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Internal functions are integral to making your marketing strategy work. The trifecta of internal functions includes: Leadership, Systems/Processes, and Cash Flow. The trifecta is your marketing foundation, like a tripod for a camera.

With the rise of dental group practices and growing competition, dentists today have more questions about the business side of the practice, particularly marketing, than in the past. Following are seven of the most common questions asked by dentists, with their respective answers.

Is dentistry expensive? You bet! So is a new car. Do you ever wonder why people with perfectly good cars go out every day and buy more expensive ones? To a casual observer, this seems like erratic or foolish behavior.

My wife and I are the proud grandparents of our fourth grandchild. Her parents live in Montana, one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. We just returned from a wonderful week hanging out with little Molly Ann. She seems very calm and centered, and, in my eyes, already enlightened.

Are you looking to attract more sleep dentistry patients to your practice? Some teams are still fixated on old-school marketing methods to attract patients. If you want to get different results from your marketing, you may need to implement new tools.

Consumers take their healthcare choices seriously, and many use an online search engine for assistance. More than half of today’s consumers search the Internet to find a dentist.

It was a gift I did not notice until years later. In fact, at the time I had very little appreciation for it. Alan was a classmate of mine in kindergarten and first grade. Whenever we had show-and-tell and it was Alan’s turn, the class heard amazing stories of adventure.

For several months now, we’ve wanted to tell you about a project that has made increased dental care for underserved populations its primary goal – Dental Pipeline, the Profession and Practice Community-based Dental Education Program.

When I was twenty-five years old, I read “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” by Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D.  I considered myself pragmatic, not exactly woo-woo or yogi, and although it seemed far-fetched that simply repeating something could make it come true, I was willing to give this positive self-talk a good college try.

It’s about time… Only 18% (2009 statistics) of all dentists in the United States do a complete oral cancer screening examination. A shocking statistic!