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Content development – Get blood out of a stone

At a recent effective writing course I led for PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ the issue causing most concern for delegates was getting content out of busy lawyers, accountants and surveyors. Content development was described as being like getting blood out of stone. So here are some ideas to help get that Read More

2016-03-20T16:14:50+00:00March 20, 2016|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Social Media|

Being more strategic – Six insights (Bias, Data, Complexity, Tolerance, Journey, Skills)

Earlier this week, Norton Rose kindly hosted another presentation of the PM Forum’s “Being more strategic” training session where 18 delegates from solicitors, barristers, accountancy, actuarial and property firms attended. As always, at the end I asked which topics resonated most with the delegates and these were the main insights: Read More

Dear fee-earner, Love from Leeds: Why you should allow your marketing and business development team to help you to develop campaigns

I was delighted to be invited by the Yorkshire Committee of the PM Forum (http://www.pmforum.co.uk/)  to lead a lunchtime session (hosted by DLA Piper in Leeds and organised by Amit Champaneri) on planning and campaign management. I was even more delighted to find that over 50 folk turned up to hear Read More

2015-12-05T13:29:33+00:00December 5, 2015|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Property, Selling, Strategy|

Book review: Understanding Digital Marketing – Marketing strategies for engaging the digital generation by Damian Ryan Third Edition (Kogan Page)

I’ve just submitted a review of this book to Professional Marketing magazine - http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ which will be published in early 2016. I reviewed the original version of "Understanding digital marketing" in June 2011 (see http://kimtasso.com/book-review-understanding-digital-marketing-marketing-strategies-for-engaging-the-digital-generation-damian-ryan-and-calvin-jones/). This third edition, written at the start of 2014 and published in 2015, is a 100 pages Read More

2015-11-13T11:53:05+00:00November 13, 2015|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Social Media, Web Sites|

Do perfect pitches need proper processes?

I’m just back from a fabulous session with lots of marketers and business developers from law firms, accountants and wealth managers at the PM Forum training session on “Helping fee-earners prepare the perfect pitch”. Thank you Addleshaw Goddard for hosting the event – your breakfast and hospitality staff were amongst Read More

2021-04-11T20:19:46+01:00October 8, 2015|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management, Selling|
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