Tips to Avoid the Summer Slump

Tips to Avoid the Summer SlumpEpisode #590 with Adriana BoothSummer is approaching, and so is the summer slump. But it doesn't have to happen to you! To help you avoid the “slow months” in your practice, Kirk Behrendt brings back Adriana Booth, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, for ways to stay focused and boost production when every other practice is feeling stuck. Enjoy your summer while still being productive! To learn how, listen to Episode 590 of The Best Practices Show!Episode Resources:Adriana’s email: adriana@actdental.com Adriana’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adriana.boothAdriana’s social media: @adrimariebSubscribe to the Best Practices Show PodcastJoin ACT’s To The Top Study ClubJoin ACT’s Master ClassSee our Live Events Schedule hereGet the Best Practices Magazine for Free!Write a Review on iTunes<br/>Links Mentioned in This Episode:It All Starts with Marketing by Dr. Ann Marie Gorczyca: https://bookshop.org/p/books/i....t-all-starts-with-ma Takeaways:Have a year-at-a-glance calendar.Start managing the summer schedule ahead of time.Use the summer months to reactivate your A and B patients.Utilize summer fun to build relationships between teams and patients.Be aware and mindful of the summer slump so you can work to avoid it.Quotes:“One of the things we want to look at is, what do we have coming up? We talked about having a year-at-a-glance calendar so that we know within our own team who is where this summer. Are people out on vacation? Do we have events coming up? We have graduations, graduation parties. We have all these things going on. And yes, we have a digital calendar with the schedule. But being able to see it in front of us is so much more effective when it comes to planning so we can see the vacations, we have fun days possibly planned, and we have something to look forward to. When we also think of that, we look at our schedule internally, so where our patients are coming in, and we want to manage that time appropriately.” (3:21—4:08)“If we notice we're getting a lot of last-minute cancellations, we're getting a few no shows — our patients also get summer brain. How can we stay ahead of that? So, we want to work our recare system. Starting April, May, we're planning for June, July, August to get us through the summer months that we traditionally call the summer months because school is out and we can say, ‘Okay, who hasn't been in?’ So, we think about reactivating patients who maybe have a little more free time. Kids have more free time in the summer. So, we want to really fo