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The Complete Money Course – take control of your finances
I’ve been doing a lot of work with clients recently who want to get much better control of their business finances. This coincides with...

Chris Barrow
May 13, 20191 min read


You only need to get three things right to be successful in business
I’ve often described Bank Holiday weekends as “freelancer catch-up time” and I wonder how many of you could be found during the last 4...

Chris Barrow
Apr 23, 20192 min read


How do you set your prices?
That’s a question I’m asking my clients at this week’s Extreme Business Workshops in London and Manchester. I’m sharing with them (for...

Chris Barrow
Apr 10, 20191 min read


Friday morning riff on a week of conversations
Friday morning and a day in The Bunker on video calls with coaching clients – a monthly catch up between workshops that gives them a...

Chris Barrow
Mar 29, 20192 min read


Two Reds Are Better Than One Season 3 Episode 4 – From Opening Garage Doors to Opening the Doo
Given the choice between continuing her academic studies at university and getting into the workplace, Ali began her working life on the...

Chris Barrow
Mar 18, 20192 min read


Building GDP referrals – Part 5 – is it The Peer Group, The Study Club, The Academy R
So far we have looked at: responsible use of social media (public and private groups) your web site as seen by patients your web site as...

Chris Barrow
Mar 15, 20192 min read


Building GDP referrals – Part 4 – blogs, vlogs, podcasts and newsletters
Unless you have been living in a cave, you’ll know about Colin Campbell’s BLOG – you may also be aware of his podcast Incisive:Decisive....

Chris Barrow
Mar 14, 20192 min read


Building GDP referrals – Part 3 – what your web site needs to say to other dentists
Yesterday I spelled out the key components for a web site that patients will want to look around after they have been referred. Today,...

Chris Barrow
Mar 13, 20192 min read


The marginal gains meeting – moving your business forward one step at a time
It’s dangerous to be too busy to grow and very rare that I see a client take a giant leap forward with their business. Mostly, it’s small...

Chris Barrow
Mar 7, 20191 min read


“I know you are busy but…” a Wednesday morning Milanese riff on overwhelm
It was a conversation with my business coach that had me scribbling furiously on a notepad as Rachel Turner shared her wisdom and...

Chris Barrow
Mar 6, 20193 min read


How and why your patient communication has changed forever
In any conversation with a patient there are two issues that must be covered: acknowledging what the patient wants; identifying what the...

Chris Barrow
Mar 5, 20191 min read


Two Reds Are Better Than One Season 3 Episode 3 – What is CSR and what’s in it for you –
After starting his working life as a teacher and a tour manager in the music business, Mark accidentally entered the charity sector as a...

Chris Barrow
Feb 18, 20192 min read


Why simply looking at your price list isn’t enough
PRICE One of those random coincidences that occur in life (and have us wondering whether we are watched over) has been three clients, far...

Chris Barrow
Feb 11, 20192 min read


The frustration of getting started and the perils of “faffing about”.
I have a tendency to “faff about” before starting really big project work. I can find so many excuses and distractions before I finally...

Chris Barrow
Feb 7, 20193 min read


Adding Facebook Messenger to your web site home page – it’s time to take action
A simple enough question this morning: “Have you added a Facebook Messenger facility to the home page of your web site?” The technology...

Chris Barrow
Feb 6, 20191 min read


The paradoxical problem of up-front payments
I’ve noticed a surprising and fascinating trend in recent years. Dentists telling me that they have a cash flow problem because they have...

Chris Barrow
Jan 30, 20192 min read


The rise of the multi-site independently-owned micro-corporate. An opportunity for you?
Let’s go back 20 years – the millennium is approaching and imagine I’m predicting at a conference that, by 2019, there would be a new...

Chris Barrow
Jan 29, 20192 min read


The Training Culture – making sure that you are exceptional at what you do
Does your business vision extend to training your team to do their jobs properly? I recently ran a workshop during which over 20...

Chris Barrow
Jan 25, 20192 min read


The Epiphany – having that Star Trek moment in your thinking
I’ve observed that, in a coaching meeting, there is very often a moment when a light bulb flashes in the client’s head and they suddenly...

Chris Barrow
Jan 24, 20192 min read


Why do we find it so difficult to get started on the things that are good for us?
It took a significant accumulation of social drinking in the months (yes, months) up to Christmas and New Year to convince me that Dry...

Chris Barrow
Jan 23, 20192 min read
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