Gems Publishing - February 2019

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Why Would YOUR Patient See ME for Veneers When YOU Could Have Done Them?! How to Incr ease Sale s of Any Tr eatme nt of Your Choice by 500 Pe r ce nt or Mor e

By Dr. Tom “The Gems Guy” Orent

Cindy lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and drove three hours round trip to my Framingham practice. Along the route between her home on Cape Cod and my office in Framingham, she drove past well over 5,000 other Dentists, most of whom would have been happy to perform her maxillary anterior veneers. More to the point, her own general Dentist could have … would have … should have been the one to do them! So how did I get the case? You might assume she was referred to me by her GP or perhaps a referral from a close friend or relative for whom I’d performed a similar smile makeover. None of the above. Cindy happened to have heard my radio ad, in which I offered a complimentary cosmetic consultation, including “Dream Smile Makeover” computer simulation (imaging). “The patient sought treatment elsewhere … not because she didn’t believe her GP would do a wonderful job … but because she had NO IDEA THAT HER DENTIST OFFERED THAT TREATMENT OR SERVICE!”

practice. Until or unless you embrace their reality, you’re leaving enormous opportunity on the table. They’ve had you perform radiographs, exams, and cleanings. Of course, in addition to what they’ve had done, most patients know you perform things like fillings, extractions, dentures, and crowns. That leaves a LONG LIST of treatments and services, many of which they may need or want … but they are unaware you could perform those treatments. Many years ago, I decided to do something about this. One at a time, I chose a specific treatment or service to highlight in my practices. Services I wanted to do more of. I wrote and sent emails to all of my patients and prospects about a particular treatment or service. Then I designed flyers to mail to my patients and for my team to hand to every patient who presented to the practice during the chosen interval (most often 4–6 months). It was a multimedia blitz that included the creation of buttons for my team to wear.

DENTISTS SHOCKED WHEN “HAPPY” PATIENTS PRESENT AT RECALL VISITS SPORTING A BRAND-NEW SMILE

Many of our Gems Family members have told me stories of being “perplexed” when they examine a recall patient only to find that the patient sought treatment elsewhere … not because she didn’t believe her GP would do a wonderful job … but because she had NO IDEA THAT HER DENTIST OFFERED THAT TREATMENT OR SERVICE!

The results were remarkable. I built steady slow-drip multimedia internal marketing campaigns that effectively increased utilization of

Most of your patients only know you perform the treatments or services they or their family members have experienced in your

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any treatment or service of my choice. Over the years, I’ve built roughly three dozen of these multimedia patient motivation “modules.” I call the system “GRAMPS.”

to InsidersCircle.com SITE MAP GEMS INSIDERS' CIRCLE WEBINARS GICW 057 MOPPER HOW TO PERFORM AND GET PAID FOR MORE COSMETIC DENTISTRY. The math: If the patient needed 4–6 lower teeth treated, plus lingual composite shims on the upper canines to help restore the guidance, the fee for this fairly small case could (easily) be more than your fee for a single buildup and crown. BUT … just one visit, no impressions, no temps, no lab fee. One very happy patient and some of the most rewarding (professionally and financially) dentistry we can perform!

GRAMPS = GoldRush Patient Motivator System

MOST PATIENTS ASSUME THAT IT’S NORMAL FOR ENAMEL TO WEAR THROUGH TO DENTIN.

This is just one of the 36 “modules” or examples of treatment many of your patients are UNAWARE of. They don’t know 1) the consequences of inaction and 2) how easily YOU could help them solve the problem.

Adding just one or two such cases per week could result in $75,000– $150,000 increased revenue for your practice.

The entire GRAMPS Patient Motivator System is available to our Gems Family Platinum and GG12 Members.

WHAT ARE SOME OTHER SERVICES GREAT FOR GRAMPS?

Imagine what a difference it could make to your practice when (not if) your patients begin asking for this type of care! “Lucy, that’s me on that button you’re wearing! I didn’t think there was anything you could do about my lower teeth. I just figured, since my father and his father both ended up in dentures, that I was headed there too! How can you help me?!”

