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	<title>Vision Practice Management, Inc.</title>
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	<description>Happy Patients, Prosperous Practices!</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Obamacare &#8212; Good or Bad for Optometry?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/03/obamacare-good-or-bad-for-optometry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/03/obamacare-good-or-bad-for-optometry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Debate on national health care legislation has raged for the last several years and there are some critically important points that effect optometrists. Let&#8217;s skip Fox News, CNBC or wherever you turn for your daily dose of bad news and look closer to home. Setting aside political views, how would the implementation of national health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Motivate Staff, Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/how-do-you-motivate-staff-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/how-do-you-motivate-staff-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many practices have lost their sparkle and are caught in the grind because no one is motivating the team. In surveys done of optometrists who have used outside consulting firms, one of the consistently recognized benefits mentioned is &#8220;my staff were more motivated,&#8221; and of course that meant &#8220;more productive.&#8221;
Let&#8217;s take a look at that. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Right Staff Can Do  for You &#8212; Optometrists Get Big Benefit from Hiring the Right Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/what-the-right-staff-can-do-for-you-optometrists-get-big-benefit-from-hiring-the-right-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/02/what-the-right-staff-can-do-for-you-optometrists-get-big-benefit-from-hiring-the-right-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In our surveys of optometrists at the South Carolina Optometric Association Convention in Myrtle Beach this December, issues with staff surfaced as front burner problems. And for good reason. Good staff is the make/break of your practice. Let me illustrate with a true story.
Tale of Two Barbaras
Barbara #1
When I called to set up an in-office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Win in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/01/how-to-win-in-2010-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2010/01/how-to-win-in-2010-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

I had the pleasure of assisting  optometrists in North Central Florida recently with their goals. They found the  following tips helpful, and I hope you will as well.

Have you set goals for 2010 and beyond? The  importance of setting goals can never be over-estimated in any practice, but did  you ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael D&#8217;Alesio Story - Fast Results Right Now</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/dear-colleague/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/dear-colleague/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My career is probably not that different from yours. I got my license in 1985. By 1990 I opened my own practice. However, eleven months later, I was not doing that great and needed help.
I realize getting help does not always mean from a practice management firm, but that&#8217;s what I did.  I found one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARE YOU TODAY&#8217;S OPTOMETRIST?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/are-you-todays-optometrist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/are-you-todays-optometrist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Optometric Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a forward-looking optometrist operating your practice today with your sites firmly set on what you could be building for tomorrow? Does that define Today&#8217;s Optometrist? 
There was a period in our history when you could hang out your shingle, gradually gain a foothold in the community and peacefully watch your practice grow before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today’s Optometrist™ - PRESIDENT&#8217;S MESSAGE</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/todays-optometrist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/todays-optometrist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hiring and Retaining Great Staff]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Optometrists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since this may be my first chance to get to know you, I want to take the opportunity to give you a sense of my own background and the purpose of Vision Practice Management.
I have been building my five successful practices in Columbia, South Carolina, for more than 20 years. Prior to that I started first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Eyes, Vital Practice Management Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/your-eyes-vital-practice-management-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/09/your-eyes-vital-practice-management-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting practice management concept that optometrists can use that was once taught to engineers. Look, don&#8217;t think. This can be applied in our everyday lives quite easily. The air conditioner doesn&#8217;t work, get it checked out; don&#8217;t just think of what might be wrong. A child cries, go look and see what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Since Good Staff Are Often Hard to Find . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/08/since-good-staff-are-often-hard-to-find/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/08/since-good-staff-are-often-hard-to-find/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ctebar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[personnel]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vision-practice.com/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you have noticed there is not an abundance of certain vital resources - like competent staff.  So what are you, the owner or manager, to do when you can&#8217;t seem to find the personnel you are looking for?  If you are smart, if you want your practice to grow, you will train your personnel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Your Staff Your Most Valuable Asset?</title>
		<link>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/08/are-your-staff-your-most-valuable-asset/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vision-practice.com/2009/08/are-your-staff-your-most-valuable-asset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personnel can be unruly, troublesome and downright problematic, but the flipside is when you take control of this vital, even crucial, area, it becomes your greatest strength, and the foundation of greatly increased profits.  This post will open your eyes to what you can do to end personnel troubles in your Optometric practice.  ]]></description>
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