On Monday night the London offices of lawyers Allen & Overy hosted the inaugural award ceremony for “The Laurie Young Global Prize for Thought Leadership 2014”. It was a veritable business hall of fame with participation from such prestigious organisations as Harvard Business Review (HBR), London Business School (LBS), Boston Read More
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 - and it’s full of praise for this down to earth and immensely practical book. It's written by an accountant from Manchester who has dedicated decades of his professional life to improving professionals' networking 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
