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80/15/5 – the formula that has to govern your marketing content if you want to be noticed by t
Let me get straight to the point: 80% human interest stories about the patients whose lives you have changed for the better 15% human...

Chris Barrow
Apr 6, 20171 min read


On excellence and what that means
Your brand standard is excellence. Here’s a little lunch and learn for you to try as soon as you can. Ask everyone in your team to define...

Chris Barrow
Mar 30, 20171 min read


Why my job (and yours) is to restore happiness
I’ve frequently commented that people don’t contact me because they are happy. So when the emails arrive, what is motivating the enquiry?...

Chris Barrow
Mar 29, 20172 min read


Presenting to a tough audience
I’m reminded, here in Ireland, that there are some people (patients) from Hale and Hampstead who choose to wear their money on the...

Chris Barrow
Mar 28, 20173 min read


Why it’s OK to wait 17 years for a client/patient to say “yes”
I’ve previously explained that the world record for the length of time it took a dentist to make up his mind to hire me was 17 years...

Chris Barrow
Mar 23, 20173 min read
ICDE 2017
Buzzing about joining the impressive speaker list for this event, which promises to be one of the most innovative and interesting of the...

Chris Barrow
Mar 17, 20171 min read


Selfie
The Empty Quarter is the largest uninhabited desert area in the world, 2/5th of which is in Oman, 1,000km of gravel flats and dunes...

Chris Barrow
Mar 13, 20173 min read


Thinking outside The Fox
At only 3.5 square miles and 300 inhabitants, Jost Van Dyke is one of the smaller British Virgin Islands but a popular destination for...

Chris Barrow
Feb 7, 20172 min read


The Right Price
Two similarly interesting experiences during our recent holiday, that illustrate an important message about how we set our prices. On...

Chris Barrow
Feb 6, 20172 min read


The One Dish
Seth Godin talks about a restaurant that serves “the one dish that people would drive across town to buy.” What’s your “one dish?” Please...

Chris Barrow
Jan 13, 20171 min read


Why it’s important to understand LTV
What exactly is the economic value of a patient in your practice? In business that’s called the LTV – lifetime value. Let’s take the...

Chris Barrow
Jan 11, 20172 min read


Becoming a Principal Trusted Advisor
I want you to suspend your disbelief for the next few minutes and take part in a mental exercise with me. think of your top 5 patients...

Chris Barrow
Jan 10, 20172 min read


The Money
Yesterday I talked about The Message and The Method. Today let’s talk about The Money – how you spend your marketing budget (you do have...

Chris Barrow
Dec 20, 20161 min read


The Message and The Method
Two questions to ask yourself. Question 1 – what is our message? It is no longer adequate to answer “our message is that we are...

Chris Barrow
Dec 19, 20161 min read


Opportunity knocks – even for a Grinch
Last night my only choice for dinner at The Queens Head Hotel in Berwick upon Tweed was the “Christmas Fayre” and I settled down to a...

Chris Barrow
Dec 7, 20163 min read


A beautiful new dental marketing video
My congratulations to Dr David Roze in Dubai and to my friend Karl Taylor-Knight for creating this wonderful video that beautifully...

Chris Barrow
Dec 1, 20161 min read


Back to Black
Eight days off the grid and 301 emails waiting for me when I sat down in The Bunker yesterday (Sunday) morning. Cue violin….. As a sole...

Chris Barrow
Nov 28, 20163 min read


Making a fuss
My family are working class. As on only child in the 60’s, I can remember the occasions when we would receive lousy customer service,...

Chris Barrow
Nov 16, 20162 min read


I’m looking for 5 new clients from March 2017
I’m looking for 5 new clients from March 2017 Here’s a shopping list of the outcomes I can deliver for you: if you are building a...

Chris Barrow
Nov 15, 20163 min read


Dentistry Uncensored – CB interviewed by Howard Farran
Enjoy this 1 hr 13 minute conversation on marketing in UK independent practice in 2016.

Chris Barrow
Nov 14, 20161 min read
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