It seems like every time I read an article, somebody has something to sell us in the form of some great strategy. Just send them $199.00 or attend some thousand dollar seminar and they will reveal this closely kept secret guaranteed to turn your struggling practice into a top producing super star practice that everyone will envy and patients will ...
Read MoreYou have probably noticed that certain things, people, and actions tend to have a negative or positive effect on you. The rate or level of this effect is directly related to how close you are and the amount of time you are exposed to them. If you are on a mission trip or in church, you would never tell an off color joke or use certain words. ...
Read MoreEverybody should be familiar with the funky postage stamp looking modern art on most commercial marketing. If you have the app for your smart phone you just point your camera at it and it quickly takes you to the product or company web site set up for that particular product. We even have one for Summit Practice Solutions. QR Code stands for ...
Read MoreWhen dealing with doctors considering a transition, we see a consistent misunderstanding of what creates value in a dental practice. Value, or the relative worth of a dental practice, is important whether you are a solo practice or a multi-doctor practice. The very things that increase the value of the practice also increase productivity, ...
Read MoreA title that sounds pretty self-serving don’t you think? It is and it isn’t. Over 34 years of practice I have spent a little over $100,000 per year to educate my staff and myself through consultants and classes. While some were great and others not so great, I would have to say that I got my money’s worth out of even the worst ...
Read MoreI was speaking with a dentist that we all know, who has one of those “Institutes” for clinical and cosmetic services. It seems that while he was a wonderful clinician, and gifted speaker, he had never been able to produce or save enough to ever consider himself successful in the “business of Dentistry”. He would never be able retire, ...
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