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Not every prospective patient knows about Direct Primary Care. There are four offices in my town and most people still don’t know about it. You have to do something to stand out. That’s why you need to create a “memorable message”.

You have to be creative with your DPC story. You have to tell the people about how the system broke you or stopped you from being able to treat patients the way you want to treat them. You cannot be shy here. Brainstorm a ton of these messages and then find what works.

Whatever you choose, and it may be many different things, it should be simple and clear. You can try it on your website or on social media. Actually, you can use the latter to see if you get the stickiness and traction you want and then use that message on your website.

  • STEAL.

Yes, steal. Go to other DPC social media pages and their homepages and see what you like. Trust me, they do not own their marketing strategies. Their messages have been the same for all of us. Pick the ones you want and tweak them for you.

I tried to list a bunch of messaging we used for marketing on FB, Twitter, IG and my website and put that in the book. They are listed for you to take.

Key messages are the core messages and the building block for your brand, which is simply a story that makes a promise or sets expectations. It’s also an effective way to control the information that’s in the marketplace about your brand. In practice, key messages are three to five sentences that capture the essence of your business or association. However, they are scalable, so you also can include all aspects of your services, offerings, products and procedures.

If you follow the link it will go into this in much more detail.

START NOW. COMPILE. ORGANIZE. TRY IT.

And create you memorable message.

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By Douglas Farrago, MD

Douglas Farrago MD is board certified in the specialty of Family Practice. He is the inventor of a product called the Knee Saver which is currently in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Knee Saver and its knock-offs are worn by many major league baseball catchers. He is also the inventor of the CryoHelmet used by athletes for head injuries as well as migraine sufferers. From 2001 – 2011, Dr. Farrago was the editor and creator of the Placebo Journal which ran for 10 full years. Described as the Mad Magazine for doctors, he and the Placebo Journal were featured in the Washington Post, US News and World Report, the AP, and the NY Times. Douglas Farrago, MD received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia in 1987, his Masters of Education degree in the area of Exercise Science from the University of Houston in 1990, and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas at Houston in 1994. His residency training occurred way up north at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. In his final year, he was elected Chief Resident by his peers. Dr. Farrago has practiced family medicine for twenty-three years, first in Auburn, Maine and now in Forest, Virginia. He founded Forest Direct Primary Care in 2014, which quickly filled in 18 months. Dr. Farrago still blogs every day on his website Authenticmedicine.com and lectures worldwide about the present crisis in our healthcare system and the effect it has on the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Farrago’s has written three books on direct primary care: The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice, The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal and Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity) are all best sellers in this genre. He is a leading expert in direct primary care model and lectures medical students, residents, and doctors on how to start their own DPC practice. He retired from clinical medicine in October, 2020.

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