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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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New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Susanne Mariga, CPA, is the star of this podcast episode, which dives into the profit-first mindset. With Kiera, Susanne shares truths about what profit first is and how to get started; how to apply it to real-life businesses; and how much income should go in which buckets.
Also touched on is how to increase profit, for which Susanne suggests reviewing financial statements to shed unnecessary payments and considering tax strategies.
Wondering whether the CPA you're working with is one with true tax strategy skills? This episode covers that too.
About Susanne:
Susanne is a certified public accountant, certified tax coach, and chartered global management accountant with over two decades of experience helping clients achieve their financial goals through business and personal tax planning. She has helped hundreds of small business owners for almost two decades to create the cash flow in their business that allows their business to work for them and not the other way around.Episode resources:
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With all the inspiration out there in the world (including this podcast), it can be challenging to execute the great ideas coming your way. In this episode, Kiera shares three steps to help you and your practice actually implement great ideas and methods to launch your goals forward.
Consume information and take notes about what inspires you
Calendar your goals out — remind yourself
Make it happen
Episode resources:
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Brit and Kiera are throwing down some truths in this podcast episode, which is all about making a decision as a leader. The two get honest about their experiences with leaders (good and bad), and why it can be frustrating as a team member to work under poor leadership. Brit and Kiera touch on …
How to make a decision
How to not go back on making a decision
Knowing what your ultimate goal is
What it's like having a leader who refuses to execute
To all the leaders out there: More is lost through indecision than a wrong decision.
Episode resources:
Reach out to Brit and Kiera
Listen to episode 518, The Art of Decisiveness
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Josh Scott, owner and CEO of Studio 8E8, joins Kiera to talk about how dental practices can stand out post-Covid-19. As the digital world evolves, Studio 8E8 is keeping dental practices up to speed. Josh and Kiera touch on …
The evolution of the web experience
Attracting patients and being authentic
Making things convenient for your patients and potential hires
Understanding how people consume content
Video content tips
And a ton more
Episode resources:
Listen to episode 230, Marketing: What's Your Story?
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Do you ever find yourself or team members responding to proposed solutions by saying, 'Oh, we already do that'? This episode is all about closing the 10% gap between your regular and elite dental practices. It's about fine-tuning the methods you already have in place to be the very best practice you can be, to stop responding to every idea with the phrase, 'We already do that.'
Episode resources:
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Establishing a goal — a wildly important goal — for your entire team to get behind can unify and progress your practice forward in leaps and bounds. In this episode, Kiera talks through establishing your office's WIGs (even if it's the middle of the year). The steps:
Ask yourself what the why is
Ensure your practice is profitable
Look further down the road
Know whether your goals are realistic
Get your team's buy-in
Lastly, make sure these goals are ones that inspire you and your team!
Episode resources:
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Jeff Helgerson, operations manager at Green Park Dentistry in North Carolina, joins Kiera on the Dental A-Team podcast! Kiera and Jeff dive into Jeff's dental practice as it expands into a larger practice space and navigate how to go about that — accept new patients? Drop Delta? Drill and fill? Higher end procedures?
The following topics are touched on in this episode:
The realities of practices that have dropped Delta Dental
The best way to drop insurance
How to convert Delta patients
How to know when you need to expand
Episode resources:
Check out Green Park Dentistry in North Carolina
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It's time for some personal development time with Kiera. In this episode, she shares an approach she recently read about: You ask yourself who is the best [fill in a position in your dental practice] in the world? Now answer that question.
If it's not your name, ask yourself if that's who you want to become. If you do, figure out some daily habits to get you there.
Episode resources:
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Kiera and Tiff are here to encourage listeners to own who they are and what they have to offer — to get that yes in life! They touch on how setting goals, establishing a positive mindset, and removing personal barriers can lead to more yeses in your professional life.
The way to get more yeses in life is to say yes to more things.
Episode resources:
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Ryan Isaac of Dentist Advisors (and Kiera's personal financial advisor) again joins the podcast, this time to talk about the state of the stock market and how to best protect your assets right now. He also provides insight on how to grow your money, how long it'll take to reach milestones, and what advice he has for dental professionals RIGHT NOW.
About Ryan:
Co-Founder of Dentist Advisors and host of the Dentist Mone Show, Ryan Isaac is a trusted financial advisor to dentists across the country. As a regular speaker at dental events nationwide, Ryan shares his expertise in portfolio management, debt reduction, tax management, retirement plans, profit-sharing plans, and insurance. He is a CFP with deep financial planning expertise and has been a major contributor to the growth of Dentist Advisors, including the development of the Elements financial planning system.
Episode resources:
Tune in to The Dentist Money Show
Listen to episode 272, What Your Office Should Focus On Now
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