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The highs and lows from a new MBD assistants’ point of view

There were many newly-appointed MBD assistants at the recent PM Forum training workshop “Practical and Professional Skills for Marketing and Business Development (MBD) Assistants” . One observation from the delegates was that marketing and business development (MBD) roles and activities were incredibly diverse. Roles depend on your firm, your MBD Read More

2025-10-11T10:42:53+01:00October 11, 2025|Kim's Blog, Marketing|

Proactive Marketing and BD Executive: Skills questions

It was a full house at PM Forum’s “Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive” online full day workshop with 19 enthusiastic delegates from all over the UK – and two from Poland. This article supplements the learning resources for the workshop. Proactive Marketing and BD Executive: Skills questions Throughout the day there was Read More

2025-04-29T11:08:38+01:00April 29, 2025|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Future Marketing and Business Development Manager – Transition from technical expert to adviser

A few top insights from last week’s full day training workshop on “Future Marketing and Business Development Manager” by PM Forum. The session covered many topics including: management skills, strategic thinking, financial scenarios, marketing and business development (MBD) theories, developing MBD plans, soft skills, gaining internal buy-in and managing a team. Read More

Future marketing and BD managers – Managing challenging behaviour and Personal Development Plans (PDP)

A few top insights from last week’s full day training session by PM Forum. The session covered a lot of ground including: management skills, strategic thinking, financial scenarios, marketing and business development (MBD) theories, developing MBD plans, soft skills, gaining internal buy-in and managing a team. I pick a couple Read More

Checklist: 25 practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants (2015)

Yesterday saw another successful training session for PM Forum with delegates from legal, accountancy and property firms at the “Practical and Professional Skills for marketing and business development assistants” http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ Summarising the discussion, here is a checklist of 25 practical and professional skills for marketing and business development assistants. Perception  Read More

2015-11-20T15:38:58+00:00November 20, 2015|Kim's Blog, Marketing|
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