Business Development

Book Review: Smarter selling – Next generation sales strategies to meet your buyer’s needs every time by Keith Dugdale and David Lambert

I am often asked to recommend books on sales and selling – both for beginners and experienced practitioners. There are so many to choose from – I’ve read hundreds, reviewed a fair few and even written a couple. So I've done a series of reviews (other recommended sales books are Read More

2022-05-06T16:10:33+01:00May 6, 2022|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Relationship Management, Selling|

Book review: How to advance your career in professional services marketing by Dominic Ayres

This article was published in the April 2022 edition of PM Magazine. A book review: How to advance your career in professional services marketing by Dominic Ayres. It’s a useful and timely book for those planning their careers in professional services marketing and business development. It starts at launching your Read More

2022-04-22T14:47:05+01:00April 22, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing|

Reflections from Marketing and Business Development Executives (April 2022)

Last week we had a full house at the PM Forum’s “Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive” full day online workshop with delegates from across the UK (and one from Singapore). We covered a huge amount during the day. Reflection is a key part of learning and so here I Read More

2022-04-22T14:51:46+01:00April 12, 2022|Kim's Blog, Marketing|

Eight management questions from private client lawyers

At the recent MBL full day online workshop on “How to Manage & Grow Your Private Client Practice”  with private client lawyers from across the UK, we discussed a variety of contemporary management and marketing issues. During the session there were a number of management questions from private client lawyers Read More

2022-04-11T15:36:08+01:00April 11, 2022|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

New Marketing and Business Development Assistants – Brands, Digital Marketing and Career Planning

The majority of delegates from legal, accountancy and consultancy firms at the recent PM Forum half day workshop on Practical and Professional Skills for M&BD Assistants were relatively new to their posts. Over 60% hadn’t studied marketing formally. Most were interested in learning how their careers might develop. So the Read More

2022-04-22T15:01:27+01:00March 30, 2022|Kim's Blog, Marketing|
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