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Dental Tips and Ideas for May
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Dental Tips and Ideas for May

Hello Friends,

Here are a few dental tips and ideas to help you, your team, your patients and potential smile during the month of May…

Dental Tips and Ideas for May Dentist Office Ideas

Theme: National Smile Month “We Always Go The Extra Smile”

Focus: Healthy & Beautiful Smiles (Preventive & Cosmetic Services)

Goal: Bring in New Patients, Increase Production & Exceed Patients Expectations

Contest/Raffle – Family Fun & Wellness Gift Basket(Tote/Cooler) – Fill with Lawn games, BBQ supplies, Sunscreen, Citronella candles, Toothbrushes, Paper products, Chalk, etc.

Patients earn entries for Facebook likes, check-in’s, reviews, Google reviews and for referring new patients.

Extra Fun:

Smile Photo Props – Take pictures of your patients holding smile props to share on your social media sites.

Take pictures during the month of the team smiling and having fun and share on social media pages.

Educational Opportunities:

National High Blood Pressure Education Month 

Consistently take your patient’s blood pressure.

Many people see their dentist more regularly than a physician and could get an early warning about high blood pressure when getting their teeth cleaned or having other dental treatment done.

Root Canal Awareness Week: 6-12 / Root Canal Appreciation Day: 11

How to prevent needing a root canal, what happens during root canal treatment and why.

Social Media Post Ideas to Improve Engagement:

Batman Day: 1st

Receptionists Day: 9th

National Piercing Day: 16th

Eat More Fruits & Vegetables Day: 24th

World No-Tobacco Day: 31st

Practice Management Tips & Ideas:

Incomplete Treatment Reports – Review reports for any patients with teeth whitening or Ortho treatment planned but not scheduled. Consider a special incentive for them to schedule during the month of May.

Insurance Renewal – Many insurance companies renew their maximum on June 1st. Pull a report of any patients due in hygiene or with incomplete treatment that have benefits remaining and renew in June. Starting now, make Use it or Lose It calls, mail reminders and share on social media.

If you are interested in having me help your office create a custom marketing campaign that includes ideas for special offers, office fun, patient give-aways/drawings, community involvement, cross-marketing with local businesses and hygiene continuing care/incomplete treatment scripting, please contact me today at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com

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Yours for Greater Success!

~Betty

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Dental Tips and Ideas for April
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Dental Tips and Ideas for April

Hello Friends,

Your first quarter is coming to an end and that means it’s time to make plans to have an awesome second quarter.

Here are some practice management and marketing ideas to help you grow your dental practice, exceed your current and potential patient’s expectations, and to have more fun as a team!

Dental Marketing and Practice Management Tips and Ideas for April…

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~ Dental Marketing Ideas for April ~ 

April is National Garden Month –  So let’s think and talk about the month of April and how we can use gardening & spring flowers to market your practice and exceed your patient’s expectations.

 Here are some ideas for you:

Theme: Spring Flowers

Focus: Implants and/or Oral Cancer Screenings (See: April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month Tips and Ideas)

Fun Give Away: Flower Seed Packets w/a label and business card attached.

Flower seed packets can be purchased at most Dollar Stores for around .20 a packet. Great deal!

The labels you attach to the flower seed packets can say:

“Your referrals help grow our practice, Thank you!“

“Our Office Blooms Because of you!“

“Please enjoy these flowers growing as much as we enjoy your referrals growing our practice.”

 Your patients will love these little flower seed packets give-aways! Often times they ask if they can take one for a friend/family member. Of course, they can! This is why you want to make certain the office name & info is on the packet.

For awesome ideas for flower seed packaging/presentation visit my Pinterest board HERE

National Pet Month – People love to talk and brag about their pets. Use this week to ask your friends/patients on your social media sites to post pictures of their pets. Post pictures of your team members pets.

Turn it into a contest: the pet with the most likes wins a special treat. 

Give-away: hand out dog treats packaged with your office information. Even if a patient doesn’t have a dog surely they know someone who does…great way to get your office name out there!

~ Social Media Post Ideas to Improve Engagement ~

Vitamin C Day: 4th

No Housework Day: 7th

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day: 12

National Garlic Day: 19th

Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day: 26th

Sense of Smell Day: 28th

Now on to the Practice Management ideas for April:

Hygiene Continuing Care/ Recare Opportunity:

Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-24 – Send out email & text reminders to your patients that are due/past-due for their hygiene visit. Time for their Spring Cleaning! The “reason”? For their health’s sake – or, consider donating a portion of the production to a local charity.

