Guest guest Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hi, does anyone have experience using Facebook for advertising? How do you keep it separate from your personal profile? I mean, I don't want my clients to see my personal profile and the political stuff I am interested in, etc. Regards, Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D. angelapfa www.InnerhealthSalem.com Phone: 503 364 3022 - Chinese Medicine Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:30 PM RE: Re: Oral Tradition Hi Donald, I know quite a few very busy practitioners, like Charles Chace and including myself, that make it a point to find time to write. This is essential to furthering and deepening our (the West and ourselves) understanding of Chinese medicine. Doing so, IMO, is a service to the profession, supplying a clinical perspective to the written record. If clinicians do not take the time to do so, we end up with books only written by academics. Hence we have the term scholar-clinician. Although for some reason this term (or any term that has the word scholar in it) has a bad connotation, I personally strive to be this type of practitioner. There is nothing wrong with being a scholar or teacher. Therefore, to answer Hugo, a scholar does not have to be distinct from a clinician, shaman or sage. However I do agree that often teachers do not have clinical experience and for certain classes this definitely can be problematic. We only have so much time in the day, and I get your point. Honestly, I've currently forgone any formal teaching to spend this time on studying, writing, and translating on my days off, in the evenings, and mornings before patients. In addition, teaching and writing sharpens one's thinking and clarifies difficult ideas. I have written up many of my case studies (although only two at the moment are published) and find this " exercise " a great learning tool for myself as well as others. It provides a healthy check and balance to what we are doing from not only others but from ourselves. Too many times practitioners become diluted in their (CM) thinking and what they are actually accomplishing and sometimes it takes an outside viewpoint to set things straight. I remember after I published my first case study, Craig Mitchell gave me some insightful perspectives on how I thought about the case. - Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine On Behalf Of Donald Snow Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:29 PM Chinese Traditional Medicine RE: Re: Oral Tradition I have found that the longer I have practiced this medicine, the less I rely on Herbal Medicine. For the first few years of practice, at least 80% or more of my patients received Chinese herbs. Now maybe 5 - 10% require herbs. I find that acupuncture done well and correctly can take care of most of the problems I see in clinic. I have sat in on Jeffrey Yuens classes and they seem to be about classical Chinese medical theory with lots of pathophysiology. The treatments appear to be modified TCM and some are very elegant. I have used some of his protocols and have not seen better results with his as compared to my own. Actually, my prescriptions are simpler and usually work quicker. I know folks might disagree, but my opinion is that if practitioners have time to write books, they probably are not seeing many patients. Personally, I have had a desire to write, but have not time to do so. I am in clinic 10 to 12 hours a day and can not find the time nor the energy to write and do proper research for publishing. In undergrad school, I found that most of my professors never had " real " jobs, they taught; and the folks that actually worked in the real world weren't the ones teaching. Very sincerely, Dr. Donald J. Snow, Jr., D.A.O.M., MPH, L.Ac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hi Angela. I just started using facebook for advertising. I don't have any adds, just a page for my business. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Eugene-OR/Five-Seasons-Womens-Wellness\ /251760392410?ref=ts Facebook has designed the pages so that they are not directly connected to your personal profile; you access the page through your profile, but fans of your business do not become your friends/ do not have access to your personal profile. Hope this helps! Ariel Angela Pfaffenberger, PH.D. wrote: > > > Hi, does anyone have experience using Facebook for advertising? How do > you keep it separate from your personal profile? I mean, I don't want > my clients to see my personal profile and the political stuff I am > interested in, etc. > > Regards, > Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D. > > angelapfa <angelapfa%40comcast.net> > > www.InnerhealthSalem.com > > Phone: 503 364 3022 > - > > Chinese Medicine > <Chinese Medicine%40> > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:30 PM > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > Hi Donald, > > I know quite a few very busy practitioners, like Charles Chace and > including > myself, that make it a point to find time to write. This is essential to > furthering and deepening our (the West and ourselves) understanding of > Chinese medicine. Doing so, IMO, is a service to the profession, > supplying a > clinical perspective to the written record. If clinicians do not take the > time to do so, we end up with books only written by academics. Hence > we have > the term scholar-clinician. > > Although for some reason this term (or any