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We can't stress enough the importance of consistently monitoring benchmarks in your eyecare practice. That's why we created an entire eBook talking about 8 important benchmarks that all eyecare practices should be paying attention to. Every eyecare practice is different and the benchmarks that you choose to monitor might vary, along with the consistency that you measure them.

To just leave your profits up to chance and not take the time to see where you might be able to make adjustments to increase your profits is a business mistake.

This optometry practice management formula sheet gives you what you need to know in order to calculate each of the 8 benchmarks discussed in the eBook. If you want to know more information, like what industry averages are and how to improve your low scoring benchmarks, download the full eBook.

It's time to use the momentum and profit from the end-of-year exams to think about the goals you want your practice to accomplish in 2020. It's easy to start off the new year slowly as you recover from the holidays, but we're here to encourage you to start planning for the year ahead.

We've got 3 important resolutions your eyecare practice can choose from, along with an eBook full of resources to help you reach your resolution quickly. No matter which resolution you pick, you'll be in good hands and have a head start going into the new year.

Running a successful optometric practice requires a wealth of knowledge. While years of hard work and quality education prepares ODs to care for the ocular health of their community and patients, many practice owners were never taught how to run a business effectively.

While there are business lessons that can be learned in a classroom, many business lessons can only be learned by first hand experience or from a mentor whose guidance can help budding ODs prepare for practice success.

Although many online communities bring ODs and eyecare professionals of varying experiences together, many ODs who need help may not know what questions to ask or what they need help with. That’s why we created this eBook.

Technical project management has become extremely useful for technology companies with teams of developers. However, we've seen applications of common project management techniques can be useful for optical businesses as well.

These methodologies break down projects into tasks, resources, stakeholders, and other pertinent information. They can help manage your staff schedule, workflow, and your patient-facing operations. They can also help you incorporate learnings from failures into your workflow seamlessly. Keep reading to see which methodology might work for your practice below.

In the eyecare industry, thinking of new ways to increase profits and generate new patients can be difficult. For those optical practices looking to grow their business, but don’t know where to start, the path to business growth usually starts with setting long-term goals, supporting successful staff members, and leveraging technology and resources effectively.

This post explores four areas your practice can focus on to influence practice growth.