Community Involvement Opportunity:

Community Spirit Days (1-30) – What a great opportunity for your office to get involved in the community. Check your city’s event calendar for events and activities.

Are there any charity/sporting/community events that you and your team can participate in or sponsor?

Be sure to share a variety of local community events on your social media sites. This will encourage your patients to look to your office page to learn what’s going on in the community.

National Dental Hygienist Week (Canada): 11-17

Administrative Professionals Week: 22- 28

See Employee Appreciation Ideas Here: Employee Appreciation Gift Ideas Pinterest Board

Just for Fun!

National Humor Month / Laugh at Work Week: 1-7 – Find ways to laugh each day at work all week long.

National Fun at Work Day: 5th – Have a silly theme for this day. (For example, Crazy hair, silly socks, decades day, etc.)

So there you have it, some fun & educational ways to help your patients and potential patients smile and exceed their expectations during the month of April. Not to mention, have more fun at work!

If you are interested in having me help your office create a custom marketing campaign that includes ideas for special offers, office fun, patient give-aways/drawings, community involvement, cross-marketing with local businesses and hygiene continuing care/incomplete treatment scripting, please contact me today at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com

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Yours for Greater Success,

~Betty

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Dental Tips and Ideas for October
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Dental Tips and Ideas for October

Hello Friends,

October is the start of your final quarter for the year. It’s your opportunity to make it your best fourth quarter ever. To help you plan for that, today I’m sharing some tips and ideas with you. Ideas that when implemented will keep things fresh and fun in your office. More importantly, they will exceed your patients and potential patients’ expectations which will allow you to focus on doing what you do best, helping your patients achieve healthy and beautiful smiles. Why? Because exceeding your patients’ expectations will help keep them loyal to your office.

Fall Dental Marketing Ideas for October

Here are some fun ideas for October – I know a lot of offices will be focusing on Candy Buy Back events so I will share some ideas for those events and some other ideas just in case you’re looking for something a little extra to exceed patient expectations.

Candy Buy Back:

Options:

  •   Collect candy in office. Open to the Public

Or you can do this,

  • Team up w/local school(s) and set up collection bins in each classroom where the kids can bring in their candy and the classroom with the most candy wins a gift card or get a local pizzeria to donate pizza for a classroom pizza party for the winning classroom.

If you desire more help with a candy buy back event for your office, please contact me at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com for a consultation. I have had the privilege of creating & implementing candy buy back events from start to finish. 

More tips and ideas for the month of October: 

National Apple Month – See  Apple Month dental tips and ideas

Service/Product Opportunity –

National Orthodontic Health Month – Use this as an opportunity to promote Invisalign. This time of year people are thinking about gift ideas and want to get their smile camera-ready for the holiday parties.

Community Involvement Opportunity  –

National Field Trip Month – Don’t wait for Children’s Dental Health Month in February to invite local schools to bring in their students for a Field Trip to the dentist. Bring them in during the month of October instead.

National Friends of Libraries Week: 15th -21st  – See Dental Ideas for your Local Library  & Part 2

Educational Opportunity –

National Dental Hygiene Month – Throughout the month, make a special effort to work your hygiene continuing care lists. Send emails, texts, and make calls encouraging patients to schedule their hygiene appointments. Use your website and social media platforms to share dental hygiene tips and facts with the community.

National Face Your Fears Day: 10th  – Opportunity to share what you do to help make dental visits more comfortable for the fearful patient.

~ Social Media Post Ideas to Improve Engagement ~

 National Walk Your Dog Day: 1st 

National Taco Day: 4th 

World Smile Day: 6th 

National Kick Butt Day: 9th 

Wear Something Gaudy Day: 17th 

World Pasta Day: 25th 

National Knock-Knock Jokes Day: 31st 

If you are interested in having me help your office create a custom marketing campaign that includes ideas for special offers, office fun, patient give-aways/drawings, community involvement, cross marketing with local businesses and hygiene continuing care/incomplete treatment scripting, please contact me today at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com

I have some more marketing & practice management ideas for October coming soon!

Are you receiving my free dental marketing and practice management ideas every month to your inbox? If not, PLEASE take a second and follow today or send me your email address and I will send you an invitation to follow. This way, you won’t miss a single idea. Feel free to share my blog with your dental friends. ~ Thank you!

 It is my wish that you all have a wonderful October!

 Yours for Greater Success!

~Betty

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