Here, for your entertainment, is a posting I made a couple of years ago on a different blog, but people have told me it belongs here too. Have fun!
Everyone always wants to have a doctor in their business, and most marketers (especially new ones) waste countless hours and days prospecting clinicians they don’t know (i.e. cold market) without understanding at least two important things: first, that clinicians fall into many different categories, each with their own characteristics, and second, the many pitfalls and challenges they’ll run into. Remember also that our programs are not designed for clinical use, but for public use. So before you approach any clinicians, take a listen to this training call (many times) and get clear what all the issues are before you even begin. And while you’re getting all this settled in your mind, get out and talk to passionate, entrepreneurial people you know. You’ll build much faster that way!
By the way, especially for the new folks, take note: EVERY single ND, DC or holistic MD, dietitian, nutritionist, personal trainer has received multiple unsolicited e-mails from Ideal Health marketers over the past 12 years. Did you really think you were the first to think of that? Continuous unsolicited e-mails from multiple marketers not only make the company look bad, but annoy the clinicians. That’s why it’s best to approach clinicians only if they KNOW you or know of you. OK? So, let me put it clearly: no clinician spam, gang. Take the high road.