I have been involved in social media almost since its inception. Initially, when I was asked to help firms it was often for training in terms of basic awareness of the main tools and helping people set up appropriate profiles. There was little appetite for using social media to support Read More
Amazingly, it’s over three years since I went to see start up company for marketing technology Vuture http://kimtasso.com/marketing-communications-technology-for-professional-firms so I popped along to their offices on the SouthBank to catch up. Client base From such a recent start, they have done well. Whilst Tikit has 26 of the top UK law firms and Read More
You will remember in Aladdin that the sorcerer tricks Aladdin’s wife into giving up the lamp containing the genie by offering to exchange “new lamps for old”. Perhaps there’s a moral in that story for professional service firms. I’ve noticed that a number of smaller legal, accountancy and property firms Read More
I’ve just finished writing an article reporting on the annual Professional Marketing Forum Conference (“We need to talk about clients”) which was held on 27th September at the Congress Centre in Central London (this will appear shortly in http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/current_issue.aspx). Each year, the conference concludes with a panel comprising clients giving their Read More
As part of the preparation for a new digital PR course presented through the PM Forum, I am interviewing some leading practitioners in the professions for their views. Kelso Consulting http://www.kelsopr.com/ is an agency comprising around eight people which has long operated in the professions – working for accountants, lawyers and management Read More
