The 2026 Annual Strategy and Marketing Benchmark is always eagerly anticipated by the professional marketing community at Home - PM Forum. The 14th report was presented by Alastair Beddow | LinkedIn (MD of Home - Meridian West). Charlotte Green | LinkedIn (Head of Clients and Markets at Gowling WLG) chaired Read More
Client listening, research and insight are the lifeblood of professional services marketing. Because marketing is about anticipating and meeting client needs profitably. And client research is required for just about everything including: needs analysis, strategic planning, marketing planning, branding, key account management (KAM), targeting, service delivery, client experience management, pitching Read More
I’ve been remiss in collating recent marketing and business development case studies. The last batch I published was Marketing and BD case studies in legal, accountancy, consultancy (April 2024) and Marketing case studies – Digital thought leadership campaigns (February 2025). So here is a bumper edition which serves as a Read More
It was a full house at PM Forum’s “Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive” online full day workshop with 19 enthusiastic delegates from all over the UK – and two from Poland. This article supplements the learning resources for the workshop. Proactive Marketing and BD Executive: Skills questions Throughout the day there was Read More
Marketing moves at a very fast pace – and professional marketing standards and qualifications need to keep up. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has revised its professional qualifications. The last major revision was in 2020. CIM qualifications provide guidance on what knowledge, skills and behaviours are needed throughout a Read More
