Posted by Knowlton Thomas on Fri, March 2, 2012 – in Tech Vibes Canada continues to lead the world in online enagement, according to new data from comScore. The 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus report reveals that web users spend an average of 45 hours online per month. The study also found that, while Facebook is … Read more
The Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics brings together the Leaders in Social Media, SEO & External/Internal Marketing to give you the latest and most cutting edge marketing strategies. Learn from the industry leaders how Social Media, SEO and community marketing can bring patients straight to your practice’s door. DOUBLE CLICK IMAGES. Is this your future in dental marketing?…………WE … Read more
As simple as simple can be: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/edt.2012.28.issue-1/issuetoc This is social networking in the most exquisite form…………. Traumatic dental injuries and their association with malocclusion in the primary dentition of Irish children (pages 81–86) This is the last article to download, tell John Okeefe of the JCDA – he’ll be over the moon……… Learning should always be … Read more
So you know how to drill a maxillary central incisor in 2 minutes flat and you can wield a double-end explorer with finesse, but can you Tweet the latest dental news or pore through Facebook page analytics without missing a beat? These dentists can. In addition to serving patients all day (and, in many cases, running a business), some dentists take their expertise … Read more
Apple changed the way we think about computing and digital devices–again–when it introduced the iPad tablet in early 2010. Take a look back and a peek ahead. Take a walk through it’s two year history – read article. From the iPHONE, to the ultralight MacBook Air, to the iPAD and cloud computing, Apple has changed dentistry……You … Read more
The Buzz: Social media is trending down and of no use to your business. The Anti-Buzz: It is still be a good tool and will undoubtedly be more so in the future. Once again we are abuzz about social media and its use for you, the dentist and so I thought I would weigh in again, as time has granted all … Read more
Posted on January 19, 2012 by Dentistidentity.com In this age of web-informed patients, blogs are golden opportunities for dentists. These blogs enhance dental practice and keep patients informed about services and features that your dental office has. Generally, a blog refers to a post or a personal journal published in the web. This may be created … Read more
Turns out that there are more than 3 of you that visit this blog. Using GOOGLE analytics, we are able to determine the top ten mobile devices that visit the site. No surprise that the iPAD was numero uno. So for you intrepid social media aficionados, you “Dangerous Method” explorers of informatics, here are 50, … Read more
The following is from Dr. Bicuspid – they did a poll on the following topics to provide a “Golden Globes, Emmy, Tony, Oscar” style overview of the profession and the industry. It’s clever marketing and indicative of those who both set the trends and deliver the information on them. The concept is intriguing as it … Read more
Extrapolate the concept…think this outside the box….talk to a dental company Quintiles is expanding its healthcare social media reach with the launch of a new digital business unit that will help the company recruit patients for clinical trials. The new Digital Patient unit builds on the clinical research organization’s existing services for clinical trial recruitment and brings together … Read more
Watch out for the literal avalanche of QR codes on store windows, advertising pages and if you’re really really really on top of your social media marketing game, the dental world is going to figure out how to use them to drive every aspect of a practice. THEY ARE THE ELECTRONIC BUSINESS CARD, PROMOTIONAL PROJECT, … Read more
Anything that begins with PROVOCATIVE floats my boat. Provocation should not be a four letter word. It is to those who encourage a do as I say, not as I do philosophy towards life and control; however, as we are seeing world wide, the lads in control are not doing such a great job for … Read more
In the Internet world, have committees become obsolete, do we need to tolerate the failure to be transparent in governance, informed after the fact rather than being encouraged to be our own advocates during the due diligence and discussion process. Why has Canadian dentistry not built it’s own Internet…..encryption, iTrans, collegial communication, connectivity keep being … Read more
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From the Harvard Business Review – to be extrapolated For decades the mystery shopper was the main way retailers assessed operations from a customer’s point of view. By sending in a fake shopper, typically once a month, an individual store essentially was buying a dozen performance snapshots per year. Then telephone surveys began to supplement mystery shopping. … Read more
See link on bottom to read entire article… Most health care professionals prioritize patient education, because an educated patient makes wise, informed decisions for treatment. This translates into higher case acceptance rates for your practice. While personal consultations, combined with videos,images,and print materials, are important in patient education, don’t overlook the most convenient and customized … Read more
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
You’re a retired dentist, now what……….golf, travel, trophy wife??? It boggles the mind that a vast reservoir of applied science and knowledge is about to depart our profession in droves…………….consider the obvious…………….. Grab a peak at http://www.newmiled.com/nme/955 – and find a vehicle, an association, an institution to support what is being described for DENTISTRY – in … Read more
If you’re reading this, you’ve been blogged Social media has changed the landscape in health care. Social media is a powerful and phenomenal platform to help educate consumers, raise awareness of health issues and connect with consumers and colleagues. Social media gives a voice to patients and consumers and it allows the conversation to get … Read more
Yup in addition to the traditional four year dental degree with the inclusion of a one year residency, the DeVry University Doctor of Dental Surgery is now offering post graduate degree extensions for dentists in Business and Management, Engineering and Information Sciences, Media Arts and Technology and Network and Communications Management. Not only can you … Read more