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Dental Business RX — 244 episodes

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Ep. 243: Should You Use an Associate Agreement?

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Ep. 242: Financial Arrangements Revisited

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Ep 241: Turning Your Treatment Coordinator into a Superstar!

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Ep. 240: The Most Dangerous Words in Your Practice: 'I Think It's Because...'

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Ep. 239: The 7 Biggest Mistakes When Buying a Dental Practice

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Ep. 238: Financial Goals

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Ep. 237: AI in Dentistry and Dental Marketing: What's Real Now, What's Coming, and What's Just Hype

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Ep. 236: More Pre-Auth Requests Lately? Here's What It Really Means – and What to Do About It

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Ep. 235: How Much Should You Spend Marketing Your Dental Practice?

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Ep. 234: Case Acceptance: How to Get Patients to Want What They Need

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Ep. 233: The Four Steps of Selling

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Ep. 232: Creating a Financial Surplus

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Ep. 231: Are You Trying to Solve Profitability with Volume?

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Ep. 230: Are You Solving the Wrong Problems?

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Ep. 229: The New Rules of Dental Staffing (Whether You Like Them or Not)

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Ep. 228: Cross Training Your Dental Team – Smart Strategy or Slow-Motion Chaos?

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Ep. 227: Here We Go Again... The Officer Manager Problem.

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Ep. 226: Case Acceptance – Making it Easier!

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Ep. 225: The Real Reason Patients Say Yes

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Ep. 224: Five Steps to Finding the Right Associate for Your Practice

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Ep. 223: I Need More "High Quality" New Patients!

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Ep. 222: Silent Money Traps Killing Dental Practice Profitability

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Ep. 221: Big Cases... Big Problems?

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Ep. 220: How to Plan Your Best Year Yet: A Clear System for Dental Practice Growth

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Ep. 219: A Day in the Life of a Dental Treatment Coordinator

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Ep. 218: Dental Marketing Trends for 2026

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Ep. 217: The Truth About Outsourcing Insurance Billing — When It Works, and When It Doesn't

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Ep. 216: The First Step to Increasing Treatment Acceptance

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Ep. 215: Why Everything in Your Practice Eventually Falls Apart (and How to Stop It)

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Ep. 214: Is Your Team Checked Out? Here's How to Get Them Back In!

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Ep. 213: The Real Reason Your Overhead is so High

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Ep. 212: How to Handle Out of Network and Shopper Calls

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Ep. 211: Why Your Dental Practice is Underperforming: A Case Study

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Ep. 210: The Office Manager Daily Checklist

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Ep. 209: Why Your New Patient Numbers Suck

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Ep. 208: Using Statistics to Take Control of Your Practice

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Ep. 207: Marketing to Your Existing Patient Base

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Ep. 206: Reviving Struggling Areas of Your Practice

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Ep. 205: 5 Ways to Fix Your Schedule And Improve Production

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Ep. 204: Patient Disapproved For Financing? Here's How to Save the Case

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Ep 203: These 4 Mistakes May Be Holding Your Practice Back

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Ep 202: How Much Should a Dental Hygienist Produce?

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Ep. 201: 12 Customer Service Mistakes That Drive Patients Away

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Ep. 200: Don't Write Off Another Penny: A System to Fix Your Collections Process

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Ep 199: Consistency is the Key to Success

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Ep. 198: Getting Comfortable Presenting Treatment

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Ep. 197: Eight Ways to Fill Openings in the Doctor's Schedule

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EP 196: How to Fill Last Minute Openings on the Hygiene Schedule

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Ep. 195: Confirmations, Cancellations, and No-Shows

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Ep. 194: From Debt to Ownership: A Roadmap for New Dentists

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Ep. 193: State of the Dental Industry 2025

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Ep. 192: When to Invest in Staff Training

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Ep. 191: Are You Hiring for the Person or the Position?

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Ep. 190: Is There Really a Shortage of Hygienists?

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Ep. 189: Why Patients Actually Say No – and How to Fix It

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Ep. 188: Opportunity Cost: The Money You Don't Even Know You're Losing

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Ep. 187: Why Younger Dentists Aren't Buying Practices - and How to Change That!

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Ep. 186: 3 Things You Can Change Today to Boost Your Collections

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Ep. 185: When to Walk Away - Escaping the Sunk Cost Trap

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Ep. 184: Are You Ready to Open a Second Location?

