This leader article – the impact of Covid on marketing and business development - appeared in Professional Marketing magazine Winter 2020 edition. Rather than wallow in the awful cost of Covid19, I wanted to reflect on its positive impact on professional services marketing and business development. The pandemic has bridged Read More
A round up of recent media mentions of thought leadership campaigns in professional services. Professional Services thought leadership update - FTI, Bidwells, Grist and Fieldfisher. I’ve added my thoughts on recent campaigns which we use in thought leadership training workshops. Award-winning thought leadership campaign at FTI (June 2020) FTI Consulting Read More
The Professional Marketing Forum Conference is the annual highlight for professional services marketers. A shorter version of this article on the 2020 conference appeared in the PM magazine November 2020 issue. This is the 25th Professional Marketing Forum Conference Report - ABM, redesigning M&BD teams, award-winning campaigns, persuasion, client feedback and Read More
Todays' short (eight minute) video covers some core ideas in business-to-business (B2B) sales. It considers the need to undertake research before approaching a prospective client and how the research continues when you first make contact. The idea is to "be more detective" to learn about your prospect. It then explores Read More
At last week’s “Towards KAM and ABM – helping fee-earners with relationship management” workshop (presented digitally through the PM Forum) we covered a lot of content in a short amount of time. This post covers the top picks from KAM training workshops – as it includes feedback from a previous Read More
