At the recent MBL workshop on “Pick up the phone – client service and sale opportunities for professionals” we looked at the role of telephone calls in sales and service, managing inbound calls and making outbound calls. One theme that arose was the delicate balance to be achieved during a Read More
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a fundamental impact on marketing and business development. Not least in the area of tendering and pitching. This post is based on an article in PM Magazine Winning work in the age of AI -How professional services firms are transforming proposal generation (July 2025) which Read More
A recent MBL workshop on referrer management was attended by fee-earners and business development professionals from law and accountancy firms. The over-arching theme to emerge was to improve the knowledge we have about our referrer relationships. Considering the data, research, systems and habits we need for referrer relationships prompted one Read More
Having worked in professional services marketing (at legal, accountancy, property and consultancy firms) for almost three decades I have spent a lot of time working on cross-selling and referrer (referral) management initiatives. This includes internal referrals (cross-selling) and external referrals (both from existing clients and third party intermediaries). A recent Read More
At a PM Forum - PM Forum training “Perfect Pitches” workshop for marketing and business development professionals earlier in the month, it was interesting that many delegates felt that they were expected to take a much larger role in managing the tendering process. Almost as if the fee-earners just wanted Read More