term that has the word > scholar in > it) has a bad connotation, I personally strive to be this type of > practitioner. There is nothing wrong with being a scholar or teacher. > Therefore, to answer Hugo, a scholar does not have to be distinct from a > clinician, shaman or sage. > > However I do agree that often teachers do not have clinical experience and > for certain classes this definitely can be problematic. We only have > so much > time in the day, and I get your point. Honestly, I've currently > forgone any > formal teaching to spend this time on studying, writing, and > translating on > my days off, in the evenings, and mornings before patients. > > In addition, teaching and writing sharpens one's thinking and clarifies > difficult ideas. I have written up many of my case studies (although only > two at the moment are published) and find this " exercise " a great learning > tool for myself as well as others. It provides a healthy check and balance > to what we are doing from not only others but from ourselves. Too many > times > practitioners become diluted in their (CM) thinking and what they are > actually accomplishing and sometimes it takes an outside viewpoint to set > things straight. I remember after I published my first case study, Craig > Mitchell gave me some insightful perspectives on how I thought about the > case. > > - > > > > Chinese Medicine > <Chinese Medicine%40> > [Chinese Medicine > <Chinese Medicine%40>] On Behalf Of > Donald > Snow > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:29 PM > Chinese Traditional Medicine > <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40> > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > I have found that the longer I have practiced this medicine, the less > I rely > on Herbal Medicine. For the first few years of practice, at least 80% or > more of my patients received Chinese herbs. Now maybe 5 - 10% require > herbs. I find that acupuncture done well and correctly can take care of > most of the problems I see in clinic. > > I have sat in on Jeffrey Yuens classes and they seem to be about classical > Chinese medical theory with lots of pathophysiology. The treatments appear > to be modified TCM and some are very elegant. I have used some of his > protocols and have not seen better results with his as compared to my own. > Actually, my prescriptions are simpler and usually work quicker. > > I know folks might disagree, but my opinion is that if practitioners have > time to write books, they probably are not seeing many patients. > Personally, I have had a desire to write, but have not time to do so. I am > in clinic 10 to 12 hours a day and can not find the time nor the energy to > write and do proper research for publishing. > > In undergrad school, I found that most of my professors never had " real " > jobs, they taught; and the folks that actually worked in the real world > weren't the ones teaching. > > Very sincerely, > > Dr. Donald J. Snow, Jr., D.A.O.M., MPH, L.Ac. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 does anyone else use facebook/twitter for marketing? do you see a direct response of new patients coming in from these sources? kath On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Ariel Solomon, L.Ac. < ariel wrote: > > > Hi Angela. > > I just started using facebook for advertising. I don't have any adds, > just a page for my business. > http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo# > !/pages/Eugene-OR/Five-Seasons-Womens-Wellness/251760392410?ref=ts > > Facebook has designed the pages so that they are not directly connected > to your personal profile; you access the page through your profile, but > fans of your business do not become your friends/ do not have access to > your personal profile. > > Hope this helps! > > Ariel > > > Angela Pfaffenberger, PH.D. wrote: > > > > > > Hi, does anyone have experience using Facebook for advertising? How do > > you keep it separate from your personal profile? I mean, I don't want > > my clients to see my personal profile and the political stuff I am > > interested in, etc. > > > > Regards, > > Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D. > > > > angelapfa <angelapfa%40comcast.net> < > angelapfa%40comcast.net <angelapfa%2540comcast.net>> > > > > > www.InnerhealthSalem.com > > > > Phone: 503 364 3022 > > - > > > > To: Chinese Medicine <Chinese Medicine%40yaho\ ogroups.com> > > <Chinese Medicine%40<Traditional_Chinese_Medic\ ine%2540> > > > > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:30 PM > > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > > > Hi Donald, > > > > I know quite a few very busy practitioners, like Charles Chace and > > including > > myself, that make it a point to find time to write. This is essential to > > furthering and deepening our (the West and ourselves) understanding of > > Chinese medicine. Doing so, IMO, is a service to the profession, > > supplying a > > clinical perspective to the written record. If clinicians do not take the > > time to do so, we end up with books only written by academics. Hence > > we have > > the term scholar-clinician. > > > > Although for some reason this term (or any term that has the word > > scholar in > > it) has a bad connotation, I personally strive to be this type of > > practitioner. There is nothing wrong with being a scholar or teacher. > > Therefore, to answer Hugo, a scholar does not have to be distinct from a > > clinician, shaman or sage. > > > > However