During some of the many training workshops I have facilitated recently, the question of how to contact people – whether initiating a dialogue or following up – has arisen. Some people feel uncomfortable about making “cold calls” (and this is not recommended). And some aren’t sure about how to follow Read More
Last week I facilitated a half day MBL telephone skills workshop titled “Pick up the phone! Client service and sales opportunities for professionals in the digital age”. Delegates included lawyers, property professionals, actuaries and risk management consultants. We considered both inbound calls (enquiry management) and outbound calls (proactive sales calls). Read More
It was a full house at the recent PM Forum digital workshop on campaign development, thought leadership and project management. Here is a summary of three themes on campaign development and thought leadership – Education, Integration and Measurement. Delegate polls and feedback are also shown. Key themes - Education, Integration Read More
This leader article “Struggling with segmentation” was published in the Summer 2021 edition of Professional Marketing Magazine https://www.pmforum.co.uk/pm-magazine/pm-magazine.aspx which is sent free to members of the Professional Marketing Forum. https://www.pmforum.co.uk/ The Covid pandemic thrust marketers into the limelight. Without the face-to-face interactions that are fundamental to so much marketing and Read More
18 delegates from law, accountancy and property firms joined me at the June PM Forum workshop on Key Account Management (KAM) and Account Based Marketing (ABM). The focus was on supporting fee-earners with client relationship management in KAM and ABM programmes at a firm-wide or client level. I’ve summarised Six Read More
