Bring your “A” not “Eh!” game……

Between singing and dancing websites (ease up on the text folks, it’s a visual medium, social networking as a marketing tool, a new piece of digital equipment hitting the marketplace daily and the fact that you want to choke one staff member a day, life can be arduous for a dentist. What’s even worse is … Read more

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Cogito ergo sum – Rene Descartes To a greater or lesser degree, I opt not to editorialize in these blog entries. I see this volunteer effort as a mechanism for the creation of a NEXUS, whereby, the push technology of over a decade of Internet interest brings, in addition to hundreds of pharmaceutical providers commenting … Read more

Up in the air junior birdsmen………and eCards for free – do you not love social networking….let’s take over Nathan Phillips Square and demand a recount on Rob Ford

If I said Dental Air Force to you, you’d assume I was referring to the dental division of the Canadian Air Force, you know, the one still using bi-planes and F-18’s with wings that fall off…  however, www.dentalairforce.com is an interesting site showcasing an interesting device developed by Dr. Piero  Image via Wikipedia – I … Read more

Taking it to the streets – start a revolution in your reception squarea….

Facebook is reframing it’s look; it was never intuitive or user friendly, but it was long overdue for a visual overhaul and that is launching……..the use of newsletters is old hat in dental marketing…..what Facebook and Twitter offers is 24/7/365 newsletters and customer service and familiarity which builds and brands loyalties………….check out the following article. … Read more

I want a dental website and I also want to end world hunger

There no simple answers to most things, but as social networking takes unrelenting hold and as the competition on the street between dental offices sitting kitty corner to each other at every intersection of N. America starts looking like Starbucks and Timmies…..tis time to reduce the search for the ideal webdesigner to an elemental quest……like … Read more

It’s the singer, not the song

NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A new nationwide study by Verasoni Ah Ha! (The Research arm of Verasoni Worldwide), of how dentists use Facebook to promote their practice reveals that dentists are at a loss on Facebook. Data from the study reveal that dentists do not yet understand how to leverage social media channels such … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg – you sonofadentist

On the afternoon of Nov. 16, 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was leading a meeting in the Aquarium, one of Facebook‘s conference rooms, so named because it’s in the middle of a huge work space and has glass walls on three sides so everybody can see in. Conference rooms are a big deal at Facebook  Image via … Read more

Yoo Toob Primer on Social Networking

Interesting series of You Tube videos…….detailing use of Facebook for social networking. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F2FD82737700C818 Connected Culture Blog Keep up to date with the progress of Jerry Allocca’s much anticipated new book Connected Culture: The Art of Communicating with the Digital Generation. The book will be published by the Administrator’s Bookshelf,a resource for higher education. Be a … Read more

Y Dentists Should Hook Up w/ Social Media

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 … Read more

Social Networking – the future of Dental Practice

Social Networking for Dentists – Made Easy!! By Dan Marut, DMD By now you’ve probably heard of Facebook and/or MySpace. If you are really techno savvy you may have written a blog and heard of Twitter. You may even have heard of NewDocs. As a dentist you are a practitioner taking care of patients and … Read more