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Growth Stage Diagnostic

Before you spend another dollar on marketing, find out which stage your practice is actually in.

Most independent urology practices are solving the wrong problem. The diagnostic takes ten questions and tells you where to look first. No email required to see your result.

Growth Stage Diagnostic  ·  10 questions  ·  No email required to see your result
Stage 1 — Visibility

Your practice is in the Visibility Stage.

You came here because something about how the practice is growing is not quite right. The diagnostic just gave you the first piece of the answer.

The diagnostic placed your practice in the Visibility stage, the first of three stages where practices commonly get stuck.

At this stage, growth depends on relationships you have already built. The practice may be excellent. The problem is not quality. The problem is that when someone who needs exactly what this practice offers goes looking, they are not finding it. They are choosing someone else.

We cannot know everything about your practice from ten questions. We do not know your team, your market, or what you have already tried. But we know which problem you are solving for now, and that changes what is worth doing next.

What we typically see at this stage
New patients are arriving almost entirely through existing referral relationships
Search and digital channels are not producing consistent inbound volume
Growth depends on who the founding physician already knows, not on who is looking

If you want to go deeper, the brief lays out what is underneath.

Three pages. The two patterns we see most often at this stage, the moves that look like solutions but make it worse, and the lever that actually unlocks growth.

In the brief

The two patterns we see most often.

Which pattern applies to your practice determines the entire solution path. Naming the wrong one wastes time.

In the brief

Two moves that look like solutions but usually make it worse.

Most Visibility-stage practices try one or both first. Both produce the wrong conclusion about what works.

In the brief

The lever that builds the foundation.

One specific piece of work has to come before any of the others. Skip it and the rest does not compound.

The diagnostic told you which stage. The brief tells you which of the two patterns at this stage is shaping your practice.

Three pages, written for someone in your stage. It is the difference between knowing where you are and knowing what is actually in play.

Read the full Visibility Stage brief.

Three pages. The two patterns we see most often, the two moves that waste money and time, and the lever that builds the foundation.

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Or talk to the partners.

If reading is not where you want to start, here are two ways to get on the phone.

Skip the formal call.

Leave your number and a quick note. Your message hits all three partners in real time. One of us will reach out as soon as we see it.

Even one sentence helps us prepare for the call.

Sent.

All three partners just got the alert. One of us will reach out shortly.

Book the full diagnostic call.

45 minutes. Frank Martin, Quintin Gunn, and Dee Nott. We tell you exactly what we see.

Book the call

About our team

Frank Martin brings thirty years of medical industry executive experience. Quintin Gunn is our Practice Development Specialist. Dee Nott brings positioning and diagnostic framework architecture.

No sales pitch. A diagnostic team that tells you what we see and what we would do about it.

Stage 2 — Commitment

Your practice is in the Commitment Stage.

You are being found. Something is breaking between being found and being booked. The diagnostic just gave you the first piece of the answer.

The diagnostic placed your practice in the Commitment stage, the second of three stages where practices commonly get stuck.

At this stage, patients and referring physicians find the practice. The phone rings. The referrals come. But not consistently, and not always for the work the practice most wants to be doing. Referrals come in waves. The practice is not invisible. It is just not the obvious choice.

We cannot know everything about your practice from ten questions. But we know which problem you are solving for now, and that changes what is worth doing next.

What we typically see at this stage
Referral volume is inconsistent. Strong months followed by slow months you cannot explain.
Referring physicians do not have a specific reason they give for choosing this practice over others.
Inbound calls and inquiries are not always converting.

If you want to go deeper, the brief lays out what is underneath.

Three pages. The two patterns we see most often at this stage, the moves that look like progress but deepen the problem, and the lever that turns busy into building.

In the brief

The two patterns we see most often.

A generic referral message and conversion friction inside the practice. Most Commitment-stage practices have both running at the same time.

In the brief

Two moves that look like progress but deepen the problem.

Both make the practice busier without making it more profitable, which is the trap of this stage.

In the brief

The lever that turns busy into building.

One specific piece of work has to come first. Skip it and the next decade looks like the last one.

The diagnostic told you which stage. The brief tells you which of the two patterns at this stage is shaping your practice.

Three pages, written for someone in your stage. It is the difference between knowing where you are and knowing what is actually in play.

Read the full Commitment Stage brief.

Three pages. The two patterns we see most often, the two moves that deepen the problem, and the lever that turns busy into building.

Drop your email and we will send it over.

Your information stays with us. We will follow up occasionally. You can unsubscribe anytime.

Or talk to the partners.

If reading is not where you want to start, here are two ways to get on the phone.

Skip the formal call.

Leave your number and a quick note. Your message hits all three partners in real time. One of us will reach out as soon as we see it.

Even one sentence helps us prepare for the call.

Sent.

