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About making sure that what you have already paid to learn is actually being done
Friday’s Dublin workshop was the third in a series for a group of 7 independent orthodontic practices who have “clubbed together” to do...

Chris Barrow
Jan 21, 20192 min read


A flat tyre and a Good Samaritan
My lunchtime bike ride yesterday had taken me no further than 3 miles from home when I suffered my first puncture of the year outside...

Chris Barrow
Jan 9, 20192 min read


The 17 essential numbers that you need to stay on course with your internal marketing and new patien
What’s actually going on in your practice when it comes to internal marketing and new patient conversion? Here’s what your internal...

Chris Barrow
Dec 18, 20181 min read


What would we do about attracting new patients if the internet didn’t exist?
An interesting conversation this week with a 57-year old dentist who is opening a new private squat in his post code, having sold an...

Chris Barrow
Dec 14, 20183 min read


How and why Facebook Messenger might make your web site obsolete and improve your patient experience
Behind all the negative press on data security, the social media platforms owned by Mark Zuckerberg continue their influence in our day...

Chris Barrow
Dec 13, 20183 min read


SMARTER reviews for your practice – why a 95% failure rate is just what you need
Last July I attended the Stars of Dentistry conference and listened to an American dentist reveal to the London audience that 100...

Chris Barrow
Dec 10, 20182 min read


Do you want 30% growth in 2019? Simply understand the three different types of marketing.
When you are marketing, it’s important to understand exactly what type of marketing you are doing: Direct marketing – talking to...

Chris Barrow
Dec 6, 20182 min read


“OMG – look everybody – my dentist has a Christmas Tree in their waiting room!R
This is not me being a Grinch. This is me being a marketer. In life, the objective of posting on to social media is to share with your...

Chris Barrow
Dec 4, 20182 min read


Just stare at each other
“It’s rude to stare” A lesson we were all taught as children. One I frequently found myself ignoring as I seem to have been born with an...

Chris Barrow
Nov 30, 20182 min read


This is Marketing
I did write a Goodreads review of Seth Godin’s latest book “This is Marketing” but feel motivated to make further mention of this...

Chris Barrow
Nov 26, 20181 min read


We need an EOTC in our teams
There’s a need for the recognition of a new role in dental practice – the EOTC – End of Treatment Co-ordinator. I’ve said much about the...

Chris Barrow
Nov 9, 20181 min read


Monday morning riff – retreats, rest and roaring trades
The blog is back – thank you for your patience as we have switched hosting for the web site in the last week. Having said that, I think...

Chris Barrow
Nov 5, 20183 min read


Pallant Orthodontics – getting it right
It’s rare that I single out individual practices for praise in this blog but I feel compelled so to do after my visit to Chichester...

Chris Barrow
Oct 24, 20181 min read


You need a scratched record to make your marketing effective
There’s a risk in confessing to an audience “I worry sometimes that, when I talk about marketing, I sound like a scratched record”. The...

Chris Barrow
Oct 16, 20182 min read


How to increase your productivity with one word
I was recently looking through one of my client’s average daily production figures and the change we have seen over the last 2 years. He...

Chris Barrow
Oct 11, 20182 min read


All may be fair in love and war but is it fair in social media marketing?
My client Aarti Kohli is the Principal of three practices in Hampshire and shared with me an unusual experience last week, which I can...

Chris Barrow
Oct 9, 20182 min read


Monday morning in Milan
I’m here for my quarterly meeting with Adec (that’s the dental practice and not the manufacturer). The practice is 30 years old and has...

Chris Barrow
Oct 8, 20182 min read


Going beyond the obvious
Going forward I’m afraid the obvious just isn’t going to be good enough. Given an average bounce rate for dental web sites of 66% (to be...

Chris Barrow
Oct 2, 20182 min read


Rituals and Campaigns – how some clients get their marketing ladder up against the wrong wall
When I get up in the morning I have a bathroom ritual, simply summarised as clean teeth, shave, shower, dress. If you were to ask me to...

Chris Barrow
Sep 28, 20185 min read


What Fougasse teaches us about customer service
Writing under the pen name of Fougasse, Cyril Kenneth Bird was one of the most popular cartoonists and illustrators of the first half of...

Chris Barrow
Sep 26, 20182 min read
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