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An entrepreneur and Amazon bestselling author, Chris is also a general dentist practicing in Charlotte NC. In his first seven years of practice Chris grew his practice revenue by a factor of 10X: growing from one practice location to four. After selling two of those offices for profit, Chris focused on maximizing the capacity of his remaining two practices and enjoyed two consecutive years of $1,000,000 revenue growth in each of the two practices, effectively collecting with two offices what he had collected when he owned four.

In addition to being a Kolbe Certified Trainer, a key opinion leader to several large dental companies, and understanding how to get new patients in the door, Dr. Phelps is also an expert in the Science of Influence and Ethical Persuasion. He has studied under the authority in this field, Dr. Robert Cialdini, and is the only dentist in the world to be named a Cialdini Method Certified Trainer (CMCT). Chris uses Cialdini’s Principles to ethically steer patients to more referrals, decreased no shows and higher case acceptance.

Before launching his successful commercial real estate investment career, Kris Benson recognized that “just because all the dogs are barking at the same tree doesn’t mean it is the right tree.” As Chief Investment Officer at Reliant Investments, he works with institutional investors in the self-storage industry – confident in the risks he has taken, the career changes he’s navigated and the tree he has established his investment platform on.

Michele Quattlebaum was raised in Arkansas. She has more than 37 years of trial experience in all areas of personal injury and products liability, including commercial trucking, construction, propane, premises liability (rape, murder, slip and fall), pest control, toxic tort, employment law, medical, nursing, pharmacy, chiropractic, hospital, dental, nursing home, and optometric malpractice. She has tried more than 100 cases to verdict in most areas of Texas, as well as in Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and Florida. She has also handled suits in many other states on a pro hac vice basis.

Ms. Quattlebaum routinely consults with professionals on risk management and employment matters. She represents professionals before their respective board of examiners.

Victoria Peterson, SsD

Cofounder of Productive Dentist Academy and recipient of the 2013 Stevie Female Entrepreneur of the Year. Victoria has not only consulted dental practices, she walked the talk by purchasing five practices and forming a network in the midwest.

Taking average collections from $650,000 to $1.2 million dollars, then leveraging them for sale as a group. Victoria roots are steeped in dentistry, practicing clinically for 15 years before engaging her background in business into consulting.

Together, she and Dr. Bruce Baird created and lead a national team of consultants and a full-service ad agency for dentists.

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Since graduating from the University of Texas Dental School, Dr. Baird has accumulated more than 2000 hours of continuing education to ensure he can always serve his patients with the latest technologies and procedures.

Dr. Baird continues to practice clinically in Granbury, Texas, and is one of the most productive dentists in the nation.

The Art of Dental Marketing's Sean Hamel joins us to discuss online marketing of your dental practice. Sean gives us 5 actionable tips that businesses can do tomorrow to help their page rank.

Episode 31 Drs Smita Rewari and Dave Roberts Discus Bringing Specialists into Your Practice

Dr. Harrison discusses his over 40 years of service to the profession of dentistry. Dr. Harrison has worked in almost every aspect of the TDA and the ADA.

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Episode 30 Dr. Brady Smith discusses the Comfort Dental Model and Charitable giving