Kim TassoPower of three – Writing and presentation basics (Video)
Posted on: December 15, 2020The latest short video (8 minutes) explores an idea to help you improve the impact and persuasion of your writing and presentations. So here it is the Power of three – Writing and presentation basics. And it ends on a seasonal note. (Video script) Hi I’m Kim Tasso. And today I’ll be sharing with you […]
SEO update for professional services (October 2020)
Posted on: October 26, 2020
On 21 October, the PM Forum East Midlands branch organised a SEO masterclass webinar where Hugo Whittaker (Twitter account @ImpressionTalk) of Impression gave a fast SEO update for professional services firms. I have summarised his key points in this short article. See here for an introduction to SEO (Oct 2011) – and for an update […]
Marketing in a time of Coronavirus – Pragmatic ideas
Posted on: May 7, 2020
“Love in a time of Cholera” by Gabriel García Márquez is a great book. It reflects many themes we are experiencing today such as the Coronavirus plague and the attempts to maintain relationships across great distances. So what about marketing in a time of Coronavirus? Once professional service firms transitioned staff to working from home […]
Writing tips for finding news stories, backstories and explainers
Posted on: April 29, 2019When you are writing articles and blogs you usually focus on topical and newsworthy stories and developments. However, at a recent writing workshop we discussed the role of well-written pieces of explanatory material when they are used as backstories and explainers. So here are some writing tips for finding stories, backstories and explainers. Introducing stories, […]
Top persuasive writing tips – Audience, structure and content (Feb 2019)
Posted on: February 9, 2019
These top persuasive writing tips – Audience, structure and content. These were chosen by delegates of a Professional Marketing writing workshop in January. Audience Lawyers, accountants and surveyors focus on the technical content they want to share. Persuasive writing starts with a focus on the needs of the reader. Segmentation Use the marketing concept of segmentation […]