At a PM Forum event in January, Alaistair Beddow of Meridian West presented the results of the 10th Marketing Leaders Benchmark and discussed the results and other topical issues in marketing and business development with a panel comprising: Leor Franks of Kingsley Napley (law), Lesley Hornung of HLB International (accounting) Read More
Before I start planning for 2022, I thought I’d reflect on nine marketing and business development trends in 2021. Some of these observations might make useful entries in your PESTLE or competitor analyses (a short explainer video on marketing audits and PESTLE analysis ) or scenario and marketing plans. Attitude Read More
I recently reviewed all the articles in Professional Marketing magazine on pitching. And I’ve highlighted the key points here of the latest insights on pitching – Online, virtual, productivity, confidence and procurement. Online pitching In October 2021, Michael Fleming (Kissing with Confidence) argued that whether in the room or on Read More
Earlier in December I facilitated another of MBL’s popular “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries” full day LearnLive training sessions. With delegates from legal, accountancy, surveying, architectural and financial services firms there was lots to discuss. Dominant themes were referrals – the role of internal communications, messaging and storytelling Read More
I was delighted to present the first (fully booked!) Professional Marketing Forum “Coaching and consulting skills for marketing and BD” workshop earlier this month. This post includes some of the key points arising from the coaching and consulting skills for M&BD workshop as well as signposting resources requested by the Read More
