Law and accountancy firms were represented at the recent PM Forum workshop: “The Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive”. Of course we need strategy, planning and expertise to help us be proactive. But a key theme emerging at the workshop was the need to be proactive in creating and cultivating relationships – both Read More
Nick Hughes was my interview guest at the April Profile | Property Marketing Forum event. It was good to see so many property, legal, consultancy and design people from both Profile and Home - PM Forum attending. Thanks to the team at Trowers & Hamlin lawyers for their excellent hospitality Read More
At the recent PM Forum training workshop “Practical and Professional Skills for Marketing and Business Development (MBD) Assistants” we talked about many strategic and operational marketing and business development activities. But there was a particular interest in event management as a crucial element of many MBD campaigns. We explored event management best practice, Read More
At the recent MBL workshop on “Pick up the phone – client service and sale opportunities for professionals” we looked at the role of telephone calls in sales and service, managing inbound calls and making outbound calls. There was debate about the role and value of automated and AI-generated telephone answering services. And Read More
Here are highlights from the recent PM Forum workshop on “Cross-selling and referrer management accelerator”. We acknowledged that there was no one “right way” to enhance cross-selling and referrer management. Each firm starts from a different place, has varying access to information and may have different goals. There was recognition that it Read More
