Episode #10 - Doubling Your New Patients with Better Phone Conversion Secrets with Xana Winans




The Best Practices Show show

Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are diving deep into marketing with a dear friend of mine Xana Winans. She is the owner of </span><a href="https://www.goldenproportions.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Golden Proportions Marketing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. I have been in dentistry for over two decades, and I have met a lot of great people in marketing, but Xana is the person who I have seen help me and my clients over and over no matter which way the winds of marketing have blown. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Xana and I also do a lot of coaching and teaching together. When I have gotten sick or wasn’t able to speak Xana has taken over for me. Xana founded Golden Proportions Marketing 16 years ago. They work exclusively with dentists. Whether they are private practice, group practice, or multi-location, these dentists are Xana's clients. They are a marketing firm with a comprehensive strategy because Xana doesn't believe in the single magic bullet strategy. Today, we talk about dental marketing and using the right technique for the right group of dentists. </span></p><br> <p><strong>You can find Xana here:</strong></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.goldenproportions.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Golden Proportions</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="mailto:Xana@GoldenProportions.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Xana@GoldenProportions.com</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/xanawinans/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Xana Winans on LinkedIn</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.gpmexpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GPM Express</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="http://smartmarketdental.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smart Market Dental</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="mailto:Xana@SmartMarketDental.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Xana@SmartMarketDental.com</span></a></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(570)742-5656</span></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:17] Xana founded Golden Proportions Marketing 16 years ago and works with dentists to create an all encompassing comprehensive strategy.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:59] The number one technique doctors need to learn is how to handle the phone. They can use the phone to double or triple conversions.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:08] The single most piece of equipment in a practice is the phone. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:25] How doctors undervalue the importance of phone skills for the person who answers the phone. The person answering the phone is your whole business.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:59] They need a great phone voice and an excellent disposition. You have to like people and look at the phone as a tremendous opportunity.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:38] The importance of showing a client that a marketing investment works. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:07] Call tracking technology was strikingly revealing. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:24] The doctor needs to provide the right level of training for the front desk. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:51] We have a large team of call screeners who do nothing but listen to our clients calls. We have recorded over a million phone calls up to this point and time. The number one problem is calls going to voicemail. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[07:28] Patients call when your phones are on voicemail.  80% of calls that go to voicemail hang up and don't leave a message. More often or not they have moved on to the next dentist on the list.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[08:38] Don't rely on an answering service. This frustrates patients. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 40;"></span></p>