GRAMPS is just perfect for Invisalign (or Clear Correct, etc.). It’s not unusual for a patient who has no need for orthodontics to take the flyer home and send in her husband or kids for treatment. Then there are modules for implants, smile imaging (which we can do for you as part of your Gems Family Platinum or GG12 Membership), migraines (NTI splint), bad breath (undiagnosed, untreated periodontal disease), cold sensitivity, laser cavity finders, and more! In all, there are 36 DONE-FOR-YOU GoldRush modules. Choose just two or three to feature this coming year. The emails and flyer templates can be downloaded from the members site. For the buttons, just let your Personal Gems Concierge know which module you’re starting and how many buttons you’ll need (one for every team member)!

DO THE MATH!

Let’s say you were able to help just one additional patient per week stop enamel wear in its tracks. One more patient who’ll be happier and healthier, all ‘cause they saw your team buttons, read the flyer … and/or got your emails (the multimedia approach is the most effective)!

These restorations can be nearly invisible following Dr. Buddy Mopper’s worn enamel protocol he shared with our Gems Family. Go

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How to Fill the $ 70,000 Hole in Your Practice When speaking with a Dentist to determine whether or not they’d be a good candidate for our GG12 Practice Transformation Program, we analyze several key areas of (often untapped) opportunity. One of the most common massive gaping revenue holes in many practices comes from the underdiagnosing of pit, fissure, and groove caries. KEY TO TRANSFORMING DIAGNODENT INTO A HIGHLY VALUABLE PRACTICE ASSET. As always, in addition to watching the video, be sure to open the “MORE FILES” folder for those Team Training modules that display the icon. By Tom Rich, MBA, GG12 Senior Practice Analyst

There are several “reasons” why many Hygienists don’t consistently use DIAGNOdent:

The reason is simple: They’re often invisible to the naked eye and typically aren’t detectable using traditional examination techniques, such as X-rays or explorers. In fact, studies suggest that when using only these methods, even the most thorough Dentists will miss 76 percent of pit, fissure, and groove caries. These simple, single-surface early carious lesions can often be quickly and easily identified through the use of a DIAGNOdent (CariVu, SoproLife, Canary, Spectra, etc.). More importantly, when given a choice between early detection and a simple drill-and-fill or unchecked decay leading to catastrophic failure of a tooth, patients genuinely appreciate the less painful option (both physically and financially). [NOTE: I’ll use the term DIAGNOdent throughout this article but am referring to DIAGNOdent, CariVu, Canary, Spectra, etc.] Helping your patients avoid pain is just the tip of the “benefit iceberg.” Not only are you catching the problem before it becomes more extensive (and more expensive for your patient), but you’re also driving additional revenue into the practice. It’s totally understandable why you may feel that way. We were taught to use an explorer and feel for “tugback” in order to identify the presence of caries in a pit, fissure, or groove. It’s natural to make the assumption that you are already finding all there is to find using your explorer. It’s natural … and dangerous to the patient’s health. According to a study cited in the Journal of Caries Research, “Only 24 percent of the carious lesions were discovered by probing for stickiness. Probing proved to be unreliable for the diagnosis of fissure caries.” During the FDA trials, due to my extensive lecture schedule, Kavo sent me a DIAGNOdent to try. I was floored by the number of lesions I’d been missing. Many were small (just into the dentin). Others were enormous. Yet I’d been missing three-fourths of the pit, fissure, and groove caries into dentin. The secret to unlocking this vault is simple … Your Hygienist must use DIAGNOdent on every patient. The only exceptions are those who have no remaining virgin pits, fissures, or grooves. Watch Dr. Orent’s video in order to understand why DIAGNOdent readings need only be done ONCE EVER for each adult patient: InsidersCircle.com SITE MAP GOLDMINE UNDERGROUND TEAM TRAINING TOOLKIT 033 THE BUT I DON’T NEED DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO IDENTIFY CARIOUS PITS, FISSURES, AND GROOVES.

