Your telephone is the single most important piece of equipment in your dental office because it is the conduit through which your patients flow into your practice!
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Running Time: 63:40 minutes
In this Thriving Dentist Show, Gary interviews his friend Ashley Latter on how to convert callers into appointments and loyal patients. In this Show Gary and Ashley discuss; The concept of your reception team members as ‘Directors of First Impressions’, why many team members unconsciously act as ‘Sales Prevention Officers’ and how to avoid this situation, how to quickly develop rapport and relationship with callers, the four-step process that any team member who answers the phone must follow and throughout the interview Ashley shares great verbal skills for your business team members. This podcast interview is excellent content for your next Team Meeting!
Link to Ashley’s Books, both of these books are brilliant reading for your entire Team!: http://www.ashleylatter.com/books
Ashley’s website:
http://www.ashleylatter.com
Gary Takacs
Gary became a successful practice owner by purchasing a fixer-upper practice and developing it into a world-class dental practice. He is passionate about sharing his hard-earned insights and experiences with dental practices across the globe. As a dental practice coach, Gary provides guidance for dental professionals on how to create a healthier practice style that lets them deliver excellent patient care while reducing depending on insurance.
More importantly, Gary’s insights are not just based on theory – as a co-owner of a dental practice, he has first-hand experience in making this transformation from a high-volume and low-fee insurance model to a fee-for-service approach that is more sustainable and promotes a patient-centric and financially healthy dental practice, and he is dedicated to sharing this knowledge with other dental practitioners via the popular Thriving Dentist Show!