Photography is incredibly important.  I’m not sure if I can emphasize this enough so I figured a blog entry dedicated to it might get the point across.  To make the article more comprehensive I’ll include staff and office photos, marketing photography, and before and after photos.
Dental Staff Photos
One of the first things I [...]

One of the biggest mistakes that dentists (or their web designers) make is forgetting to put the phone number at the top of every page.  Make it prominent!  After all, one of the biggest reasons most dentists pay for websites in the first place is to drive new patients to their practice.  Receptionists are already [...]

Flash has been used for a million different reasons over the past ten years.  When it first came out, everyone jumped on the band wagon and many made their entire websites in flash.  That ended quickly when Google took over the world and people started paying more attention to Search Engine Optimization.  Now people still [...]

Template Websites vs Custom Websites
There are a number of website types available- custom, template, blogs, forums, social networking, video, and more.  Most of those categories can become sub-categories of websites as well so for now we’re going to keep it simple and concentrate on “template websites” vs “custom websites”.
Both options have their [...]

Template Websites vs Custom Websites
There are a number of website types available- custom, template, blogs, forums, social networking, video, and more.  Most of those categories can become sub-categories of websites as well so for now we’re going to keep it simple and concentrate on “template websites” vs “custom websites”.
Both options have their [...]

Creating a Dental Website
Part 2 - Hosting
You decided on your domain name and purchased your domain, now it’s time to find hosting.
Hosting will allow you to create emails (DrJoe@joedentistry.com) and store the files for your website.  Some people prefer to separate the two so they have control of their email and just point their [...]

Creating a New Dental Website
Part 1 - Domain Names
“We need a website but we have absolutely no idea where to start or what we need to make it happen.  Can you help?”
I run across this question constantly so I’ve decided to answer this question as thoroughly as possible while keeping things very simple.
The [...]