Latest Facebook Fumble Underscores Dentists’ Need To Prove Trustworthiness

It’s been a rough year for Facebook. Did you happen to see the recent headline from the New York Times? “Facebook Security Breach Exposes Accounts of 50 Million Users” Uh….”oops”? Facebook is considered to be the leader of the social media pack. It changed the way people looked at, well…each other. It represented a new sense of community and connection.… Read More »

Survey Reveals That Dentists Hold Negative View of Dental Service Organizations (DSOs)

Over the last decade, as the only 4-time Inc. 500/5000 approved dental marketing agency in the industry, here at Local Search For Dentists® we have taken pride in helping the “little guy” win the big fight against the corporate raiders! It can be done, but you must take my advice accordingly…. Every industry evolves and changes, and dentistry is no exception.… Read More »

“Beyond The Chair” (Part 2 of 3): “Why Corporate Dentistry Doesn’t View The Solo Dentist As A Threat In Their Market Place” (You should know what they’re saying about you!)

Welcome to Week 2 of our new series, “Beyond The Chair”. We discuss issues facing the solo practice owner, and how to stay competitive in your market. Our discussion this week focuses on how to beat your competition and Corporate Dentistry at its own game and remain competitive in your market. This week, here’s what you’ll learn: Corporate Dentistry’s #1 Biggest… Read More »

Beyond The Chair (Part 1 of 3) with Graig Presti, MBA: “The Darkside of Dentistry and Why It’s Limiting The Growth Of Your Practice!”

Welcome to our new series, Beyond The Chair. We discuss issues facing today’s practice owner, and how to stay competitive in your market. Our discussion this week focuses on the Darkside of Dentistry. This week, here’s what you’ll learn: The unfortunate reason why some industry “experts” have polluted the profession by preaching that marketing and selling are bad, and all you have… Read More »

“Beyond The Chair” (Part 3 of 3): “The ‘Tidal Wave’ That All Dentists Are Facing and Why You Can NOT Afford To Ignore It!”

Welcome to Week 3 of our new series, “Beyond The Chair”. We discuss issues facing the dental practice owner, and how to stay competitive in your market. This week, here’s what you’ll learn: Why thinking like a patient (not a doctor) will give you the insight you need to appeal to more patients and get more case acceptance The “Pointed, Apex… Read More »

“Beyond The Chair” (Part 1 of 3): “How To Stop Corporate Dentistry From Stealing Your Market Share! (even if they’re not in your neighborhood yet)”

Welcome to Week 1 of our new series, “Beyond The Chair”. We discuss issues facing today’s dental practice owner, and how to stay competitive in your market. Our discussion this week focuses on how to beat Corporate Dentistry (even if they’re not in your neighborhood yet) at its own game and remain competitive in your market. This week, here’s what you’ll learn:… Read More »

The Easiest Way To Build A Big Practice Of Loyal Patients

Guest Post By Dr. David Moffet, The Ultimate Patient Experience By the time this blog hits the newsstands the second US Presidential debate will have been run, done, and won. I’m writing this now, pre-debate. With a smile on my face. Because as I was out on my morning walk this morning I was in two minds as to whether… Read More »

The Need For Improvement Must Always Be A Constant

Guest Post By Dr. David Moffet, The Ultimate Patient Experience *** “One of the major reasons that businesses do not implement change into their customer service systems is their belief that the cost of change will be greater than the cost of making no changes. Which is false science. And illogical. But it is a belief trotted out time and… Read More »

“Beyond The Chair” (Part 2 of 3): “Learn What The Big Players (who attract the most Implant cases) Are Doing, And How You Can Get Those Patients To Choose You As Their “Go-to” Dentist!”

Welcome to this week’s episode of “Beyond The Chair”, where we discuss issues facing today’s dental practice owner, and how to stay competitive in your market. Our discussion this week focuses on how to Beat ClearChoice and the Other Slick Selling Dentists In Your Area! This week (part 2 of 3), here’s what you’ll learn: Why ClearChoice and other big… Read More »

Is Your Dental Practice Neglecting Your Patients And Their Best Interests?

Guest Post By Dr. David Moffet, The Ultimate Patient Experience In the delivery of World Class Dental Customer Service the most important outcome, or measure, is really quite simple. A successful dental practice must have one hundred percent of its scheduled appointments kept and attended by the patients who make those appointments. Any time that we have appointments missed or… Read More »