In a message dated 1/13/02 3:52:35 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> I am opening my private practice, i have dropped brochures and cards at the
> front desk. Now I would like to send a letter to the doctors with offers
> and
> coupons but am unsure if they will ever get to the MD
>
> I have done several things. First I have called the office manager and
> asked if they schedule time for the MD's to see drug reps and have gone
> then. I also have sent  plates of chocolate chip cookies ( fresh) with my
> card attached, and as a thank you for referrals sent in small jars of M&
> M's with my card attached to that. One MD even called once to ask why he
> hadn't gotten M& M's lately. I told him that I was a former special
> education teacher and the M& M's were what we used for reinforcement for
> good behavior so he had to be good !  Last year for World Breastfeeding
> Week I sent out a coupon good for a 30 min free staff inservice. Only 2
> responded but that's two more then none!
>
> Barb Whitehead, BS, IBCLC
> eastern NC

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