Make a note in your calendar: 23 June 2017 – London Before I start – there is no commission here for CB or 7connections. I’ve been participating in the “we are all conferenced-out” conversation for some time now, listening to the organisers of the same, as well as trade shows and post-graduate courses, bemoan the
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As a dental practice owner or marketing manager, you live in a world of data that can be interrogated in order to improve your marketing ROI (return on investment). Google Analytics can tell you how many people are visiting your web site, where from, with which device and exactly how they behave when they visit
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Part 1 I’ve listened to 4 dental practice owners cry in the last 4 weeks – 2 female, 2 male. All they had in common was that they owned a dental practice that wasn’t performing to expectations (one of them wasn’t a dentist but an owner). Crying tears of frustration, exhaustion and fear. My job
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The 1st June has arrived and just in case you are feeling a bit down today, I have the perfect cure – guaranteed to put a smile back on your face. All you need to do is spend a few minutes browsing practices for sale in your area on some of the independent valuers web
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Friday and Saturday I’ll be attending my second major dental conference and exhibition of the year – The British Dental Association at GMEX in Manchester. A welcome change from long-distance travel. I have one official meeting – at 08:30 this morning as a Corporate Friend to Bridge2Aid, I’ll be listening to Mark, Paul and Shaenna
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My conversation yesterday morning with Karl O’Higgins at Planmeca was predictably inspirational and the plans we have to educate and entertain at the BDIA later this year will, I think, raise a few eyebrows and inspire others – wait and see. Along the way, Karl and I began the meeting with updates on our individual
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Last night I enjoyed my third (in as many months) delightful supper discussing the opportunity for a Private Equity investor looking at UK dentistry. It happens largely as a result of my self-generated profile across social media. The flattering perception that I know people and things. The same organisations and individuals haven’t focused their research to
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For the next 2 days: an opportunity to monitor the pulse of the business of dentistry speaking each day in the Practice Plan Theatre, sharing thoughts on our collective future meetings with strategic alliance partners on the supply-side of dentistry a nosy around the exhibitors to spot innovation good conversations with past, present and future clients
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Daily we read bad press about dentistry and listen to tales of regulatory woe. Yesterday I attended a complimentary face to face meeting with a Millennial dentist who has bought his first practice from a retiring Boomer. The place needs a huge amount doing to it, not the least of which is to replace the
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Any successful trainer, consultant or coach will tell you that care is required in accepting invitations for social dinners with former, current or (especially) prospective clients. That might be interpreted as arrogance but the reality is that we will all tell you about the time that the social invitation transformed into a free and protracted
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