What little things could you be doing regularly in your dental practice that would make your business truly stand out in the crowd when compared to your neighbouring dental practices?
Finding those little points of difference, and putting them in place, could be easier than you think….
Last week….
Last week Jayne and I had a few days away in South Australia.
We chose to revisit a very luxurious lodge that we had stayed at some three and a half years ago.
The reason we decided to revisit this location was because we had had such a wonderful experience there on our first visit.
And our second visit there did not disappoint.
From the moment we arrived at the regional airport and were greeted by Mel, our driver, we felt welcomed and valued and respected.
Mel greeted us with a warm and friendly
“Welcome back”
spoken with sincerity and care.
Our drive from the airport to the lodge was one hour, and during this time Mel engaged us, and two other couples visiting the resort, with information about the size of the island we were on and the land uses there.
The information was provided in a very pleasant conversational manner and was just the right amount.
When our transport arrived at the security front gate to the property Mel buzzed in our arrival. A voice answered:
“Welcome to Southern Ocean Lodge. This is Shana.”
To which Mel replied:
“Hi Shana. It’s Mel back from the airport.”
To which Shana said:
“Hi Mel. Welcome back.”
A very well thought out and scripted conversation that served the purpose of making sure that the accompanying guests in the transport felt the LOVE of the establishment they were just about to arrive at.
After all, it would have been easier for Mel to have been given a remote control to operate the security gate, but then the guests would have missed out on hearing, or overhearing, this warm conversation.
When our transport arrived at the lodge building proper, Jayne and I were greeted by John, the manager of the lodge, with a very sincere:
“Welcome back. And happy belated birthday.”
As we walked from the transportation to the two large solid front doors, those doors were opened by two team members who again welcomed us.
But the true welcome was the Great Room behind those closed doors, and the wonderful view out through the full glass windows towards the dramatic coastline and the Great Southern Ocean.
The theatre, or should I say the theatrical process of our arrival had been choreographed perfectly to create a maximum WOW effect for us as visitors.
In your dental practice…..
What messages can you improve upon for your greetings to your arriving patients, both new, and returning patients?
How could you create the extraordinary, instead of delivering just the ordinary?
How could your team members address regular daily conversations, and improve them, in such a way that those conversations add value when they intentionally are overheard by your valued guests and patients?
What can you create that can become your dental practice’s WOW experience that has your arriving patients in awe of your procedures and processes?
Remember, you only have one chance to make a lasting first impression.
And you have every chance, through a careless lack of processes and a lack of attention to detail, to create lasting poor impressions that have your patients talking poorly about you.
Creating great processes can be easy and quite fun, once you and your team STEP UP, and get the ball rolling.
And when you do so, and do it well, the resulting changes to your business and the way you do business, and the type of business you create, are dramatic.
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