Over the past few years businesses have bemoaned the that they have recouped little if any of the money they spend advertising on the Internet. However, a just released survey by the Emerging Technologies Research Group shows that online advertising can indeed be effective, and that people are buying products as a result of ads displayed online.
The survey was conducted between February and April, 1997. Of those who are currently using the Internet, 27% said they had made an online purchase in the past 12 months. Thirty-nine percent of those purchasers bought a product or service after clicking on an advertisement. Overall, 36% of all Internet users have clicked on an online ad.
Estimates show that there are roughly 31 million American adults on the Internet. Given the above survey figures, that would equate to roughly 8.5 million Americans who purchased something over the Internet in the past year.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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A central challenge in creating our identity is that chiropractic is a method of care, not a technique or procedure. This is an important concept for us to promote. Our patients are treated with lifestyle modification, exercise, nutritional supplements, diet and a whole-body approach to accelerate the natural healing process. We are not simply CMT providers.
The results of a global survey released late last year (2023) unveiled some startling findings among medical and nursing students. The “Clinician of the Future: 2023 Education Edition” surveyed 2,212 students, of which 446 were in the United States, from 91 countries.
