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Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

  • Bath, read in bed, early night #
  • Cheers: 8 hours deep sleep. Fears: will I get through the day? Fears: and the next 6 days of travel? #
  • Day 2 – chest infection – KOKO #
  • Three consecutive emails selling me Viagra – I await the pithy comments……. #
  • Early drive across the … Read the Rest

Overnight success

How do you achieve overnight success?

  • get discovered on a national TV show?
  • rob a train and run to Brazil?
  • work your niche for 15 years?

I unfortunately, like many others, didn’t have the benefit of the first two and have had to rely on the latter. Chatting to Alison King … Read the Rest

Marketing – the rule of 7′s

Marketing – the rule of 7′s

A grumpy client emails me this morning as follows: OK.

So the ad “Attention Denture Wearers” went in for 2 consecutive weeks in the local paper and the local freebie.

3 replies in total so 3 reports sent out. Nobody has taken up the free consultation offer.

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Smilepod – The Movie

Listening while you drive

Heading North on the M5 yesterday, I was bemused by the sight of a student progressing slowly whilst

  • driving a clapped out old banger
  • surf board on the roof
  • watching a small flat screen TV mounted on his dash

I thought that was illegal? Anyways, it got me thinking about “what … Read the Rest

Chris Barrow’s week of Twitters

  • Home at last – but for less than 24 hours…… #
  • Mad busy all morning – I have to leave for Southampton soon… #
  • Out for dinner with my eldest boy Jonathan- currently at Southampton University – proud Dad #
  • What a beautiful day… #
  • Tuesday evening blues – another hotel and missing … Read the Rest
Abundance versus scarcity

Abundance versus scarcity

Saddened this morning, when I’m forwarded a fellow professionals newsletter that professes opinions prompted by an alleged question from a prospective client. “What makes you different from all the other coaches out there?” I don’t actually believe that any client would ever ask that before choosing and advisor – after all, we know that such … Read the Rest

Passion

If you are going to do something – do it as well as you can. Happy Friday!

what do points make?

what do points make?

​ and its only a matter of time. “Would you like Flying Club points with your tooth whitening Mr Barrow?”

Like I said…..

Like I said…..

And caused a bit of a stir at The Royal London last weekend……. Dentistry is becoming a retail business, offering products and services to a high professional standard. And in the latest issue of Dentistry on-line….