Not every pharmacist is meant to be an owner, because being a business owner is a different way of thinking. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn to become a successful business owner. I have no doubt many pharmacy owners and other business owners (like me) went into business not having the faintest idea of what you are doing. We all can learn, adapt and change, it’s a case of choice. To take the leap to make the decision and commitment to change, to learn and to be flexible. Deciding that is the crucial first step, next comes who you learn from.
Healthy Habits for your Pharmacy's Marketing Strategy
We have all heard the theory that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Well, the other day I was listening to a podcast and heard that new studies state it takes 66 days. So, that means even more commitment and as John likes to call it stubborn persistence!
Habits are vital when it comes to marketing. On average it takes up to ten touch points for a customer to remember a brand. So, establishing habits on content creation and structure for your pharmacy’s marketing is what is going to get you noticed. Now, you know how every marketer states content is king? Well, structure is most certainly the queen. So, today we are dedicating a whole blog to chat about structure and how to create it within your marketing plan.
The 2020 Financial Year Wrap and Planning Guide
Wow, that was a big one wasn’t it? The pandemic impacted us all to various extents. An introvert’s dream (self-isolation is just our way of life), and an extrovert’s nightmare. For us business owners, it was tough, for a whole variety of reasons.
For us at Peak, the COVID tax incentives were a great move by the Federal Government, but it put enormous pressure on our team at a time in which we had lodgement deadlines looming. I must thank for Peak family for the huge effort they put in to get us through this incredible business phase. There were some huge hours and more than enough weekends. But we lived up to our values, and that is “relationships”. We had to make sure our clients were looked after, and we made sure we guided them through the daily updates and changes that we were hit with. My Peak family are getting tired now, and certainly need a break, but I am so proud of them and the effort everyone put in. Before we wrap up the year, I wanted to take you through some tax planning tips and year-end tidy ups.
Community Pharmacy vs Big Box Discounter | Understanding Your Marketing Strategy
I did the unthinkable last night, I visited a big box discounter (hint the colours are red, blue and yellow).
As John shared with me this morning at Peak this is a fireable offence as we are all avid supporters of community pharmacy (we kid, but it is frowned upon). However, this was a desperate instance of my husband forgetting to fill his script and this being the only pharmacy open at that time of night in our suburb. So, after many complaints on my end, we popped into the-one-that-must-not-be-named to quickly get his meds.
Being a pharmacy owner and doing the job of a pharmacist is not enough.
So, the 2020 financial year is about to come to an end, and boy, that one was a bit hectic. It was a little intense wasn’t it? But I have had enough of hearing about Covid-19.
Therefore, I have hoping to write something that is going to make you all stop for a little while have a bit of a stock take about where you are. Not literally of course. You didn’t think I would be writing about actual stock taking procedures, did you?






