Marketing

Marketing expertise – recruit an in-house person or commission an external agency?

I have just published a short article on this topic for Delia Venables’ Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. They key points covered include: Recruiting your own marketing person Existing active programme of activities? Level of involvement of partners/lawyers? Generalist or specialist? Tactical or strategist? Detailed job description? How will you measure Read More

2013-08-07T18:13:35+01:00May 12, 2012|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing|

Adaptation and reinvention – Taking my own medicine

Branding is tricky at the best of times. But when you have to apply the process to yourself or your own business it becomes almost impossible. When I established my first company - Practical Marketing Consultancy Ltd - way back in 1994 the world was a very different place. Almost Read More

Impact of technology on marketing

I noticed that a large proportion of my web traffic results from people searching on this subject. So I have just written an article for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/ which takes an overview of the impact of technology on marketing in the professions. It covers the following subjects: Planning, segmentation and Read More

Business development in large and small firms – what’s the difference?

Following a lively debate on a LinkedIn group, I recently wrote an article for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/ which explored whether the business development challenges and approaches in a large firm were significantly different from those in a small firm. The key areas explored included: Engagement Infrastructure Bureaucracy and influence Resources Read More

2013-08-07T17:58:13+01:00May 3, 2012|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Property, Selling, Strategy|

10 top tips for targeting – bring focus to your sales efforts

Targeting is one of those interesting areas that sometimes falls between the marketing plan (where market sectors and ideal clients are described) and selling (where attention is concentrated on converting leads generated by marketing). At the other end of the scale, some firms simply have lists of named institutions and Read More

2015-12-11T13:59:47+00:00April 28, 2012|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Selling|
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