Top 5 Steps in Opening an Addiction Treatment Center and Why is Pays to Hire and Experienced Addiction Treatment Consultants Zoning for Addiction Treatment – There will be pushback from the community Licensing for Addiction Treatment – Different states have different requirements Branding and Marketing for Addiction Treatment – Often overlooked and not included in... View Article...

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Ethical Marketing Practices Push Drug Rehab Industry

Posted on Jul 3, 2017 by Jim Peake

Doing business well doesn’t always mean doing business right. Some say that’s just the way business gets done – even if ethical marketing practices are thrown out the window. But in the addiction rehab industry, business marketing practices drive admits, referrals and reputation management. So if you’re doing what you do best, building your alcohol... View Article...

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Setting Expectations for Your Drug Rehab Business

Posted on Feb 9, 2017 by Jim Peake

When we go to a new restaurant, we have a level of expectation on how good the food will be once we sit down and eat there. Well, think about the drug rehab business like a restaurant.  If the food (clinical care) is not quality care, then everything else does not matter. As every good... View Article...

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What Is Your Rehab Brand Saying?

Posted on Oct 14, 2015 by Jim Peake

Much has been written on the topic of branding. It’s common knowledge that it’s important to have a strong brand identity. Yet interestingly, many rehab treatment centers miss the mark when it comes to creating a brand that truly reflects who they are, what they are, and what they stand for. Why Developing A Successful... View Article...

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Using descriptive names is almost the standard in the drug rehab industry. Why? Because back in the old PPC days google ranked domains with the keyphrases very high. Today much less so. Here is a video of Matt Cutts talking about the Brandable Domain Names vs. Keyword Domains. If I was starting a new addiction... View Article...

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Top 10 Business Mistakes Drug Rehabs Make

Posted on Apr 5, 2015 by Jim Peake

Having worked with over 100 drug rehabs in the past half dozen years I have seen a lot of rehab businesses make many mistakes and they collectively make the same mistakes.  It is too bad that there is not some sort of manual to build and maintain addiction treatment centers.  For the purposes of this... View Article...

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