Targeting is one of those interesting areas that sometimes falls between the marketing plan (where market sectors and ideal clients are described) and selling (where attention is concentrated on converting leads generated by marketing). At the other end of the scale, some firms simply have lists of named institutions and Read More
In most of the courses I teach and the coaching provided to senior lawyers, accountants and surveyors I talk about the importance of having a firm-wide strategy. Even if it is merely an “umbrella strategy” of overall parameters about how the equity partners hope that the firm will develop and Read More
Yesterday, I ran one of the regular CLT training courses on “Business Development for Lawyers” in Holborn. We were located at the De Veer Hotel and it was a small but friendly group. A diverse range of lawyers were present from an equally diverse range of firms – a sole Read More
Book review: Chaotics - The business of managing and marketing in the age of turbulence By Philip Kotler and John A Caslione (scenario planning). This review appeared in Professional Marketing magazine a while back. But I keep mentioning the book to people so thought I’d publish it here. This book about scenario planning Read More
Earlier this week I provided an intensive one day introduction to marketing and business development for a group of UK and European lawyers. At the end of the day I asked what they had found to be the most interesting and valuable ideas. I am always intrigued to see what – Read More
