen and let me know if you have any questions, comments, or need help with anything!