External analysis

Strategic analysis – PWC’s UK Legal Services Market Report 2025

Strategic marketers and business developers constantly monitor and analyse their markets. It is an ongoing part of our market research and external analysis within our situational analyses. It allows us to monitor our position (against competitors) and alerts us to opportunities and threats. It helps us understand the needs and Read More

2025-09-22T17:10:51+01:00September 22, 2025|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Statistics and trends|

Strategy is about making choices

It was a full house for July’s “Be more strategic” PM Forum – PM Forum workshop for marketing and business development (MBD) professionals. During the session we considered three key areas: thinking strategically, business strategy and marketing/business development strategy. Be more strategic – Strategy is about making choices. Strategy is about making Read More

2025-08-01T13:33:14+01:00August 1, 2025|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Strategy|

Be more strategic – Stretch your strategy muscle

The recent “Be more strategic” workshop from Training - PM Forum took place on St George’s Day. This post summarises the key points raised by delegates – and lists their poll results and discussions. As such, it provides an additional learning resource to the delegates. So in this post on Read More

2024-05-02T14:26:28+01:00May 2, 2024|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Strategy|

Be more strategic – A metaphor: Analyse, join and align the dots

At the start of March, there was an online PM Forum workshop on “Being more strategic”. Delegates were from legal and accountancy firms with roles as varied as marketing, digital marketing, business development, PR and key accounts (executives, managers and a director). Below is a summary of the key themes Read More

2023-03-06T11:22:47+00:00March 6, 2023|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Strategy|

Be more strategic – PESTLE, Positioning and Plans

At the “Being more strategic” PM Forum workshop a week or so ago, half of the delegates were in management roles. Many were attached to specific practice groups and some had firm-wide roles. This post picks up on some of the emerging themes and shares the delegate polls as an Read More

2022-12-22T15:49:06+00:00December 22, 2022|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Statistics and trends, Strategy|
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