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Ep. 183: Tracking and Retaining Recall Patients: Strategies for Success in the Hygiene Department

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Ep. 182: Dental Practice Purchases: Navigating Brokers, Buyers, and Big Decisions

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Ep. 181: Overworked & Overwhelmed? The 4 Biggest Causes of Stress in Dentistry - Solved

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Ep. 180: Creating & Maintaining Profitability

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Ep. 179: Step-by-Step Guide to the Hiring and Interview Process: Part Three

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Ep. 178: Step-by-Step Guide to the Hiring and Interview Process: Part Two

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Ep. 177: Step-by-Step Guide to the Hiring and Interview Process: Part One

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Ep. 176: 5 Biggest Mistakes with Staff Training

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Ep. 175: The Group Interview: Process and Tips

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Ep. 174: Treatment Presentations: 5 Biggest Mistakes

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Ep. 173: Make 2025 the Year You Get Out of Network

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Ep. 172: Barriers to Study

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Ep. 171: Should You Extend Your Office Hours?

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Ep. 170: The Three Biggest Problems in Dentistry Right Now with Jeff Santone

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Ep. 169: Top Dental Marketing Trends for 2025 with Dan Brown

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Ep. 168: The Four Keys to Unlocking Dental Practice Growth

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Ep. 167: The Definitive Guide to Patient Reactivation

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Ep. 166: New Patient Coordinator: Do You Need One?

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Ep. 165: The Daily Duties of a Treatment Coordinator

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Ep. 164: How Many New Patients Does Your Practice Really Need?

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Ep. 163: 6 Reasons Why Your Overhead Might Be Too High

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Ep. 162: Listener Q & A: Insurance, Overhead, Profit, & Debt

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Ep. 161: Overstaffed? Understaffed? How Many Staff Should I Have?

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Ep. 160: Finding the Right Practice to Associate In

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EP. 159: Toxic Patients... When is it Time to Move On?

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Ep. 158: Setting and Reaching Productivity Goals in Your Practice

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Ep. 157: Your Next Move: Why Now is the Time to Buy a Dental Practice

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Ep. 156: The Importance of Controlling Your Overhead

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Ep. 155: Dental Partnerships - The Do's and Don'ts

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Ep. 154: Using AI to Hack Efficiency and Reduce Staff Turnover

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Ep 153: Recapturing Lost Treatment Opportunities

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Ep. 152: Patient Retention – Why Your Practice Isn't Growing

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Ep. 151: Simplifying the Case Acceptance Process

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Ep. 150: All About Dental Implant Funnels

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Ep. 149: Common Mistakes Dentists Make with Google Ads

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Ep. 148: Is Adding an Associate Doctor the Right Move for You?

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Ep 147: 5 Mistakes When Acquiring an Additional Practice

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Ep. 146: Adding New Procedures to Your Practice

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Ep. 145: Do You Suffer from Being Too "Reasonable"?

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Ep. 144: Are You Offering a Job or a Career?

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Ep. 143: How to Make Your Marketing More Effective

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Ep. 142: Rethinking Hygiene as You Go Out-of-Network

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Ep. 141: State of the Dental Industry 2024

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Ep. 140: Why You're Not Seeing More Referrals

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Ep. 139: The Top 5 Practice Management Myths

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Ep. 138: Step by Step Guide to Going Out-of-Network

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Ep. 137: Customer Service – When Average is Great

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Ep. 136: Charting Your Path to Fee-for-Service Dentistry

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Ep. 135: Buying Another Dentist's Charts—Is it a Good Idea?

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Ep. 134: Acquiring Multiple Practices with Rushi Trivedi

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Ep. 133: The Most Difficult Part of Case Acceptance

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Ep. 132: Closing Big Cases with Dr. Artin Barzgar

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Ep. 131: Has Your Practice Hit a Plateau?

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Ep. 130: The Pros & Cons of Prepaying

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Ep. 129: What to Do When Nothing is Working

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Ep. 128: What You Don't See in Your Dental Office

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Ep. 127: When to Look at Your Practice Metrics

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Ep 126: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt

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Ep. 125: Should Your Associate Present Treatment Plans?

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Ep. 124: What's the Best Appointment Length for New Patients?

