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This week, TNT Dental’s Tips blog shares 5 secrets to using your website to promote new services, technology, or products. The tips are great, so if you have a website, be sure to check it out. If you don’t have a website…get in the game!  http://tips.tntdental.com

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The pros at TNT Dental tell us, “you can lead a patient to your website, but you can’t make ’em stay.” That’s not to say your potential patients are horses, but there’s some truth in the statement. This week, in the TNT Tips Blog, you’ll find expert advice regarding no-nos! and yes-yesses! for building a […]

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If you aren’t a friend of DentalBlogs on Facebook, you’re missing out. While we post full, original dental news articles, press releases, and blogs from The Greatest Minds in Dentistry Today right here, we also post tons of links each and every weekday to Facebook and Twitter. In just one online location, www.facebook.com/dentalblogs, you’ll get […]

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If you’re not sure what tomorrow holds for your business, or if you’ve begun to worry about financial stability and success in light of the economy, listen to the experts. Apply their advice. See what happens. Brandon Parkhurst, CPA, CFP, tells us in this month’s Dental Products Report that “What Goes Down, Must Come Up.” […]

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Today, a Web Exclusive article, “When patients know more than you,” posted on www.DentalProductsReport.com. In it, Senior Editor Noah Levine tells us that a survey by Pew Internet Project reported 75-80% of Internet users look for medical information online. Question is, does the vast medical and dental information on the Internet educate and inform patients […]

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Social networking may not be your thing, and that’s okay. It can be difficult to keep up with daily, or even weekly, blogs and posts on Twitter, Facebook, and the many other networking sites out there in cyberspace. Even if you aren’t the tech-savvy dentist who Twitters in real time about a root canal or […]

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In Living Magazine this month (July 2009, p 36), an article ran entitled “Need a Dentist? Who You Gonna Call?” by Mimi Greenwood Knight. Now, you know that your target audience is women. They’re the ones who choose the family dentist. What is this women’s magazine saying to your target audience? The article is about […]

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Remember when DentalBlogs covered the new oral cancer screening technology, Identafi? Well, the maker of Identafi, Trimira, is now offering FREE (that’s right, free) clinical pictures of oral cancer cases. If you have a dental website, you may know just how difficult it can be to get your hands on quality clinical photos. Trimira has […]

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Every day, it seems, a news story tells us about a dentist or dental professional who has molested a patient during a dental appointment. The nature of dentistry (and medicine) is such that we are in a prime situation to (a) sexually harass and (b) be accused of sexual harassment. Sometimes, though, allegations of sexual […]

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An article in Baltimore Bizjounrals recently reviewed the downturn in elective procedures. For plastic surgeons, ophthalmalogists, and cosmetic dentists, the squeeze is on. Dr. Roger Levin of the Levin Group consulting firm claims that he’s never witnessed dentists being affected by a recession like they are today – a 12% drop in 12 months. However, in March, TIME Magazine published “Smiling in the Face of Recession.” This article tells us that Sageworks reports dentists have profit margins greater than accountants, legal services, and mining support services, three of the industries in the top five for profit margins. So that’s the positive side of things.

In the Baltimore Bizjournals article, Dr. Kellner of Smile Design Center in Lutherville says that patients have money, but they’re being careful about spending it. Here’s what some dentists and doctors are doing to boost business…

While many dentists are cutting back on marketing budgets right now, a professional website with organic search engine optimization is a safe, solid, and economic investment. TNT Dental, the leader in custom dental websites, hosting, and SEO, offers packages that range from start-up websites to full-service plans with a blog, interactive forms, and patient surveys.

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