Communications

Accountancy marketing case study: Haines Watts accountants “For Love or Money” thought leadership campaign

I interviewed Sam Davies, Group Head of Marketing at Haines Watts (HWCA), to obtain an accountancy marketing case study on the firm’s thought leadership campaign “For Love or Money – the secret life of the business owner”. About Sam and Haines Watts Sam has worked at Haines Watts for over Read More

2017-04-06T11:41:08+01:00April 6, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Marketing, Strategy, Web Sites|

Persuasive writing tips – Five technical questions

During a recent MBL persuasive writing course in Manchester we addressed many of the same issues as on previous writing courses (see, for example: http://kimtasso.com/whats-right-write-highlights-persuasive-writing-business-development-workshop/ and http://kimtasso.com/five-favourite-thoughts-on-fantastic-writing-from-a-business-development-writing-workshop-2015/ and http://kimtasso.com/business-development-writing-lawyers-13-top-tips-writing-impact/). But there were also some specific questions which the delegates asked me to address in a blog post on persuasive writing Read More

2017-03-31T15:46:56+01:00March 31, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Psychology|

Getting what you want and how to say “No” – Assertiveness skills

In many of the courses I run for the Professional Marketing Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx, the topic of assertiveness arises. Sometimes this relates to people needing the confidence to speak up and share ideas or to challenge requests. Often it relates to finding ways to decline or modify inappropriate requests – how Read More

2017-03-15T10:10:31+00:00March 15, 2017|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

What’s right to write? Highlights from a persuasive writing for business development workshop

Last week I was joined in London by accountants, tax advisers, surveyors, lawyers and business development folk for the first public workshop on persuasive writing for business development.  Writing topics of interest At the outset, I asked the delegates to share their areas of interest or concern and their main Read More

2017-02-02T10:43:01+00:00February 2, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Web Sites|

Book review: TED Talks – The official TED guide to public speaking by Chris Anderson (Presentation skills)

TED’s mission is to nurture the spread of powerful ideas. Anyone who has seen a TED talk knows that they are expert, entertaining, often emotional and always compelling. And never more than 18 minutes. So while many business presentations might not be suitable for the full TED treatment, there must Read More

2016-10-25T17:52:23+01:00October 25, 2016|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Selling|
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