Allan Evans is global head of clients and markets at BDO accountants and in the UK leads a team of more than 60 people. Prior to joining BDO, Allan was the sales and marketing director for PricewaterhouseCoopers and before that he worked at Abbey Life, Lloyds TSB, Friends Provident and Read More
The following article was published today on Legal Technology Insider http://www.legaltechnology.com/latest-news/business-development-mishcon-de-reya-in-the-spotlight/ Business Development: Mishcon de Reya in the spotlight Kim Tasso* shines the spotlight on marvellous marketing at large and small law firms. Let’s start with Mishcon de Reya. At number 45 in the charts and a fee income of £73m Read More
Back in April 2010, I was rather complimentary about Basil’s book which provided an overall model of business development for those in smaller consultancies in the architecture and construction industry http://kimtasso.com/architecture-and-construction-marketing-and-selling-professional-services His latest book “Creating winning bids” is a quick and easy read over 110 pages and covers the following: Read More
For lawyers, accountants and surveyors in a network of offices, the challenge of generating referrals (cross-selling) will be all too familiar. Extend the network into strategic alliances and across other firms and the problem is compounded. Referrer management is an important but tricky activity. It’s a multi-faceted issue, and there is Read More
At a recent workshop for “Practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants” I asked the participants for their views on the most important practical tips that they were taking away. They picked two – one might argue obvious - techniques to help them improve their communications with partners Read More
