This book review of Better Business Relationships by Paul English of Grant Thornton appeared in the Winter 2018 edition of Professional Marketing magazine Kim Tasso reminds us early on in her book that while no one teaches you about relationships, nearly every aspect of business life demands effective relationships skills. Read More
This article "An MBA is great – but you’ll need soft skills to make an impact" was published on the Association of MBAs (AMBA) web site on 23 November 2018 https://community.mbaworld.com/blog/b/weblog/posts/an-mba-is-great-but-you-ll-need-those-soft-skills-to-make-an-impact They don’t teach you about soft skills and relationships at Business School, but these are what could make the vital difference to Read More
Thanks to Stevens Bolton https://www.stevens-bolton.com/ for hosting a Professional Marketing Forum workshop on buy-in Guildford http://www.pmforum.co.uk/locations/guildford.aspx After a lively session including exercises, discussions and sharing ideas, the delegates selected the following top 10 takeaways: 1. Face-to-face contact A recent HBR report suggested that face-to-face requests were 34 times more likely to Read More
Delegates (representing experts and beginners from law firms, accountancy practices, technology consultants and actuaries) at a recent training session by http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx on Key Account Management (KAM) selected the following top 10 tips for designing and implementing a KAM programme in a professional services firm. Designing the Key Account Management (KAM) Read More
I’ve done training sessions on inbound telephone calls to improve client service and enhance conversion rates (see, for example, http://kimtasso.com/managing-client-service-surveying-property-partnerships/). I’ve done workshops on outbound calls for cold calling (http://kimtasso.com/sales-selling-tips-11-point-plan-cold-calling/). But I was recently asked to cover the topic of outbound calls to existing contacts and clients to enhance business relationships Read More
