Episode 273: Gary Bird

“I Can’t Afford Dental Marketing”

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Most dentists say they can’t afford marketing. The real issue is that they can’t afford to market.

In this solo Dental Marketing Goat episode, Gary Bird breaks down how dental practices should think about marketing budgets in 2026, why underinvesting leads to patient attrition, and the exact percentage-of-collections framework to use if you want to maintain, grow, or scale aggressively.

Gary covers free ways to generate more patients through Google reviews and referrals, how much to spend each month on dental marketing, and why the right marketing system becomes the only expense that actually pays you back. Built from real-world data across 1,195+ practices, this is a tactical blueprint for new patient growth, practice management, and smarter scaling.

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