I do agree that often teachers do not have clinical experience > and > > for certain classes this definitely can be problematic. We only have > > so much > > time in the day, and I get your point. Honestly, I've currently > > forgone any > > formal teaching to spend this time on studying, writing, and > > translating on > > my days off, in the evenings, and mornings before patients. > > > > In addition, teaching and writing sharpens one's thinking and clarifies > > difficult ideas. I have written up many of my case studies (although only > > two at the moment are published) and find this " exercise " a great > learning > > tool for myself as well as others. It provides a healthy check and > balance > > to what we are doing from not only others but from ourselves. Too many > > times > > practitioners become diluted in their (CM) thinking and what they are > > actually accomplishing and sometimes it takes an outside viewpoint to set > > things straight. I remember after I published my first case study, Craig > > Mitchell gave me some insightful perspectives on how I thought about the > > case. > > > > - > > > > > > > > Chinese Medicine <Chinese Medicine%40yaho\ ogroups.com> > > <Chinese Medicine%40<Traditional_Chinese_Medic\ ine%2540> > > > > [Chinese Medicine <Traditional_Chinese_Medicin\ e%40> > > <Chinese Medicine%40<Traditional_Chinese_Medic\ ine%2540>>] > On Behalf Of > > Donald > > Snow > > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:29 PM > > To: Chinese Traditional Medicine <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40yaho\ ogroups.com> > > <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40<traditional_chinese_medic\ ine%2540> > > > > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > > > I have found that the longer I have practiced this medicine, the less > > I rely > > on Herbal Medicine. For the first few years of practice, at least 80% or > > more of my patients received Chinese herbs. Now maybe 5 - 10% require > > herbs. I find that acupuncture done well and correctly can take care of > > most of the problems I see in clinic. > > > > I have sat in on Jeffrey Yuens classes and they seem to be about > classical > > Chinese medical theory with lots of pathophysiology. The treatments > appear > > to be modified TCM and some are very elegant. I have used some of his > > protocols and have not seen better results with his as compared to my > own. > > Actually, my prescriptions are simpler and usually work quicker. > > > > I know folks might disagree, but my opinion is that if practitioners have > > time to write books, they probably are not seeing many patients. > > Personally, I have had a desire to write, but have not time to do so. I > am > > in clinic 10 to 12 hours a day and can not find the time nor the energy > to > > write and do proper research for publishing. > > > > In undergrad school, I found that most of my professors never had " real " > > jobs, they taught; and the folks that actually worked in the real world > > weren't the ones teaching. > > > > Very sincerely, > > > > Dr. Donald J. Snow, Jr., D.A.O.M., MPH, L.Ac. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I've been exploring using Facebook to market what I do. It has worked best for me so far in a kind of indirect way. I teach movement classes, in addition to my private practice, and I have found it works really well to promote my classes on FB. It has really eliminated the expense and drudgery of printing and mailing postcards, which is the way I advertised before. And then I find that people who take my classes sometimes also begin to come to me for acupuncture. A couple of times I advertised specifically for CM on FB, among my 'friends', but somehow that didn't really feel right to me, so I stopped doing that. It's an individual choice, I guess. RoseAnne On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, wrote: > does anyone else use facebook/twitter for marketing? do you see a direct > response of new patients coming in from these sources? > > kath > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Ariel Solomon, L.Ac. < > ariel wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Angela. > > > > I just started using facebook for advertising. I don't have any adds, > > just a page for my business. > > http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo# > > !/pages/Eugene-OR/Five-Seasons-Womens-Wellness/251760392410?ref=ts > > > > Facebook has designed the pages so that they are not directly connected > > to your personal profile; you access the page through your profile, but > > fans of your business do not become your friends/ do not have access to > > your personal profile. > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > Ariel > > > > > > Angela Pfaffenberger, PH.D. wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, does anyone have experience using Facebook for advertising? How do > > > you keep it separate from your personal profile? I mean, I don't want > > > my clients to see my personal profile and the political stuff I am > > > interested in, etc. