How A Dentist Built Human-Centered Marketing That Outperforms Discounts
The Backstage Pass Podcast: Dentistry’s Playbook for Scaling Practices & DSOs
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What if your practice stopped chasing discounts and started leading with heart? We sit down with Dr. Anissa, a dentist-turned-builder who shows how human storytelling and smart systems can fill chairs, lift case acceptance, and bring back the joy of serving patients. Her path from clinical care to coaching to founding Digital Floss reveals a simple truth: people don’t choose procedures, they choose people they trust—then technology makes that trust easy to act on.
We unpack the playbook step by step. Start with a human copywriter who captures your voice and writes to real fears and motivations. Turn those scripts into short, powerful videos that show your team’s warmth and your standards of care. Pair the heart with the head: structure your site with clean SEO, thoughtful schema, and filenames that help Google and AI models understand your expertise. Distribute across Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and your Google Business Profile with precise geo-targeting so the right neighbors actually see you. When prospects click, meet them with frictionless booking: AI receptionists call in under a minute, confirm intent, pre-qualify financing, and schedule directly—trained on your language, not a generic script.
We also dig into the “unlimited budget” mindset by recovering aging receivables and reactivating dormant patients to finance growth. Voice agents follow up on treatment plans so coordinators can spend time connecting, not chasing. And we talk timing: AI assistants are already shaping local recommendations, and early movers tend to keep their spot. The common thread is culture. Old-school values still matter—pick up the phone, overdeliver, and build products that feel like a gift. Technology should make space for more of that, not less.
Curious what this could look like for your practice? Explore examples, see real results, and book a demo at digitalfloss.com. If the conversation sparked ideas, share it with a colleague, subscribe for more deep dives, and leave a review with the one change you’re ready to make this week.
Chapters
1. Warm Welcome And Guest Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Defining A Life Of Service (00:01:51)
3. Early Roots Of Caring And Leadership (00:03:58)
4. Service First: Practice, Coaching, Agency (00:06:48)
5. Why Heart-Centered Work Beats Cookie Cutter (00:09:31)
6. Humans Vs Head: Marketing From Emotion (00:12:32)
7. Heart Plus Head: The New Marketing Stack (00:15:35)
8. AI-Aware Content: Human Copy, SEO, Video (00:19:35)
9. Websites Reimagined For AI Discovery (00:24:05)
10. Instant AI Receptionists And Workflows (00:27:16)
11. Building Ambassadors And Voice Agents (00:31:20)
12. Unlimited Budget Mindset Through AR Recovery (00:35:25)
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