3 InsidersCircle.com | 1-888-880-GEMS (4367) If you’d like more information, help, or guidance on how to maximize your DIAGNOdent, including the verbal skills and other presentation resources, call your Personal Gems Concierge or GG12 Coach right away! 3. They aren’t allowed to 'diagnose.' In terms of Hygienists diagnosing … they’re not. They’re identifying areas of concern. They’ll talk with the patient about what they’ve found and talk about how the Dentist normally treats a particular set of circumstances. The Dentist, as always, has final say regarding the diagnosis and treatment plan. BUT… it’s critical that the Hygienist routinely makes patients aware of problems, especially in the absence of symptoms … before the Dentist walks into the room. For more on how best to do this, go to InsidersCircle.com SITE MAP GOLDMINE UNDERGROUND TEAM TRAINING TOOLKIT 053 BOBBLE HEADED DOG ACHIEVES MAXIMUM CASE ACCEPTANCE. 4. They don’t know what to say. This is pretty easily solved by sharing training found in Goldmine Underground Team Training Toolkit 033 “The Key to Transforming Your DIAGNOdent into a Valuable Practice Asset.” There’s one other reason that is worth discussing … Hygienists don’t understand how it affects the practice if they don’t use a DIAGNOdent. Remember that terrifying statistic that 76 percent of pit, fissure, and groove caries are missed using traditional examination techniques? Well, it’s been found that the cost to the practice is staggering. The average cost for a one doc/one Hygienist practice not using a DIAGNOdent is $70,000 per year. 1. They don’t think they have time. If it’s a priority for the Dentist, it needs to be equally (if not more) important for the Hygienist. If you have a team member who does not believe that it is “mission critical” that patients receive the best possible care on every visit, you may want to explore finding team members who will. Time limitations are not a reason to provide substandard care. 2. They forget. If it’s part of the accepted routine — and an expectation — it gets done. If something is allowed to become an afterthought or permitted to be relegated to the back burner, it never happens. The only way to ensure 100 percent compliance is to measure it, report on it, reward for it, and make it happen.

"7 Secrets to Double Implant Sales in 30 Days!" Dr. Jeff Anzalone, Board Certified Periodontist, GG12 Certified Coach

• #1 surprisingly easy crazy effective way to increase your implant sales & increase your practice value without ever lifting a finger. • How to use the psychological triggers of "Ethical Influence" to motivate patients to accept your recommendations for implants • How to magically transform an ordinary office phone into an IMPLANT SELLING MACHINE! • • 7 keys to create your own evergreen implant in-office public seminars to skyrocket new implant patient flow. In-office presentations are EASY, FUN, and result in highly motivated new patients! • • Secrets of Social media to attract new implant patients ready to accept and schedule care • How to leverage Google to increase your implant production • Learn the #1 way to get your patients to send you a seemingly endless flow of new implant patient referrals! COURSE OBJECTIVES: Following this presentation participants will leave with a robust set of tools for internal and external market- ing of implants in the general and prosthodontic practice… and will possess a working knowledge of the use of psychology in patient communications, specific to helping patients make the best and most informed choices regarding dental implants. “Team Motivation: Essential Techniques Guaranteed to Enhance Cooperation, Eliminate Drama, and Exponentially Increase Productivity.” Tom Rich, MBA, Senior Practice Analyst • #1 habit to ensure proper prioritization of effort and participation among the team

• 7 free/inexpensive communication and planning tools no practice can afford to be without • The 3 biggest pitfalls of motivation and how to avoid them • • The 3 most powerful ways of instantly inducing fun and camaraderie • The $40 strategy proven to break the vicious cycle of back-biting and in-fighting • The top-secret, black-belt persuasion technique so effective it should be illegal (but it’s not!!)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This presentation will teach attendees how to create an atmosphere of cooperation and support specific to how dental practice team members work together to achieve common goals and to support the practice vision. Participants will learn employee motivation techniques are to be avoided and which have been proven effective and should be adopted.

