This leader article: "There's a real person behind that Persona" was originally published in the Summer 2016 edition of Professional Marketing magazine for PM Forum members. Don’t get me wrong. I’m delighted to see the professionalization of marketing and business development supported by sophisticated software. There are amazing analytics programmes Read More
Here's the latest legal marketing case study. I admit that I’ve admired the marketing communications of Fisher Meredith for some time – particularly the series of small transport posters that appeared regularly at my local train station for many years that seemed to embed their presence in the community and Read More
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
At last week’s “Marketing planning in a nutshell” workshop by Professional Marketing Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ the delegates requested that I write a blog on selecting strategies. The first part of the session focused on the marketing audit – analysing internal and external sources of information in order to identify strengths, weakness, Read More
At last week’s “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” workshop in Glasgow, where the focus was on how to achieve profitable growth, the delegates identified six insights into managing a surveyors’ practice 1. Produce a (short) strategic business plan Some firms had a business plan that needed to be Read More
