Navigating a Different Playing Field 2020 has been a tumultuous year for pretty much everyone on the planet, with businesses struggling to survive, children switching to online learning, and families opting to visit each other via video calls rather than in person. With the weather rapidly changing and winter on the horizon, it’s essential to […]
The Most Important Metrics in the Optometry Industry
If you are concerned about how your website performs and what you may want to improve, tracking your progress through various metrics can help. When you’re creating a marketing plan to generate leads, get butts in chairs, and garner good reviews, ask yourself what you want to achieve. Then ask yourself how you can measure […]
Why Polls and Quizzes Should Rule Your Social Media Strategy
Instagram has been around for 10 years now and has become very present in the working generation’s lives. It’s the most interactive form of social media, with a billion monthly users, which doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Stories, the 24-hour secondary posting feature introduced in 2015 and used by 500 million people […]
Who Are You up Against? How to Do Competitive Research the Right Way
When you’re trying to boost your practice, you must be familiar with your competition. You may be familiar with how your brand performs, but do you know how well your competition is doing? Do you even know who your top competitors are? Other optometry practices in your market set the standard for your business. Staying […]
A Faster Loading Website Means Higher Conversions: 3 Tips to Up Your Speed
As you well know, numerous factors can make or break a potential patient’s experience on your website. Stylistic aspects and visual appeal may come to mind, but users are accustomed to sites that load extremely fast in today’s day and age. When a site is slow, users get impatient and every second that the onscreen […]
4 Ways to Get More Reviews For Your Optometry Practice
Patients want tangible evidence that they can trust your clinic. With the expanding information available on the internet, online reviews have become a critical factor for patients choosing an eye care provider. In 2019, a survey indicated that 82% of customers read online reviews of local businesses. Not only that, but 94% of online buyers […]
Tips From a Designer: Website Photos That Should Make the Cut
Why is it so important that the photos you showcase on your website are an accurate representation of your practice? A picture is worth a thousand words! You can include nearly endless information on your clinic, its procedures, or the environment you’ve worked hard to create, but people want tangible evidence of what the experience […]
How to Create Engaging Instagram Stories for Your Optometry Business
While traditional Instagram marketing is still a rapidly developing landscape, there’s more to the app’s marketing capabilities than meets the eye, especially for individualized markets such as eye care. In 2016, Instagram launched its Stories feature, allowing users to post full-screen photos and videos to their accounts, under the condition that they disappear after 24 […]
Why Your Website Needs a Virtual Frame Gallery
2020 was full of new challenges for eye care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic created massive changes in the way that practices and optical stores could do business. It was more than just wearing masks and sanitizing continually. It was required to take an all-encompassing approach to how you can make a visit to your practice […]
5 Website Design Trends You Can Skip
Web design trends and features are continually changing. Often new features resonate well with patients, while others can actually downgrade your website’s functionality. It is important to update your website every two years, but you do have to be mindful of which features are worth investing in. Predicting trends and making sure your new design […]