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WIGIG
You know how I go on and on about KEDOs. Knock ‘em Dead Offers. I’m indebted to Matt Jackson from IDH who reminded me this morning of...

Chris Barrow
Jun 22, 20101 min read


Video marketing Tips
Its a while since The Dentistry Show but Krishan Joshi has kindly created a web page to showcase a series of interview we filmed on the...

Chris Barrow
Jun 14, 20101 min read


referral cards
I’ve always been a great believer in a business card that earns its wages: photograph of the issuer (dentistry is a personality based...

Chris Barrow
Jun 1, 20101 min read


Email appointment reminders
You simply MUST read this brilliant short article. CLICK HERE

Chris Barrow
Apr 22, 20101 min read


Brilliant instant marketing
In the world of brilliant, instant, up to the minute, relevant marketing. This email, received at 15:30 – should win a prize at the...

Chris Barrow
Apr 15, 20101 min read


Are you any different?
I remember Andrea Lee teaching me many years ago that if I wasn’t “bold, outrageous and provocative” then the alternative was to be...

Chris Barrow
Apr 15, 20101 min read


Referral technique
Last week I fulfilled a minor ambition and purchased a set of Bose “acoustic noise-cancelling headphones”. Taking advantage of currency...

Chris Barrow
Apr 9, 20101 min read


The importance of scarcity
There were three places in New York City where I saw a queue of people waiting. To rise to the top of the Empire State Building To...

Chris Barrow
Apr 8, 20102 min read


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...

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Mar 18, 20101 min read



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Mar 17, 20100 min read


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

Chris Barrow
Mar 12, 20101 min read


Slow and expensive
I remember one of the first dentists I worked with (back in the mid 90’s) always introduced himself as follows (name changed): “Good...

Chris Barrow
Mar 10, 20101 min read


Doing something different
Working with James Goolnik this morning over breakfast – subject was a storyboard and mind-map for our “Branded Experience” BACD day in...

Chris Barrow
Mar 5, 20101 min read


Getting it out there
When the team at David Horobin’s Chapel Road Orthodontics decided to use National Orthodontics Week (NOW) as an excuse for strutting...

Chris Barrow
Mar 4, 20101 min read


“10”
The team at The Hilton Dunblane wear lapel badges with the number “10”. I ask at reception “why?” “So that we can make your stay a 10 out...

Chris Barrow
Feb 25, 20101 min read


BT using Facebook to invade my privacy
……….and in my face 16:00 on Friday afternoon and my (Orange) iPhone rings – the number isn’t blocked, so I answer (I never answer blocked...

Chris Barrow
Feb 19, 20102 min read


a recipe for success
take one very strong brand add a sense of humour serve on a cup cake result something for people to talk about. “You’ll never guess, I...

Chris Barrow
Feb 12, 20101 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Jan 20, 20101 min read


The Great Eight
Eight products/services that are selling like hot cakes in dentistry: Whitening Facial Aesthetics Cerec Invisalign Incognito Smile...

Chris Barrow
Jan 19, 20101 min read


KEDO’s again
Hi Chris, after the conference call last week, I was very inspired by the description of one participant’s practice as “a million pound...

Chris Barrow
Jan 12, 20101 min read
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