We have a VERY LIMITED Room Block. You will not be turned away from the Retreat, but You MAY BE LOCKED OUT of our Block UNLESS You Register IMMEDIATELY! OUR Block is just $149/night, while the event hotel RATE for our dates is as much as $259/night! Gems Family members REGISTER TODAY! Join us for this potentially LIFE-CHANGING event. Arrive on Planet Gems Atlanta, Georgia, at anytime Wednesday 3/13/19. Program begins Thursday morning 3/14/19 and ends 5pm Saturday 3/16/19. Tuition includes Breakfast and lunch each day and Friday pm Dinner. Doctors, spouses and team members are invited. Exclusive GG12 Coaching member Reunion Dinner Thursday night.

KEYNOTE: “How to Turn Dental Sleep Medicine into a 6-Figure Profit Center Instead of a Hobby!”

Dr. Kent Smith is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and American Sleep and Breathing Academy and is President of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy. In 2007, he was asked to start a sleep curriculum at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, and in 2012, he was the first in Texas to be award- ed a Dental Sleep Medicine Facility Accreditation. He runs two sleep practices in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and has been speaking on many topics related to sleep both nationally and internationally for the last 15 years.

"Breakthrough System Transforms that Boring Office Meeting Into an Adventure-Filled Curiously Profitable Highlight of Your Week!” COURSE OBJECTIVES: Following this presentation participants will have a working knowledge of how best to communicate sleep apnea issues with patients’ physicians, know how to build a dental team best-able to manage their sleep apnea practice, and how to make sleep apnea services a professionally and financially rewarding part of their practices. 1. The one hire you need to move the needle to build sleep medicine in your practice 2. The trick to making more from Medicare than any other insurance plan 3. The most common mistake you MUST AVOID when communicating with Physicians 4. How to identify the low hanging fruit in your own patient base 5. A powerful new use for your existing patient communication software 6. How to make more money with your technology than it costs to pay for it 7. How to BOOST YOUR INCOME using a sleep physician you will never actually meet 8. Working toward a debit card you can use for personal expenses, just by making appliances for your patients

Ira Hirsch, GG12 Certified Coach • Discover the 3 most critical components you need when creating your staff meeting agenda. • Unwrap the secret team meeting formula to determine how much time to give to each topic. • Discover how to craft your opening statement to ensure INTENDED RESULTS from every staff meeting. • • This mysterious (nearly addictive) incentive helps keep your team members ENGAGED and CONTRIBUTING during every meeting. • Discover the one tool Chet Holmes taught Fortune 100 Businesses guaranteed to elicit participation and an endless stream of ideas from each and every team member • Do this one thing to make dental practice issues vanish into thin air.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This presentation will prepare attendees to craft weekly team meetings which become the highlight of the week instead of an event to be avoided at all costs. Participants will learn the tools with which team meetings can become both fun and highly productive for team members and owner doctors alike.

• Wednesday Evening 3/13/19 - Arrive • Thursday Morning 3/14/19 – Keynote Dr. Kent Smith • Thursday Afternoon 3/14/19 - GG12 Coaches' Presentations • Thursday Night 3/14/19 - GG12 Coaching Members Reunion Dinner • Friday 3/15/19 Retreat Mastermind Sessions • Friday 3/15/19 Gems Family Retreat Dinner • Saturday 3/16/19 All Day Retreat Mastermind Sessions

What our Gems Family Members Are Saying About the Retreats I have been part of other dental groups and you have attracted a very kind, empathetic, and successful group. I have been practicing for 29 years and these three days were a real eye opener. You should be proud of a job well done and I can tell the group is full of quality growth because of your leadership. Thanks for the great hospitality from you and Elizabeth. Dr. Michael Bjornbak, Sherman Oaks, CA We are already putting 3 or 4 of the big ideas into play this week ! Really gave us some good time for me and my Office Manager to focus and get some things done! A+++! From the bottom of our hearts thank you so much for a great meeting and your hospitality! Dr. Sean Tarpenning, Eau Claire, WI The Gems Retreat was fantastic. Everyone learned so much and we have already begun to start putting things in place as to what we want to accomplish. I think this was the first meeting that I have ever been to where dentists were so eager to share what was working for them as well as what was not . It is great to see everyone working together to promote better dentistry all over the map. Linda Donley & Dr. James Donley, North Muskegon, MI

