Websites

All it takes is critical mass

SEO – search engine optimization – the sine qua non of your website/blog/social media efforts – say no more. There was a time in this fair land the railroads did not run, and no one had a website ………the former was over a century ago, the latter barely a decade ago …………what a difference a … Read more

Ignore the obvious at your own peril Pauline!!!!

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

Whistle down the “Goin’ Mobile” Wind

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

Website du jour

http://www.dentistlim.com/ Just visit, all that need be said……..WOW!!

Website du semaine

Been kinda lax about this lately, but, catchin’ up. The website du semaine goes to – drum roll please http://www.brampton-dentist.ca/ From Dentaware – this is one serious player in the dental website arena Just one of the features they provide………. Related articles If less is more, then nothing is everything – Going Paperless (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com)

On a clear day you can see “the obvious”

The world of online “forever” just got even better. YouTube wants to help you make your own practice animations for patient education purposes. Granted it will take time, but with MacOS Lion about to launch and iMovie used by most 6 year olds to document their summer at camp, the time has come to learn … Read more

What did we do before the blogosphere??

SUPER SUPER SITE FOR y’all to check out. http://dentistryandmedicine.blogspot.com/2010/12/oral-carcinosarcoma.html Bookmark it and visit often for updates……….Dentistry and medicine, sitting in a tree – you know the rest………. Related articles I’ve been working on the blogosphere, all the live long day (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Welcome to the Blogosphere (archidose.blogspot.com) Blogosphere Trends + Improving Readability (seome.me)

More and more, the folks are gittin’ it REDUX

Lippincott Williamns and Wilkins has an eStore – say that 10 times in a row……..and then go YEEEE HAWWW!!!! In the immortal words of Lennon and McCartney – It’s getting better all the time………….. Image via Wikipedia I could have written READ MORE – oops, I did.Please note, they have social networking icons……….SOBBBB!!!

Do the math!

From CNBC.com – by Margo D. Beller – June 10, 2011 One had an idea: create a website allowing uninsured consumers to compare prices and reputations of dentists across the U.S. before stepping foot in the office. One looked at the numbers: a $45 billion market and a large population paying for their own dental … Read more

Website du jour

If’n you want them to be exclusively Canadian, you have to let me know – udderwise, I have to find ’em where I can. Dr. Wayne Hickory and the team at Embassy Row Orthodontics team are announcing the launch of a new website designed to enhance their patients‘ online experience. Dr. Hickory adds that he hopes … Read more

No. 36/No. 19 – Website innovations and Office design

Spent Friday afternoon at the AGO – Musee des Beaux-Arts de l’Ontario for our Francophone readers.  Exhibition on Abstract Expressionists, Jack the Dripper Pollock, Mark Rothko, de Kooning, Newman and Krasner et al……just brilliant.  But i Image via Wikipedia t was Rothko who stunned me the most. Always been a fan, but it was the … Read more

That’s Dentertainment

John Flucke and Marty Jablow are the new Oprah.  They have their OWN network.  Do check out this fascinating site – http://www.dentalentertainment.com Related articles Oprah May Say Goodbye, But I Say Hello (Column) (popmatters.com)

Dental School Blogs

Curious as to what dental schools were doing re; blogging and making alumni aware – lo and behold………http://uoftdentistrylibrary.blogspot.com/ which included a great piece on – drum roll please…………In 1911, 100 years ago, Oral Health was founded (Johnson 353). As one of the earliest dental journals, it was born during a time when oral health was not … Read more

ACE’s NEW!! Online Education Library is Here!!!

First Checkdent.com this morning and now ACE…..it never rains, but what it pours. Folks are waking up to the incredible value of archives and videos and animations….huzzah, huzzah. Just plug the information from the image below into your browser and “zoom zoom”. Related articles Introducing CheckDent, the Social Network for Dental Health (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com)

Oral-systemic health and your dental team

From RDH – by Karen Davis – karen@karendavis.net Front office administrators, dental assistants, dentists, and dental hygienists have one thing in common: Patients will approach any of them to ask about something they just read or heard on TV regarding how the oral cavity impacts the rest of the body. They don’t discriminate. We’re all … Read more

They’ve got APPs for this, they’ve got APPs for that….

May 12, 2011 – If you’re reading this, there’s an APP for that. Integrated Media Solutions recently launched its Dental Product Promotions app for the iPhone and Android. In a continuing effort to connect dental professionals with dental product manufacturers, Integrated Media Solutions created a user-friendly application that allows dentists, hygienists, and assistants to browse … Read more

Anticipatrending…..Wiki Word of the Week

From Digital Trends by Geoff Duncan – May 6, 2011 I sincerely expect that in the next year or so, dental industry and practice websites will be infused with APPS to drive business and market services…….one simply needs to follow the trends…. New figures Nielsen show consumers like tablets for portability, and they’re increasingly using … Read more