I recently did some work with a professional firm on value propositions. And whilst I cannot share the detail of that work I thought it was worth highlighting a few key points about the importance of the poorly understood (or applied) concept of value propositions. Definitions There are numerous definitions Read More
Huthwaite International is acknowledged as some of the leading experts on selling (based on psychologist Neil Rackham’s work on SPIN selling) so it was with interest that I watched a video recently with highlights of their recent conference on “Winning tenders with procurement” where there is a high involvement from Read More
Those of you following me on Twitter (RedStarKim) will have seen numerous tweets from me bearing the hashtag #ricssm and this blog provides a more detailed account of the introduction to social media for property conference on 4th April 2011. Peter Bradley of Orbital Media and our chair kicked the afternoon Read More
Following my day in the life of a commercial property agent (see blog of 21st September 2011), the other day I spent some of the day with the residential team at E A Shaw. We started with a meeting at 830am where almost the entire sales and lettings teams (13 people in total) Read More
It’s always a risk to agree to review a book by someone that you know, and, in this case, admire. I’ve known Laurie for many years and indeed we have both lectured on the CIM/PSMG’s professional services diploma courses sharing evenings amongst delightful new entrants to the world of professional Read More