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Please enter any special dietary needs here ____________________________________________________________ Upon registration, your tuition will be charged to your credit card on file. After registering for the event, you will receive a confirmation which will include a link to book your room(s) in the event hotel at our group rate if space within the Gems group block remains available. *GG12 & GG12 Alumni Members credit card will be charged a $200.00 REFUNDABLE Deposit, to help us properly plan for meals and retreat space. The FULL $200 will be REFUNDED the week after you ATTEND the retreat (or if you Cancel 30 days Prior to event) STEP 4: Fax completed form (or see Online & Phone registration options in YELLOW HIGHLIGHT below) In “Think and Grow Rich” Napoleon Hill introduced us to the power of the mastermind. The amazing synergistic power of the whole is far greater than the sum of the individual parts. Members will have a chance to present the one HUGE BREAKTHROUGH that has helped their practice to achieve enormous gains in profitability, and the one BIGGEST CONCERN/PROBLEM with which they’d like the group’s input. I have been a participant in business mastermind sessions for the last 16 years. I can point to multiple times when that participation led me to changes or improvements that have been directly responsible for making me a multi-millionaire. This portion of our Gems Family Retreat should prove to be a very powerful and profitable benefit of your Gems Insiders’ Circle Membership.

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of gum disease, Dentists are putting patients at risk for grave health dangers.

To ensure that you aren’t unwittingly guilty of supervised neglect, you must 1) perform periodontal charting and diagnosis for every patient and inform them of the systemic link between gum disease and extreme health risks and 2) encourage them to accept treatment that could ultimately save their lives. $100,000 Perio Per Year” will give you (and more importantly, your team) the verbal skills needed to help patients understand the importance of periodontal treatment. You’ll have access to information that will teach you the best practices for discussing gum disease, instructions for role-playing to perfect the discussion points, and done-for-you graphic laminates that show the progression of periodontal disease if it goes untreated. Your team members will understand and believe in the process, which will make them more confident about relaying the information to patients. Your Hygienists will have already laid the framework for patient acceptance of recommended periodontal care … long before you enter the exam room. By stressing the consequences of putting off treatment and emphasizing the necessity of preventing potential systemic consequences, you increase the likelihood of patients accepting recommended care. In this way, you are no longer participating in supervised neglect; you are reducing the likelihood of periodontal malpractice suits and helping your patients achieve optimal periodontal and systemic health … plus adding significant revenue to your practice. To take action and make sure that you are taking care of your patients in the best possible way, reach out to your Gems Concierge to set up a call with your Gems Coach! The Goldmine Team Training Toolkit Episode 052 “Protect Patients’ Health and Add

' Protect Your Patients’ Health and Add $ 100,000 Per io Per Year ! Improve Just 2 Patients’ Perio Health Per Week, Add 6 Figures Annual Revenue

Dr. Jeff Anzalone, Board-Certified Periodontist, Certified GG12 Coach

While every Dentist knows it takes far more than superb dental skills to keep a practice running efficiently, at the very core of the profession is patient care. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the operational side of managing a practice — hiring new team members, keeping track of necessary paperwork, updating the building and supply storage, etc. — but when it comes right down to it, the No. 1 reason you got into the field was to help patients. As a board-certified Periodontist, I’ve been frustrated by the sheer number of patients I see who suffer from supervised neglect regarding their undiagnosed and untreated periodontal disease. What do I mean by supervised neglect? A patient comes into my practice for the first time with bleeding gums, bone loss, or other signs of gum disease. When I ask them about it, they say, “My previous Dentist and I were keeping an eye on it.” THIS is supervised neglect, and it occurs so often that it has now become the No. 2 cause of all dental malpractice lawsuits. In many cases, the Dentist waits too long, the disease worsens, and the Dentist is slapped with a (perhaps deserved) malpractice lawsuit.

