Top 5 Topics:
- Why Traditional Conferences Are Dying & Social Media Is Winning
- Building a Tech Side Hustle While Still Working as a Dentist
- How to Actually Monetize Your Podcast & Get Real Sponsors (No More Free Scrubs)
- Shocking 2026 Predictions: Aliens, Recession, 3-Day Work Week & UBI
- Revolutionary Toothpaste That Fixes Sensitivity & Cavities (NASA Tech Breakthrough)
Quotes & Wisdom:
On consistent content & building authority (Pat): "We can set up the greatest ads ever for you... but if you don't have the trust with Google reviews, Yelp reviews, and you don't have your organic content... everything's gonna fall flat."
On control & ownership (Pat): "Our success is in our control, and our failure is in our control. We don't have to rely on anybody else... That's what excites us."
On the future of dental marketing & conventions (Pat): "Everything is done online now. There's going to be this huge pivot where these companies are going to have to funnel funds for marketing into people like yourself. Voices of the digital space."
On young dentists & CE (Pat/Brendan discussion): "Why am I going to pay all this money [for conferences], when companies are putting on amazing symposiums, and they wine and dine you?"
On holding businesses accountable (Pat): "At the end of the day, like it holds businesses accountable. If you're gonna treat people a certain way, I should be allowed to talk about it."
On entrepreneurship & growth (Pat): "Just making a lot of content, and consistent posting."
Questions:
01:18 - "Today you were working on Dental Craft, or was this at the office?"
01:43 - "If you're in Las Vegas, How did it happen that you're mostly got clients on the East Coast?"
02:49 - "What days of the week are you working in the office? And what days of the week are you working on your side project?"
03:48 - "When you say your project with Ben, Dental Craft, do you have a one liner on what Dental Craft is?"
10:21 - "Where the attention is. If the attention's no longer at the conference, it's somewhere else. Where do you think it is?"
Now available on:
- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel
- Dose of Dental Podcast #241
My watch in this episode = Citizen Cal 2100 Limited Edition Panda
- 5.2026
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