There were three places in New York City where I saw a queue of people waiting. To rise to the top of the Empire State Building To descend into the Apple Store on 5th Avenue and see an iPad To get into Abercrombie & Fitch on 5th and buy clothes. The first is about the
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As we arrived at The Hilton Time Square last Wednesday, our exit from the lift at check-in on the 15th floor was intercepted by Justin, who welcomed us to the hotel – and asked if we had received our “welcome gift”. Further conversation revealed that this was a chance to visit the new “fractional ownership”
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Here is fellow coach Jane Lelean, promoting a REALLY USEFUL teleseminar on Thursday 8th April. I’m not in business with Jane and she is not paying me commission for this mention. In fact, she doesn’t even know I’m mentioning her. Its just a darn good idea – and I live in an abundance mentality and
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Today I have “written” my ezine and three magazine articles using my iPhone to dictate voice notes in Evernote, then emailing them to Phillippa for transcription and forwarding to the publishers. It occurs that a dentist could dictate a treatment plan via iPhone in exactly the same way – and that, using Snagit picture capture
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I know I’ve mentioned it before – but I get a great sense of job satisfaction when somebody actually tries out an idea I’ve thrown around. So here is Julie Webster, marketing manager at Penistone Dental Care – taking my amnesty letter and adapting it to their own circumstances. Dear Friend Penistone Dental Care would
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How do you achieve overnight success? get discovered on a national TV show? rob a train and run to Brazil? work your niche for 15 years? I unfortunately, like many others, didn’t have the benefit of the first two and have had to rely on the latter. Chatting to Alison King at The Dentistry Show,
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A grumpy client emails me this morning as follows: OK. So the ad “Attention Denture Wearers” went in for 2 consecutive weeks in the local paper and the local freebie. 3 replies in total so 3 reports sent out. Nobody has taken up the free consultation offer. So what do I do? Run it again
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Heading North on the M5 yesterday, I was bemused by the sight of a student progressing slowly whilst driving a clapped out old banger surf board on the roof watching a small flat screen TV mounted on his dash I thought that was illegal? Anyways, it got me thinking about “what we listen to when
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Saddened this morning, when I’m forwarded a fellow professionals newsletter that professes opinions prompted by an alleged question from a prospective client. “What makes you different from all the other coaches out there?” I don’t actually believe that any client would ever ask that before choosing and advisor – after all, we know that such
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