Three Cool Gadgets for your Dental Practice
1) iPad: Put one in the reception room and encourage happy patients to leave you great reviews on Yelp. You can show before and after photos to help with case acceptance. Either way, one good review or one patient saying “yes” and you’ve paid for your investment.
2) Square: A revolution in credit card processing. This little device hooks up to an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch and lets you run credit cards for less than most traditional processing companies – 2.75% per swipe for ALL cards, next day payout, free apps, and fast set up. The bonus: It looks really cool!
3) Roku: Many dentists offer TV or DVDs in each of their operatories to enhance the patient experience, but keeping up with brand new DVDs or paying a monthly cable bill can be expensive. In addition, DVDs and basic cable don’t give patients too many options to customize what they want to watch. Roku solves that. All you need is an internet connection and a Roku box for $59.00 and you’ll have a selection better than Blockbuster at your fingertips.
Hey Kaleim,
Great suggestions! A question for you…I understand that the Google algorithms frown on a greater number of reviews coming from the same IP address. Is Yelp similar in terms of
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Anyway, will multiple reviews from the same IP address on Yelp and other review sites adversely affect your ranking in organic google listings?
Thanks!!
Thanks for your comments. I honestly don’t know the answer but I assume this is something on Google and Yelps radar. However, I think if the customer review is from an active account that they have used to write other reviews it would not hurt you. I got this idea from Fred Joyal who founded 1800dentist. Visit his website http://goaskfred.com/ and I bet he has the answer. He is a wonderful resource.
Kaleim
Regarding Google and IP addresses. Yes,ideally they should do a review from their smartphone on Google Places for your practice, not the same iPad. With Yelp, they need to be logged in as a Yelp reviewer so it doesn’t matter.
Also, go to http://www.skinit.com, and get an adhesive frame for your iPad where you can put your Facebook username right on the front, and also your Google Places URL.
Thanks, guys! Fred, so great of you to chime in!
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