Jay Geier[email protected]Dental Practice4 unexpected benefits of growing your practice bigThe ball has dropped, the confetti cleared, and the fireworks are over. Now is the time to hit the ground running and begin working on the goals you set for your practice in 2017. Scheduling Institute President Jay Geier challenges you to think bigger than what you know and have experienced in 2017.January 3, 2017Dental PracticeWhy do you do what you do?The end of the year is about more than eating our weight in holiday cookies, decking the halls, and dashing through the snow, writes Scheduling Institute President Jay Geier. It's a good time to reflect on what we are grateful for and to count our blessings before moving into the new year.December 20, 2016Dental PracticeIs your front desk helping or hurting your practice?For your practice to grow, you need to interact with your patients and provide excellent care. However, if your patients never get past their first phone call to your practice, you'll never get a chance to provide this care. Jay Geier of the Scheduling Institute asks if your front desk has the training to help your practice grow.December 6, 2016Dental Practice4 ways to create culture in your officeWhen you are marketing your practice, do you promote your services, or do you promote your practice's culture? Scheduling Institute President Jay Geier writes that culture within your office doesn't come immediately, but the long-term benefits are well worth it.November 15, 2016Dental PracticeYour 2 greatest competitors all yearFall is a great time of year, writes Jay Geier, president of the Scheduling Institute. But you can't let everything going on around you blind you to the opportunities in front of you for your practice. He offers some ideas you might not have thought about to help your practice thrive during this busy time of year.November 8, 2016Dental Practice5 qualities of a great teamMaybe you aren't managing a Major League Baseball team, but you are managing a team. As Jay Geier of the Scheduling Institute writes, building a team in which everyone contributes and is involved requires tools and training, but every team has the potential to become a dream team.October 25, 2016Dental PracticeThe predictability of process in your practiceWhen you think coffee, which company pops into your head? How about if you need a package delivered overnight? Jay Geier, president of the Scheduling Institute, offers some practical advice so that your patients will think of your practice when they hear the word "dentist."October 11, 2016Dental Practice8 spaces your backstage is (probably) missingWhen patients walk into your office, what's the first thing they notice? The reception area, the front desk, or sign-in sheet and, hopefully, a smiling face from your team member. But as Scheduling Institute President Jay Geier asks, what about the spaces they don't see?September 27, 2016MarketingThe trouble with jumping on the online marketing trainYou hear a lot about how your practice should be marketing itself online. And you should. But as the Scheduling Institute's Jay Geier writes, you can have the greatest website in the world and it will mean little if your practice isn't ready when the phone rings.September 13, 2016Dental PracticeThe importance of long-term thinking for your practiceYou hear a lot about long-term practice planning, but between providing excellent patient care and managing your day-to-day practice, it seems like something that keeps getting pushed back. The Scheduling Institute's Jay Geier has some ideas about how to plan for your practice's future.August 30, 2016Previous PagePage 3 of 7Next PageTop StoriesLegal IssuesDentist enters plea, avoiding trialA dentist sidesteps trial with a no-contest plea.Wellness401(k) or a defined benefit plan: What dentists should know before choosingOffice ManagementShipshape and smile-ready: What we've been missing in the dental practicePatient CommunicationDr. Tom Giacobbi: In-office, virtual, or AI ... who should answer your phones?Dental SpecialtiesThose aren’t baseballs: A N.Y. homeowner uncovers a mastodon jaw
