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how to prevent scheduling falling apart in september
Football season is upon us – whether or not you’re a fan of football, celebrating football season with your office employees, patients, and the community is a great way to have more fun and exceed expectations.
Here are a few ideas for you…
Special football themed day(s) in the office:
Wear your favorite football team gear.
Encourage your patients to dress up too.
Decorate the office.
Take lots of pictures to share on your social media pages.
Set up a photo booth area with fun football-related props.
Serve football & tailgate foods & bottled water.
Hand out some patient appreciation gifts such as imprinted lip balm, football shaped/decorated treats, for more ideas check out my Pinterest board HERE.
Consider inviting local businesses & referring offices to celebrate with you.
More ideas to celebrate football season:
Special Offers on Sport Mouthguards
Post sports related dental health tips on your social media pages.
Cheer on your local football teams via your social media platforms.
Sponsor a local football team.
Have a Raffle to win football game tickets or a football-themed gift basket to encourage Facebook Likes, Check-ins, Referrals, and Reviews on Google,and Facebook
Deliver football-themed snacks and gifts to local businesses and specialists.
Hope you enjoyed these ideas.
Please share your football fun pictures & ideas with me.
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How are things looking for your office in September? Do you have holes in the schedule? Or are you booked solid? Are you on track to have your best September ever?
No matter if your schedule is full of patients or full of holes there are things we can do to improve the practice – things that show the team how much they matter and things to show your patients that you care.
If your schedule isn’t looking as great as you’d like, or if you’re experiencing too many broken appts, or if your schedule is busy but not necessarily productive – you’ll benefit from the ideas that I am sharing with you. (That is of course if you implement them 😉 )
We know that a full hygiene schedule today typically means a full doctor’s schedule tomorrow – why is that? Approximately, 75% of restorative needs are discovered during hygiene patient visits.
Unfortunately, when there is that open chair time with no production to collect on, your overhead expenses continue without letup.
This isn’t just about money though – our focus should always be on helping our patients smile healthier and happier. When Your Patients Are Healthy – The Practice Is Healthy. To help make our patients healthier we need them to schedule appointments.
The ideas that I am sharing with you for September will help you reactivate and reappoint patients, attract more new patients, build relationships within the community, as well as exceed your current patients’ expectations.
Note: If you’re looking for marketing (growth) tips and ideas for September please check them out HERE.
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Leadership Ideas:
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
By your actions lead your team in the direction you want your practice to go and grow.
Think beyond what you’ve always done to get by or your current perceived limitations– get creative with your methods for staying in touch with your current patients, reaching out to inactive patients, welcoming more new patients, and learning new things as a team to keep things fresh and motivating.
Employee Appreciation Idea – September is Self-Care Awareness Month – We’re finding many employees/team members experiencing burn-out and overwhelm for numerous reasons. We are also dealing with an employee shortage which is adding extra stress on the loyal employees. Self-Care has never been more important than it is right now! Give a small gift of appreciation to your employees that encourages self-care. It could be a gift card or actual gifts. (ie: spa products, chocolate, books, essential oils, teas, water bottle, etc.) In addition, be alert to create opportunities to express your appreciation to your employees (and for the employees reading this – let your doctors know that you appreciate them too) – with your words, a short handwritten thank you note, etc.
Practice Management Tips & Ideas:
Unscheduled Treatment Plans & Hygiene Continuing Care – Reach out to all your patients with incomplete treatment plans or that are past-due in hygiene. Encourage them to schedule their appointment during the months of September, October, and November.
It is important to reach out to these “unhealthy” patients even IF you have crazy full schedules. They need to know you haven’t forgotten about them and that you care about their health.
Friends, do you know what your schedules look like for the fall months? Do you know how many of your active patients have a future appointment and how many do not? Do you know how many new patients you are welcoming into the practice AND how many patients you’re losing each month? To help you get that data quickly, like within minutes – if your PMS is either Dentrix, Eaglesoft, or Open Dental you can request a complimentary, no-obligation practice data snapshot here: Game-Changing Awareness from Dental Intelligence – Within minutes we’ll identify your practice’s strengths and uncover hidden opportunities. I am happy to assist you with this at no charge and with absolutely no obligation to do anything further with me.
Insurance Renewal Letters – Send out your Insurance and HSA/FSA “Use it or Lose it reminder texts, emails, and letters. If you would like a sample letter please email me at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com
Wishing you all the healthiest and happiest September!
Doctors, if you would like to grow and improve your dental practice and have wondered what it might be like to work with me and what coaching is all about… please feel free to reach out to me to schedule a complimentary, no-obligation coaching call at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com.
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Whether your practice is crazy busy or super slow – now is your opportunity to make it be your best September ever!
The marketing (growth) ideas that I am sharing with you for September will help you reactivate and reappoint patients, attract more new patients, build relationships within the community, as well as exceed your current patients’ expectations. With the ultimate goal of helping you to have more fun and less stress at work.
Dental Marketing Tips and Ideas for September 2021 (Practice Management & Leaderships Ideas Coming Soon!)
Theme: Fall in Love with a Beautiful & Healthy Smile
Focus: Preventive & Cosmetic Services
Giving-Away – Drawing for a Fall Themed Gift Basket / Patients can enter the drawing by leaving a review on Google and/or Facebook, referring their friends & family, and for coming in for their appts in September.
Patient Appreciation Gift Idea:
International Clean Hands Week is the 19th -25th – Give away little bottles of hand sanitizer with a tag or label that says, “Hands down we have the best patients in town!” Be sure your office name is included on the label.
