The news from Google that they will not post 3rd party reviews (only links to them) has created concern for many dental practices that rely on local internet marketing. For some time now, we have always recommended having patient reviews directly in the search engines as well as using third party review sites.\u00a0 Now that these third party reviews have disappeared from Google Places (other than to have a link to them), it is important to have a strategy to get reviews posted directly in Google.\u00a0 During the past few weeks, we have discussed a variety of approaches with dental practices.\u00a0 Here are some strategies to consider.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Some patient reminder systems for dental practices such as SmileReminder and DemandForce can automatically invite your patients to go into the search engines and write reviews after an office visit.\u00a0 This is a great way to keep a steady flow of reviews coming into the search engines, but there is a monthly cost.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Send your own e-mails out to your patients with a link to your local listing. We can help you format an e-mail with links directly to your local listings where they can write a review.\u00a0 Give them some help with instructions.\u00a0 Contact us if you would like to some help formatting these e-mails.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Use QR codes to help direct patients to your local listings using their smart phones.\u00a0\u00a0 It will make it easy for them to find you, and they can use their smart phone to write a review and share their experience with others.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Consider a simple reminder such as a business card with the address of your local listing on it that your patients can take home with them.\u00a0 Make is convenient.<\/p>\n
Reviews are gaining more and more attention from consumers, and it is important to pay attention to this area of your marketing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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