Dental Marketing Sucks with Joshua Scott (DHP304)

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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