Asking Dental Patients for Reviews
Posted by Administrator at 2:57 PM on Sep 14, 2020
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No matter how skilled you are, how friendly your staff is, or how homey your office feels, it’s still what your patients say that counts most. 91% of people regularly scour online reviews, and 84% of these same respondents reported that they trusted online reviews as much as a recommendation from a friend.
It can feel difficult or awkward to ask your patients for good reviews, but it doesn’t have to! There are a few things you can do to put together a streamlined patient review process:
- Automate it – Automating the process involves a text or email being sent to the patient after their appointment. It's easy to add an automation request with a link to a survey for your patients to take, along with an encouragement to leave a review.
- Be inclusive – You may see patients old and young, so it’s important to be inclusive. Your patients who aren’t as tech-savvy may need to write a review in an old-fashioned way! Once the review has been submitted, a staff member can transcribe it to be published on your website.
- Ask – Lastly, it’s not at all pushy or inappropriate to ask for a review at the end of your appointment. If a patient says something like “wow, that was a painless procedure,” you can follow it up by saying something like, “I’m glad you had a positive experience! Would you mind sharing it in a review on our website?” Most people value directness!
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