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17 Oct 2014 • Practice Management

How Do I Get My Team to Work as a Team?

Are your team working together to meet their fullest potential? If not then read on to find out Emma John’s five top tips on how you can get your team working together more effectively.

15 Oct 2014 • Marketing and Design, Practice Management

Create Some Buzz Agents

Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing some top tips on various business topics from our consultants and colleagues in the industry. And who best to start with than our very own Les Jones!

22 Sep 2014 • Marketing and Design

Accidentally ‘not bad’ at this design lark!

The year was 1988, Bros were number 1 and I was a 15 year old schoolboy being asked what I wanted to do for a career. Our careers officer was called Mr Simms. All I…

12 Sep 2014 • Practice Management

Measure This, Measure That – But Does It Really Matter?

Do you measure the success of everything you do in your dental practice? Is measurement a way of life for you and your team? Do you think it’s important? Here, Nigel Jones talks about the…

5 Sep 2014 • Marketing and Design, Our News

Learn How You Can Turn Your Telephone Into A Business-Building Tool

Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator at Practice Plan, introduces the new event series Ringing the Changes, and gives you an insight into how it can help you to boost your profits.

18 Aug 2014 • Practice Management

The Best Kept Secret in Town – Part Two

Following on from our first blog from Michael, here’s what happened next! The week of our shopping centre awareness campaign soon came. It was a windy and cold one, but my team were undeterred and…

15 Aug 2014 • Practice Management

Time Flies Even When You’re Not Having Fun

Do you find there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done? Well, to help you squeeze the most out of your time, Regional Support Manager Emma Sillars shares her top time-management tips!

8 Aug 2014 • Marketing and Design, Practice Management

Are You Really Meeting Your Patients Needs?

Sheila Scott explains why understanding your patients and listening to what it is they need is the most important and worthwhile area of your marketing strategy.

6 Aug 2014 • Marketing and Design, Practice Management

The Best Kept Secret in Town – Part 1

What I love about my team is their enthusiasm to see the practice succeed. Last year, I threw it open to them to help me shape the practice’s marketing plan for 2014. One of the…

25 Jul 2014 • Blog, Marketing and Design

Is Your Social Media Etiquette up to Scratch?

Believe it or not there is some etiquette to how the big wide world of social media works. Here, social media agency ApexHub discuss what they consider to be bad social etiquette (or ‘netiquette’) and…

18 Jul 2014 • Our News

Why You Can’t Afford to Miss This Year’s Practice Plan Workshop Tour!

After seeing this year’s speaker, Joy Marsden, in action for ourselves, here’s an insight into why the Workshop Tour is shaping up to be an unmissable series of events. When brainstorming themes for the Workshop…

11 Jul 2014 • Practice Management

Strawberry Cake and the Halo Effect

From her experience of visiting hundreds of practices all over the UK, Regional Support Manager Emma Sillars discusses why first impressions really do count and how you can polish up on yours! A recent study…

10 Jul 2014 • Our News

Practice Plan Supports Concerns Over Recent GDC Advertisement.

Following the recent publication of a full-page advertisement in The Telegraph newspaper on 4th July which appears to encourage patients to bypass local resolution in favour of engaging with the dental complaints service (DCS), Practice…

4 Jul 2014 • Practice Management

When Does Monitoring Become Snooping?

Employment law and HR specialists, Peninsula Business Services, are here to let you know how far you can monitor your staff.

6 Jun 2014 • Practice Management

Five Reasons Why You Should Have a Treatment Coordinator

We’ve asked treatment coordination expert Laura Horton to discuss the importance of having a Treatment Coordinator (TCO) in your practice and to provide us with an insight into all of the amazing benefits that are…

23 May 2014 • Blog, Marketing and Design, Practice Management

Low Cost Ideas For Attracting New Patients

Les Jones, Marketing Director at Practice Plan, shares some low-cost ideas on how to attract new patients to your dental practice. 1. Networking The first thing you need to do is ‘get out there!’ and…

16 May 2014 • Practice Management, Our News

Calling all Practice Management Teams!

The Bolton Practice Management Conference is only a couple of weeks away and the preparations are well underway. The speakers are lined up and ready to go and the topics are already getting people talking.…

9 May 2014 • Marketing and Design, Practice Management

The Price Is Right!

The importance of positioning your prices correctly (as well as making sure you’re meeting GDC standards) – a handy tip from Regional Support Manager, Emma Sillars. Last year, a new series of GDC standards were…