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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 … Read the Rest

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. … Read the Rest

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 … Read the Rest

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 … Read the Rest

    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 … Read the Rest

    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 … Read the Rest
    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 … Read the Rest