We Did It Again! In our ever-changing industry, Acquios Advisors sees where our clients excel, and we pay attention to where we see opportunities for growth. In the past, colleges offered courses on opticianry. We decided it is time to bring this back and get our opticians excited about the job they are performing. We are teaming up with Doug Pelkey and his team at Europa and Ron Vinceslio, one of our most loyal and trusted vendor partners, to deliver the first ever Acquios Alliance Opticianry Cornerstone Training and Enhancement Workshop this October in the beautiful city of Chicago. Joining…
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Tell Your Story The halfway point of the year is around the corner. Kids have completed another year of school and before you know it, they will be back to start the new school year. The peak quarter for most offices will follow and the end of the year will be upon us. Now is the time to re-energize and motivate your team. I have conducted many on-site visits this year with more to come. I have seen some offices executing and delivering amazing patient interactions as you would all love to experience. Unfortunately, I have seen the opposite as…
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Don't Live on an Island The first quarter is already in the mirror but 75% of the year lies ahead. The first quarter was exciting and fast. You are going to see new vendors added to the Acquios Alliance and more coming down the road. I met with many business leaders of various vendors at Vision Expo East. They are ready, willing, and able to help us take Acquios Alliance to a new level. Keep an eye open for many exciting new events to make you and your team better. Recently, I have seen many posts on social media sites…
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Looking Forward to the Future The Holidays are upon us and 2024 will be here before we know it. As this year is coming to an end, it is always great to reflect on what went well and celebrate achievements. It is also a great opportunity for reflecting on experiences you were not satisfied with. Challenge yourself to celebrate exciting achievements in the new year when they happen. Be careful of not saying to yourself, I will tell the team tomorrow. While the situation is fresh in everyone’s mind, talk it through, take notes and learn from all, what could…
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Prepare for the New Year Where does the time go? It is time to ask yourselves these questions. Where is my practice today? What is my vision for the future? Am I set for the end of year with tax planning? What are my goals for 2024? Am I prepared to grow in 2024? Is my staff ready, willing, and trained to deliver the care and service necessary to be as efficient and knowledgeable as possible to educate my patients about the lifestyle products and services we provide or plan to add in the New Year? Those are a lot…
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People are braver today than ever. They are confident when there is not a face in front of them and they don’t have to worry about an immediate response from others when they are asking a question, making a statement, or asking for guidance. The number of platforms available for people to share their questions, thoughts, concerns, praises, complaints, and ideas are expanding and growing every month. From Neighborhood, industry specific, review sites such as Google, Yelp, and other apps is exponentially increasing. People are sharing, and willing to share, from an electronic device from the comfort of their own…
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Our Mission Statement: We listen with Compassion and Collaboratively work to Develop and Implement a plan to help You and Your Team! We are seeing and hearing great things from across the country. More of you are staffed to the levels you need, training is being worked on, and more people are sharing their resumes for work in offices. I have said it many times and will continue to repeat this; your staff is your most important asset. For this reason, over the past months Scott Cline along with others on our team collaborated to develop our new Executive Management Program.…
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As Acquios Advisors enters our ninth year in business and the Acquios Alliance continues to grow and add more vendors, we are excited to be able to challenge you to review the list of businesses now associated with the Acquios Alliance and see how they can help you to run a better more independent practice. We have some new vendors to mention; Optical Vantage, an independent lab with an amazing owner/operator, Review Wave and HIPAAmate. Believe it or not, it makes HIPAA fun. Ask us more, we will get you introduced. New frame vendors are coming on soon as well.…
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This will not come as a surprise to any of you. Every office we work with has office hours. You have the hours posted on your website, your front door, in your employee handbook, on business cards, and possibly many other places as well. You have your employees’ hours to be worked on a schedule. The schedule is written to be efficient for your practice. It is also created and produced to make certain you have the right people in the office at the times you need them to deliver amazing service to each and every one of your patients.…
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Easier Is Not Always Better It is amazing to see that August is already here and the fourth quarter is coming fast. Owning and managing a business in these past couple of years has been anything but boring. We have all faced challenges with staffing levels, availability, illness, changes in the industry, making investments to better grow your business, and of course managing the processes within the office to make certain the patient care is at a level we all want, and they expect. When speaking with many of our clients, discussing appointment book management, inventory management, vision plans, cash…
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