Local Business Marketing Opportunity:
September is National Honey Month: Give away little jars of honey with a label or tag that says, for example, “Thank you for Bee-ing an Awesome Neighbor!” OR to your referring offices, you can say” Your Referrals Are Sweet As Honey – Thank you!”
Mouthguard Day: 6th – Share dental health tips about how to protect your smile while playing sports. Consider offering a mouthguard clinic for your local school sports teams.
September is National Fruit & Veggie Month – You could do a quick Facebook live video and/or post content to your social media platforms all about Nutritious School Snack Options. Perhaps, you could even create a cute, simple hand-out for your patients with a list of nutritious snack options and surprisingly unhealthy snacks.
Social Media Post Content Ideas to Improve Engagement during the month of September:
World Alzheimer’s Month
Bacon Day: 5th Banana Day: 11th
Grandparent’s Day: 12th
Bright Pink Lipstick Day: 17th Talk Like a Pirate Day: 19th
First Day of Fall: 22nd
Family Health and Fitness Day USA: 25 Women’s Health & Fitness Day: 29
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Wishing you all the healthiest and happiest September!
Doctors, if you would like to grow and improve your dental practice and have wondered what it might be like to work with me and what coaching is all about… please feel free to reach out to me to schedule a complimentary, no-obligation coaching call at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com.
Are you receiving my complimentary Dental Practice Management and Marketing Ideas via your email each month? If not, please follow today or send me (bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com) your email address and I will send you an invitation to follow. This way, you won’t miss a single idea.
The New Year is just around the corner – it’s understandable that for many 2021 can’t get here soon enough! While that may be true for you too; please, take some time to consider where you are at with your goals for this year. How do you want to end this year? What do you want November and December to look like?
Would you like to increase your production, collections, and new patients? How about reappointing more of your unscheduled/inactive patients? If yes, these ideas that I am sharing with you, when implemented, WILL help you increase production, attract more new patients, build relationships within the community, as well as exceed your established patients’ expectations.
For the last several years, a few times each month here on my website I share complimentary dental office leadership, marketing, and management tips and ideas. Are you automatically receiving my email post updates 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!
Leadership, Management, and Marketing Tips & Ideas
November 2020
Leadership Tips & Ideas:
“The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.” – John Maxwell
Employee Appreciation – National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day: 15th – How is the office refrigerator looking? Time for a good cleaning? After you empty it of all expired foods and give it a good cleaning inside and outside…why not stock it with beverages and healthy snacks for the team to enjoy? It might also be a good time to post a reminder for EVERYONE to remember to ALWAYS clean up after themselves.
Practice Management Tips & Ideas:
Incomplete Treatment & Insurance Maximum Renewals – Do you have any patients with incomplete treatment or ones that are due/past due in hygiene with remaining insurance benefits that are going to run out at the end of this year? Do what you can to help them see the need and value in scheduling an appointment this month before the end of the year rush really shifts into high gear!
Have you followed up with a call(s) to your patients that haven’t responded to your use it or lose it letters/emails? If you didn’t get your letters and emails sent out I encourage you to take action now. Would you like a sample Use it or Lose it letter? Email me at bhaydenconsulting@gmail.com and I will gladly send one over to you.
Do you know how many of your active patients have a future appointment and how many do not? Do you know how many of your patients have unscheduled treatment plans and money remaining on their insurance for this year?
To help you get that data quickly, like within minutes – if your PMS is either Dentrix, Eaglesoft, or Open Dental you can request a complimentary, no-obligation practice data snapshot here: Game-Changing Awareness from Dental Intelligence – Within minutes we’ll identify your practice’s strengths and uncover hidden opportunities. I am happy to assist you with this at no charge and with absolutely no obligation to do anything further with me.
Scheduling – What steps have you taken to ensure your schedules will be able to accommodate those patients that wait until the last minute to use their dental benefits before the year ends?
Marketing Tips & Ideas
Candy Buy Back – If you’re starting off the month of November hosting a Candy Buy Back event…be sure to promote it with posts and videos via your social media platforms, and alert the local TV news, and online & print newspapers too.
World Kindness Week: 8th – 14th AND Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16th – 23rd – Time to spread some kindness! Here are a few ideas…
Give your patients that come in for an appointment a special surprise gift or treat.
Deliver gifts to a few of the local businesses.
Reach out to your inactive, unscheduled patients to let them know you’re thinking about them.
Is there a patient coming in this month for treatment that is experiencing serious financial hardship and would benefit from some extra kindness by you donating some of their dental treatment?
Black Friday – Offer Special Pricing on Teeth Whitening, Electric Toothbrushes, Ortho Consultation, or a New Patient Visit.
Cosmetic Dentistry Opportunity:
Many of your patients will soon be attending end of the year office parties/events either in person or via Zoom. Now is a great time to help them see how they can easily get their smile ready for the camera with teeth whitening and other cosmetic treatment/procedures.
Patient &Community Educational Idea:
November is Diabetes Month –
All month-long share posts on your social media platforms regarding the importance of regular preventive dental visits to the dentist. When you have diabetes, high blood sugar can take a toll on your entire body — including your teeth and gums.
International Stress Awareness Day: 4th – Share tips on how to reduce stress & the relationship between stress and oral health. Service/Treatment Feature: Mouthguards.
Social Media Post Ideas to Improve Engagement during the month of November
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
Childrens’ Book Week: 9th -15th
National Brush Day: 1st (Share videos of proper brushing techniques and how to choose which toothbrush is best)
X-Ray Day: 8th (Why x-rays important to your dental health)
Flossing Day: 27th (Share video demonstrating flossing techniques and tools)
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