This leader article: "There's a real person behind that Persona" was originally published in the Summer 2016 edition of Professional Marketing magazine for PM Forum members. Don’t get me wrong. I’m delighted to see the professionalization of marketing and business development supported by sophisticated software. There are amazing analytics programmes Read More
I recently presented a new course on cross-selling and referrer management for marketers and business developers in professional services for the PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/. As the many other blogs on these topics will demonstrate, they are big issues and we had to be selective on what we covered. However, the Read More
Legal market research in the LexisNexis Bellwether Report 2016 “The riddle of perception” was recently published. The research involved structured interviews with 122 independent lawyers and 108 clients of which 93% had experience of private client legal matters. Some of the highlights from the report include: Just under half of Read More
At a recent training session for MBL on “Managing and developing a private client practice”, delegates identified the following four key insights and asked for a summary of the issues discussed: 1. Analyse the source of work Avoid data-free marketing. Before you start work on setting objectives and developing strategies Read More
Here are the key thoughts from the delegates on a recent PM Forum training course on “Practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ Goals – Without goals, it is impossible to measure contribution, effectiveness and success. Goals are also important personally in terms of understanding where Read More