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D. > > > > > > angelapfa <angelapfa%40comcast.net> < > > angelapfa%40comcast.net <angelapfa%2540comcast.net>> > > > > > > > > www.InnerhealthSalem.com > > > > > > Phone: 503 364 3022 > > > - > > > > > > Chinese Medicine > <Chinese Medicine%40> > > > <Chinese Medicine%40<Traditional_Chinese_Medic\ ine%2540> > <Chinese Medicine%2540> > > > > > > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:30 PM > > > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > > > > > Hi Donald, > > > > > > I know quite a few very busy practitioners, like Charles Chace and > > > including > > > myself, that make it a point to find time to write. This is essential > to > > > furthering and deepening our (the West and ourselves) understanding of > > > Chinese medicine. Doing so, IMO, is a service to the profession, > > > supplying a > > > clinical perspective to the written record. If clinicians do not take > the > > > time to do so, we end up with books only written by academics. Hence > > > we have > > > the term scholar-clinician. > > > > > > Although for some reason this term (or any term that has the word > > > scholar in > > > it) has a bad connotation, I personally strive to be this type of > > > practitioner. There is nothing wrong with being a scholar or teacher. > > > Therefore, to answer Hugo, a scholar does not have to be distinct from > a > > > clinician, shaman or sage. > > > > > > However I do agree that often teachers do not have clinical experience > > and > > > for certain classes this definitely can be problematic. We only have > > > so much > > > time in the day, and I get your point. Honestly, I've currently > > > forgone any > > > formal teaching to spend this time on studying, writing, and > > > translating on > > > my days off, in the evenings, and mornings before patients. > > > > > > In addition, teaching and writing sharpens one's thinking and clarifies > > > difficult ideas. I have written up many of my case studies (although > only > > > two at the moment are published) and find this " exercise " a great > > learning > > > tool for myself as well as others. It provides a healthy check and > > balance > > > to what we are doing from not only others but from ourselves. Too many > > > times > > > practitioners become diluted in their (CM) thinking and what they are > > > actually accomplishing and sometimes it takes an outside viewpoint to > set > > > things straight. I remember after I published my first case study, > Craig > > > Mitchell gave me some insightful perspectives on how I thought about > the > > > case. > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > > > > Chinese Medicine > <Chinese Medicine%40> > > > <Chinese Medicine%40<Traditional_Chinese_Medic\ ine%2540> > <Chinese Medicine%2540> > > > > > > [Chinese Medicine > <Chinese Medicine%40> > > > <Chinese Medicine%40<Traditional_Chinese_Medic\ ine%2540> > <Chinese Medicine%2540>>] > > On Behalf Of > > > Donald > > > Snow > > > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:29 PM > > > Chinese Traditional Medicine > <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40> > > > <Chinese Traditional Medicine%40<traditional_chinese_medic\ ine%2540> > <Chinese Traditional Medicine%2540> > > > > > > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > > > > > I have found that the longer I have practiced this medicine, the less > > > I rely > > > on Herbal Medicine. For the first few years of practice, at least 80% > or > > > more of my patients received Chinese herbs. Now maybe 5 - 10% require > > > herbs. I find that acupuncture done well and correctly can take care of > > > most of the problems I see in clinic. > > > > > > I have sat in on Jeffrey Yuens classes and they seem to be about > > classical > > > Chinese medical theory with lots of pathophysiology. The treatments > > appear > > > to be modified TCM and some are very elegant. I have used some of his > > > protocols and have not seen better results with his as compared to my > > own. > > > Actually, my prescriptions are simpler and usually work quicker. > > > > > > I know folks might disagree, but my opinion is that if practitioners > have > > > time to write books, they probably are not seeing many patients. > > > Personally, I have had a desire to write, but have not time to do so. I > > am > > > in clinic 10 to 12 hours a day and can not find the time nor the energy > > to > > > write and do proper research for publishing. > > > > > > In undergrad school, I found that most of my professors never had > " real " > > > jobs, they taught; and the folks that actually worked in the real world > > > weren't the ones teaching. > > > > > > Very sincerely, > > > > > > Dr. Donald J. Snow, Jr., D.A.O.M., MPH, L.Ac. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I have a fan site on Facebook which works pretty well for us. We do some promotions on it. We did use the facebook advertising that was a waste of money. Lee Tritt http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Palm-Bay-FL/The-Wellness-Center/49632328503?ref\ =ts ________________________________ RoseAnne Spradlin <roseanne.spradlin Chinese Medicine Fri, February 26, 2010 9:21:01 AM Re: facebook I've been exploring using Facebook to market what I do. It has worked best for me so far in a kind of indirect way. I teach movement classes, in addition to my private practice, and I have found it works really well to promote my classes on FB. It has really eliminated the expense and drudgery of printing and mailing postcards, which is the way I advertised before. And then I find that people who take my classes sometimes also begin to come to me for acupuncture. A couple of times I advertised specifically for CM on FB, among my 'friends', but somehow that didn't really feel right to me, so I stopped doing that. It's an individual choice, I guess. RoseAnne On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, <acukath (AT) gmail (DOT) com>wrote: > does anyone else use facebook/twitter for marketing? do you see a direct > response of new patients coming in from these sources? > > kath > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Ariel Solomon, L.Ac. < > ariel@fiveseasonswe llness.