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Teleseminar on maximising your appointment book

Here is fellow coach Jane Lelean, promoting a REALLY USEFUL teleseminar on Thursday 8th April. I’m not in business with Jane and she is not paying me commission for this mention. In fact, she doesn’t even know I’m mentioning her. Its just a darn good idea – and I live in an abundance mentality and [...]

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Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

Out for a Sunday roast with Annie B at The Star and Garter. Perfect day, beautiful girl, grub and United winning. # Working at home for a couple of days feels like a holiday after the last three weeks – buffer day ahead # recording a blog post on Camtasia # yesterday a film factory [...]

Travelling

Travelling

After three glorious days at home I’m feeling much recovered from last week’s chest infection and ready to hit the road again. Lunchtime today will be a long-overdue management meeting with Phillippa in Exeter – and then on to Orthoworld in Southampton, where I’m hosting a referral study club meeting with about 20 local GDP’s. [...]

Using your iPhone for treatment planning

Using your iPhone for treatment planning

​ Today I have “written” my ezine and three magazine articles using my iPhone to dictate voice notes in Evernote, then emailing them to Phillippa for transcription and forwarding to the publishers. It occurs that a dentist could dictate a treatment plan via iPhone in exactly the same way – and that, using Snagit picture [...]

The Amnesty Letter

The Amnesty Letter

I know I’ve mentioned it before – but I get a great sense of job satisfaction when somebody actually tries out an idea I’ve thrown around. So here is Julie Webster, marketing manager at Penistone Dental Care – taking my amnesty letter and adapting it to their own circumstances. Dear Friend Penistone Dental Care would [...]

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The Practice Plan Tribe

The Practice Plan Tribe

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Interview questions

This morning a client asks: “we have candidates arriving for 15-minute mini-interviews. The position is as a member of our practice welcome team. Do you have three quick-fire questions that will sort out winners and losers effectively?” And I respond as follows: Q1 – why do you think you are the right person for this [...]