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How to set up a Facebook Page

Instructions for veterinary practices and pet related businesses on setting up a facebook page.

We get asked for instructions on setting up a facebook page quite alot – so here they are! Please ensure you set up as a ‘page’ (you will do this if you follow the instructions below) and not a profile. Profiles are for people rather than businesses and will be very limiting for you as your facebook presence develops.

Changes to Online Vet Reviews

The review system on VetHelpDirect.com listings allows clients to easily leave your practice online reviews. Each review is read by a member of the VetHelpDirect.com team and you are notified of every review left. And now we have made it even better…

2 Hour Social Media Training

We speak to a lot of vets who know they need to start using Social Media and the Internet more effectively, but don’t know where to start. So we have put together a bitesized training course to start you off.

How much is a Tweet worth?

If you needed convincing of the power and worth of social media, then Kellogg’s new shop makes for a pretty good argument!

The FIRST EVER pay-by-tweet shop has opened in London this week, and it sells…crisps. To launch their new Special K snacks, Kellogg’s have gone all out and opened their first retail space in stylish Soho, London.

What should vets do about negative comments on their Facebook Pages?

Pete Wedderburn’s recent blog on VetHelpDirect.com raises some interesting dilemmas for veterinary practices on facebook.

Respond to the disgruntled clients on facebook or ‘go nuclear’ and delete and block the user that is the question posed by Pete Wedderburn, Telegraph Vet and Practice Owner, following a difficult situation on his own practice facebook page. You can read the blog here

Social Media Training onboard Bertha the Bus with Onswitch Ltd

We are running two hour Social Media and Internet Marketing training sessions on board Bertha the Bus with one hour of individual remote support afterwards.

All for just £99 plus VAT pp.Last month we decided to focus some time on Facebook ads for our VetHelpDirect.com page – we went from about 400 likes to over 1000 in under a week and now we are getting the high levels of engagement that make such a difference! 

Make Sure Your Clients Think of You!

As part of Vet Help Direct.com we are offering to email your clients on your behalf! That means that if you have new products you are keen to sell, or maybe a new member of staff or a new service to offer, your clients will know about it.