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Angela. > > > > I just started using facebook for advertising. I don't have any adds, > > just a page for my business. > > http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo# > > !/pages/Eugene- OR/Five-Seasons- Womens-Wellness/ 251760392410? ref=ts > > > > Facebook has designed the pages so that they are not directly connected > > to your personal profile; you access the page through your profile, but > > fans of your business do not become your friends/ do not have access to > > your personal profile. > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > Ariel > > > > > > Angela Pfaffenberger, PH.D. wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, does anyone have experience using Facebook for advertising? How do > > > you keep it separate from your personal profile? I mean, I don't want > > > my clients to see my personal profile and the political stuff I am > > > interested in, etc. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D. > > > > > > angelapfa (AT) comcast (DOT) net <angelapfa%40comcas t.net> < > > angelapfa%40comcast .net <angelapfa%2540comc ast.net>> > > > > > > > > www.InnerhealthSale m.com > > > > > > Phone: 503 364 3022 > > > - > > > > > > > <Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %40. com> > > > <Traditional _Chinese_ Medicine% 40. com<Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %2540 .com> > <Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %2540 .com> > > > > > > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:30 PM > > > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > > > > > Hi Donald, > > > > > > I know quite a few very busy practitioners, like Charles Chace and > > > including > > > myself, that make it a point to find time to write. This is essential > to > > > furthering and deepening our (the West and ourselves) understanding of > > > Chinese medicine. Doing so, IMO, is a service to the profession, > > > supplying a > > > clinical perspective to the written record. If clinicians do not take > the > > > time to do so, we end up with books only written by academics. Hence > > > we have > > > the term scholar-clinician. > > > > > > Although for some reason this term (or any term that has the word > > > scholar in > > > it) has a bad connotation, I personally strive to be this type of > > > practitioner. There is nothing wrong with being a scholar or teacher. > > > Therefore, to answer Hugo, a scholar does not have to be distinct from > a > > > clinician, shaman or sage. > > > > > > However I do agree that often teachers do not have clinical experience > > and > > > for certain classes this definitely can be problematic. We only have > > > so much > > > time in the day, and I get your point. Honestly, I've currently > > > forgone any > > > formal teaching to spend this time on studying, writing, and > > > translating on > > > my days off, in the evenings, and mornings before patients. > > > > > > In addition, teaching and writing sharpens one's thinking and clarifies > > > difficult ideas. I have written up many of my case studies (although > only > > > two at the moment are published) and find this " exercise " a great > > learning > > > tool for myself as well as others. It provides a healthy check and > > balance > > > to what we are doing from not only others but from ourselves. Too many > > > times > > > practitioners become diluted in their (CM) thinking and what they are > > > actually accomplishing and sometimes it takes an outside viewpoint to > set > > > things straight. I remember after I published my first case study, > Craig > > > Mitchell gave me some insightful perspectives on how I thought about > the > > > case. > > > > > > - > > > www.ChineseMedicine Doc.com > > > > > > > > > Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine > <Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %40. com> > > > <Traditional _Chinese_ Medicine% 40. com<Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %2540 .com> > <Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %2540 .com> > > > > > > [Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine > <Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %40. com> > > > <Traditional _Chinese_ Medicine% 40. com<Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %2540 .com> > <Traditional_ Chinese_Medicine %2540 .com>>] > > On Behalf Of > > > Donald > > > Snow > > > Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:29 PM > > > traditional_ chinese_medicine > <traditional_ chinese_medicine %40. com> > > > <traditional _chinese_ medicine% 40. com<traditional_ chinese_medicine %2540 .com> > <traditional_ chinese_medicine %2540 .com> > > > > > > RE: Re: Oral Tradition > > > > > > I have found that the longer I have practiced this medicine, the less > > > I rely > > > on Herbal Medicine. For the first few years of practice, at least 80% > or > > > more of my patients received Chinese herbs. Now maybe 5 - 10% require > > > herbs. I find that acupuncture done well and correctly can take care of > > > most of the problems I see in clinic. > > > > > > I have sat