The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself in 2013.

What’s your vision in 2014? As 2013 comes to a close and 2014 approaches, I encourage you to spend time in reflection and planning. Get a pad of paper and a pen to answer these questions: List your priorities: personally and professionally. What do you want to accomplish in 2014? Think in terms of what […]
The Either/Or Rule

Early in my career with The Dawson Academy I attended Pete’s course, How To Put Your Practice In The Top 10%. During his presentation Pete showed a picture of his family on an Easter Sunday morning when his youngest was still an infant. Although 20 years had passed since that day, he told us that […]
Course Correction: Is Your Dental Practice On Track?

Shortly after taking off from Tampa en route to Atlanta last week, the pilot announced that air traffic control was rerouting us due to typical July stormy weather; we would be turning West towards Tallahassee and approaching Atlanta from the West rather than the East.
How to Market Your Complete Care Dental Practice

What comes to mind when you think about marketing a dental practice? Do you think of postcards, TV commercials, phone books, or radio ads?
Webinar: Dental Insurance Roundtable

Patients love having dental coverage and employers compete for employees by subsidizing these benefits; all the while insurance companies profit handsomely connecting everyone through networks. Every single dental practice is affected by 3rd party dental benefit plans on a daily basis and this subject is the focus of many questions The Dawson Academy faculty receive […]
Your Ultimate Guide to Dental Patient Communication

Communication plays a role in successful appointments
Your Checklist for Selecting Dental CE Courses

Dental CE courses are more than something you need to cross off your to-do list. In The Dawson Academy office we have a plaque with a quote on it that we all find very important. The plaque says: “The professional man has no right to be other than a continuous student, – Greene Vardinand Black. […]
A Politically Incorrect View of ‘Successful’ Dental Practices

Having had the advantage of more than 60 years in dentistry, I’ve had an opportunity to see the long-term differences that result from different attitudes about what it means to have a successful practice.
The Secret to How Dentists Can Lead a Happy Life!

Happiness is something we all strive for. The big question is how do we achieve it? Discover how Dr. DuPont has found a balanced
Topics, titles & tricks for effective holiday newsletters for dentists

Good news! The holidays may threaten to do some damage to your bank account on a personal level, but they can have the opposite affect on your practice. Regardless of how many of you choose to celebrate–or not celebrate–the winter festivities, the season can be a great opportunity for promoting your services and engaging (or […]
6 Rules Every Dentist Should Live By

Over the years weÛªve coined and adopted some rules of our own that every dentist should live by. The following are 6 rules you should always keep in mind.
How to Find the Right Dental Consultant

We’ve all heard colleagues complain about a dental consultant they hired who wasn’t a good fit. Read my 7 tips for finding the right dental consultant for your dental practice.