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Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

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Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

wakes up in Manchester – flies to Edinburgh # Cullen skink for lunch. Lovely. # advice to a client who called "in distress" – don't let a yapping well-poisoner spoil your day # First day this year I have worn a business suit – very strange # Success in the good times is easy. Success [...]

Essential delegation

Here’s where my essential personal assistant Phillippa Goodwin becomes such a valuable asset. Virgin Atlantic flight delayed. Connecting flight in Barbados now impossible. Next flight to the BVI is a day later. Hotel tonight buggered. Swimming with dolphins tomorrow buggered. By the time they all open, I’m on a flight. One phone call – sorted. [...]

The end of Bling

There is a growing sense that all of those “bling” practices that emerged in the boom years may be catching a severe cold in the harsh reality of 2010. I’ve noticed a rise in enquiries from this genre, asking for help either in growing, changing or to be rescued. There is a move towards advanced [...]

The Great Eight

The Great Eight

​ Eight products/services that are selling like hot cakes in dentistry: Whitening Facial Aesthetics Cerec Invisalign Incognito Smile Makeovers Dental Implants Denture stabilisation Questions are you selling these products and services? are you SEO’ed and/or PPC’ed on them? do you have a KEDO for each of them? If not – you are in the wrong [...]

The weird thing about being a coach

A client writes to me this morning as follows: “Probably sound silly but would you mind reassuring me that I really can contact you with questions? I write e-mails and then delete them because I think the questions aren’t good enough/you hear all this all the time/you are exhausted already (blog)/this will bore you/etc etc [...]

Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

Wondering what adventures this week will bring – just about to take Annie to work – a rare pleasure # Gale-force winds in Cornwall this morning – and snow forecast later – I have to get out of the county before it starts! # quick early lunch at Sedgmoor – no snow yet # At [...]

Fab graphic from Gigacom

Fab graphic from Gigacom

The 21st Century Dentist

The 21st Century Dentist

​ Consider this mind-map very carefully – it represents the future of the independent dentist

The end of print media?

The end of print media?

I am a Luddite when it comes to books. The chance to browse around the Falmouth Bookstore when Annie and I go bimbling on a Saturday afternoon. The weight of a good hardback novel. The smell of new pages opening. The tactile relationship with a good book when you are curled up on the sofa [...]