When I started my private practice in 1989, I followed some innovative, yet traditional ways to stay in touch with my patients.
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We sent out post card reminders that patients are due for their periodic examination and cleaning. We found that if the patient filled out their own address, in their own handwritting that the response to the reminder postcard went up dramatically — perhaps because when they received the card they recognized their own handwritting and accepted that as a sign they had committed to the recall (recare) appointment.
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- An Overview of Why I have A Website and How I Use It I am a Maxillofacial and General Prosthodontist who features a Dental Office dedicated to High Technology with a Warm, Gentle Touch. There are several reasons, I have decided to have a Website: There are many ways to reach out to your patients between visits (if you are not a......
- Getting Your Own Website is Easier than You Thought I am often asked by others who only use a Template Site from a Commercial Vendor that targets Dentists, why I spend the time to be my own webmaster. I think it is Because I Can Do It on My Own (it really is simple to do with a few......
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Auction Acrobat Software Automates Making Money with eBay By Simon on Aug 20, 2008 This is the latest software that I have purchased and will give you more information about Auction Acrobat soon. Simon NEWS RELEASE - They’ve done it. A group of underground marketers have finally cracked the “eBay code” and after dominating eBay for the last...... - Step Three -- Create a site on Your Computer If you don't want to learn the programming languages of the internet (the simplest is HTML which stands for HyperText Markup Language -- the .htm or .html at the end of most web addresses) then you want to use an editor or program that handles the generation of the HTML code, based on......
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XSitePro web design software is a Home Run Hit with Me I've been using XSitePro II Software for a month, and it has performed very well with managing My Internet Marketing Website (www.InternetDentalEnterprises.com), My Wife's Real Estate Website (www.CarolynRosenberg.com) and My friend and Ophthalmologist Dr Noah Klein's Ophthalmology Website (www.DrNoahKlein.com) You can check them out and see all of the features...... -
Been Too Busy to Blog -- New Tech is Time Consuming I've been very busy with Developing short video's for my Dental practice and posting them on YouTube and 20 other video hosting sites. I have begun to use Twitter to increase my web presence and my videographer, Brian O'Neill works on using Facebook and Craigslist, as well as a free...... - 10 Twitter Commandments My Twitter Friend Joel J Roberts shared these 10 Twitter Commandments on his blog: 1: Don't Spam -- be human, establish relationships before you sell something to your followers. 2: Don't be boring -- share your thoughts and emotions 3: Don't sound like you are high or drunk, & if...
- SmileReminder -- A Great Communications Tools for Dentists and Anyone with Scheduled Appointments SmileReminder is a great office to patient communication tool that love because it: Integrates with our Dental Office Software, Handles Appointment Reminders and Confirmations, Sends Birthday eMail Cards and Birthday Celebration text messages to their cell phones (at 2 PM on their birthdays), Sends Surveys about satisfaction with our patient......
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Making And Sending Christmas Cards For Less Money. In an attempt to reduce both our cash outlay (on cards, at least) and our environmental footprint, my wife and I decided that we would make Christmas (or holiday, depending on the recipient) postcards this year - from scratch. Most years we would do what everyone else does - buy...... -
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How to Pay Off Your Card Credit cards create for their users a cycle which is vicious: charging for items when you do not have the money, and then finding it very hard to make the payments due to high interest. The average, in the middle, debt that is held by an American is over eight...... - Teen Credit Cards Stacey from familylifebydesign.com gave me a heads up last week on a new product being peddled by Discover. While I like the Discover More card for grown-ups, I am not fond of the new product aimed at teens, and here's why. The new Discover Current card is being sold as......
- Common Credit Card Mistakes You Should Avoid There are 4 different credit card mistakes that people commonly make that lower their credit score, resulting in the person being less credit worthy to the credit card companies. Most of the common credit card mistakes are items that many people would not even imagine affecting their credit score, but the......
- Power-Up Your Medical Practice by Availing Medical Answering Services For any health care professional, setting up a profit making clinic or health care center is the ultimate aim. Nevertheless, by setting up such a center, doctors do help patients getting rid of their various health ailments. HIPAA standard medical answering machine helps in tackling all the patients at......
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Love Them or Hate Them, Make the Most of Gift Cards this Holiday Season Today's guest post comes from PT, who writes at Prime Time Money: a site dedicated to helping you save more money, get out of debt, and live a more frugal life. Be sure to check out the rap video PT made about saving money for his first baby, due in......
