The Shared Practices Podcast - Archives

PUW 12 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest " Doug " Part II   Practice Under Water brings together dentist and dental practices into our interview space, with a twist! For our new Practice Under Water episodes, George and Matt will be diving (pun intended!) to the deep end of the swimming pool with mystery guests. They will ask them driving questions to find out how they are growing their busines...

PUW 11 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Doug" Part I   Practice Under Water brings together dentist and dental practices into our interview space, with a twist! For our new Practice Under Water episodes, George and Matt will be diving (pun intended!) to the deep end of the swimming pool with mystery guests. They will ask them driving questions to find out how they are growing their business,...

PUW 10 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Liam" Part II    Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com. Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.  Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!   To get today's practice Practice By N...

PUW 9 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Liam" Part I    Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com. Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.  Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!   To get today's practice Practice By Num...

PUW 8 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Rock" Part II    Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com. Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.  Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!   To get today's practice Practice By Nu...

PUW 7 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Rock"    Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com. Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.  Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!   To get today's practice Practice By Numbers da...

PUW 6 Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "David"   To get today's practice Practice By Numbers dashboard snapshot, click the following link: Click Here to get today's Practice By Numbers dashboard snapshot    Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com. Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and whe...

PUW 5 Practice Under Water | First Mystery Guest "Jane" Part II    Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com. Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.  Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!   To get today's practice Practice...

PUW 4 Practice Under Water | First Mystery Guest "Jane" Part I Click Here to get today's practice Practice By Numbers dashboard snapshot  Interested in 1-on-1 coaching? Email george@sharedpractices.com or matt@sharedpractices.com Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.  Send us your information to see...

PUW 3 Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons with Dr Ike Urling We are excited to have our first real episode with a client on Practice Under Water! This weeks episode we have a story of perseverance with Dr Ike Urling. Dr Urling was hoping to buy a practice straight out of school but had a couple opportunities fall through the cracks. Its refreshing to hear a story that a practice doesn't  just fall in pl...

PUW 2 Practice Under Water   Click here to access the sample practice from today's episode   Practice Under Water brings together dentists and dental practices into our interview space, with a twist! For our new Practice Under Water episodes, George and Matt will be diving (pun intended!) to the deep end of the swimming pool with mystery guests. They will ask them driving questions to find out how...

PUW 1 Nothing Is off the Table, You Can Have Anything You Want Practice Under Water brings together dentist and dental practices into our interview space, with a twist! For our new Practice Under Water episodes, Dr Hariri and Dr Guarino will be diving (pun intended!) to the deep end of the swimming pool with mystery guests. They will ask them driving questions to find out how they are growing thei...

Episode 4-42  Trials, Tribulations, and Growth of Practice Ownership with Dr Megan Timm   To follow up or flashback episode last week, we brought Dr Megan Timm back on for an update episode! We love how bold she was buying two practice's straight out from school and we needed to hear how things were going. Dr Timm was very candid throughout sharing about her growth and speed bumps along the way. Q...

Episode 4-41 Flashback! Dr Megan Timm Buying Two Practices Fresh Out of School  We are going back in time to highlight a fantastic story of courage from a fresh grad buying two practices right out of school. Dr Megan Timm pulls off this feat with some resourceful-ness that only true entrepreneurs have. Dr Timm also gives one of the greatest pearls on financing. It's so mind blowing that we had to...

Episode 4-40  Marketing Is Everything with Vicki McManus I'm excited to talk to Vicki McManus at the Productive Dentist Academy Event; recording live in front of a workshop class here at the event. The audience has a list of marketing-related questions piled high and ready for Vicky's answers! The first question is about review services. What is the best and most cost-effective option? Make sure t...

Episode 4-39 Being Productive with THE Productive Dentist Dr. Bruce Baird Dr. Bruce Baird needs no introduction! The man has been a legend for many years and has held the belt for THE most productive dentist for quite some time. Dr. Baird sheds knowledge on how one can have less stress and be more productive by putting the ownership back on the patient and having them understand WHY their dentistr...

Episode 4-38 What Ethical Sales with Ashley Latter Shared Practices goes international and brings on a infectious accent to talk about how your dental office should be thinking about sales. We are proud to have Ashley Latter of international fame on the show. Ashley has prior experience with the Dale Carnegie organization and now runs his own dental sales training business.  Ever had the tough pat...

Episode 4-37 Dr. Erin Elliott Talks Case Acceptance and Sleep Dentistry Continuation of last weeks episode!  Dr Elliott shares her realization of how understanding what the patient's objective was the key to overcoming barriers and getting the patient to say yes. She simplifies the process down to three essential questions that need to be answered and the patient will be asking for treatment. This...

Episode 4-36 Dr. Erin Elliott Dr Erin Elliot from 3D Dentists makes her debut on the Shared Practices show. We are more than excited to finally have this rockstar in the dental world tell us about her journey. This is one of those interviews where we get a real, candid view into the life of trying to juggle being a dentist, a mom, and a practice owner. Dr Elliot gives a vulnerable perspective on h...

Episode 4-35 Dr. Zak Allmand and Apex Payment Solutions Dr. Erin Elliot introduced me to Dr. Zak Allmand and said "You have to interview Zak. We switched to his company and it's helped our case acceptance."  So I interviewed him and had a blast. We talk about how Zak made the spontaneous decision to buy a practice with a friend over a case of Miller Light. Zak's runs his overhead between 37% to 42...

Episode 4-34 Interview with Dr. David Bender David Bender opened his first practice in 2008 and made $144,000 in his first year in practice. In order to keep his practice, his parents lent him money and he maxed out his credit cards. His wife had their first child the following year, with no income from his practice. In mid 2009, his practice picked up by word-of-mouth from his patients. In 2011,...

Matt took his residency in New York and found this was an effective use of his time. Matt focused on dental implants and completed over 30 implants during his residency in New York. Matt enjoyed living in New York and shortly after his residency, purchased his first practice. After sending out about 300 letters, 12 were interested and three were good prospects. Matt talks about the process from sc...

Dr. Richard Low is a huge fan of Vanessa Van Edwards' work on the science of unlocking human behavior and we are delighted to have her on the show.  In this episode Vanessa shares specific strategies from her experiences teaching dentists how to build trust and help patients feel comfortable within the first moments of your interaction.  Another secret we uncovered is that you might accidentally b...

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