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CE Vision Services, Inc., a leading national buying group, has unveiled a series of videos showcasing its web based services.  The videos can be viewed on CE’s home page at www.cevision.com.  The centerpiece of the video collection is C&E’s Dr. Cool video that invites ECP’s to give up being Dr. Stress by embracing CE’s web based services and become Dr. Cool.  The three other videos highlight BeyeRight®, CE’s proprietary service for searching top selling frames and sunglasses to aid frame board management, IDOC’s® which allows members to review current and past billing information and IEP Benchmark®, which allows ECP’s to easily  create a simulated profit and loss statement benchmarking with similarly sized practices (http://www.cevision.com/iep/).   According to Brad Shapiro, C & E Principal, “the video montage succinctly demonstrates the unique advantages that C & E’s web based services can offer practitioners.  These services save a practice administrative research time and stimulate ideas that can increase profitability.” Background: C&E Vision located in San Clemente California, is the only Web Enhanced buying group of choice.   C&E...

C&E Vision Service, a leading national optical buying group, has partnered with Villa Veneta Eyewear (DBA Villa Eyewear). Under this agreement, C&E members will receive an exclusive discount from published Villa Eyewear price lists.  “Villa Eyewear is very excited to offer C&E members our Italian made collections.” Says Ilario Sfoggia, CEO of Villa Eyewear. “With Villa Eyewear,  C&E members can choose from conservative styles to more fashion forward, colorful pieces of art. When introducing a new product, Villa Eyewear focus on quality, innovation, and the ‘Distinctive look’ of the final product. ” About Villa Eyewear Villa Eyewear is inspired by the Venetian Villas and the splendor of the 16th and 18th centuries. Villa Eyewear is bringing back the fascination and splendor of those beautiful and romantic eras.  Our mission is to reflect the unique and astonishing styles found in these Villas to provide our clients with the satisfaction and beauty of the eyewear from the Veneto Region of Italy. Villa Veneta Eyewear‘s customers are delighted and fascinated as well as privileged by the possibility to live as a Venetian noble and to feel the refined atmosphere...

Fatheadz Eyewear, the leading eyewear maker catering to men and women with large brains (and heads to match) announces today its partnership with C&E Vision Buying Group, meaning their members no longer have to place the brains of their larger-headed clientele in choke holds by trying to fit them with standard size frames. Now all C&E Vision member patients can have great looking, proper fitting frames. While most manufacturers offer between one and four oversized frame choices, Fatheadz Eyewear offers sixteen optical frames and eighteen sun frames, meaning large-headed individuals don’t have to sacrifice style for proper fit, or endure the pain of a poor fit for the sake of fashion. “We are privileged to be able to work with C&E Vision, and we’re happy to be able to offer their members the largest selection of stylish oversized frames in the industry. As the original Fathead, I know how frustrating it can be to find the right fit” said Rico Elmore, CEO of Fatheadz. Fatheadz is the leading eyewear company offering shades and prescription glasses for those who are unable to wear average-sized eyewear. Fatheadz also offers eyewear in standard and intermediate sizes. For...

Best Image Optical will be exhibiting at Vision Expo East during March 23-25, 2012 at Booth #848 in Javits Center, New York, New York. At Vision Expo East, Best Image will light up their booth to display their latest exciting collections, including their new colorful 2012 spring and summer collection dubbed ‘Eye Candy’. This year’s booth theme is, ‘Lighted Retro New York Style living space’. Also, Best Image Optical will be updating Vision Expo East 2012 show related news and events at:  http://bestimageoptical.com/vee12/ All attendees are invited to booth #812 to view award winning frames, new collections, and participate in their show specials. This year’s show specials are: Show Special #1: Purchase 18 frames from one or in combination of any our three collections (Dolabany, Mario Galbatti, and Plume Paris) and get 2 free frames plus a 20% discount and an additional 10% discount. Show Special #2: Purchase 100 frames from one or in combination of any of our three collections, (Dolabany, Mario Galbatti, and Plume Paris) and receive a free 16GB iPad 2 with Wi-Fi. A standard discount of 20% applies. Show Special #3: Join Best Image Optical’s ‘Customer Loyalty Program’...

Miami, FL., January, 2012 – Best Image Optical has reserved exhibition space at Vision Expo East during March 23-25, 2012 at Booth #848 in Javits Center, New York, New York. At Vision Expo East, Best Image will light up their booth to display their latest collections, including their new 2012 spring collection. This year’s booth theme is a, ‘Lighted Retro New York Style living space’. To stay up to date with the latest Best Image/Vision Expo developments, look out for Best Image’s ‘Retro Subway’ ads found online and in print in the coming weeks. Best Image Optical has also partnered with C&E Vision’s ‘Soaring to Great Sights Sweepstakes” where attendees can collect vouchers at Best Image’s booth (#812) for a guaranteed prize. More information on this sweepstake here:  www.playatcev.com. To promote Best Image’s VEE attendance, Best Image Optical will launch the following promotional materials in the month of February: “Eye Candy” themed Spring/Summer Collection Retrovision Videos Show/Booth Giveaways The Vision Expo Show Special are: Show Special #1: Purchase 18 frames from one or in combination of any our three collections (Dolabay, Mario Galbatti,...