In more severe cases, the link between a patient’s periodontal disease and their systemic health may result in life-threatening issues. Several studies show an association “To ensure that you aren’t unwittingly guilty of supervised neglect, you must 1) perform periodontal charting and diagnosis for every patient and inform them of the systemic link between gum disease and extreme health risks between gum disease and health risks, such as diabetes, heart attacks, stroke, osteoporosis, respiratory disease, and even cancer. By not communicating this link to patients with signs and 2) encourage them to accept treatment that could ultimately save their lives.”

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I H ave Seen the Light !

And as a Result, I Have Healthier Patients and a Healthier Bank Account!

In our technology-driven society, people have abundant options when it comes to solving problems. Can’t remember an actor’s name from your favorite show? Google it. Can’t pinpoint the missing ingredient in a chocolate chip cookie recipe? Google it. Trying to refurbish the coffee table your grandmother gave you? You guessed it. In its formative years, the internet was dubbed the “information superhighway” due to its inordinate amount of data. Since patients now have the ability to research and compare one practice against another, it sometimes seems increasingly difficult to impress them with your services. One proven way to boost your credibility among patients is to offer laser dentistry, and the best (and LEAST EXPENSIVE) lasers on the market are diodes. Dr. Rob Kurthy (a 30-year practitioner, clinical researcher, international lecturer, and author) has owned and used just about every laser in the field. He touts the laundry list of benefits a diode laser can bring to your patients , your practice , and your pocketbook .

HOW A DIODE LASER BENEFITS YOUR PATIENTS ...

THE BOTTOM LINE …

Patients fear that conventional gum surgery may be painful and require a long recovery. Helping them understand the reduced time, improved precision, and mitigated discomfort offered through using the diode laser will let them see your commitment to their health. While patients’ insurance may not cover dental laser therapy, the process can still save them money in the long run.

Due to its versatile use and highly precise treatment, the diode laser will reduce the amount of time you have to spend on each surgery, which saves you TIME ... which saves you MONEY. Also, since you will be able to coagulate and trough simultaneously, you won’t have to worry about gum tissue rebounding or bleeding when you pull the cord, and you’ll have fewer missed impressions, which will also save you TIME and MONEY. Lastly and most importantly, you can purchase diode lasers as inexpensively as $4,000. Yes, you read that right — only $4,000! Let’s say you only did a couple very limited cases a month using a laser, and you charged $1,000 each. That would equal $24,000 extra per year. Even in the first year, your return on investment would be huge! Let’s say you had a busy practice and did four of these a month. That would come out to nearly $50,000 extra per year. With the addition of lasers to your practice, your patients are better served and your practice revenue is enhanced as well. To find out more information about these INEXPENSIVE but EFFECTIVE lasers, reach out to your Gems Concierge to set up a call with your Coach or go to InsidersCircle.com SITE MAP GEMS INSIDERS' CIRCLE WEBINARS 042 KURTHY MORE PATIENTS MORE FUN 100,000 MORE NET PROFIT WITH DIODE LASERS!

YOUR PRACTICE …

The king of marketing is credibility, and the general population believes that lasers can do anything. In this way, they’ll be less intimidated and will more readily accept treatment. In fact, when it comes to the age-old 80/20 rule, which states that only 20 percent of the patients accept 80 percent of the treatment, the diode actually flip-flops the numbers. Dr. Kurthy states that he now has 80 percent acceptance of his recommendations for laser periodontal therapy. Patients tell their friends about the cutting-edge technology their dentist used to fix the problem, which brings more patients through your doors. What’s more is that your team members would all jump at the chance to use a diode laser — their enthusiasm will encourage patients as well!

