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Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

  • enjoyed great night’s sleep and spending another morning at the flat – lovely sunshine, birdsong, no pressure – big grin moment #
  • desk day until lunchtime, meetings this afternoon and dinner with clients – back to it! #
  • off to Sheffield for a long day before watching the big game back in Altrincham … Read the Rest

Sticky home pages

The new Ollie and Darsh web site has now gone live: CLICK HERE and is a considerable improvement in many ways. Not the least of which is overcoming the challenge that the average “browser” invests just 4 seconds in your home page to see if “it suits”. To entice them to stay longer requires a … Read the Rest

Beat the clock

Here’s a great marketing idea from The Fountaine pub situated in the Yorkshire Dales (Linton). When you arrive for an evening meal, the price of two courses is the same as the time on the clock:

  • £6.30 at 18:30
  • £7.00 at 19:00
  • £8.00 at 20:00

and so on. What a brilliant way of … Read the Rest

Business development days

Business development days

​ Working in my Fortress of Solitude in Altrincham – the only way I can get through the task list for the day. I went to bed last night feeling a little overwhelmed at “everything I have to do” today – but, true to form, I made a list of it all this morning at … Read the Rest

Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

  • back from Portugal after a fantastic weekend – back to work tomorrow morning! #
  • catching up at my desk this morning before driving to Leeds and then 9 days away #
  • First Practice Plan workshop today – and I wake naturally at 5:15! Big day ahead, beta testing new material and delivery. #
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Satellite Saturday

Satellite Saturday

Perhaps unusual to be investing the Saturday of a Bank Holiday weekend in a meeting with no agenda. But you have heard me declare the benefits of “shooting the breeze” – just a good conversation. I’m not asking for any medals – but want you to know that I made no charge for facilitating this … Read the Rest

Blueapple

Blueapple

Nice blog post here from James Hamill: CLICK HERE

In action

In action

Thorpe Park Hotel in Leeds was a fitting location to begin the Practice Plan workshop tour. My relationship with the hotel goes back many years to the early days of The Dental Business School and I can remember presenting there with Karen Jones as my business manager and support – that’s a long time ago! … Read the Rest

Practice Plan workshops

pp-workshop Click on the link above and you will see a mind-map of the subjects we are covering at today’s workshop. I’m excited to be delivering a brand new day full of ideas – and a day with a difference in that its not about CB and “death by PowerPoint” – we are creating lots … Read the Rest

Apex magazine

Apex magazine

To read the latest issue of this new on-line magazine: CLICK HERE
and you will find an article in there from yours truly on what to do about a gappy appointment book.