All three partners just got the alert. One of us will reach out shortly.

Book the full diagnostic call.

45 minutes. Frank Martin, Quintin Gunn, and Dee Nott. We tell you exactly what we see.

Book the call

About our team

Frank Martin brings thirty years of medical industry executive experience. Quintin Gunn is our Practice Development Specialist. Dee Nott brings positioning and diagnostic framework architecture.

No sales pitch. A diagnostic team that tells you what we see and what we would do about it.

Stage 3 — Dominance / Profitability

Your practice is in the Dominance Stage.

You came here because something feels off despite things going well. The diagnostic just gave you the first piece of the answer.

The diagnostic placed your practice in the Dominance / Profitability stage, the third of three stages where practices commonly get stuck.

At this stage, the practice has solved Visibility and Commitment. Referrals are consistent. The schedule is full. The practice is being chosen. But growth has stalled, and the schedule fills with cases that are not moving the practice forward.

We cannot know everything about your practice from ten questions. But we know which problem you are solving for now, and that changes what is worth doing next.

What we typically see at this stage
Demand is consistent but growth has plateaued. More volume is not producing more revenue.
The schedule fills with cases that are not the work the practice most wants to be doing.
Growth depends on the founding physician's personal time and relationships, not systems.

If you want to go deeper, the brief lays out what is underneath.

Three pages. The two patterns we see most often at this stage, the moves that look like solutions but make it worse, and the lever that actually moves the needle.

In the brief

The two patterns we see most often.

Wrong case mix and physician dependency. Most Dominance-stage practices have both running at the same time. Naming which one is primary is most of the work.

In the brief

Two moves that look like solutions but usually make it worse.

Both make the underlying problem harder to see and more expensive to address later.

In the brief

The lever that actually moves the needle.

One specific piece of work changes which patients walk through the door. It cannot be built in three months. It has to be built deliberately, over time.

The diagnostic told you which stage. The brief tells you which of the two patterns at this stage is shaping your practice.

Three pages, written for someone in your stage. It is the difference between knowing where you are and knowing what is actually in play.

Read the full Dominance Stage brief.

Three pages. The two patterns we see most often, the two moves that make the underlying problem harder to address, and the lever that actually moves the needle.

Drop your email and we will send it over.

Your information stays with us. We will follow up occasionally. You can unsubscribe anytime.

Or talk to the partners.

If reading is not where you want to start, here are two ways to get on the phone.

Skip the formal call.

Leave your number and a quick note. Your message hits all three partners in real time. One of us will reach out as soon as we see it.

Even one sentence helps us prepare for the call.

Sent.

All three partners just got the alert. One of us will reach out shortly.

Book the full diagnostic call.

45 minutes. Frank Martin, Quintin Gunn, and Dee Nott. We tell you exactly what we see.

Book the call

About our team

Frank Martin brings thirty years of medical industry executive experience. Quintin Gunn is our Practice Development Specialist. Dee Nott brings positioning and diagnostic framework architecture.

No sales pitch. A diagnostic team that tells you what we see and what we would do about it.

The standard approach

A physician would not write a prescription before taking a history. But that is how marketing is sold to medical practices. Agencies offer a menu of services without asking what is actually broken. The result is a retainer that generates traffic but fails to shift the patient mix or improve practice value.

The diagnostic-first model

Practice Growth Alliance does not recommend a program until we have identified the specific constraint suppressing your practice. The diagnostic places you in one of three stages. The stage brief explains the patterns. A 30-minute call with all three partners names your specific binding constraint. The prescription comes after.

The partners
Frank Martin
Frank Martin
Market Intelligence

Thirty years of medical industry executive experience. Frank knows which patients are worth acquiring and which markets are worth entering before a single dollar is spent.

Dee Nott
Dee Nott
Positioning & Messaging

Founder of Point Blank Strategic. Dee built the diagnostic framework and the methodology that places practices before prescribing. She identified the same constraint across industries long before applying it to urology.

Quintin Gunn Sr.
Quintin Gunn Sr.
Practice Development

Digital execution and conversion specialist. Quintin builds the systems that turn a correct diagnosis into booked appointments and measurable practice growth.

Three steps. Each one optional. No surprises.

1
The Diagnostic

Ten questions. It takes about three minutes. You will receive your stage placement immediately upon completion. That placement tells you where your practice sits in its growth arc.

2
The Diagnostic Call

If you want to go deeper, we book a 30-minute call. We use your stage placement and a review of your P&L to figure out which specific constraint is actually causing your plateau. If we are not a fit, we tell you on the call.

3
The Prescription

If we are a fit, we build the marketing prescription calibrated to the constraint we identified. Not a service menu. A specific set of interventions matched to your specific problem.

A DIAGNOSTIC FOR INDEPENDENT UROLOGY PRACTICES

Find out which growth stage your practice is in.

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