Client Relations & Marketing
Have a heart: Heartworm preventive compliance
Appeal to veterinary clients' hearts and wallets with this client handout.
Pain: When "It hurts" meets "How much does it cost?"
Good news: Today's pet owners are more aware of their pets' care options. Bad news: The same recommendation doesn't work the same way for every client. Lets work through a pain example in the veterinary clinic.
7 steps to better two-legged species care
Pets don't walk themselves into your veterinary hospital (much as you wish they would). Check to make sure you're doing these seven things to make your practice a success with clients.
Stop judging your new consumer
Confess: Are you frustrated by the high-demand, Google-happy discount divas and snapchat skeptics who ask everyone before they consult the veterinarian? Here's help.
5 steps to protect your online reputation
Stop yapping about Yelp and bark up a better tree that protects your veterinary practices reputation.
Sample script: Natural flea and tick repellants
Naturally clients have questions about the essential products they use for their own healthcare. Use this script to talk about natural products.
The potency of portability
If your veterinary practice's website isn't mobile-friendly, you may be losing clients.
3 ways to get your clients to say yes to dental procedures
Take a proactive position for the benefit of pets and practice
Keeping Dr. Google on the straight and narrow
Use this interactive flow chart to help your veterinary clients keep Dr. Google in check.
Humor: Roll your eyes: The indoor-only cat has fleas
Enjoy technician Mary Van de Puttes tip on how to handle cat owners, because while the eye roll may not be the most effective client education tool out there, it may be the most satisfying.
ASPCA estimates 1 million dogs and cats are re-homed annually in the U.S.
Lower-income households reported access to free or low-cost pet services could prevent relinquishment.
Googled: How veterinary clients use Internet info
The AAHA State of the Industry Report says while many clients who search the Internet for pet health answers will bring it to the exam room, a small percentage will act independently in ways that impact pet health.
Separation anxiety: Cant even go to the bathroom?
An exercise for veterinary clients dealing with their pet's separation anxiety that wont let them leave the room, let alone the house.
Who should discuss costs with pet owners?
Clients' money is serious business, but does the vet need to have this conversation?
4 ways to break veterinary clients' Dr. Google habit
Stay positive and steer them toward more legitimate information.
Client handout: Lack of mobility may mean less time with your pet
Here are five ways to improve your senior pets healthand maybe even his life expectancyby helping him get back to the things he used to do.
Three tips for managing patient separation anxiety
If you can identify early signs of stress in your veterinary patients, your job just got easier.
Four tips to protect catsfrom cats
Help clients understand feral and outdoor cats can be a danger to their pet cats.
3 Dr. Google horror stories that reflect the veterinary profession's new normal
Many clients aren't on the same page with you about your expertise-they're relying on the Internet for veterinary advice.
Fear-Free: The snuggles edition
Pets only calm down and relax when you make the veterinary hospital feel like home sweet home.
7 reasons you should give away veterinary services
Clients don't always have money, but you can still earn in ways other than just that warm feeling of a good deed done.
Resolution No. 1? Beat Dr. Google
Dr. Marty Becker says the battle for relevance in pet owners' minds is veterinarians' biggest fight in the next 10 years.
A ride with pets in mind
Its like every day is a spa day for veterinary patients in this thing as Intermountain Pet Hospital takes the clinics low-stress tactics on the road.
Fear-Free or "frozen"?
This veterinary behaviorist says patients taken to the back for testing and procedures might be better-behaved, but don't fool yourself: They're not happier or calmer away from most pet owners.
Stick-er shock: Don't let lancets keep clients from helping pets
We know you like to save pet owners money. Dr. Dave Bruyette explains how, in the long run, at-home blood glucose monitoring does just that.
What is that noise?
If the exam room's rockin', you still have to come a-knockin'. But here's how to help pet owners amongst the chaos ...
Just Google 'teachable moment'
More than half of surveyed practice managers say clients use the Internet to self-diagnose and treat their pets.
See red with this veterinary inventory system
Inventory at your veterinary practice making you angry? Mark Opperman's "red dot and flag" system could make it less of a chore (and more fun for you organization wonks).
Quiz: Are you over it?
Take our super-official Jaded Vet Quiz to find out where you fall on the "over it" spectrum.
Client handout: Your pet needs your help
Help veterinary clients 'see' when their pets are overweight in order to get patients to a healthier weight.