Following a lively debate on a LinkedIn group, I recently wrote an article for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/ which explored whether the business development challenges and approaches in a large firm were significantly different from those in a small firm. The key areas explored included: Engagement Infrastructure Bureaucracy and influence Resources Read More
This was the headline screaming out from the front page of City AM this week http://www.cityam.com/latest-news/legal-firms-hit-fresh-downturn The main thrust of the news was that Slaughter & May froze associate salaries and Herbert Smith announced 51 redundancies. The lack of corporate deals was cited as the main cause but further restructuring Read More
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics showed that in 2010: 5.5% of heterosexual marriages ended in divorce after four years 2.5% of a total of 42,778 civil partnerships in the same period were dissolved 44% of civil partnerships are entered into by women, but they file for Read More
Targeting is one of those interesting areas that sometimes falls between the marketing plan (where market sectors and ideal clients are described) and selling (where attention is concentrated on converting leads generated by marketing). At the other end of the scale, some firms simply have lists of named institutions and Read More
Earlier this week saw the first presentation of a half day training session on effective writing for marketing and business development (all PM Forum training courses are listed here: http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/index.aspx#KT18Apr12). It was an ambitious agenda (and much of the feedback suggested that we should have devoted a whole day to Read More