{"id":4339,"date":"2018-10-18T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T09:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dental-focus.com\/marketing\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:54:38","slug":"social-media-for-dentists-engagement-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/social-media-for-dentists-engagement-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media for Dentists &#8211; Engagement: What Does it Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Social Media Engagement: What Does it Mean?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engagement is a measure of the impact that your posts and brands make on social media, each platform has its own way of measuring this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/social-media-engagement-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Social Media for dentists\" width=\"396\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/social-media-engagement-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/social-media-engagement-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/social-media-engagement.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Facebook<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Shares, likes and followers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Instagram:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Likes and followers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Twitter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Re-tweets and followers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likes (and reactions on Facebook) and shares will tell you how popular your individual posts are with your online community, on the other hand, followers show a greater level of social investment from people as this indicates that they want to see more of your content regularly. Follows are a type of conversion, similar to when patients fill out an enquiry form on your website or make a phone call after viewing your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How do we maximise engagement using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/dental-google-seo.html\">social media for dentists<\/a>?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/meadowbank.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Competitions and Contests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competitions are a great way to get lots of engagement and increase the profile of your brand with a wide audience as everybody likes free things and everybody likes to win.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of our clients have had fantastic results with competitions and so if you\u2019re not doing them already you should start now! If you would like us to help you run your competitions get in touch with our Social Media Guru Dom.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Book a FREE chat with Dom &#8211; our Social Media Guru<\/h3>\n<h3>CALL:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:02071838388\">020 7183 8388<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Be Consistent<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to appear active and responsive on social media, failing to do so can make your business appear to be inactive and may cause people to make incorrect assumptions about your practice. We have seen thriving practices with social media accounts that make them appear to be the opposite, don\u2019t get caught out with this one and be consistent!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Use Images and Videos <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are living in a fast-paced visual age, people are more likely to engage with visual content as they can absorb the information more quickly than reading a wall of text.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monitor the Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using insights on Facebook and Instagram can be a great way to see information about; how your posts are performing, the demographics of your followers and your follower growth over time. Some Social Media Management Tools will also have advanced reporting that can go as far as recommending the best times of the week and day to schedule your posts for.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Create and Maintain Local Alliances<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tying in your posts with other local businesses can be a great way to create mutually beneficial relationships. By tagging and sharing each other\u2019s posts two business can expand their reach to each party\u2019s respective followers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on our\u00a0social media for dentists options contact our Social Media Guru Dom.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Book a FREE chat with Dom &#8211; our Social Media Guru<\/h3>\n<h3>CALL:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:02071838388\">020 7183 8388<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Media Engagement: What Does it Mean? Engagement is a measure of the impact that your posts and brands make on social media, each platform has its own way of measuring this. Facebook: Shares, likes and followers Instagram: Likes and followers Twitter: Re-tweets and followers Likes (and reactions on Facebook) and shares will tell you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[187,144,185,73,140,183,145],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-media-for-dentists","tag-dental-marketing","tag-facebook","tag-instagram","tag-marketing","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-for-dentists","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7150,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions\/7150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dentalfocus.com\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}