It was a full house at PM Forum’s “Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive” online full day workshop with 18 enthusiastic delegates. They asked lots of brilliant questions and generously shared their insights and experiences with each other. Some were new to their MBD roles while many were considering how Read More
There were both lawyers (solicitors and barristers) and accountants at last week’s MBL LearnLive training session on “Developing More Work from Referrers & Intermediaries“. (Future dates: Kim Tasso - MBL Seminars). Their key interests – whether in fee-earning or business development roles - were working with external referrers and the Read More
This article is reprinted from the November/December issue of PM Magazine Magazine - PM Forum. PM Forum Annual Conference Report 2024 – The rise and power of AI and automation More than 100 senior marketing and business development professionals joined the PM Forum for its annual conference. Kim Tasso joined Read More
Delegates from legal, accountancy and pensions firms attended last week’s “Selling Processes and Sales Skills for Marketing and BD Professionals” workshop by PM Forum. We explored the processes supporting complex sales cycles. A key theme was educating fee-earners – especially to manage expectations about the length of the sales cycle Read More
At the PM Forum’s Marketing and Business Development (MBD) Assistants training session last week there was much talk about career progression. I’ve focused on a few topics: how we are perceived, the attraction of variety in roles, event management and MBD career specialisation. This article supplements the learning resources for Read More
