8 Moves That Pay
Maximizing Case Acceptance

Are there 8 Moves you can make this month that will pay quick dividends? Yes, and they are currently being used by the most successful practices in the country. Ken Runkle has uncovered 8 Moves every practice can make right away to immediately increase case acceptance and impact the bottom line. Don’t leave any more money on the table… begin making your moves today.

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Making Time Pay
10 Profitability Strategies for Time Management

How do you get more money out of your time? Almost all dentists exchange time for money, but not all time produces the same amount of money. Through in-practice research, Ken Runkle has discovered 10 proven profitability strategies for time management that when understood and implemented could fundamentally shift your profitability trajectory immediately. Start making time pay today.

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The Frank Sinatra Principle

Your Ticket to Increasing Case Acceptance

What does Frank Sinatra have to do with your practice? Follow his lead and you may see your case acceptance numbers rise dramatically. Using the Sinatra Principle, Ken Runkle presents 4 Proven Steps to increasing case acceptance that will have more patients saying “Yes!” right away.

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Did you miss an Excelleration Seminar from 2009? Or just want to re-listen to some of the audio sessions?

Fourth Quarter, 2009

Session #1a - New Patients Fix a lot of Problems Part 1
[Total Listening Time: 61:50 minutes]

Session #1b – New Patients Fix a lot of Problems Part 2
[Total Listening Time: 50:46 minutes]

Session #2 – The Frank Sinatra Principle
[Total Listening Time: 10:41 minutes]

Session #3 – Don’t Survive. Thrive.
[Total Listening Time: 10:17 minutes]

Session #4 - The High Cost of Missed Opportunities
[Total Listening Time: 19:12 minutes]

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Never Miss an Opportunity Again!

5 Rules for Missed Opportunities

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Did you miss an Excelleration Seminar from 2009? Or just want to re-listen to some of the audio sessions?

Third Quarter, 2009

Session #1 – Systems, Systems, Systems
[Total Listening Time: 21:16 minutes]

Session #2 – Recession-Proof Your Practice
[Total Listening Time: 55:41 minutes]

Session #3 – Review A New Concept
[Total Listening Time: 20:03 minutes]

Session #4 - Game Changer
[Total Listening Time: 29:28 minutes]

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GPS Dentistry – Do you Know the Future of Your Practice?

Is is possible to know exactly where your practice is heading? How do you set a new direction? Ken Runkle has discovered 3 Questions that will show you where your practice is now and where it’s heading. In this article, Ken helps you see the future of your practice while revealing simple concepts to change your future.

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Second Quarter, 2009
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Session #1 – Blocking & Tackling: A Review
[Total Listening Time: 21:16 minutes]

Session #2 – Protecting Your Immune System
[Total Listening Time: 55:41 minutes]

Session #3 - A New Concept
[Total Listening Time: 20:03 minutes]

Session #4 – Profitability & Financial Independence
[Total Listening Time: 29:28 minutes]

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Does the current economic situation have you anxious about your practice?

Ken Runkle lays out eight keys to navigating the current economic recession and how to remain in the top twenty percent of practices that will grow during this time.

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Did you miss the Year-End Review last December in Chicago?

If you did, you missed out on Ken Runkle’s keynote speech of the year, a great presentation from Jim Boltz and an always warm reception from Editor-In-Chief of Dental Economics, Dr. Joe Blaes.

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Session #1 – Ken Runkle, “Recession-Proof Your Practice”

Session #2 – Jim Boltz, “The Curse of Self-Selection”

Session #3 – Dr. Joe Blaes, “Pearls for Your Practice” – Part 1

Session #3 – Dr. Joe Blaes, “Pearls for Your Practice” - Part 2

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Want to put more money in your pocket every month? Reducing your overhead is essential to maximizing the profit in your practice. We do not have any cute gimmicks or parlor tricks here, just some proven principles based on twenty-four years of experience in helping dental practices reduce overhead and maximize profit. Follow a few and you will see your overhead decrease and your profits increase. Follow them all and your practice may quickly join the upper tier of practices in the country.

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Paragon has created a worksheet to help you quickly structure and implement an office bonus plan.

Office Bonus Plan Worksheet

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Paragon has created worksheets to help figure hygienist’s and associate’s commissions quickly and easily.

Hygiene Commission Worksheet | Associate Commission Worksheet

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Determining your Breakeven Point can be a bit overwhelming and confusing. Here’s a tool that we use to help guide our clients through that process.

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Are there really laws that govern practice growth?

We believe so.

In twenty-four years of helping dental practices grow, Ken Runkle has realized that all consistently growing practices follow a number of proven laws. He’ll share four of these in his September 2008 Dental Economics article titled, “4 Proven Laws for Practice Prfoitability.”

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