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HubSpot Is in the Human Business How the Inbound Process Sparked a Global Movement

social media to attract and engage potential customers. Companies that use HubSpot’s inbound technology amplify the longevity of their relationships with customers, ultimately creating a holistic experience for anyone who interacts with their business. What’s more is that HubSpot offers a plethora of free articles, guides, and tools that people can use to turn their business dreams into a reality without turning out their pockets. HubSpot’s mission to help businesses humanize their sales and marketing tactics mirrors the tenets that make up their company’s culture code. For example, take three of their 10 culture code points: These points demonstrate that their goal of helping people bleeds into their expectations and overall treatment of their team members. They are constantly reinforcing the purpose of the inbound process by simultaneously emphasizing their mission and their metrics. They know the significance of honest communication with customers, clients, and employees, even when the conversations are difficult to have. And they understand that as consumers’ interests evolve, their process must adapt in order to stay on the cutting edge of marketing and sales. While their creation of easy-to-use and indispensable software helped Brian and Dharmesh’s company gain traction over a decade ago, their mission and culture make HubSpot the success that it is today. Any business owner knows that when it comes to maintaining momentum, it doesn’t matter how innovative, unique, or necessary your product is. The longevity of a company depends on the employees who work there. In fact, according to a Towers Perrin survey of 90,000 workers worldwide, companies with a low level of employee engagement have a 33 percent annual decline in operating income and an 11 percent annual decline in growth. Those with high engagement, on the other hand, reported a 19 percent increase in operating income and 28 percent growth in earnings per share. HubSpot’s culture code demonstrates their knowledge that happy employees make a happy company. By taking care of their team members, they are not only furthering their mission of helping startups increase their web traffic and connect with potential leads, but they are also proving that they really are in the human business over anything else. So even though Kubrick’s film and others like it touch on the disconnect between technology and human beings, HubSpot’s success proves that the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. • We are as maniacal about our metrics as our mission. • We are radically and uncomfortably transparent. • We are a perpetual work in progress.

Fans of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” will remember its famous but strangely poignant final scene: After nearly sending astronaut Dave Bowman to his deep-space death, the supercomputer HAL begs to be spared. But as Bowman disconnects HAL’s malfunctioning wires, the computer pleads, “Will you stop, Dave? My mind is going. I can feel it.” Viewers all around the world watched this scene with an uncomfortably forlorn feeling. It seems impossible that a piece of technology could have the capacity for such human emotions. While this idea remains controversial in regard to artificial intelligence innovations, when it comes to marketing and sales tactics, the technical and inhuman nature of outbound strategies is what led Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah to create something entirely different. If you even have a toe in the business world, you have likely heard of HubSpot. However, you might be unaware of the circumstances that led Brian and Dharmesh to develop their au courant marketing software. The two met as graduate students at MIT in 2004. While Brian was helping venture-backed startup companies through traditional marketing strategies, he and Dharmesh started to notice that the tried-and-true marketing tactics of the past decade simply didn’t work anymore. In companies’ attempts to reach customers through direct mail and email blasts, one thing became abundantly clear: People have mastered the art of evasion. Armed with this information, Brian and Dharmesh decided to build HubSpot. In order to humanize the marketing and sales process, they claimed that businesses needed to start treating buyers like people instead of numbers on a spreadsheet. This was the start of inbound marketing, a completely new and personal way to help people. With over 200 million people putting their numbers on no-call lists, 44 percent of people throwing away unopened mail, and 86 percent of people muting all TV commercials, Brian and Dharmesh created their company with the intention of appealing to humans rather than pestering them. Now HubSpot helps startups create content, optimize it for search engines, and share it on

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90-Minute GG12 Team Training Webinars: GG12 Team Training Toolkit Dental Practice Transformation members, please block out this monthly program on your calendar. These occur just once each month, but they could easily be the most important 90 minutes you and your entire team will invest. GG12 Office Hours: Twice each month, my office door is open for your visits. This is an opportunity for GG12 doctors and team members to reach me directly with questions about dental practice management. Gems Insiders’ Circle™ Quarterly Q&A Webinars: Four times each year, I’m available in the evening for up to 90 minutes to answer your questions about any topics of your choice regarding dental practice management. GG12 and Insiders’ Circle™ Members’ Spring Retreat: The spring retreat is here! Doctors and team members often tell us they have never experienced anything like our retreats in all their years attending dental continuing

education. Experience it for yourself and form a lifelong bond with other GG12 and GIC family members. Register now!

