#182 How to Avoid a Summer Slump in Your Practice

In this episode, Gary Bird shares essential strategies on how to avoid the summer slump in dental practices. Learn proven dental growth tips, including how to analyze production dips, optimize phone processes, increase patient referrals, and leverage admin training days to boost summer production. Gary also covers how aligner days and strategic dental marketing can help fill schedules and drive new patients during slow months. Summer slowdowns are common in dentistry, but with the right dental practice management strategies, you can maintain growth and profitability. Discover how to plan ahead, prevent revenue dips, and turn the summer season into a growth opportunity for your dental practice. Watch now to learn actionable steps to keep your dental office thriving year-round.

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Dental Marketing Goat, the go-to podcast for dentists who want to grow faster, market smarter and build practices that thrive in today’s competitive landscape. Hosted by Gary Bird, the Dental Marketing Goat himself and founder of SMC National - recently named Best Dental Marketing Agency by over 60,000 dental professionals. Each episode unpacks the real strategies, marketing frameworks and operational shifts that high-performing practices use to attract more patients and increase production. Whether you're a solo practitioner or scaling a DSO, you’ll learn how to align your marketing, team and systems to drive predictable growth.

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