Kim TassoBook review: A practitioner’s guide to Account-Based Marketing (ABM) – Accelerating growth in strategic accounts by Bev Burgess with Dave Munn
Posted on: February 8, 2020 A shorter version of this book review appeared in the February 2020 edition of Professional Marketing Magazine Have you ever wondered about the difference between KAM and ABM? Well, this 2017 book “A practitioner’s guide to Account-Based Marketing (ABM) – Accelerating growth in strategic accounts” provides the answer: you design an integrated marketing and sales […]
Helping tax advisers sell their services – Be more detective
Posted on: January 30, 2020 I was delighted when the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIoT) Harrow and North London Branch invited me back to present an evening session earlier this month. I had previously presented on “Social media for tax advisers” in 2013 . On this occasion my talk was on “Helping tax advisers sell their services – Be more […]
Enquiry management: Converting more telephone enquiries with basic sales training
Posted on: July 25, 2019 At a “Business development for lawyers” course a while back the topic that the delegates asked me to write about was that of converting telephone enquiries. More recently, at a practice development course for private client solicitors, the same issue arose and other insights were shared at a recent in-house workshop on the topic. So […]
Structured programmes for Referrer Relationships
Posted on: July 8, 2019 At a recent referrer management course we talked about categorising and prioritising referrers and intermediaries according to the strength and value of the relationship. Marketing and business development teams might develop indicative programmes to show the appropriate relationship management and collaborative marketing activities depending on the stage of the relationship. Structured programmes for referrer relationships […]
Pitching and Tenders – Nine top tips and client feedback (June 2019)
Posted on: July 5, 2019 I’ve led several public courses on tendering and pitches recently (e.g. through Professional Marketing Forum https://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx) and for professional service firm clients on an in-house basis. Here’s a round-up of the points that had most resonance on pitching and tenders – Nine top tips and client feedback: 1. Have a pitch process You can spend […]