in on Jeffrey Yuens classes and they seem to be about > > classical > > > Chinese medical theory with lots of pathophysiology. The treatments > > appear > > > to be modified TCM and some are very elegant. I have used some of his > > > protocols and have not seen better results with his as compared to my > > own. > > > Actually, my prescriptions are simpler and usually work quicker. > > > > > > I know folks might disagree, but my opinion is that if practitioners > have > > > time to write books, they probably are not seeing many patients. > > > Personally, I have had a desire to write, but have not time to do so. I > > am > > > in clinic 10 to 12 hours a day and can not find the time nor the energy > > to > > > write and do proper research for publishing. > > > > > > In undergrad school, I found that most of my professors never had > " real " > > > jobs, they taught; and the folks that actually worked in the real world > > > weren't the ones teaching. > > > > > > Very sincerely, > > > > > > Dr. Donald J. Snow, Jr., D.A.O.M., MPH, L.Ac. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 lee: when you say the facebook fansite works well for you, can you be more specific? does it bring in new patients? is the direct response you get form the promos, or do you get new patients from the fan site without promos? kath On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM, lee tritt <ladylee0999 wrote: > > > I have a fan site on Facebook which works pretty well for us. We do some > promotions on it. We did use the facebook advertising that was a waste of > money. > Lee Tritt > http://www.facebook.com/# > !/pages/Palm-Bay-FL/The-Wellness-Center/49632328503?ref=ts > > ________________________________ > > -- Kath Bartlett, LAc, MS, BA UCLA Oriental Medicine Experienced, Dedicated, Effective Abstain from all that is evil. Perform all that is good. Purify your thoughts. This is the teaching of the Buddhas. Follow Your Bliss! Joseph Campbel Kath's Blog about , Healthy Living & Spirituality: http://acukath.blogspot.com/ Flying Dragon Liniment: Effective pain relief for muscles & joints Formulated by Kath Bartlett, Traditional Chinese Herbalist Available at Asheville Center for : www.FlyingDragonLiniment.com Greenlife Grocery - Asheville, NC Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Flying-Dragon-Liniment-Eco-Friendly-Wild-Crafted/dp/B001OC\ 1AZ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 & s=hpc & qid=1254968032 & sr=8-1 and from the following supply companies: Kamwo Herbal Pharmacy: NY - Chinatown https://www.kamwo.com/shop/product.php?productid=17442 & cat=0 & page=1 Golden Needle Acupuncture, Herbal & Medical Supply - Candler, NC http://www.goldenneedleonline.com/index.php?page=categories & category=14 & vendor= & \ product=5554 & pg= Asheville Center For 70 Woodfin Place, Suite West Wing Two Asheville, NC 28801 828.258.2777 kbartlett www.AcupunctureAsheville.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hi All, It is interesting that Facebook comes up here, as it was something of a conversation with me and an LMT friend of mine. She was doing a promotion with her " friends " for a discount on her massage practice. I was curious about whether this was ethical from a medical board stand point. Meaning, we have an ethical duty to not identify our patients, and yet we encourage them to join our face book profile. The argument against this is that not all of the " friends " on your profile would be patients. But when a patient gives a recommendation for you, doesn't that potentially identify that person for anyone else who can see your business profile? I think it is an interesting dilemma that our forefathers who created ethics rules probably never considered. Does the fact often the patient would give their recommendation of you without your knowledge make it ok? Wouldn't this be similar to a word of mouth referral, where a patient would identify themselves as one of your patients to a friend, and tell them about you? But posting on the internet is a lot like publishing. Where someone can do a google search on you and pull up every thing you have ever posted, regardless of whether it is current or not (I haven't logged in to tribe.net for about 4 years now -- do I still even have an account there?). Doesn't this make Facebook different then a word of mouth referral because these individual's (your patient) become permanently associated with you, because of the nature of publishing on the internet? These are mostly musings for me, I am not decided one way or another, but was trying to look at the issue from an ethics standpoint. I would be interested in others opinions on this. Hopefully this message will take less then a month before it gets posted. Sincerely, L.Ac. The Database Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hello, I always tell my clients that the only way anyone else will know they have come to see me is if they tell someone else. If they join a Facebook " client's fan club " they should know that it is a public place. But I've met a few people for whom their idea of obvious is far from mine. So I guess that as long as it's explicitly said that it is not a private place it then is the client's choice to be " friends " with the therapist or not. Having said all this I woudl not feel comfortable myself having a facebook page for finding clients. Artemis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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