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Orthodontist: Best Referral Sources

Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in. Tell us where you are and we will send the list.

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The rooms for orthodontists, the next meeting dates, and who to ask for when you walk in.

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Your one-page action plan

Five partners, what starts the work for each one, and the three rooms to be in. Print it and keep it in the car.

Networking plan: Orthodontist

The five people who should be sending you clients

  1. Medical Spa / Aesthetics (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
  2. Personal Trainer / Fitness Studio (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event
  3. Childcare & Preschool (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place
  4. Residential Cleaning (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place
  5. Window Treatments (They send you work)
    Shared trigger: a family moves into a new place

The three rooms to be in

  1. Local Facebook & community groups: Your partners are in this room: med spas, residential cleaning companies, and trainers and fitness studios.
  2. Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: med spas, trainers and fitness studios, and childcare centers and preschools.
  3. Nextdoor: Your partners are in this room: residential cleaning companies, trainers and fitness studios, and childcare centers and preschools.

Don't confuse this with networking: Dental association (ADA / state / local). Learning and supplier access, not referrals.

The people

Who should be sending you clients

Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade. When something happens that makes people need orthodontists, who else gets a call that same week?

Match strength is how much of your work starts from the same event as theirs, scored out of 100. Higher means you are more often called into the same job in the same week.

  1. 1 Medical Spa / Aesthetics They send you work Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event 67 match strength out of 100
  2. 2 Personal Trainer / Fitness Studio They send you work Trigger: a family plans a wedding or milestone event 63 match strength out of 100
  3. 3 Childcare & Preschool They send you work Trigger: a family moves into a new place 63 match strength out of 100
  4. 4 Residential Cleaning They send you work Trigger: a family moves into a new place 63 match strength out of 100
  5. 5 Window Treatments They send you work Trigger: a family moves into a new place 61 match strength out of 100
  6. 6 Closets & Home Organization They send you work Trigger: a family moves into a new place 61 match strength out of 100
  7. 7 Primary Care Physician They send you work Trigger: somebody changes jobs or gets relocated 61 match strength out of 100
  8. 8 Dentist Two-way Trigger: a family moves into a new place 60 match strength out of 100
  9. 9 Interior Designer They send you work Trigger: a family moves into a new place 60 match strength out of 100
  10. 10 Security Systems They send you work Trigger: a family moves into a new place 60 match strength out of 100

Knowing the names is half of it. We will send the list with what to say to each one. Send me my list ↑

The rooms

Where those people actually are

Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you. Give someone nine choices and they pick none, so we have marked the one to start with.

  1. 1 Local Facebook & community groups Your pick Your partners are in this room: med spas, residential cleaning companies, and trainers and fitness studios. Online community · Always on · Free · ~3 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  2. 2 Your city or county chamber of commerce Your partners are in this room: med spas, trainers and fitness studios, and childcare centers and preschools. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  3. 3 Nextdoor Your partners are in this room: residential cleaning companies, trainers and fitness studios, and childcare centers and preschools. Online community · Always on · Free · ~2 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  4. 4 NAWBO (women business owners) Your partners are in this room: med spas and childcare centers and preschools. Chamber of commerce · Monthly · Under $500/yr · ~4 hrs/month Chapter finder →
  5. 5 Distributor & showroom trade nights Your partners are in this room: window treatment companies and interior designers. Vendor & supply chain · Quarterly · Free · ~2 hrs/month
  6. 6 BNI One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~8 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
  7. 7 LeTip International One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Weekly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~7 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
  8. 8 Network In Action One seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above. Structured referral group · Monthly · $500–$2,000/yr · ~3 hrs/month · One seat per category Chapter finder →
The competitor trap

Dental association (ADA / state / local)

Most orthodontists join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licenses, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.

Let us be straight with you. For orthodontists, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.

These rooms meet on real dates. We will send you the next ones for your area. Send me the dates ↑

Your seat

Is your seat open?

Prime Time takes one Orthodontist per chapter. Put a South Florida ZIP into the form above and we will show you which seats are open.

Add your ZIP code in the form above to see which seats are open. Go to the form ↑

Want this as a list you can act on?

Send it to yourself: the partners above, the rooms ranked for orthodontists, and the next meeting dates for your area.

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