{"id":8536,"date":"2018-10-18T21:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hippodirect.com\/blog\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2018-10-24T20:37:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:37:04","slug":"wild-business-growth-podcast-13-dr-chithra-durgam-worlds-coolest-dentist-featured-in-garyvees-crushing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hippodirect.com\/blog\/wild-business-growth-podcast-13-dr-chithra-durgam-worlds-coolest-dentist-featured-in-garyvees-crushing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Business Growth Podcast #13: Dr. Chithra Durgam – World’s Coolest Dentist, Featured in GaryVee’s “Crushing It!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine marketing your dental practice so well<\/em>, you get featured in a #1\u00a0New York Times<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Bestseller. That’s exactly what happened with this week’s podcast guest, Dr. Chithra Durgam<\/span><\/a>! Episode #13 of the Wild Business Growth<\/span><\/a> podcast has dropped LIKE IT’S HOT and features the World’s Coolest Dentist, who grew her practice through social media videos and caught the attention of mega digital entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk<\/span><\/a> (aka GaryVee<\/span><\/a>), who included her story in his #1 New York Times<\/em> Bestseller “Crushing It!<\/span><\/a>” Presented by Hippo Direct. Listen on\u00a0iTunes<\/span><\/a>, Spotify<\/span><\/a>, Stitcher<\/span><\/a>, and your other favorite audio platforms<\/span><\/a> – subscribe and leave a 5-star review<\/span><\/a> if you enjoyed Dr. Durgam’s story!<\/p>\n

What is the Wild Business Growth Podcast?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hear how entrepreneurs & innovators unleash creativity to grow bigger and better businesses. Hear from an exciting new guest every single week who’s turning wild ideas into wild growth. Guests include startup founders, product inventors, social media influencers, and much more. Hosted by our digital marketing dude Max Branstetter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0– that’s me!<\/p>\n

Episode #13: Dr. Chithra Durgam – World’s Coolest Dentist, Featured in GaryVee’s “Crushing It!”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dr. Chithra Durgam, the World’s Coolest Dentist, Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Social Media Rockstar joins the show to share how she grew her practice, Aesthetic Dental<\/span><\/a>, through Musical.ly<\/span><\/a> and Instagram<\/span><\/a> and got featured in Gary Vaynerchuk’s<\/span><\/a> #1 New York Times<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0Bestseller “Crushing It!<\/span><\/a>” I read the book earlier this year and was blown away by Dr. Durgam’s story – she made going to the dentist fun! Fast forward to this month when we connected over Instagram for the podcast, and she was graciously willing to host the interview at her practice in North Bergen, NJ (see pictures down below). Dr. Durgam is a super friendly and inspiring person who knows how to disrupt in today’s busy marketing world – and wants to bring everyone along for the journey with her. Huge thanks to the team<\/span><\/a> at Aesthetic Dental for hosting, especially Emily who recorded the whole interview on video! This episode covers everything from\u00a0how Dr. Durgam partnered with Snoop Dogg<\/span><\/a> as part of her invention, ROAR Mouthguards<\/span><\/a>, to how to find inspiration for social media marketing. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:<\/p>\n

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  • How to take more risks and learn from mistakes<\/li>\n
  • The business and marketing side of managing a dental practice<\/li>\n
  • What Snoop Dogg is like in person<\/li>\n
  • How to find a mentor<\/li>\n
  • Why you should do things that make you happy<\/li>\n
  • The changing demographics of the dental world<\/li>\n
  • How to be smart about direct mail marketing<\/li>\n
  • The most famous people who have stepped foot in Dr. Durgam’s office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Connect with Dr. Durgam on Instagram<\/span><\/a>, Musical.ly<\/span><\/a>, and Snapchat<\/span><\/a> at @DrDurgam, Twitter<\/span><\/a> at @Dr_Durgam, and her practice at adentalonline.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Enjoy the show and see how many rapper names you can count in the episode! Check out the show notes below for much more detail and pictures. Additionally, head to the bottom for some of my favorite resources for starting a podcast, as I mentioned on Dr. Durgam’s Instagram Live video the day the episode came out!<\/p>\n