Author Archives: Chris Barrow

On the 06:40 from Cardiff Central to Leeds (via Birmingham New Street) in a first class carriage (thank you Phillippa) and with reasonable wifi and my Bose wireless headphones banging out the Funky House London podcast whilst I work through … Continue reading →

Google are now rolling out their challenge in the instant messaging market (not yet in the UK) and, according to the USA reviews, it’s looking very good and performing well (let’s just remind ourselves that there are many more Android … Continue reading →

We now upload 1.8 billion photographs to The Cloud every 24 hours. Interesting terminology there…. Upload – as if it is travelling upwards The Cloud – into some kind of blue sky Jack Dee had it right years ago: “they … Continue reading →

Here’s what dentistry 2016 looks like through the eyes of the patient: The beginning game: I decide it’s time to do something about my teeth because a trigger event has taken place in my life or is confirmed for the … Continue reading →

  My new web site is due to launch next week and, with the help of Dental Focus, we have given serious thought as to how it should look. When we are asked the question “what exactly do you do?” … Continue reading →

“Should we publish our price list?” A question that continues to surface after all these years. The answer is always a “yes”, whether you have a printed version or one visible on the web. And the mantra for many years … Continue reading →

Things I hear every week: We used to….. have daily huddles hand out referral business cards ask for word of mouth recommendations send out a regular patient newsletter advertise on the radio have fun and regular team meetings before they … Continue reading →

The “other” event of the weekend (apart from my 63rd birthday celebrations) was the announcement that, with immediate effect, Google are going to increase the variety of reviews they include in organic search to include: their own Google reviews “critics’ … Continue reading →