Buy in

Positive, persuasive and persistent – Therapy and theory of partner buy-in

Anger management, changing perceptions, expectations management, risk aversion, new CRM systems, protectionism, inertia and even monkeys - There’s always so much variety when we discuss the challenge of partner buy-in for marketers in professional service firms! At the most recent PM Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ workshop “Getting it past the partners – Read More

2015-06-19T15:56:30+01:00June 19, 2015|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management, Selling|

“Mavericks, measurement and impatience” Campaign management in the professions – highlights from the West Midlands Professional Marketing Forum

Yesterday, I was delighted that the West Midlands branch of Professional Marketing Forum invited me to run a condensed “Campaign management in the professions” session. It was a great turnout with over 30 folk from legal, accountancy, actuarial, property and patent attorney firms. We enjoyed sunshine and the wonderful hospitality Read More

2015-06-12T13:19:42+01:00June 12, 2015|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Property, Strategy|

Update on digital marketing and social media in the professions (May 2015)

Last week, I was joined by 18 senior and junior enthusiastic delegates from across the professions for an update on digital marketing and social media in the professions at a PM Forum training session http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ . Thanks to Dentons in the City for hosting. I promised to provide a summary Read More

2015-05-17T19:44:17+01:00May 17, 2015|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Social Media|

Internal relationships – 60 ideas to help marketing professionals forge stronger relationships with lawyers, accountants and surveyors

Internal relationships are important for producing results in any marketing or business development initiative. At a recent “Towards Key Account Management – Helping fee-earners with client relationship management” workshop we conducted a brain writing exercise to gather as many strategies and ideas to help marketing professionals forge stronger relationships with Read More

2018-01-12T11:54:45+00:00April 7, 2015|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Book Review: “The small big – small changes that spark big influence” by Steve J Martin, Noah J Goldstein and Robert B Cialdini (persuasion science)

As a psychologist and a salesperson I was blown away when I first read Cialdini’s great book on the psychology of persuasion (was that really over 10 years ago?). There’s a summary of the six principles below. His work features in many of my influence, persuasive writing and buy-in training Read More

2022-06-21T10:45:21+01:00November 20, 2014|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Relationship Management|
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