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Michele:
Marketing is definitely the hardest part of this business.  If Alice and I didn't do this together we definitely wouldn't have made it.  When one of us wanted to quit the other would pick them up and vice versa.  You just need that one break!  It's just a numbers game and by the numbers you've given below you are certainly due!  Hang in there, the only way to go is up.  :)

williamportor:
Thank You for your kind words. They mean a lot! :)

bpark73:

--- Quote from: williamportor on September 26, 2015, 11:41:28 AM ---Thank You for the input folks. Just looking a ray of hope. I've made over 9,000 cold call contacts in the last 2 years with office managers and doctors, and all I have to show for it is 3 part time Chiropractor clients, with a total monthly income of $122.50 + 2 former clients whose office managers were were very happy with my services, but were later overruled by the doctors that insisted on doing the billing in house at greater expense, so they could "keep an eye on things" ...(oh yes, and a large army of medical professionals I've contacted that are "thinking about it"). I'm going door to door for the next 2-3 months to see if that will work any better. Since starting my business two years ago, the 2 most important things I've learned is: 1. Medical billing is not overly complicated, and 2. Signing up and keeping clients is only slightly less difficult than pushing a large boulder up to the top of Mt. Everest.  :-\

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William....very good information. Thank you. I'm curious since you've made so many calls, what would you say is the most common objection you get when trying to land a client?

williamportor:
The most common objection I've found is "you don't have any experience in my medical field" I respond by sending them a list of references (my satisfied clients) If this does not work, I just move on. If they are serious about  hiring someone to do their billing, they'll at least give me a try.

kristin:
I will tell you what, williamportor...if my practice was looking to hire an outside biller, based on the content of your posts here alone, I would hire you. You are clearly hardworking, dedicated, and intelligent. Your comment about pushing a large boulder up to the top of Mt. Everest, while elucidating how frustrating this business can be, also tells me you have an eloquence about you, that I appreciate. It is the "little" things like that that make all the difference, and I think you will have great success in the future. Don't give up!

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