I've focused my new blog series on connecting doctors and dentists with the No. 1 concept required to successfully market a specialized medical or dental practice: Eliminating Noise. So, let's talk about noise. I'm sorry to inform you that it's deceptively present in every aspect of your business. Noise is anything that slows, stops or confuses you...

If you spend any time on social media, you’ve likely heard the buzz about Facebook’s new Explore feed. It has many businesses worried, especially those without a marketing team that consists of experts in social media strategy like Dog Star Media.

The newsfeed change has now been rolled out on mobile and desktop devices and shows posts from brands, companies and practices you don’t follow on a completely different feed, called Explore, in a way that makes them invisible to the average user. The Explore feed is buried under the Explore tool bar full of options such as "On This Day", "Saved" and the newest, "Order Food."