Dental marketing has a terrible reputation. Ask most dentists about it and you’ll hear frustration, skepticism, and a long list of things they’ve already tried: billboards, radio, postcards, Google ads, social media. Money spent, effort made, and very little to show for it. The conclusion is almost always the same: “Marketing doesn’t work.” But that conclusion is usually wrong. Marketing…

How much marketing do you do to your existing patient base? You know – patients of record? If you’re the average practice? Little to none. Maybe you send out a back-to-school mailer. Or a “use it or lose it” letter in November about insurance benefits. But, other than that? Most marketing in dentistry is aimed at new patients. Which believe…

If you look at any successful company, large or small, you will find one thing happening consistently. They stay in communication with their customers. In dentistry, that same behavior is often seen as unnecessary or excessive. The truth is that dental practices have a huge advantage. You can communicate more personally and more effectively than almost any other business. When…

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