Guest guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 There are a couple of ways of going about FB; you can either be a business with fans, or a person with friends. I am thinking of being a person there and stating outright that this profile has the purpose of communicating with colleagues and clients about aspects of my business. I am not sure about Twitter; it seems hard for me to believe that people actually to those feeds but obviously some, as in hundreds of thousands, obviously do. Has anyone tried that? I am also thinking of using email marketing, I receive those emails from other companies, and although I spend only a very little bit of time with it, I usually do open them. A company called Constant Contact seems to be a good option. Regards, Angela Pfaffenberger, Ph.D. angelapfa www.InnerhealthSalem.com Phone: 503 364 3022 - RoseAnne Spradlin Chinese Medicine Friday, February 26, 2010 6:21 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, 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...
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