By James Berkow, Postmedia News Research In Motion Ltd. is pushing its BlackBerry smart-phones into a market still dominated by folded pieces of leather. In the first step toward having Black-Berry smartphones take the place of physical wallets and security key cards, RIM announced a pilot project Wednesday that will see hundreds of Telefonica Digital … Read more
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IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … Read more
Dangerous posting on many levels. First look at the image below and ask yourself the following two questions: 1,,) Does everyone in Ontario receive this, which would imply that email is mandatory for dental offices in Ontario which for all intents and purposes it should be but unless I’ve missed the advisory notice – is … Read more
How do we move beyond basic technical fundamentals which are the mainstay of salesforce based education into more purposeful and relevant self-directed learning……….I plan on approaching the author of this paper with the hope that he will contribute to this blog. In this author’s opinion, dentistry must expansively embrace comprehensive reasoning to prevent being diminished … Read more
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Someone finally realized that you can’t suck and blow at the same time…it’s long overdue for organized dentistry to do the same…… …Something huge happened at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting. Although the meaning of what happened will be spun throughout the blogosphere, twittersphere, and schmuckosphere, the bottom line is that the … Read more
Billboard, bus or radio marketing – I think not. VIDEO ON THE INTERNET – that’s the ticket. http://vimeo.com/28786200 Related articles Electronic dental lab prescriptions report available for comment (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) FBI forensic course to convene in California (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Dr. Bicuspid – Leaders in Dentistry: A conversation with Dr. Joel Weaver (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Growing Mature Dental Practices with … Read more
Most of us may be practicing longer than we thought thanks to the economy, or not, but the look and feel of our offices are very much the focus of customer service. As always, in that this week is dedicated to the world that Steve Jobs built, I offer you six APP’s which can turn … Read more
Collaboration, whether strategic or collegial is a complex construct. The most successful collaboration in recent history is of course the Beatles. To quote from the one of the most successful businessmen in history, Steve Jobs: Cover of The Beatles My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each other’s negative tendencies … Read more
Tip of the iceberg…….doing a little research for the blog and came across the following site. http://www.sesamecommunications.com/ I urge you to simply wander through the links……ortho websites are a big component, but don’t let that confuse you. Strong links to the Pride Institute….it’s a magnificent overview of the now and tomorrow on one site.
Take the concept of the previous blog – all you need to do to review past entries is click the masthead and then either review by category or by month in archives. The point of any PUSH technology or as we now know it, social media, is “CONNECTIVITY” and delivery of content to any platform … Read more
You COPY GENIUS and see further by standing on the shoulders of giants. iPHONE, iPAD is not a geek’s obsession; it is the mobile platform of the world at the moment and it is the mobile platform of any business that recognizes social media will keep them ALIVE!!!!! I’ve never met Phil Klein, but like … Read more
The secret of success is constancy to purpose – Benjamin Disraeli. I’d include the pop culture reference Disraeli Gears by Cream, but if you’re over 50, you’re probably not reading this. For Cover of Disraeli Gears years, I’ve lived on the Internet, trying to see how best to learn 24/7/365 about my specialty – DENTISTRY. … Read more
I am obsessed with Apple as a company, as a culture, as the most innovative business to model in the past century and of course, I dress like Steve Jobs, granted several sizes larger. From Dental IQ – Jul 21, 2011 – for all those who thought I was meshugenah when I went on and … Read more
It’s continuing unabated and it will radically change the dental landscape in marketing, practice management and dental education. You don’t need to be an IT expert, you can hire those, but you need to have the vision and to see the implications for your future in terms of patient CONNECTIVITY. The same will hold with … Read more
It’s not a new concept, it’s not a revolutionary concept, but it is, in the author’s opinion, the inevitability of how sales by corporate dentistry will flourish, especially when they grasp how social networking can explode the monetization of sales. A company like Apple is destined to become the largest company in the world because … Read more
That’s BILLION with a “B”…….Rupert Murdoch speak……..I hacked his financials, I know it’s a “B”. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – According to a new report by iData Research (www.idataresearch.net), the leading global authority in medical device and dental market research, the U.S. dental prosthetics market, including crowns/bridges, inlays/onlays, veneers and dentures recovered from the economic recession … Read more
Hmmmmmmm – From Dentistry IQ Jul 10, 2011 “The McGill Advisory” is forecasting continued improvement for dental practices in 2011, as the economy continues to slowly recover. The stock market rally has continued, erasing all of the 2008-2009 decline. Meanwhile, interest rates have remained very low by historical standards. Job creation is rising and layoffs … Read more
This blog entry is about medical issues, but it can readily be extrapolated to our client base and dental insurers. I am no actuary, but I’ll make book that dental benefits in this economy with contract renewals for unions and non-union shops et al are a major issue. So read on you two followers, stalwarts … Read more