Sales training for on-site and virtual consults, follow up and more
Meeting and greeting the patient is easy, the painful piece is often the "money" conversation - let's help your team gain that inner confidence to "win the start".
Be the practice that encourages generational and community relationships with its patients - as each generation grows, they continue to bring their kids, and when they grow up they bring their kids and regularly refer you to their friends! Long-term loyalty is built with great customer service and my training will give you reassurance that your team is delivering time and again.
Learn to close the sale and increase conversion rates
Master how to respond to different personalities
Become comfortable and fluid with rebuttals
Get the patient's buy-in at every step of the process to reduce the number of failed conversions
Learn to be their mentor and guide them with confidence
Sometimes we are so focused on getting a new patient to sign the contract that we can forget and bypass the natural milestones that need to occur during the exam process.
because all your customer relationships are real connections, right from the start.
because you're no longer inadvertently upsetting your valued customers.
because you've built trust with your customers from the beginning, so your win ratio is much higher.
Telephone skills training for efficient and impactful first impressions with your receptionist and front office team.
Treatment Coordinator communication training for consultations to adapt, read the room, and win the start.
Book me for your team or appreciation event you are running to provide customer experience training.
It is always an honor to be with Glenn, whether at OP Summit, on his podcast, or in person.
Learn how to answer new patient calls!
I am honored that our session together is still one of the top dozen podcasts he has held!
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Most of us have had the experience of calling a medical office or any other business and felt disappointed at how the person at the other end answered the call and how the conversation went.
Sometimes, it feels more like an interrogation than a conversation, like a drill sergeant talking to a recruit.
Yet this is our first impression of the business, and probably the last one.
A new patient call is a great opportunity to make a lasting first impression and have a conversation that leads to a relationship.
The phone call sets the tone for a new patient's experience in your practice.
But most of us are getting it wrong, even those who think their team is doing it right.
Today on the podcast, I have one of the best communication consultants in our profession.
She is a trainer, coach, and president of Communicate Excellence who has helped many practices, including mine, drastically improve their communication.
Amy's approach to communication, from phone to patient experience inside your practice, is truly amazing.
How does she do it?
Tune in to learn more!
Key Takeaways
- Meet Amy Demas (02:21)
- Why we all need coaches for different aspects of our life (05:37)
- Why orthodontists need to overcome sunk cost bias (10:26)
- Don't ride that dinosaur onto extinction (13:24)
- Using small repeatable habits to improve communication (15:26)
- Six sigma – reduce errors and variations to improve performance (18:16)
- Common areas orthodontist practices can improve in their communication (19:52)
- The Dunning-Kruger effect in ortho (26:37)
- The #1 thing you must do in a new patient call (35:05)
- Miscommunication and a lost quarter (41:50)
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