|Articles|February 26, 2021

Poll Results: Social media to attract patients

See our latest poll results

Optometry Times® polled our audience with the following question from January 22, 2021 to February 5, 2021: Do you use social media to attract patients to your practice?

The poll appeared on optometrytimes.com and was promoted on various social media channels. Results show a majority of responding ODs' do use social media to attract patients to their practice.

15 ODs responded, in total. Of these:

• 6 responded "Yes"

• 5 responded "No"

• 0 responded "I used to but no longer"

• 4 responded "I don't but I want to start"

Check out our latest poll: Are you feeling the effects of burnout?

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