This is the Sunset Motel in Athens, Ohio, and in 1961, my late father, Bill Diles Sr., almost bought it. He had been a hearing aid dispenser for about 10 years at that point, and he was worried about the future of the industry and whether he would be able to support his family in …
We’ve talked before about how we use music in our patient fitting appointments. Did you know that 90% of the music we choose to listen to we’ve listened to before?* Some things are best when experienced for the first time (like movies for most people), but music is one of those things that the human …
Last week Audiology Online featured a press release about Pivot Hearing. Read the full press release here. Interested in learning more about the Pivot Hearing team and how we can help you build a sustainable private practice? Contact us and we can have a conversation. Save
Some of the best things we do for our patients and community happen OUTSIDE the walls of our offices. We’ve shared some of these before, but a few examples are installing hearing loops, our Hospice program, our robust physician referral marketing program, and most recently, a Bluegrass concert. Over the years, we have become friends …
Those of you who know me personally know I’m a huge proponent of looping, to say the least. I’ve worked tirelessly to try to bring this simple yet elegant technology back to the forefront of how we treat hearing loss, in both macro- and micro-ways. I have partnered with David Myers and others on the …
A patient of ours who has 5,300 employees once told me, “If you run your business today like you did yesterday, you won’t be around tomorrow.” Hopefully you grew at least as much as the hearing aid market did in 2015 – a little more than 4%. With more competitors who are increasingly sophisticated, aggressive, …
If you like to drink craft beers, you’ve probably heard of Ballast Point Brewing Company out of San Diego. They have decided to price their delicious, artfully crafted product super premium at $15 for a 6-pack here in Northern California. At that rate, cases go for $60. On the other hand, depending on where you …
Last week Audiology Online interviewed me about how we use Unitron Flex and LogItAll in our practice. Read the full interview and get one of our high-performing “hearing aid test drive” newspaper ads by checking out the article here. Interested in driving more new patients through your door, eliminating “tested not sold” as a patient …
There is nothing better than providing excellent service for a patient and having them appreciate it and tell their friends. So what can you do to help increase these patient referrals? Ask your patients to write an online review. There are many different places on the web for your customers to do this, including Yelp, …
Do you work in a clinic where you’re always pressed for time? Do you see patients back to back to back from the moment you arrive to when you walk out the door? Many hearing care professionals that we talk to describe their days like this. There’s a way to dramatically improve your work flow, …
