The 2026 Annual Strategy and Marketing Benchmark is always eagerly anticipated by the professional marketing community at Home - PM Forum. The 14th report was presented by Alastair Beddow | LinkedIn (MD of Home - Meridian West). Charlotte Green | LinkedIn (Head of Clients and Markets at Gowling WLG) chaired Read More
Last week I facilitated MBL’s workshop on “How to manage and grow your private client practice”. Amongst the delegates were newly-appointed partners and heads of Private Client departments. Almost every delegate left with the view that they needed to consider strategic issues, engage the team in those discussions and agree Read More
Client listening, research and insight are the lifeblood of professional services marketing. Because marketing is about anticipating and meeting client needs profitably. And client research is required for just about everything including: needs analysis, strategic planning, marketing planning, branding, key account management (KAM), targeting, service delivery, client experience management, pitching Read More
As a result of recent articles and blog posts on mental health in marketing (see Improve mental health at work, in marketing and for women) I was invited by Kiran Kapur | LinkedIn – CEO of Cambridge Marketing College to join her on a podcast. Why Marketers Are Struggling — Read More
December’s “Be more strategic” PM Forum – PM Forum workshop for marketing and business development (MBD) professionals moved back to a full day format following feedback from previous delegates. Law and accountancy firms were represented on this session – during which there were various threads on strategy conversations. Promoting strategic conversations with Read More
