Mubbasher Khanzada 22 May 2018 At the The Dentistry Show and BDA event last week, I had a fascinating conversation with dental business coach Chris Barrow on the topic of regulations pertaining to the dental industry. He pointed out that the UK dental industry has been hit with many regulations over the years, they had the
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I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a policy that I do not accept introducers fees or commissions – I simply broadcast and comment on good ideas. Mubbasher Khanzada 10thMay 2018 According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), for
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I’ll give it 5 years – top side – and there will be no such thing as a web site. What there will be is a social media platform that incorporates all of your financial transactions, travel, work, play and chatbots that automatically communicate to organise your life. Did you see yesterday’s newsletter from The
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Marketing commentator Kent Lewis writes an interesting blog on all matters “marketing” and has been quoted as saying that you should sack most of your advertising and marketing agencies and do the job as much of the job as possible in-house. That’s OK if you are large business with plenty of spare employees and money
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Extreme Business 2018 London workshop done and my 47 delegates are sent home with spreadsheets, handouts and their heads buzzing with numbers. I invested quite some time at the start of the day in asking for feedback on Q1 of 2018 – always a chance to feel the pulse of the client base and get
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For many of us, this will be the first full day back at work after the Easter break, beginning Q2 of 2018. Over the 4-day weekend I spent a total of 12 hours in The Barrow Bunker, working “back stage” to prepare myself for a very busy 12 weeks ahead. Many other business owners were doing
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I’ve recently been reviewing some client data that proves you can double the average daily production of a Principal over a 36-month period. To be specific, from £1,500 per day to £3,000 per day in a general dental practice that markets direct to the public. I said Principal, not dentist – because it’s the Principals
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The new podcast from Seth Godin, “Akimbo” was launched just a few weeks ago and the first two episodes are available from the iTunes store and other notable podcast channels. In episode #1 Seth talks about “grand openings” – a term used to describe the hyper-activity that organisations get carried away with when they bring
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For some time now I’ve been wanting to showcase some examples of good patient video testimonials. Last Friday I mentioned the work done by West Midlands micro-corporate Tri-Dental and their YouTube channel, heavily populated with “off the cuff” patient videos that have been collected using iPhone-ography. Here’s the link again. It really is worth the
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There is a lot of disruption in the UK dental landscape at the moment, both negative and positive. Here are some of the things I’m noticing, even in the first few days of the working year: as the battle for private market share heats up between BUPA, Portman and (now) Dentex, positive disruption in goodwill
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