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Chris Barrow
May 24, 20186 min read
GDPR and small business – why not just ignore it? – a conversation at The Dentistry Show
Mubbasher Khanzada 22 May 2018 At the The Dentistry Show and BDA event last week, I had a fascinating conversation with dental business...
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Chris Barrow
Dec 6, 20173 min read
Time for TCO’s and USP’s – making the most of what makes you special
Practice Plan Workshop #9 in Cambridge yesterday and we are still seeing the following: less than 10% of practices have a full-time TCO;...
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Chris Barrow
Nov 30, 20173 min read
Why even the best practices are only getting 2 out of 3 steps right with their internal marketing
Initially, it seemed there were two phases to getting dental practices focused on internal human interest marketing (and weaning them off...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 28, 20173 min read
Why measuring the ROI on your advertising is much harder than you think
There is never a week goes by that I’m not asked how to measure the Return on Investment (ROI) from digital and direct advertising. At...
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Chris Barrow
Jun 27, 20172 min read
A new and free resource on the Coach Barrow web site
In recent weeks I have rediscovered an enthusiasm that dates back to the 1980’s – for creating what used to be called “sales aids” and...
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Chris Barrow
Oct 11, 20162 min read
What are they searching for?
It is always worth a monthly check on Google Analytics to discover what the visitors to your web site were searching for when they began...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 28, 20161 min read
Asking the right questions
Old school question: Q – “So how did you find us?” A – “I had a look at your web site.” So the marketing team record this as an internet...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 27, 20162 min read
A new home for the Coach Barrow blog
The new web site is live at www.coachbarrow.com and, whilst we are still snagging the site as we go along, I welcome you to the latest...
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Chris Barrow
May 6, 20161 min read
How big is mobile?
Potential new patients are finding your web site from organic search, by clicking on adverts, via shared social posts, linking from...
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Chris Barrow
Feb 29, 20162 min read
The Orthodontic Specialists Group
I was delighted to be asked to open the Spring Meeting of the OSG on Saturday and impressed with the turn-out in London’s Regents Park...
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Chris Barrow
Feb 15, 20162 min read
Your home page
It seems that hardly a week goes by without someone emailing me with a request to comment on a proposed new web site. Most of my feedback...
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Chris Barrow
Jan 29, 20162 min read
Pixels and Beacons
Forget privacy. A web site that is pixellated is noting your digital footprint when you visit and following you around afterwards to...
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Chris Barrow
Sep 23, 20152 min read
The death of the web site
Chatting with one of my oldest friends yesterday, Alan Rae, a Glaswegian now living in the USA and running a fascinating business called...
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Chris Barrow
Jan 7, 20151 min read
Ask yourself – What is your website for?
It used to be that your website was an online patient information leaflet. Then it became an online shop window. Recently, websites have...
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Chris Barrow
May 4, 20121 min read
Great example of a practice website
Every now and then I see a new dental web site that ticks many of the boxes in terms of attracting new patient enquiries. Bearing in mind...
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Chris Barrow
Aug 9, 20101 min read
What are dental web site visitors really looking for?
With permission I reproduce here a section of the Google Analytics report for Ashby Dental in Wetherby, Yorkshire. Take a look at the...
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Chris Barrow
May 13, 20101 min read
How many hits on your web site?
Hi Chris, Could you give me an idea what the industry average is for unique visitors to a dental website? I have nothing to compare ours...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 13, 20105 min read
Abundance versus scarcity
Saddened this morning, when I’m forwarded a fellow professionals newsletter that professes opinions prompted by an alleged question from...
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Chris Barrow
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Review of Truedentistry’s new web site
Click on the link below to watch a 10-minute video of my critique of the brand and dental web site created by Lubna Alam-Orths at...
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Chris Barrow
Feb 19, 20101 min read
New dental web site
It can be difficult to get excited about a new dental web site – the formula is becoming well established. the funky name and logo the...
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