February 12: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST — GG12 Office Hours

February 20: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST — GG12 90-Minute Team Training Webinar

February 25: 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST — GG12 and GIC Quarterly 90-Minute Q&A

February 28: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST — GG12 Office Hours

For the latest up-to-date information about what’s happening on Planet Gems, go to InsidersCircle.com and click on “Calendar” (menu bar, top left of homepage). If you have questions, please contact your Personal Gems Concierge or call 1-888- 880-GEMS (4367). Outside the USA and Canada, dial 001-508-872-0066.

Last chance to register for your Gems Family Members’ retreat in Atlanta next month! If you’re ready to experience a transformative time for both your practice and your life, head on over to InsidersCircle. com and click the retreat banner in the top left corner.

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p.8. How Dr. Dernick Used One Gem to Change His Life

The Small Tweak That Made a Massive Change in My Practice and My Life

By Dr. Bob Dernick

As a Dentist for the last 38 years, I’ve spent hundreds of man-hours researching different programs, all promising to bring something new to my practice. While a few of these strategies piqued my interest, it wasn’t until April of last year that I found Dr. Tom “The Gems Guy” Orent. I came across one of his webinars and was immediately drawn to his message and energy. I thought to myself, “This is the kind of guy I want to work with!” I can honestly say that out of every single strategy I’ve tried during my three decades in the practice, the information I’ve learned throughout my last 10 months as part of the Gems Family has been the most enlightening, educational, and FUN! What’s more, my entire team mirrors my enthusiasm. You can tell whether or not your team is on board with a new idea, and I know without a shadow of doubt that my entire team loves Tom’s program. One of the Gems we’ve had tremendous success with is adult fluoride. Up until working with Tom, I had just been giving away fluoride to my patients. In some instances, patients’ insurance would cover the costs. More often than not, I was just giving it away for free. Because fluoride became exponentially more expensive over the years, I knew I needed to find a solution ... this Gem presented me with the perfect one! I followed Tom’s format regarding fluoride verbal skills and the challenge format from start to finish. It was broken down so nicely that it was almost like one of those “Books for Dummies,” which made it easy to understand and even easier to implement. Since we started using this Gem nine months ago, my team’s three Registered Dental Hygienists have had nearly unfathomable results. Of every single patient they offered fluoride to, 100 percent said yes! The Hygienists merely use Tom’s verbal skills to explain to patients the importance of fluoride and tell them that our practice offers a new and improved product that provides quicker results without pressuring them. They have yet to hear a patient say no.

their choice to accept and pay for fluoride. When the patient comes back in for a cleaning in six months, they routinely opt for fluoride again! In total, this Gem has earned our practice approximately $6,335 per month. That’s $57,000 in the nine months we’ve been using it. $57,000 just for fluoride! I still can’t believe it. That’s an annual increase of $76,000! In addition to strengthening my patients’ teeth AND providing my practice with a huge revenue stream, this Gem has had a profound impact on my own life as well. This process has demonstrated the fact that even a small tweak can have a massive change. The TOBI EFFECT (The One Big Idea) of focusing on just one Gem at a time helped us truly master it before moving on to the next. I’ve started to mirror the TOBI concept in my personal ventures as a means to reduce my stress and simplify my life. Whether it’s big, like spending more time with my family, or small, like making an adjustment to my golf swing, this process has shaped my focus and positively affected my life.

Additionally, rather than receiving a bill in the mail, patients pay the fee on their way out the door. This ensures they feel positive about

This is the win-win aspect of the Gem’s nature. I’m so glad I found Tom last year, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for my practice next!

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