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CBP 308: Masterclass: How to Get Cash-Pay Patients at Events

The Cash-Based Practice Podcast

Release Date: 05/16/2026

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The Cash-Based Practice Podcast

Most practice owners dramatically underperform at local events. They show up with a table, maybe do a few injury screens, collect some emails, hand out some flyers… and then wonder why almost nobody actually becomes a patient afterward. But the problem usually is not the event itself. It is the strategy used by the practice owner and their team. Because when you have a concentrated group of your target market standing in front of you for hours at a time, that should absolutely turn into real patients, referral relationships, and long-term revenue opportunities for your practice. This episode...

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If you use social media in your practice and it takes a lot of time and/or doesn’t generate many actual patients, then this episode is for you. The appeal of AI is obvious for this delima: it can save time, speed up content creation, and help you get more mileage out of what you already produce.  But there is also a real risk here, and it is one a lot of practice owners are starting to run into. When AI is used too heavily or too lazily, your content starts to feel generic, impersonal, non-human, and easy to ignore. That is what this episode is really about. It is not about whether AI...

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If the word sales makes you—or your staff—feel uncomfortable… You are not alone. It’s one of the most common mental barriers in cash-based practice. Clinicians feel it. Admins feel it. Receptionists feel it. And unfortunately, that discomfort quietly crushes growth. Because if you don’t feel good about selling, you won’t do it well. And if you don’t do it well, fewer people say yes. Fewer people stay on schedule. And more people drift away before they get the help they actually need. That’s what this episode is about. Not cheesy persuasion. Not manipulative scripts. Not...

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When the schedule softens, most practice owners do the same thing. They panic. They think, “I need more leads.” They start chasing brand-new people. But that’s usually not the fastest move. Because when you need results quickly, the smartest question isn’t: “How do I get more strangers to find me?” It’s: What’s the lowest-hanging fruit to get the result I want? That’s what this episode is about. You’ll hear me coaching a practice owner who was in the middle of a slowdown while also making a major transition out of network and dropping a big payer. And instead of reaching...

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Most practice owners dramatically underperform at local events.

They show up with a table, maybe do a few injury screens, collect some emails, hand out some flyers… and then wonder why almost nobody actually becomes a patient afterward.

But the problem usually is not the event itself.

It is the strategy used by the practice owner and their team.

Because when you have a concentrated group of your target market standing in front of you for hours at a time, that should absolutely turn into real patients, referral relationships, and long-term revenue opportunities for your practice.

This episode is essentially a mini masterclass on how to do exactly that. I walked one of my Mastermind members through the specific frameworks, conversations, positioning strategies, and conversion tactics that turn event interactions into actual cash-pay patients.

And you can scroll down for a much more detailed checklist of everything you need to do to generate the most cash-pay patients possible.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

  • Why most local events fail to generate meaningful patient conversions

  • The exact, proven structure for event injury screens

  • How to guide conversations toward emotional buying triggers

  • Why booking people on the spot changes conversion rates dramatically

  • How to create event offers without sounding pushy or overly salesy

  • The role urgency and scarcity play in event-based offers

  • How to use lead magnets and giveaways more strategically, to generate business for years to come.

USEFUL INFORMATION:

Check out our course: Cash-Based Practice Freedom 2.0