At a recent Proactive Marketing Executive course (see http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/) we spent a fair amount of time talking about marketing/business development initiatives where the focus is on managing a few major clients - a Key Account Management KAM programme. I was asked to summarise the key reasons why firms should concentrate Read More
In December 2015, there were three important legal sector research results which caught my eye: Average growth rate The quarterly Deloitte legal sector survey said that in the quarter ending July 2015, the average fee income growth amongst the top 100 UK law firms was 6.8% and that a third Read More
This year I have delivered a number of training courses – both publicly and in-house – on the topic of referrer and intermediary management for lawyers, accountants and surveyors. Whilst the training focuses on research, strategy, messaging and the importance of relationship building a common question is what do you Read More
At recent referrer and intermediary management training sessions the topic of information systems to was discussed. Whilst there is a host of excellent technology solutions available to larger firms, some within integrated accounts systems and others in standalone CRM systems, many professionals prefer to get the relevant behaviours established and Read More
At a recent CLT course on “Business Development for Lawyers” I asked delegates (many of whom where insolvency experts) what they would most like as a follow up blog post. They asked for something that pulled everything together on developing a marketing and business development campaign. This is a topic Read More
