Despite over two decades of successful sales experience, I am not a fan of telephone cold calling (my reasons are shown below if you are interested). However, whenever I provide a marketing, sales or business development training course (as I was doing yesterday morning), people ask me how to be Read More
I’ve just written a full review of this book on business networking for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ - and it’s full of praise for this down to earth and immensely practical book (written by an accountant) which reflects all the values and advice that I share with my clients during Read More
At a recent workshop on “How to increase buy-in” (see http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/), the delegates identified the following as the most useful tips and hints to add to their persuasion armoury: Align aims – You may have a clear vision of what you want to achieve and understand the benefits to the Read More
I thought it would be helpful to have an overview of Marketing Information Systems (MkIS) in the professions. I saw a neat infographic by Scott Barker on the Marketing Technology Landscape recently and despite the growing impact of technology on marketing was horrified at the incredible range and number of Read More
Last week’s half day session on “Up to speed in digital marketing and social media” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ , went really well. Thanks to the participants and to 7 Bedford Row barristers http://www.7br.co.uk/home/home.asp for hosting. In terms of the areas of most interest to delegates: Tools: Monitoring and measurement Saturation levels New ways to Read More