The Great Resignation arrived somewhat early in the marketing and business development (M&BD) teams of professional services firms (PSF) after Covid. There was a dizzying whirl of junior and senior professionals moving firms – some pushed by the behaviour of firms during lockdown and others pulled to the attractions of Read More
The MBL workshop on Referrer and Intermediary Management earlier this week combined those in front-line fee-earning roles (e.g. employment and family solicitors) with those from marketing and business development in legal, tax, wealth management and property firms. Alongside generating new business directly from clients and developing existing client relationships, referrer Read More
Before I start planning for 2022, I thought I’d reflect on nine marketing and business development trends in 2021. Some of these observations might make useful entries in your PESTLE or competitor analyses (a short explainer video on marketing audits and PESTLE analysis ) or scenario and marketing plans. Attitude Read More
To provide help with legal sector and law firm environmental analyses (e.g. PESTLE analyses) I have attempted to summarise the main findings of The Law Society Research Report “Future Worlds 2050: images of the future worlds facing the legal profession 2020-2030” which was released on 8th June by its Futures Read More
This leader article “Struggling with segmentation” was published in the Summer 2021 edition of Professional Marketing Magazine https://www.pmforum.co.uk/pm-magazine/pm-magazine.aspx which is sent free to members of the Professional Marketing Forum. https://www.pmforum.co.uk/ The Covid pandemic thrust marketers into the limelight. Without the face-to-face interactions that are fundamental to so much marketing and Read More
