How to Turn Employees Into Social Media Advocates!
Is your dental practice active on social media? Are your staff active there, too? When employees are included in your social efforts, they become important brand advocates. In this post you’ll discover how involving employees in your social media marketing, benefits your dental practice.
#1: Enhance Practice Branding
Telling your dental practice’s story through images and video lets people outside your practice to understand your culture. This is great for attracting new patients, in particular those who may be nervous.
Furthermore, you may not only attract new patients, you may also attract potential candidates who might want to work for the practice in future.
Use social media to reinforce the message that dental practices are powered by people, not numbers and you’re not all scary dentists in lab coats!
It’s important to provide your staff with basic training on social networks such as Facebook and twitter to get them ‘on board’ with the reasons why you are doing it. It’s important to ask them to like and comment on the practice’s posts to improve engagement.
#2: Boost Sales and Credibility
Use social media to boost your sales and credibility. Highlight your staff using social media posts, for example you could post before-and-after cosmetic dentistry photos, along with the Dentist’s name. If other patients like what they see, they can request services from that particular dentist, resulting in increased sales.
Showing off what your employees can do gives patients the confidence in booking with you.
A further ‘confidence booster’ is to post reviews from satisfied customers, which emphasises the quality of the work and encourages more bookings.
Talk About Training and Achievements
Share the professional training and certifications of staff to instill customers’ confidence in their decision to schedule an appointment.
Similarly, when the practice reaches a goal or receives awards, mention the employees who contributed to the success. Tag staff when posting about a company achievement to build the reach of your update beyond that of your page audience and boost staff morale.
Promote Personal Connections
Celebrate staff birthdays or weddings to help create personal bonds between Dentists and patients.
To further build those connections, share the outside interests of staff, such as charity runs, thereby attracting patients who have the same interests.
In conclusion, relationships are often built through common interests between people, not brands. Make a point to include the people behind your dental practice in your social media updates. When staff share those updates with their friends, the reach of each post is increased and more people become aware of the practice and its services.
If you would like further information about social media for your practice, give Dental Design a call on: 01202 677 277 who will be happy to help you.
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