Secrets To Boosting Patient Compliance: The True Story Of An 84 Yr Old Knee Pain Victim Who Thinks She Doesn’t Need Therapy.

In which the question is asked: == “Paul… I’m having trouble finding a reason WHY one of my patients needs to continue to attend therapy. She really needs treatment on her knee following surgery – and yet is currently resisting our suggested treatment sessions and is only attending simply because her doctor told her so.…

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Why Marketing To The 3% Rarely Works – And How To Market Your Physical Therapy Clinic More Successfully.

Let’s play a (ball) game: “Picture yourself in the middle of a Baseball Stadium with 100’000 people sitting in the stands – that you’re allowed to “pitch” your PT services too”. Would you fancy your chances of getting a significant amount of new referrals?… Why wouldn’t you? With 100’000 people from in and around your…

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Why You’re Not In The Physical Therapy Business

Recently, I received this question from an owner during a Strategy call: === “Paul, I’m noticing a decline in doctor referrals – I think it’s state wide as more hospital systems buy out practices – but it’s not just that, I’m having a problem getting what referrals I am left with, to actually show up……

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Shark Tank Advice For PT Clinic Owners

Anyway… So I was talking to a PT owner from Philadelphia this weekend just gone… …We met in a Starbucks in Times Square, (NYC) and one of the things we spoke about was the value in his past patient list. To be more precise, the “size” of it!… (5000+). Now he calls it his past…

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Why Being Liked Doesn’t Pay The Rent!

So these last couple of weeks I’ve been helping 3 Owners to get more new patients to arrive via Direct Access… with a little help from “Facebook”. Now when it comes to being “on” Facebook, I’m not a big fan personally… But when it comes to making money “on” Facebook… I LOVE it!… See, I…

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How To Get More Patients To Show Up For A Free First Visit At Your PT Clinic

So I spent Memorial weekend in the wonderful city of “San Francisco”… I was there to meet up with a PT Owner to talk about turbo charging his ability to acquire new patients (marketing) -AND- Ensure that each one of those new patients is more compliant and follows through on his entire prescription of care…

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How Obama, Facebook, And Direct Response Marketing Helped Win The Election In Britain — And How It’s Relevant To Your Physical Therapy Clinic

So just before I arrived here in “La Jolla”, an election took place back in the UK to decide the next Government. And what was REALLY interesting about the result was NOT that the “Scottish” are going all out in their attempts to break up the United Kingdom as you know it, no, it’s the…

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What Would Other PT Owners Say About You?

Let me tell you a short story: So through the week I caught up (on Skype) with an owner from Philadelphia – Chad Madden of “Madden PT” (and founder of Breakthrough PT Marketing). (Hi… 😉 And as we yapped about things like “lead generation”, “past patient re-activation” even, “every door direct mail” ideas… we got…

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