Bulletproof Dental Practice

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast   Episode 30 Hosts:   Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Watch the full video of the lecture by clicking here!   Start with Why Born & raised ATL Buckhead - flagship practice "To use my God-given talents to provide for my family, friends, and team. To use dentistry & business of dentistry to create a legacy. To enjoy my finite life and to know I maximized it...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast   Episode 29 Hosts:   Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest:  Dr. Chris Ramsey / Co-owner of Ritter & Ramsey Watch the full video of interview by clicking here!   Key Takeaways: Take care of your team. Your team will take care of your patients, and your patients will take care of our profits. Strive to be the best. You don't have to be the best in the WHO...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast   Episode 28 Hosts:   Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest:  Dr. Chris Ramsey / Co-owner of Ritter & Ramsey Watch the full video of interview by clicking here!   Key Takeaways: Take care of your team. Your team will take care of your patients, and your patients will take care of our profits. Strive to be the best. You don't have to be the best in the WHO...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast   Episode 27 Hosts:   Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest:  Fred Joyal / Founder of 1-800-DENTIST   Key Takeaways: Many dentists still struggle with basic ideas of effectively promoting and marketing their practices. Patients judge you by their experience, and 90% of the patient experience is non-clinical. Developing clinical skills is important, but su...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast   Episode 26 Hosts:   Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest:  Stuart Faught  / Founder of PatientSnap.com Key Takeaways: Online reviews are crucial to the success of your dental practice, they can also be very hard to obtain. Make sure every patient receives a text message right after their appointment asking for review and giving links to post a review....

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 25 Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest:  Erika Pusillo / Practice Optimizer @ Spodak Dental Group Key Takeaways: Running a 4-person office is quite different than running a 40-person team, the key is having the right leadership for your team. Every new stage in your life requires a different version of you. Seek areas that need improvemen...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 24 Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest: Bruce Johnstone  / Apex Design Build Key Takeaways: It is better to have one team handle everything rather than having separate contractors handle your renovation. In a Design-Build Model, the liability and risk is lower because you talk to only one supplier committed to finishing the design. Look a...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 23 Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Guest: Josh Robbins / America's Best 401k Key Takeaways: The 401k is a massive liability for any business owner. As the business owner, you are in charge of setting up the account for the sole benefit for your employee. The providers of 401k are broken. There are too many so you need to choose the right on...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 22 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Craig Cody Key Takeaways: Mistake 1 - Failing to plan. Like buying a car or a house, you need to make a plan how you'll pay off your taxes. Mistake 2 - Choosing the wrong entity to operate. You need to understand the different types of entities available before deciding which entity you would choose....

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 21 Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden  &  Dr. Craig Spodak Key Takeaways: Find fulfillment in helping others. Today is the golden age of dentistry. To create a raving fan culture, your team must know how to make creative solutions within a given paradigm. Self-managed teams - they know what to do and they manage themselves. This results in more fulfillment. Tell y...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 20 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Michael Levin   Key Takeways Dentistry is a crowded marketplace. You can distinguish yourself by writing a book. You can target niche audiences using a book and build your credibility in that niche. Writing a book is easy using the right resources. You don't even need to write the entire book. You ca...

This is a republished interview from The Relentless Dentist. I met Dr. David Maloley of Avon, Colorado - at the Voices of Dentistry conference in Nashville, TN this February.   His energy and story that I heard during his presentation  almost compels you to live that EPIC life....and the relentless pursuit of it.   It was an incredible conversation-  check it out!

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 18 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Key Takeaways: 3 Reasons for Doing a Morning Huddle Bring your team into alignment Allow you to discuss opportunity Provides transparency. You can share your numbers with your team. Tips for a Good Meeting: Meetings should be done by the office manager or a team member Start on time and when everyone is rea...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 17 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Dr. Brady Frank Key Takeaways: DSO (Dentist Service Organizations) were created to address legal challenges presented by corporate dentistry. Dentists can take advantage of this. Dentists should learn how to become owner-dentists then hire an associate to do heavy lifting of clinical dentistry. Equit...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 16 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Matthew Lewis Key Takeaways: Corporate often invites dental students to join them although it feels that they only present ideal scenario most of the time. Deciding to sell to the corporate model is a tough decision to make. Corporate dentistry can compete on pricing but not on relationship factor. D...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 15 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Garrett Gunderson / Wealth Factory Key Takeaways: Big Mistake: putting money too early into investments for retirement and not having enough liquidity for your business. Grow your business first by investing in it. Invest in what you know. Diversification for a dentist is bad. Learn to be comfortable...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 14 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden / Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Charissa Wood /  Atlanta Dental Spa   Key Takeaways: Create an appointment flow that will ensure consistency Consistency is one of the biggest reasons for her success Give customized care to every patient Find the balance between consistency and tailored care Educate patients about the process and th...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 13 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa   Key Takeaways: We have to be very strategic with our goals and reverse-engineer them. Writing down your goals is exponentially more effective than not. Strategically measuring your goals is reverse engineering your written goals. Reviewing your goals on a daily basis ensures a higher chance of achieving the...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 11 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Dr. Steven Rasner Realizing the Dream Key Takeaways: If you're young, you should invest first in yourself by mastering a specialty. Meet with the top people in your top department regularly and discuss your company's challenges and strategies. Create something that will inspire people to come to you Bu...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 11 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa Guest: Dr. Steven Rasner Realizing the Dream Key Takeaways: If you're young, you should invest first in yourself by mastering a specialty. Meet with the top people in your top department regularly and discuss your company's challenges and strategies. Create something that will inspire people to come to you Bu...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Episode 10 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa  Dr. Dick Reid spend most of his career focused on NOT growing a large practice.  Nope, he knew that is wasn't how MUCH you collect, but rather how much you KEEP of that collections.   Over his career, Dick was able to drive his overhead to around 43%- as general practicioner.  This is pretty much unheard of, so when...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 9 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa   Guest: Darren Shaw Founder & President of Whitespark Email: darren@whitespark.ca Darren is literally the authority when it comes to LOCAL search.  He's a frequent lecturer to others SEO's in the industry.   Darren's company - Whitespark is almost completely focused on how to help businesses rank better local...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 8 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa   Title: Top 7 Tips for SEO in 2016 / 2017 Subtitle: How Dentists Can Grow Their Practice Through SEO Key Takeaways: SEO is now based on the user experience, the freshness of your content and the authority Google gives your site. In the past, people can gamify SEO using spammy link building that creates no val...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 7 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa   Guest: Rob Bay President, Dental Intel   Key Takeaways: Dental Intel is a cloud based software which can be used as a practice management and financial management system. Dentists are busy with their practice so they have no time to pore over the data presented. So Dental Intelligence learned to take the dat...

Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 6 Host: Dr. Peter Boulden Atlanta Dental Spa   Guest: Kent Miller of Dentagraphics kent@dentagraphics.com    Key Takeaways: You can identify the specific place to best establish your practice using demographic data. Dentagraphics can provide the best place by measuring saturation of dental practices, income of the population and demand of the population....