005: One Way to Tell If You Have the Most Welcoming Dental Practice in Your Area

On today's episode, I discuss simple ways to build your business through relationships within your community. More often than not, tips about building your practice involve gimmicky, short-term ideas that ultimately do not bring in the type of business for which one would hope. The best advice I can offer, while simple, is not always obvious. Today's Topics: How to gauge the perception of your practice Using the delivery person as a resource How to go about building relationships within your community Remember: your goal is to get your patients to health and keep them there. It becomes less about convincing, and more about offering care that's consistent with that long term plan you want to have. If you really want to get out of the short-term transactions and follow the Dr. Fries With That model, you've got to follow today's tips and communication techniques.   When you start getting interested in other ways to increase the lifetime value of your patient relationships, head on over to PracticeWater. We've got great articles, funny cartoons, and other resources at your disposal. Have a good time! I'd love to hear your feedback on today's episode.  Send me a message over atpracticewater.com. If you enjoyed the show today please leave a review in iTunes. This really helps us spread the word to other dentists and helps make everyone's practice a success.