At a recent workshop for surveyors (“Managing and marketing your surveying practice” http://www.mblseminars.com/Outline?progid=5865) I was asked to write a blog about managing client service in surveying and property partnerships. It’s a big topic, but here are the headlines with signposts to further reading. Why is managing client service in surveying Read More
I read “Thought Leadership Manual – How to grab your clients’ attention with powerful ideas” a while ago but I’ve been so busy I didn’t get round to writing the review. And it’s an important book that many marketing, communications and business development folk will find useful. Tim starts with a Read More
At a recent seminar on referrer and intermediary management, we turned our attention to the importance of internal referrals - What is commonly known as cross-selling. Here are the top ten tips on cross-selling picked by the delegates 1. Provide interesting internal talks (and follow up) Some firms organise “Brown Bag Read More
I’ve just reviewed this book on "Managing online reputation" for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ It’s a timely book considering the increasing use of social media in professional service firms and the underlying fear that problems in this arena – whether of internal or external origin – could have a catastrophic Read More
I recently ran a series of referrer management strategies training sessions for property folk in addition to the public courses for all professions. Addressing both internal and external referrers, the main themes arising were as follows: 1.Set clear aims Rather than just seeking to increase the number of internal and external Read More