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Ep. 123: The Missing Ingredient in Patient Retention

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Ep. 122: Stop Wasting Your Marketing Money!

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Ep. 121: How Far Out Should the Doctor's Schedule be Booked?

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Ep. 120: Setting Goals for the New Year

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Ep. 119: The Office Manager's Daily Routine, Part 2

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Ep. 118: The Office Manager's Daily Routine, Part 1

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Ep. 117: Do You Need a Treatment Coordinator?

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Ep. 116: Demystifying Practice Profitability

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Ep. 115: Office Culture & Preventing "Toxicity" in Your Workplace

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Ep. 114: Optimizing Your Case Acceptance Process

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Ep. 113: The Practice Owner's Core Job Duties

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Ep. 112: Finetuning Your Hiring Process

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Ep. 111: Recent Industry & Economic Trends Dentists Should Know About

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Ep. 110: Proofing Your Practice Against Cancellations

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Ep. 109: The Biggest Barriers to Finding Good Staff

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Ep. 108: Finding the Right Office Manager for Your Practice

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Ep. 107: When Change Isn't a Good Thing

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Ep. 106: Staff Turnover: When a New Hire Isn't a Good Fit for the Job

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Ep. 105: The Right & Wrong Way to Bring in a Specialist

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Ep. 104: Patient Financing – The Do's & Don'ts

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Ep. 103: Your Biggest Monthly Expense

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Ep. 102: Improving the Productivity of your Team

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Ep. 101: Q&A – Finding a Hygienist, Problematic Staff, and New Patients

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Ep. 100: Q&A – PPOs, Teambuilding, and Raising Collections

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Ep. 99: The New Patient Management Action Checklist

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Ep. 98: The Cycle of Booms & Depressions

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Ep. 97: Six Reasons You're Not Making Your Production Goals

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Ep. 96: Practice Health Check

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Ep. 95: The Law of Diminishing Returns

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Ep. 94: Doubling Your New Patients by Using "Social Proof"

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Ep. 93: Top 3 Reasons Your Dental Office isn't Making More Money

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Ep. 92: Are You Being Embezzled From? And How to Avoid It.

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Ep. 91: Is Direct Mail Marketing Dead?

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Ep. 90: Are You Solving the Wrong Things in Your Practice?

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Ep. 89: The Wrong Approach to Presenting Treatment

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Ep. 88: Four Reasons DSOs May Be in Trouble

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Ep 87: Why There's Never Been a Better Time Economically to be a Dentist!

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Ep. 86: The REAL Solution to Cancellations & No-Shows

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Ep. 85: Building a Great Team Despite Recent Hiring Struggles

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Ep. 84: Staying Profitable as Your Practice Grows

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Ep. 83: Scaling Up Your Practice – What's the First Step?

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Ep 82: Case Acceptance: How to Address Patients' Objections

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Ep. 81: Should You Stay in PPO Plans or Get Out Now?

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Ep. 80: Hiring Staff with No Prior Dental Experience

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Ep. 79: Delegating Effectively to Enable Practice Growth

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Ep. 78: Implementation: How to Turn Those "Great Ideas" into Tangible Changes in Your Practice

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Ep. 77: How to Get Tons of Online Reviews for Your Dental Practice!

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Ep. 76: Employees: What to Do When It Isn't Working Out

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Ep. 75: 4 Actions for a Successful Practice in the 2020's

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Ep. 74: Streamlining Case Acceptance in Your Office, Part 2

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Ep. 73: Streamlining Case Acceptance in Your Office, Part 1

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Ep. 72: How to Work with Your Spouse (or Other Family Members) Successfully

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Ep. 71: Four Ways to Reduce Staff Turnover

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Ep. 70: How Good is Your Receptionist? 10 Criteria for Grading Their Performance

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Ep. 69: Six Things Every Dentist Should Know About Marketing

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Ep. 68: The 10 Biggest Mistakes When Purchasing a Dental Practice

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Ep. 67: Dental Team Training Tips

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Ep. 66: 4 Ways to Increase Your Average Transaction Value

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Ep. 65: Listener Q&A about Finding & Hiring Employees

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Ep. 64: Practice growth stalled? How to move to the next level!

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Ep. 63: Transitioning from Chairside to CEO

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Ep. 62: Should You Sell to Corporate?