On Sunday, October 30, 2011, for the third time this year more than 400 eye care professionals gathered in Anaheim, California to attend C & E’s Ocular Symposiums.  According to C & E Principal Harvey Yamamoto, O.D., “C & E’s Ocular Symposiums are designed to support C & E members with the expansion and scope of their practices to medically based practices.” In this regard, courses offered at this Symposium, which was the final one of the year, included “Advanced Diagnostics for the Optometric Physician: Specular Microscopy and Expanded Pupil Diagnostics”, and “The Advancements in Retina,  Medical & Surgical  Advancements.” Pat Caroline, a leading authority on contact lenses, presented two, two hour courses, including “Scleral lenses- New Thoughts & New Understandings.” Attendees earned 8 hours of COPE credit for attending the full day seminar.  Including this Symposium, a total of more than 1300 eye care professionals attended one of C & E’s three Ocular Symposiums in 2011.  C & E believes that its Ocular Symposiums are the largest educational series not taking place at a trade show in the United States,  C  & E’s first...

As an independent eye care professional and business owner you don’t always have time to find the best deals for your business. Good deals may be out there but your customers come first, followed by the responsibilities of your business and if you have a family you don’t want to have to show an ID to get in the door. You can get help finding deals that will increase your profits and give you a wide range of services without spending hours searching for them. Many independent eye care professionals don’t know they can get the same deep discounts on purchases, as the chains and franchises, by purchasing through an optical buying group. There are a number of buying groups available and each has their own deal structure and services; this means you need to compare to be able to make an informed decision. First of all, what is an Optical Buying Group? An Optical Buying Group is a 3rd party billing service that uses the purchasing power of its members to negotiate discounts, which allow its members to compete effectively with the big chains and franchises. Some buying groups may not pass the entire discount back to you, so the percentage of discount offered varies between the buying...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—C&E Vision Services, Inc., a leading national eyecare buying group dedicated to Inspiring Profitable Eye Care Practices™, has partnered with So. Calif.-based eyewear brand SPY Optic™.  Under the agreement, C&E members will receive a volume discount from published SPY Optic prices when billed through their buying group account. “We are proud that SPY® chose to partner with C&E for its first buying group relationship,” says Brad Shapiro, C&E Principal. “SPY’s focus on the youth lifestyle market affords our members access to premium produ cts for a segment of the market that they might not currently be serving.” SPY Optic will join a growing list of sunglass vendors offered through C&E, including Rudy Project, Costa del Mar and Wiley X. “C&E has the infrastructure, experience and relationships to help us further develop our brand in the optical category,” says Jim Sepanek, SPY Optic vice-president, Optical. “The value they provide on all the sides of the business, coupled with their track record of delivering world-class service to their members, make this a very exciting relationship for SPY.”   About C&E....

They’re called Quick Response Codes – QR codes, for short – and they give printed materials the ability to trigger a variety of actions when scanned by a smartphone’s built-in camera. Think of it like clicking a link on a website to jump to another page with more information. Perhaps the most common use for a QR code is to display a web page with more information or a response form, but they can also be used to call a phone number, display additional text, add a contact to your address book or initiate an email or text message. The whole point of a QR code is that it saves you the hassle of having to type a long website address or phone number into your smartphone, iPad or computer, making it far more convenient to take action based on something you see printed. SCAN ME! “C&E Vision has been at the forefront of this technology by inserting them on posters, newsletters and postcards.  The exciting part about the QR code is that we use them randomly to offer money saving programs to our members” says David Carneal, Director of Buying Group Relations for C&E Vision.  So when you see a QR code from C&E Vision, make sure to scan it, who knows it could save you...

Oceanside, CA July 20, 2011 – Vision West, Inc. and C&E Vision Services, Inc., leading national buying groups dedicated to Inspiring Profitable Eye Care Practices™, have teamed with Yelp to host a webinar entitled “Yelp 101: Maximizing Yelp’s Business Tools to Attract New Patients” on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time/5:00 PM Pacific Time.  The webinar is part of a series of webinars focusing on Social Media launched by Vision West and C & E earlier this year.  “Yelp is an invaluable resource that all ECP’s should be using to market their practices”, says Joseph Mallinger, O.D., Vision West’s President and CEO.  The webinar is complimentary to all Vision West and C & E members. The webinar will be recorded and made available for on demand streaming in the Social Media Centers on the respective Vision West and C & E Vision web sites, available exclusively to all our members. About Yelp Yelp (yelp.com) is a website that connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria...

