During some of the many training workshops I have facilitated recently, the question of how to contact people – whether initiating a dialogue or following up – has arisen. Some people feel uncomfortable about making “cold calls” (and this is not recommended). And some aren’t sure about how to follow Read More
Earlier in the year I joined an incredible panel of marketing and business development experts including – Helen Blake of FutureCurve, Bernard Savage of Size 10 and a half Boots, Claire Mason of Man Bites Dog and Elliott Moss of Mishcon de Reya. The session was ably facilitated by Meirion Read More
Earlier this week I facilitated another day workshop for MBL on pitching “Pitch Perfect - How to Prepare & Present Winning Pitches & Tenders” . Delegates represented law and property firms and both marketing/business development professionals as well as fee-earners. While we covered a huge amount of material, there were Read More
Earlier this week I ran a full day workshop on selling for MBL (“The art of selling professional services and winning business”). The day was organised into six modules: the sales process, sales planning, integration with marketing, psychological selling, selling skills and measuring sales success. I selected four themes in Read More
Last week we had delegates from law and accountancy firms from all over the UK and Ireland (and also Cyprus) at another of the PM Forum’s popular workshops on “Being more strategic”. We looked at how to improve strategic thinking skills, understanding business strategy and developing marketing/business development strategies. We Read More
