Guides for owners of cash-pay medical practices

Plain-English guides to how patients find a practice.

Most marketing advice given to doctors assumes an insurance model with referral loops. When patients pay out of pocket, their search behavior changes completely: they investigate credentials, compare transparent pricing, and evaluate clinical scope before calling. These guides document how search engines read your practice website and what directly affects your local patient inquiries.

Written byGerad Patton, founder of Ark Visibility
Sources: Search Console & audit benchmarks
The basics

How search and assistants find you

Your Google listing

Your listing and your reviews

Your website

What your pages should say and do

Hiring help

Before you pay anyone

Nine essential questions to ask before signing an agency contract, covering account ownership, deliverables, and reporting.

Shorter reads

One question at a time

Notes on local search, practice websites, and patient acquisition for cash-pay clinics.

Written plainly, with no jargon and no sales pitch.

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