Episodes
249
Sept. 28, 2026
The Most Underused Marketing Tool in Your Podiatry Clinic: The Receipt
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss using clinical receipts as an underused marketing tool in a podiatry clinic. Tyson explains that receipts already have unused space, so clinics can add one short, clear, memorable message to educate patients about services they may not know you offer (e.g., chi...
248
Sept. 21, 2026
The Marketing You Can't Track (And Why It Still Works)
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why untrackable marketing still matters for podiatry practices, explaining that Google Ads often get credit through last-click attribution even when earlier touches (referrals, signage, sponsorships, videos, word-of-mouth) created the preference. They define...
247
Sept. 14, 2026
Stop Giving Away Pens - How Promotional Products Can Market Your Podiatry Business
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how podiatry clinics can use promotional products as a strategic marketing tool, not generic swag. They emphasize starting with a clear goal (brand awareness, loyalty, referrals, niche services, or conversation starters), choosing useful, good-quality items tha...
246
Sept. 7, 2026
The Part of the Conference That Isn't on the Schedule
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why attending in-person podiatry conferences matters beyond earning CME, arguing that the real value comes from hallway and dinner conversations, benchmarking your practice against peers, and building relationships that lead to better clinical and business deci...
245
Aug. 31, 2026
15 Ways to Become Known for Your Niched Service
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin share 15 ways to become known for a niche podiatry service, including choosing one problem to own, crafting a simple, clear message, educating constantly through content and newsletters, and building a website around patient-searched problems and symptoms. They reco...
244
Aug. 24, 2026
What AI Search Wants From Your Podiatry Clinic's Website
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss practical ways to improve a podiatry practice website for AI-driven search results from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini. Jim outlines five key actions: confirm your site isn’t blocking AI crawlers via security services like Cloudflare or restri...
243
Aug. 17, 2026
Understanding Your Patients Search Behaviour Beats Fancy Marketing
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how understanding patient search behavior outperforms “fancy” marketing as platforms shift from Yellow Pages to Google and increasingly AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. They emphasize that patients search for relief (heel pain, fungal nails, injuries) rather t...
242
Aug. 10, 2026
Google Posts - The Only Organic Social Worth Your Time
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why most organic social media (Facebook/Instagram) is no longer worth a clinic’s time due to extremely low reach, and why practices should stop paying for generic holiday posts that don’t drive patients. Jim argues the one organic channel worth focusing on is G...
241
Aug. 3, 2026
Culture is Your Best Marketing Strategy (Lessons from Recent FIFA World Cup)
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how culture can be a practice’s best marketing strategy, using widely shared World Cup stories of Japanese fans cleaning stadiums and Japanese players leaving spotless dressing rooms. They outline five lessons: marketing is what happens when nobody is watchi...
240
July 27, 2026
Ask Better Questions, Grow Your Practice
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how asking better questions in and around the clinic drives trust, better care, and practice growth more effectively than relying only on online marketing. They explain that patients often leave not because of clinical skill but because they don’t feel heard, a...
239
July 20, 2026
If Everyone Knows You, Why Are You Still Marketing?
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why marketing must continue even when a clinic is busy and well-known, using a debunked Coca-Cola advertising myth to highlight that people buy from businesses they remember, not just ones they know. They explain that consistent visibility protects “mind share”...
238
July 13, 2026
Are You Visible Online to Your Best Patients? The Practice Visibility Scorecard
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss the gap between how podiatrists think they rank on Google and what patients actually see when searching terms like “podiatrist near me” from different locations. They explain their free Practice Visibility Scorecard (available at podiatry.marketing), which i...
237
July 6, 2026
Dig the Well Before You Need the Water
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why podiatrists should “dig the well before you need the water” by building referral relationships long before a slowdown hits. They explain that many clinics network too late, that referrals are a byproduct of trust and consistent visibility, and that seasonal...
236
June 29, 2026
LinkedIn Isn't a Megaphone: 5 Collaborations That Grow Your Practice
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how podiatrists can use LinkedIn as a collaboration tool rather than a promotional megaphone, drawing on Tyson’s list of 26 podiatrists to follow on LinkedIn in 2026 and a companion PDF featuring responses from 20 of them. They outline five practical ways Li...
235
June 22, 2026
Nurturing Referrers: The Forgotten Marketing Strategy
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why podiatrists often chase new patients while overlooking existing professional referrers, emphasizing that referrals are a transfer of trust. Jim shares a framework: from 100 referrers, 50% will never refer, 5% will refer immediately, and the key opportunity ...
234
June 15, 2026
The Marketing Plan That Pays Off Your $50K Equipment
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin outline a five-part marketing plan to turn a $50K equipment purchase (such as a laser or shockwave) into a predictable investment by asking not “Can I afford it?” but “What plan pays it off in 12 months or faster?” They advise running the math backward to set monthly p...
233
June 8, 2026
External Versus Internal Marketing (And how to Use them Properly)
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how podiatrists often confuse external and internal marketing, reducing the value of their spend. They argue external marketing should lead with patient problems (like heel pain) to grab attention within seconds, while internal marketing should educate patients...
232
June 1, 2026
DIY or Hire It Out For Your Clinic Marketing
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss whether podiatrists—especially new graduates and practice owners—should handle marketing themselves or hire help. They emphasize starting with numbers: average value per patient visit, current monthly revenue, and schedule capacity to determine an appropriate m...
231
May 25, 2026
Go Where the Buffalo Are
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss the marketing idea “go where the buffalo are,” meaning podiatrists should position their services and messaging where patient demand already exists rather than trying to create it from scratch. They contrast high-demand topics like heel pain with low-awarene...
230
May 18, 2026
The 80/20 of AI Marketing: What It Can Do, What You Still Have to Own
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss the “80/20” reality of using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude for podiatry marketing: AI can help with the easy 80% (drafting blog posts, tightening writing, brainstorming headlines, translating text, outlining pages like plantar fasciitis content), but it can’...
229
May 11, 2026
How Your Reception Design Is Killing (or Boosting) Patient Flow
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how a clinic’s reception area acts as a key marketing touchpoint that can either boost or kill patient flow by shaping first impressions and patient feelings. They explain that bottlenecks often start at reception due to unclear processes, last-minute paperwork...
228
May 4, 2026
The Five Decisions That Set Up a New Practice for Success
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss five key business decisions that shape whether a new podiatry practice succeeds before it ever opens. Prompted by a resident preparing to start a practice without a lease or patients, they outline an order of operations: research the market before choosing a...
227
April 27, 2026
The Happiness Advantage: The Marketing Strategy You’re Not Using
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss why happiness is a powerful, overlooked marketing strategy in podiatry, arguing that patients decide emotionally and justify logically, so the in-clinic experience often matters more than ads, websites, or equipment. They explain that small moments—warm gree...
226
April 20, 2026
The Revenue Already Sitting in Your EMR
📊 Free for Practice Owners: Get custom insights showing exactly how patients find you online (or why they're not) → https://podiatry.marketing/report In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how podiatry practices can recover “lost” revenue already sitting in their EMR by improving patient recall and follow-up on incomplete treatments. They explain common examples of overdue patients (heel pain, diabetic foot checks, orthotic pickup, shockwave trea...