North Texas Dentistry Volume 5 Issue 8 | Page 27

The Rise of Pull Marketing The internet has changed most people’s lives in more ways than we can count. Unsurprisingly, it’s also completely revolutionized how marketing works. Specifically, it’s helped to empower the rise of pull marketing. Instead of competing for attention by trying to interrupt whatever a potential patient is doing, pull marketing is designed to attract them to you. Pull marketing therefore employs a number of tactics that have the primary aim of providing your prospects with something valuable at the moment they need it. This can be tricky, but it can also be very lucrative. According to a study by Hubspot, pull marketing can bring in leads for 62% lower cost than push marketing, and it’s easier to track your success as you go. Even if you’ve never thought of it in these terms, you’ve encountered pull marketing. Dental Practices Should Use a Mix of Both Marketing has evolved toward pull marketing for a number of good reasons, but that doesn’t mean push marketing should be ignored. Combining push and pull tactics can help both work better. For example, you send someone a postcard (push), from that they visit your website and read a few of your blog articles (pull), however they don’t call at that moment. They are then placed into your retargeting campaign and your retargeting ads (push) appear as they visit other websites, Facebook, etc. with the goal of getting them back to your website and ultimately calling to schedule an appointment. Push and pull marketing can be combined in any number of effective forms. Every dental practice is a little different, so there’s no one-size fits all solution. If you want to get a better idea of how best to deploy push and pull marketing, let us know. We’re always happy to help. It includes (but isn’t limited to): Pay-per-click Ads These are the ads that show up at the top and down the right hand side of the results you see in Google and othe