Tuesday was a practice visit in Lichfield, Staffordshire. I am reminded of one of the golden rules of marketing: 1. Enrol your existing customers as your unpaid sales force. I am delivering this practice visit because the principal is great friends with one of my former clients, who has told him to “get Barrowed up”
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I don’t normally work on Fridays but yesterday I took a train to Bristol to spend the afternoon and evening helping a national dental service company work on their 3-year vision. The meeting began at 1.00pm and we were still talking (albeit rather incoherently) at midnight after a heavy meal and lashings of white wine.
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It’s 5.00am in Cardiff and I’ve been awake since 4.15am. As usual, the air-lock door swings open when I wake and 101 thoughts come rushing through like sea water breaching a submarine compartment. The bells of the town hall ring out every 15 minutes and, after a while, I think “bugger it” and decide to
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It’s 5.00am in Cardiff and I’ve been awake since 4.15am. As usual, the air-lock door swings open when I wake and 101 thoughts come rushing through like sea water breaching a submarine compartment. The bells of the town hall ring out every 15 minutes and, after a while, I think “bugger it” and decide to
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Yesterday was what we call a “call-in day” – which means that we use www.appointmentquest.com as an on-line appointment manager that clients’ use to book themselves a 15-minute coaching call with me (I call them). They are amongst my favourite professional days as the cut and thrust of so many conversations: keeps me very sharp;
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Went shopping in Central Manchester yesterday lunchtime – ostensibly just for a pootle around (and a ride on the Manchester Eye) but also to replenish my travelling stock of Aveda shampoo and conditioner. I know I sound like a real tart – but I like their Rosemary Mint shampoo and conditioner. After all, I’ve now
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I know I don’t normally visit my blog on “free days” but I have wanted to figure out how to post photographs for some time and, thanks to Kim Black for sending me a video tutorial, this is my first attempt. It’s the same photo as in last week’s ezine – me and the GTO
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My business planning day was inspiring. Mike Hutchinson (my coach for the day) began by explaining that when we were standing at the base of a mountain and looking up, it appeared to be a stiff climb – but that when we are standing on the summit, the view will be spectacular. I have been
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You will notice a slightly changed look to the blog today. My web business manager, Kim Black, suggested that we move to WordPress – so here I am! No idea why – but I trust Kim’s judgement and she tells me this will be better in the long term. I’m expecting to add some features
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My lunchtime bowl of creamy vegetable soup is nearly sputtered out as I watch the aerial shots above Wembley Stadium, showing that a welding has failed in the structure. Thousands of hard-hatted builders and consultants evacuated to a nearby car park and work stopped in its tracks, after we have already been told that the
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