Tyson Steele Associates - Advanced Marketing Concepts for Dentists

How to successfully steer your dental practice in any economy

According to many experts, we are currently experiencing the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression. In fact, many commentators are calling for the “end of prosperity” as we know it and the beginning of the Great Recession -- including massive unemployment, the freezing of the banking system, and runaway taxation to hold it all together.

What works, what doesn't, and how to do it

What would you say is the best restaurant in the world? Spago’s? Capiche? Andre's? Well, I guess it all depends on your definition of the word "best." So, let's redefine the question. What would you say is the most financially successful restaurant in the world?

The thin line that separates success from mediocrity

In 2005, Lance Armstrong made history as he crossed the finish line in the world's premier long-distance bicycle race, winning his seventh Tour de France. For 2,227 miles the cancer survivor and American cyclist fought fatigue, competitors and even allegations of drug use by the foreign press. In the end, the winner of 2 stages of the 21 stage race was crowned victorious.

How to improve communication with your team

What a wonderful time to be a "treatment oriented, fee-for-service" dentist. With the technological advances in dentistry and a corresponding increase in the speed in which dental services can be delivered, the operating results of most general dentists are vastly exceeding anything I would have predicted just a few years ago.

How all that hard earned income seems to vanish, and where it goes

If you've wondered where all your hard earned profit goes, here are some of life's major expenses for your consideration: