On 20 December 2011 the Law Society published a 14 page practice note on social media. You can see it here: http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/productsandservices/practicenotes/socialmedia/5049.article It provides a rather brief answer to the question “What are social media?”, a summary of the pros and cons, focuses on the professional and ethical issues for lawyers Read More
In a recent exercise with the Open University (where I did my MBA many, many years ago) I was asked the questions “What is a blog?” and “Why do people blog?”. They found it such a useful discussion that they asked me to film the main points and the result Read More
As a marketing consultant, I like to keep to date with the developments in systems available to marketers and their firms and so I spent some time with the folk at Thomson Reuters to see what is on offer with Hubbard One which is used by a significant number of Read More
This morning I worked with 18 young marketing and BD assistants on a PM Forum course on “Practical and Professional skills”. We covered a lot of ground. But there was a series of group workshops where they demonstrated just how much they knew by identifying 10 top tips in a Read More
In many marketing and BD teams, the focus is on managing large, central client or CRM databases into which everyone enters their clients, referrers, contacts and activities so that some sort of co-ordination, planning and tracking can take place. But many lawyers, accountants and surveyors continue to resist using such Read More
