This article originally appeared in the October/2022 issue of the Academy of General Dentistry’s AGD Impact magazine. How to market clear aligners at your practice By: Jackie Ulasewich Cullen With the surging popularity of clear aligners among orthodontists and dentists alike, the landscape for offering this treatment has become ultra competitive. A dental practice wanting…
I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it, the MDA team is full of extraordinary people. Buffy Berg, our Account Manager/Project Manager and All-Around-Go-To Person is no exception. Never mind how much we all rely on her knowledge of all aspects of what we do, Buffy is one talented person in her own right.
I’ve always believed that you should surround yourself with people who have different skills and abilities than you do, and fortunately, I’ve been able to do that through the team we’ve built and our clients.
Hiring in the Dental Industry The job market has been somewhat unpredictable since 2020, and many of our clients are telling us that they’ve been having difficulties finding and hiring qualified people, especially in the last year. Hiring is a time-consuming process, even when it goes smoothly, and when you encounter problems, it can become…
One of our longtime clients and a trusted CAB member, Dr. David Pearce, recently shared with us his experience with digital marketing as a dental professional. We asked him what qualities are important in a marketing agency, and this is what he had to say:
AI is not just a concept for big companies. In fact, small companies everywhere use AI to enhance their marketing efforts, including independent dental practices. It may also be surprising to learn that some of the marketing tools that dental practices use regularly are based on AI.
The conference was a great experience, and we were very happy to be back, participating in person again. It was certainly our pleasure to speak in front of so many respected dental professionals and help them learn something new about marketing their practices. We can’t wait for AGD 2023 in Las Vegas!
I recently asked Dr. Brown to share his thoughts and experience specifically for dentists who are apprehensive about investing in a comprehensive marketing strategy.
Dentists of all people understand that there’s a lot more that goes into the daily operation of a business than meets the eye. The front of the house, so to speak, is what the patients see, but it’s the behind-the-scenes that is really the lifeblood of the practice. An effectively planned, implemented, and maintained marketing strategy will pay dividends that far outweigh the initial investment and will continue to do so for many years.
Dentistry has changed, especially in recent decades. I’m not just referring to advances in technology and treatments. I’m talking about the fact that the number of women in dentistry has skyrocketed. Where women dentists used to be a rarity, now more than half the dentists in the US are women. In fact, it’s been that way since 2014!