5 Easy Tools That Help Grow Your Medical Office
by Diana Barsan
Research indicates that small business owners and employees are becoming more dependent on mobile, tablet and desktop apps. Some of these savvy applications have the power to keep you organized, increase your visibility and contribute to your success. As you keep track of new healthcare technology, embrace that having a successful medical office often requires you to go beyond your comfort zone and start using some essential marketing tools. Here are five tools that can help you to grow your medical office:
1. Google Drive
Google’s new Drive app lets users create, access and edit documents on the web, at the office, at home or on the go. Google Drive is a full-featured office suite that guarantees that all of your files are safely stored. The software also acts as a full cloud drive, with 5GB of free storage. You can also upgrade to 25 GB for less than $2.50 a month, which means you can store practically everything for minimal cost. Google Drive lets you share files with exactly who you want and edit them together, in real-time, from any device.
2. Yammer
Yammer is a secure social media network for businesses. The application connects employees and allows them to collaborate, exchange ideas, ask questions and increase productivity. Research shows that 83% of Yammer users are more connected with their team. Over 150,000 organizations and millions of users have adapted the network. Yammer can help you to communicate efficiently with your staff.
3. Cardmunch
Are you looking for an app that keeps your contacts organized? Developed by LinkedIn, this amazing iPhone app digitizes paper business cards with a single scan. It’s simple! Take a photo of a business card and convert the information to an address book contact on your iPhone. The app allows you to view a contact’s LinkedIn profile, shared connections, and work and educational history.
4. Hootsuite
Keeping track of all your social network accounts can be difficult and quite intimidating. Hootsuite is a fabulous tool that helps you manage multiple Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, monitoring the mentions of your name, direct messages and feedback from your followers. It also enables you to schedule updates and get analytic reports on the number of people that share your posts.
5. MailChimp
MailChimp is a convenient and simple way to send effective email newsletters with great visual appeal. MailChimp also helps you share newsletters and email blasts on social networks, integrate them with services you already use and track your results. You can use pre-designed templates or create one from scratch. If you have fewer than 2,000 subscribers, you can send up to 12,000 emails per month absolutely free.
– Guest Author Diana Barsan has written this article teaming up with Prosthetic Illusions, a medical office that offers custom and non-custom breast prostheses, and is benefiting from tools like this.