In House Savings Plans: How to Market Your In-House Plan and Expand Your Practice

Recently, I published a guide to in-house dental savings plans, Grow Your Practice with Wine and Cheese. I’ve noticed that many dentists are skeptical about the value of in-house savings plans. They know people who’ve tried them and failed, … Read More

3 Surefire Steps to Creating a Productive and Profitable Hygiene Department

As we come to the end of another year, dental practices are running on their treadmill trying to figure out how to end on a high note. Below are three ingredients to creating productivity and profitability in your hygiene department … Read More

The Importance of Risk Tolerance in a Down Market

As recent global markets continue to test the patience of even some of the most stoic among us, how are you holding up? Are you finding it feasible (if not necessarily fun) to stick with your existing strategy, or have … Read More

Hiring Rock Star Employees, Part 8: The One Thing You MUST Do During a Phone Interview

If you’ve made it this far in the rock star hiring process, then you’ve finally got a promising job candidate on the phone. But before you dive into your usual phone interview process, stop for a moment to ask yourself … Read More

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Call-Tracking for Your Dental Practice

In the last decade, call-tracking software has improved by leaps and bounds. It’s now possible to get detailed information on lost opportunities, new patient calls, conversion rates, and the actual return on investment (ROI) from your advertising campaigns. Has your … Read More

Hiring Rock Star Employees: The Voicemail Test

You’re more than halfway through the lengthy process of sorting through job candidates to find your newest rock star employee. After selecting a few applications that seem worthwhile, you might be thinking you’re ready to conduct a few phone interviews.

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How to Stop Spending Your Sailboat Fund on Your Office Website

Before you read any of this…take 30 seconds and click on this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdRMVhlNP5I

When it comes to building and updating office websites, we all feel the same pain and frustration. As soon as things are up and … Read More

How Compounding Can Save Your Retirement…If You Start Now

Approaching retirement without enough money saved is a scary thing. Furthermore, getting sucked into the daily hype that has doctors jumping in and out of the stock market can be disastrous. The market will inevitably go down once in a … Read More

Neuroscience: 3 Dental Office Hacks to Increase Treatment Acceptance

According to neuroscience experts, 95 to 99.99 percent of thoughts, emotions, and learning occurs without our conscious awareness. Yet dental professionals spend all of their time appealing to the .01 to 5 percent of the cognitive, rational areas of the … Read More

How to Stop Being Stupid with Money

People…because I care so deeply about personal finances and corporate finances, I am writing this article. I will probably make some of you angry, which is fine, sabotage yourself, and it won’t hurt my feelings.

You must stop doing … Read More