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3 things to aim for – 3 ways to get there – 27 things to get right
Sometimes, it can be a good idea to remind ourselves of the obvious and then ask “how does the obvious happen?” There are three obvious...

Chris Barrow
Sep 10, 20192 min read
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Tiwari Watson Dental Care – just doing it
Sometimes a client just quietly beavers away at the internal marketing tactics that I rattle on about and they GTD (get things done)....

Chris Barrow
Aug 28, 20191 min read
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Why you should never spend more than £10,000 per annum on marketing if you want your business to gro
I’m working on a new project that has emerged (as these things normally do) out of conversations with clients and observation. What would...

Chris Barrow
Aug 19, 20192 min read
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Smiirl – an engaging way to engage your patients on social media
A week last Monday I visited the beautiful North Sydney Dental Practice to say hello to the team and re-acquaint myself with Cigdem, Ben...

Chris Barrow
Aug 13, 20191 min read
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The Power of a Bad Review – a guest post from Suzanne Stolberg
I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a...

Chris Barrow
Aug 7, 20195 min read
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My favourite quote from the Sydney workshop
Good morning from Melbourne. You’ve tolerated two long blog posts from me so far this week – so here’s a short one. The best patients...

Chris Barrow
Aug 6, 20191 min read
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10 steps that the top 5% of practices use to massively improve their new patient conversion rate and
The treatment planning experience for the patient nowadays has to be visual if you want to maintain a consistently good conversion rate...

Chris Barrow
Jul 31, 20192 min read
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Some current trends across my client base
Three workshops last week – London, Manchester and Dublin. An opportunity to meet with my clients and listen. My quarterly immersion in...

Chris Barrow
Jul 22, 20191 min read
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The Campbell Academy Business Course 2020 – abundance, friendship, collaboration and growth
I’ve been delighted to attend The Campbell Academy Business Course every year since it’s inception as one of the visiting guest lecturers...

Chris Barrow
Jul 17, 20192 min read
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Every patient is an influencer
There’s a lot of talk nowadays about “social media influencers”; those people who have so many followers on Instagram and other channels...

Chris Barrow
Jun 13, 20192 min read
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The Complete Marketing Course – everything you and your team need to know in one place –
Let me start this post backwards by telling you that, for a one-time investment of £260 (or the equivalent in your own currency) you can...

Chris Barrow
Jun 7, 20193 min read
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A simple technique to encourage patient reviews
I’ve written before about the increasing importance of building those online patient reviews on Facebook and Google. To satisfy the...

Chris Barrow
Jun 6, 20191 min read
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It seems we are primarily damaging ourselves – the world’s most popular brands in 2019
According to the latest statistical evidence, here are the world’s most popular brands It is astonishing that Coca-Cola is still there...

Chris Barrow
Jun 4, 20191 min read
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The case for “the selfie” – but can we stop calling it that please?
You should be grateful for the selfie. The fact that we are now uploading over 3 billion photos PER DAY to the cloud has changed...

Chris Barrow
May 17, 20193 min read
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The purpose of your web site has changed – is your web site still fit for purpose?
Some important things to understand. Point One Let’s assume two kinds of healthcare consumer. The first group are looking for the lowest...

Chris Barrow
May 16, 20192 min read
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The Long Night in orthodontics – and the 4 choices available
I’m at the beautiful De Vere Cotswold water park this morning as visiting guest lecturer on the annual Ortho Retreat organised by Ashley...

Chris Barrow
May 9, 20192 min read
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Revenge or reward – which do you deserve?
Last week I wrote about the growing importance of reviews in the new patient research process – in summary, more patients are now reading...

Chris Barrow
May 8, 20192 min read
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The growing importance of patient reviews
Before contacting you I read all of your lovely reviews My clients are hearing that from patients every week nowadays. I’m not sure who...

Chris Barrow
May 1, 20192 min read
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Are you taking the Populist or Expert Approach in business?
A couple of approaches to business for you to think about today. The Populist Approach Figure out what is selling like hot cakes and jump...

Chris Barrow
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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Using social media to sell your house – whatever next?
There has been much controversy over the last 24 hours after a Sydney, Australia estate agent broadcast a video on Twitter to sell a...

Chris Barrow
Apr 17, 20191 min read
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