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Ep. 61: Employee Checklists to Speed Up Your Onboarding Process

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Ep. 60: Creating Financial Policy that Works for Your Practice

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Ep. 59: All About Associate Doctors, Part 2

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Ep. 58: All About Associate Doctors, Part 1

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Ep. 57: Changing the Way You Hire for Today's Environment

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Ep. 56: 12 Steps to Getting Out-of-Network & Creating a Fee for Service Practice!

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Ep. 55: Recession-Proofing Your Dental Practice! Part 2

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Ep. 54: Recession Proofing Your Dental Practice! Part 1

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Ep. 53: The Top 6 Profitability Killers in a Dental Practice, Part 2

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EP. 52 - The Top 6 Profitability Killers in a Dental Practice, Part 1

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Ep. 51: Listener Q&A about Case Acceptance

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Ep. 50: Designing the Ideal Schedule for Your Dental Practice, Part 2

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Ep. 49: Designing the Ideal Schedule for Your Dental Practice, Part 1

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Ep. 48: Building the Perfect Dental Receptionist

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Ep. 47: Arvind Philomin, DDS – Building a 100% Fee-for-Service Practice

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Ep. 46: Getting Serious About Your Hygiene Department, Part 2

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Ep. 45: Getting Serious About Your Hygiene Department, Part 1

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Ep. 44: How Well Do You Understand the Inner Workings of Your Business?

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Ep. 43: Management Time: The Key to Practice Growth

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Ep. 42: Case Acceptance: The Financial Discussion

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Ep. 41: The 4 Elements of a Great Dental Practice Website

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Ep 40: Dental Team Hiring Tips

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Ep. 39: Practice Sales & Transitions

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Ep. 38: Organizing Your Front Office to Maximize Efficiency

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Ep. 37: Update on Dental Staffing Issues & Labor Market Trends

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Ep. 36: Overlooked Growth Opportunities in Dentistry in the Coming Years

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Ep. 35: Four Big Mistakes Dentists Make with Finances

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Ep. 34: Making Your Morning Huddle More Productive

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Ep. 33: Four Steps for Reducing Office Drama

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Ep. 32: Five Ways to Improve Customer Service

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Ep. 31: Designing a Productive, Efficient Schedule that Works for You!

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Ep. 30: Creating a Bonus Plan for your Dental Practice

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Ep. 29: What to Do When an Employee is Underperforming

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Ep. 28: Improving Employee Initiative & Responsibility

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Ep. 27: One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Increase Case Acceptance

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Ep. 26: Is It Time to Raise Your Fees?

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Ep. 25: Getting & Staying Profitable in the 2020s

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Ep. 24: Multiple Practices – The Do's and Don'ts

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Ep. 23: The Top 5 Ways to Market Your Dental Practice

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Ep. 22: When Should You Actually Deactivate a Patient?

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Ep. 21: Weekly Management Meetings

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Ep. 20: No New Patients? Why Your Marketing Isn't Working

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Ep. 19: What an Office Manager Does and Why You Need One.

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Ep. 18: Should You Share the Numbers with Your Team?

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Ep. 17: Finding a Hygienist in Today's Market

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Ep. 16: 6 Metrics for Practice Success, Pt 2

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Ep. 15: 6 Metrics for Practice Success, Pt 1

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Ep. 14: How Much Should a General Dentist Produce Per Day?

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Ep. 13: Is Your Payroll Too High?

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Ep. 12: SEO - Things to Know Before Hiring a Dental Marketing Company

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Ep. 11: Patient Retention & Reactivation, Why Dentists Lose 50% of Their Practice

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Ep. 10: How Should You Be Paying Your Associate?

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Ep. 9: Dental Marketing Trends for 2022

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Ep. 8: Inflation is Soaring! What to Do About it In Your Dental Practice

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Ep. 7: Dental Insurance Plans—Is it Really Possible to Not Participate?

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Ep. 6: Three Ways to Get More New Patient Referrals

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Ep. 5: The Dental Treatment Coordinator - What Should They Do?

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Ep. 4: The Economic Future of the Dental Industry

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Ep. 3: A New Take on the Dental Receptionist Position

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Ep. 2: What's Going on with the Labor & Staffing Market?

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Ep. 1: Four Simple Ways to Improve Case Acceptance

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