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2019: The Year for Your Practice to Be Faster, Higher & Stronger!

2019 is an odd-numbered year, which among other things means that there are no Olympics. So you’re on your own to reach Olympic ideals this year. How? Here are a couple of examples: You can get your patients out faster than ever with an efficient scheduling system, you can build a stronger team and improve the patient experience, and you can have higher production than last year by adding services and focusing on the fundamentals.

Let’s stick with the Olympics analogy: no runner wins if he starts slow out of the blocks. January is the month to make that happen. One thing we learned early at 1-800-DENTIST is the first quarter of the year surge time in dentistry. Our phones ring like crazy. People’s dental coverage renews, they decide to take care of their bodies in a general way, and dentistry gets included in that, and people start doing all the things they put off.

Start the Year on the Fast Track

Which means you have to seize the days–all 31 of them–to make this year the highest production you’ve ever done. And isn’t that what you’re going for? What that also means is focusing on the fundamentals. You know, all those things that we could be doing and should be doing to run a tight ship but somehow by December half of them slipped by the wayside in all the merriment.

Plus you may want to do some things differently. Maybe what you were doing in the past isn’t working so well anymore. If so, don’t be surprised. That’s true of most businesses today.

So what I’ve done is put together a webinar combining some powerful fundamentals with some innovative approaches so that you can have your most satisfying, most productive year ever. You up for that?

It’s called “Fred’s Top Ten Tips for a More Profitable 2019.” Nothing confusing about that. I”m doing it on January 18th at 11 am PT/2 pm ET. It’s free, and at the end I’m going to take questions for as long as you have them, and you’re going to take off like a rocket this year.

So yes, I’m pitching a webinar in my blog, because I want you to take time and listen for an hour, and come away with a definitive strategy, a short list of what you’re going to do to transform your practice, to get back to basics if necessary, and to serve more patients than ever.

And don’t get all frustrated if you can’t log in at that time. Register anyway, and I’ll send you a link so you can watch the webinar later. But you better watch the whole thing if I do that!! Promise? Okay.

Join me Friday January 18th, and let’s make this a super productive year!

January Is Make or Break Time for Dentists

January is dentistry’s busiest and best month for new patient acquisition. How your front desk handles new patient calls during the next few weeks can make or break your year. Knowing exactly what to say to callers as well as how and when to say it can mean the difference between hanging-up in frustration and adding thousands of dollars in new production to your bottom line. I hope you can join me and my special guest Laura Hatch, founder of Front Office Rocks, on January 12th for a special live webinar where you’ll learn how to take advantage of  January’s exciting growth opportunities year round. Sealing the Deal. Call Handling and Front Desk Strategies New Patients Can't ResistIn this all-new free presentation, Laura and I will share proven strategies that will help your practice create the kind of warm and caring first impression – both on the phone and in the office – that lays a great foundation for a long-lasting patient relationship. Recognized as one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry, Laura is an expert at helping practices improve their day-to-day operations and create the ultimate customer service experience. In less than an hour we’ll cover everything from scripts for handling “shopper” calls about fees to tips on the best way a front desk can welcome new patients. It’s going to be great. We hope you can make it. Register now.