Backlinks don’t work anymore. Wrong

by | Mar 6, 2019 | Blogs, Content, Online marketing, Performance reporting

We’ve been hearing that it’s now common for agencies to tell their clients that search engine optimisation (SEO) is no longer just about link building and blogs and is much more about PPC and social media. Not true. The seven things you need to do for SEO, as attested...

They’re key to growth, but why do 25% of business managers in dentistry fail?

by Jonathan Fine | Jun 20, 2018 | Business growth, Costs, Leadership, Performance reporting, Recruitment

If you’ve ever appointed a business manager, were they or are they effective? By effective I mean do they or did they actually deliver the objectives you set them? I can honestly say that it’s the single hardest appointment we advise our clients on. You can do all the...

My power cut halfway through 2 implants

by Guest | Aug 23, 2017 | Performance reporting, Wealth management

Have you ever wondered how you’d cope if the lights went out during surgery? It never happens, apart from those rare times that it does. It did, dramatically, to our client Sean Corry last week at Corry Dental Care in Magherafelt, Ulster. He was left in the dark...

EBITDA is only meaningful if you pay yourself properly

by Guest | Aug 9, 2017 | Performance reporting, Wealth management

If you run a dental practice, or any other business, you will have heard of EBITDA: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation. It’s got resonance among practice owners at the moment as a useful metric to see how your business is doing. So how...

Making those painful IT decisions easier

by Robert Powell | Feb 22, 2017 | Business growth, IT, Performance reporting

Making those painful IT decisions easier    By Robert Powell. February 22, 2017. There are so many difficult decisions to make for business owners, and many are painful enough without the added problem of not fully understanding the options or the implications. Take...

Staring at information causes blindness

by Jonathan Fine | Dec 30, 2016 | Blog, Business growth, Performance reporting

Staring at information causes blindness    By Jonathan Fine. December 30, 2016. I reckon you’ve probably heard the phrase “if you can’t measure it you can’t manage it” and it’s fair to say that most practices have management software that delivers information. Masses...