{"id":3463,"date":"2015-06-24T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2015-07-01T11:59:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T15:59:26","slug":"veterinary-marketing-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/veterinary-marketing-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Veterinary Marketing Tool Kit: Finding Your Pet Care Niche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sarah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2413 alignleft\" alt=\"veterinary marketing expert, Sarah Schaier\" src=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sarah.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a part of your veterinary marketing tool kit, you should always be thinking about ways to make your practice stand out from other veterinary hospitals in your area. A great way to do this is to develop a pet care niche, or particular area of expertise, that becomes associated exclusively with you and your veterinary hospital.<\/p>\n<h3>Focus on a Pet Care Area with the Widest Appeal<\/h3>\n<p>Think about the pet owners in your area \u00e2\u20ac\u201c social economic status, age, education \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the services that most often bring them into your hospital. Use that information to choose a topic that will have the widest appeal. Some ideas:<\/p>\n<table width=\"500\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Preventive medicine and wellness<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition and weight management<\/li>\n<li>Oral health<\/li>\n<li>Behavior and training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior care<\/li>\n<li>Holistic medicine<\/li>\n<li>Palliative care<\/li>\n<li>Rehabilitative therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Establish Your Expertise as Part of Your Veterinary Brand<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3465\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000010740236Medium.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3465\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3465\" alt=\"Pets are living longer, creating many opportunities to distinguish your practice as an expert in their care and comfort.\" src=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000010740236Medium-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000010740236Medium-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000010740236Medium-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000010740236Medium.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pets are living longer, creating many opportunities to distinguish your practice as an expert in their care and comfort.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once you have selected an area to focus on, you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop a <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/custom-veterinary-hospital-blogs.php\" title=\"Regular blogging about your practice and pet care will help your rankings and drive your online branding\">veterinary blog<\/a> around that topic<\/li>\n<li>Create a series of informational videos<\/li>\n<li>Add a special section to your website with articles (written by you) and additional resources<\/li>\n<li>Post and tweet helpful topic-related tips regularly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Developing your expertise in one area can also benefit your <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/veterinary-hospital-website-seo\/\" title=\"Learn more about the necessity of SEO for your practice and insider tips on getting Page 1 rankings for your website\">veterinary website\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s search engine ranking<\/a>. According to Ryan Cruz from Traffic Salad, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Authority websites are loved by the search engines. They want \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcexperts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 writing articles on the web, and they want to reward your efforts with more visibility, traffic and exposure.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<h3>Your Niche Should Be a Part of Your Veterinary Marketing Toolkit<\/h3>\n<p>As a veterinary hospital owner, there are many important components of your veterinary marketing tool kit, including a well-designed <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/portfolio-veterinary-hospital-websites.php?fullsite=true\" target=\"_blank\">custom veterinary hospital website<\/a>, a logo, a social media presence, and <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/custom-veterinary-websites.php\" title=\"A custom, attractive and user-friendly website for your practice is a great start\">veterinary email newsletters<\/a>. While all these elements are a solid marketing foundation, establishing a pet care niche within your full-service practice can help you differentiate your hospital and take your reputation and revenue to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p><em>VetNetwork is owned and operated by a veterinarian with 20 years of hospital ownership experience, and is staffed with a team of <a title=\"Learn why we are the best at what we do\" href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\">veterinary marketing experts<\/a> that are dedicated to growing veterinary practices. For more information about our digital veterinary marketing services, please give as call at (800) 564-4215 or send us an <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/contact.php?fullsite=true\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> today.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 VetNetwork, LLC<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>VetNetwork<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Marketing Solutions for Veterinarians and Veterinary Hospitals<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/\">http:\/\/vetnetwork.com<\/a><br \/>\n603-743-4321<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of your veterinary marketing tool kit, you should always be thinking about ways to make your practice stand out from other veterinary hospitals in your area. 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