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    Dental Marketing Sucks with Joshua Scott (DHP304)

    enSeptember 18, 2020
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    About this Episode

    Alan had a chance to talk with Joshua Scott of Studio 8E8. Joshua has around 20 years of experience in dental marketing and he realized that dental marketing sucks. It's a harsh truth, but totally true. We discuss all about marketing in dentistry:

    • Authenticity and storytelling in the dental space (Al is a Seth Godin fanboy)
    • How dental marketing USED to work
    • What is Joshua's hack to reduce expenses that you might not be using? What's his 24 hour rule?
    • Do patients see dentists as a commodity? Can we change that?
    • How customers see your office and creating an experience
    • Telling the story of safety isn't going anywhere
    • What does storytelling mean to Joshua?
    • How important is SEO? Reviews?
    • What's the best creative medium? Why does Joshua feel like you need to do all of it instead of focusing on one type of medium?
    • Dental stock photography is horrible
    • Startup marketing vs. existing practice marketing
    • How important is branding in dentistry?

    Some links from the show:

    Enova Headlamp

    Studio 8E8

    Joshua's Instagram

    Studio 8E8 Facebook

    Ashley Joves' practice "Smile and Co."

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