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The more fishing poles you have in the water, the more fish you’ll seize, right?

I’m not a big fanatic of this analogy, and here’s the reason.

First, let’s examine what’s right about it.

It is absolutely valid that you desire to have more than one marketing technique being used in your office. And seeing as many chiropractors don’t have any concrete advertising approaches in use, I can see why so many businessmen are teaching this correlation.

As a matter of fact, numerous chiropractors suppose there to be one magic pill that solves their advertising problems. Relying on only one marketing strategy in your practice, even if it works great, is a way for failure. Hey, my Ultimate Chiropractic Ads works well in acquiring hundreds of new patients and thousands of dollars into your practice over time, but I have not at all said they’re the only chiropractic marketing way you’ll ever require in business.

Having said that, let’s analyze the fishing poles comparison a little closer.

More fishing poles is constantly better, right?

Are more new patients at all times a great thing, or does quality factor into the equation?

I don’t know about you, but I’d take 10 referral new patients over 50 telemarketing new patients any day of the week. You see, value of patients is a big thing as well. Therefore, all chiropractic marketing ways are not made equal.

I understand when we start discussing about patients (people) having a measurement of value associated with them, it will make some doctors awkward. I wish you understand I’m not discussing about the style they dress, talk, or even act. Reality is, we only have limited time. I would rather use up that time working with patients who actually want assistance and are willing to pay full price for it.

Let’s return to our fishing poles parallel. After hearing it, you might consider, “if having more marketing technics is constantly better, why not 50 of them? Why not 100? Why not 500?” and so on.

I grew up fishing. My grandparents fished the rivers of Central Texas. My parents still fish the lakes every summer. By the time I was 18, I had eaten more catfish than many people do in a lifetime (and catfish is not the healthiest fish either!) I still want to go with my kids, when I can really get away.

And there’s one thing I know about fishing…there’s a limit to how many poles you can control at one time. At most you can clasp one in each hand, then possibly have 4-6 in holders on the craft if you are really good. What do you suppose is going to happen if you try and include a couple more?

It’s most likely you’ll consume all your time merely attempting to keep your lines baited. If you acquire more than one fish on a line at a time, you’ll be in a bind, and perhaps even lose one fish or both.

Now you could commission a “fishing pole” administrator, akin to an advertising executive. And now that individual can manage 8-10 poles while you can still handle your 8-10 poles. Nevertheless the administrator requires to confer with you every few minutes to know if she’s performing it properly. And also, you still have to tell them what sort of bait to put on the line, how long to put the line out there, how far to throw, etc.

And what happens if you get a line scrambled up? Now you’ve got to go mess with that and clean it up. Are you appreciating the similarities to your business yet?

Here’s the lesson…

You can only control so many fishing poles at one time. That’s not being negative, it’s just being realistic. It’s much better to have 8-10 genuinely strong ones, shaving off the bad ones and adding new ones as you go along.

Possibly over 5,10, or 20 years you can develop chiropractic marketing ways that can be left alone to work. By using the internet you can plug in many marketing ways which will run on autopilot, consuming up a very small amount of time. But getting 100 technics set up? Unlikely.

That’s why you ought to make certain your 8-10 are running acceptably. I recommend doing niche specific advertising like PI marketing, decompression marketing, neuropathy marketing, and fibromyalgia marketing. You should do advertise in the newspaper, on the internet, through referrals, in office marketing, snail mail, email…even the radio and TV is your budget allows.

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