About this episode
Dr. Barbara Hales interviews Bret Gregory about effective patient acquisition strategies for doctors.
In this episode, Dr. Barbara Hales interviews Bret Gregory, founder of DrTalks : Bret shares how his decade of running a marketing agency for doctors showed that virtual summits and podcasts are the strongest long-term patient-acquisition strategies, with summits often generating 20,000+ email leads and significant new-patient revenue. He recounts his entrepreneurial path, including selling a corporate wellness business after his brother’s terminal cancer diagnosis, attempting an eco-wellness community in Costa Rica, and learning online marketing to survive the 2008 downturn. Brett explains why doctors make in-demand podcast guests, how DrTalks helps doctors get booked for free using AI, and why nurturing an email list with a weekly newsletter is more valuable than social followers. Connect with Bret Gregory: sign in/up https://drtalks.com/ LinkedIn Bret Gregory Connect with Barbara Hales: Twitter: @DrBarbaraHales Facebook: facebook.com/theMedicalStrategist Business Website: TheMedicalStrategist.com Email: info@TheMedicalStrategist.com YouTube:@barbarahales LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/barbarahales Books: Content Copy Made Easy 14 Tactics to Triple Sales Power to the…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Barbara Hales
Guest: Bret Gregory
Topics covered
- patient acquisition
- marketing strategies
- podcasts
- virtual summits
- email marketing
Keywords
- patient acquisition
- marketing agency
- virtual summits
- podcasts
- email leads
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: DrTalks, TheMedicalStrategist.com, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube
Books & works: Content Copy Made Easy, 14 Tactics to Triple Sales, Power to the Patient: The Medical Strategist
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