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– Be more efficient
– Have more fun
– Improve doctor and team communications
– Eliminate frustration
– And make your life easier!
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If you're wondering where to find insight from a dental consultant, dental financial advisor, and dentist in one go, THIS is the episode you're looking for! Kiera, Ryan Isaac, and Dr. Ashley Joves come together to talk about common industry trends from three different perspectives. They discuss:
Prioritizing a personal life
The shakeout of major transitions
Today's dental industry environment (DSOs + multi-location practice owners)
Increasing cost of people in practices
And more!
Episode resources:
Tune in to The Dentist Money Show
Listen to episode 590, Unfiltered Advise on Choosing a Financial Advisor
Listen to episode 742, Secret Sauce to Having an Engaged Team
Reach out to Kiera
In this episode, consultants Tiff and Denae break down internal and external marketing and the power of each. Specifically they discuss:
What internal and external marketing means
Big picture versus small marketing approaches
Suggestions for startup versus established practices
And more
Episode resources:
Reach out to Tiff and Denae: hello@thedentalateam.com
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Kiera shares what happens when the Dental A-Team comes to your practice — the prep before a consultant shows up, the assessment once boots are on the ground, and the implementations that can bring about a maximum gain with the least amount of effort.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com
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Dr. Ashley Joves is back again to chat with Kiera after last week's episode. Today, they talk about what the Dental A-Team's secret is to having such a great and engaged team. Kiera shares the three-year journey it took to get to this point, the plenty of trial and error that happened, and gives advice on points she still follows through on, like:
Assessing your core values regularly
Quarterly, asking yourself and your team where you're going
Reading Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Kiera and Dr. Joves also get a little personal, plus trade book recommendations.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com
Listen to episode 737, Pulling Back the Curtain on Dentistry
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Kiera's back with tactical billing tips, this time about healthy accounts receivable. She compares baseline standards to what practices should be striving to reach optimal AR. The advice she gives in this episode will help your practice collect the money it deserves, keep AR at a manageable amount, and create a solution to improve your baseline billing.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com
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If you find yourself falling short on getting your ideal patients or converting emergency visits, it might be time to switch marketing gears. In this episode, Tiff and Denae talk about what should go into thoughtful processes for marketing, when to know how to pivot, and how long you should wait to see if there are returns.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Tiff and Denae for a tracker spreadsheet: hello@thedentalateam.com
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Book club is back! In this episode, Kiera reviews the August book assignment, Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz. She talks about what a profit-first mindset means, Mike's formula for profit, why bigger is not better, what that healthy profit margin for your business looks like, and more.
Episode resources:
Check out the full list of DAT's 2023 book club here.
Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com
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Answering the question How often do you update your operations manual? is both easy and hard to do. But in this episode, Tiff and Dana answer it! They discuss the best ways to keep this important document relevant, including what needs to happen each time a tiny change happens and a ton more.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Tiff and Dana: hello@thedentalateam.com
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\Dr. Ashley Joves returns to the podcast to get honest about the chaos of dentistry. Dr. Joves shares her current experiences about low morale and not letting team members down. To that Kiera talks about how to fall in love with the growth process and remember that the bad days are only 10% of life. Kiera also gives tactical advice around knowing your practice numbers, setting up a slush fund, making a cut list, and more.
Owner of Smile & Co., Dr. Ashley is passionate about staying on the leading edge of dentistry and invests hundreds of hours into ongoing training each year. She is an active member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Sacramento District Dental Society, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Academy of General Dentistry, and Doctors for Oral Conscious Sedation.
Dr. Joves also has two podcasts: The Making of and Dental Friends With Benefits.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Kiera: hello@thedentalateam.com
Listen to episode 254, Breaking Dentistry Norms
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Tiff and Dana touch on the difficulty of hiring across the country right now. To give your practice a leg up on hiring the right type of people, the consultants give hints on what type of information you should be including in the job advertisements you're posting — and how these thorough descriptions go beyond just hiring the right person.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Tiff and Dana: hello@thedentalateam.com
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