San Clemente, CA. July 7, 2011- C&E Vision Services, Inc., a leading national buying group dedicated to Inspiring Profitable Eye Care Practices™, has teamed with Marcolin Eyewear to host a flash sale on its Facebook page this Friday, July 8, 2011.  For one day only, C&E members will have the exclusive ability to enjoy substantial savings on specified Marcolin collections along with dating that would not otherwise be available to them.  C&E plans to host additional flash sales in the coming months.  Vendors interested in participating should contact C&E Vision.  Brad Shapiro, C&E Principal stated that, “this is yet another reason why we are working hard to encourage our members to embrace social media.”  C&E will be co-sponsoring another social media webinar on July 20, 2011 entitled “State of Social Media in the Optometric Industry”, visit facebook.com/cevisionservices for more information.   About C&E Vison: C&E Vision located in San Clemente California, is the only Web Enhanced buying group of choice.   C&E exclusively provides its members the power of the Web Enhanced online services and the choice of multiple billing methods...

San Clemente, CA. June 20, 2011 - C&E Vision Services, Inc., a leading national buying group dedicated to Inspiring Profitable Eye Care Practices™, has partnered with Empire Optical based in North Hollywood, CA to offer Empire’s laboratory services to its members.   C & E members will receive a substantial volume discount from published prices when billed through their buying group account.  Empire Optical seeks to combine the technology, benefits and convenience of a large laboratory with the quality, personalized service, care and support of a small family lab and has supported independent ECP’s for more than 35 years.  Steve Wagner, C & E Principal stated that “C & E is pleased to make this high quality laboratory available to its members.”  Empire is also one of two Southern California labs that have been selected to process Empower™ Eyewear.  C & E is offering extended dating to qualifying members who become Empower distributors. About C&E Vision: C&E Vision located in San Clemente California, is the only Web Enhanced buying group of choice.   C&E exclusively provides its members the power of the Web Enhanced online services and...

San Clemente, CA. June 1, 2011 C&E Vision Services, Inc., a leading national buying group dedicated to Inspiring Profitable Eye Care Practices™, has announced the introduction of its Social Media Center on the member’s only section of its web site.  The Social Media Center will initially include step by step guides for ECP’s to easily create, grow and be successful using their own Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Blog sites for their practices and to take advantage of Social Check-In sites such as Foursquare, as well as a selection of videos that will enable ECP’s to become more familiar with social media generally.  C&E plans to gradually add content to and update the Social Media Center over time and expects that it will become a “go to” social media resources for ECP’s.  Additionally, the Forum section will provide members the opportunity to ask questions about using social media in their practice and to learn from the sharing of other members’ experiences.  The Forum will be moderated by CESSON 3.0, a leading social media and marketing firm to ensure members have access to professional expertise.  Brad Shapiro, C&E Principal stated that “it is imperative...

On Sunday, May 1, nearly 500 eye care professionals gathered in Anaheim, California for the 2nd of C&E’s three annual Ocular Symposiums.  According to C & E Principal Harvey Yamamoto, O.D., “C & E’s Ocular Symposiums are designed to support C & E members with the expansion and scope of their practices to medically based practices.”  In this regard, two of the four nationally renowned speakers addressed glaucoma related topics while the remaining speakers addressed “Ocular Emergencies” and “Posterior Corneal Disorders.”   Attendees earned 8 hours of COPE credit for attending the full day seminar.  Brad Shapiro, C & E principal, stated that “assisting our members with the expansion of their practice to a medically based practice is part of our commitment to assist our members in adapting to changing market. “  The seminar was supported by many industry vendors such as GP Specialists, LifeStyle Eyecare Centers, A.C.O. Labs, Care Credit, and many others.  For more information about upcoming Ocular Symposiums please visit www.cevision.com. Background: C & E Vision located in San Clemente California, is the only Web Enhanced buying group...

Welcome to my first C & E blog posting.  As you know, C & E was founded more than 25 years ago as a buying group and remains one of the leading buying groups in the nation.  Together with my partners, Steve Wagner and Harvey Yamamoto, O.D., we have worked tirelessly to create services and programs to assist you and your colleagues in building successful eye care practices.  I am pleased to report that C&E has evolved into so much more than a billing service.  Our core focus today can be grouped into five key areas: Increasing back-office administrative efficiencies Assisting ECPs to adapt to a changing market Offering services to increase patient revenue & traffic Educating practice and staff Responding to margin compression: saving ECPs $$$ In the coming months, together with my partners and colleagues, we will be highlighting the services offered by C & E in each of these areas and we will be inviting your questions and comments.  The first topic we will address is how C & E plans to assist our members with understanding and integrating social medial tools into your marketing and communication programs.  I believe that...