Podiatry Marketing
Podiatry Marketing
Tyson E. Franklin and Jim McDannald, DPM
Culture is Your Best Marketing Strategy (Lessons from Recent FIFA World Cup)
27 minutes Posted Aug 3, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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In this episode of Podiatry Marketing, Jim McDannald, DPM, and Tyson Franklin discuss how culture can be a practice’s best marketing strategy, using widely shared World Cup stories of Japanese fans cleaning stadiums and Japanese players leaving spotless dressing rooms.

They outline five lessons: marketing is what happens when nobody is watching (patients judge cleanliness, smells, staff behavior, and details like parking); consistency creates trust (predictable experiences build brands and inconsistency is noticed); little things become the big story (small, unexpected touches like follow-up calls, remembering names, and helping patients create shareable experiences); internal culture becomes external marketing (team pride and care drive return visits beyond advertising); and leave everything better than you found it, referencing the New Zealand All Blacks’ “sweep the sheds” and “no dickheads” standards. They conclude that reputation travels faster than advertising and referrals come from demonstrated care.


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