Volume 26
 

Selecting a Practice Tradename, Slogan
and Logo

by Amber Artz
Williams Group Project Consultant

 

Whether you are looking at re-naming your practice or are opening a new practice and don’t have these selections made yet, your practice tradename, slogan, and logo are extremely important in order to reach the non-referred consumer. A rule of thumb is that you must externally market your practice, not the individual doctor’s name.  Keep in mind, these non-referred consumers do not know who you (the doctor) are. That’s not to say you, as the doctor, are not important. The excellent care you provide to these consumers after they become patients in your practice will certainly increase their perception of value.  The positive effect of all of this is satisfied patients who refer new patients to your practice.  Referred patients are choosing to come to you, the doctor—not to the practice.   Until they become patients, however, your name will mean nothing to these consumers.  This is why selecting a tradename, slogan, and logo play such an important role in developing an effective external marketing scheme for your practice.

Tradename

A tradename, indicative of what you do, is a much more effective marketing tool to reach these consumers.  Here are the important issues to consider as you decide on a tradename for your new practice...

 

 

 

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