Whilst on my summer holidays I spent some time pursuing one of my favourite pastimes - deep sea fishing. And while I watched and waited for a really big fish to take the bait I reflected on the idea that the science of fishing was a lot like the art Read More
This week I was asked to present a training session on the subject of marketing to the elderly market. Quite a tricky one as it is right in the middle of consumer marketing land whereas I am a native of business-to-business marketing country. Anyway. I did a fair bit of Read More
Back in 2002, I presented a session for the Law Management Section of The Law Society on cross firm collaboration where I suggested that, in the broadest sense, most business development activities in a law firm could be encapsulated by integrating brand strategies with CRM (Client Relationship Management) programmes. In Read More
Having co-written a book on media relations, I promote the use of digital PR and write numerous blogs in addition to this one – including some for my professional firm clients. And I (and my clients) receive a fair amount of feedback (thanks everyone!) and sometimes we even generate new Read More
It’s rare for me to get involved in visual identity reviews these days but today I was helping a law firm client prepare a brief for a pragmatic visual identity refresh following a strategic review and a new web site. Interestingly, the bit where we address the brand fell between Read More