Non verbal communication

Telephone skills workshop – 11 key points

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

Book review: Digital Body Language – How to build trust and connection no matter the distance by Erica Dhawan

A shorter version of this book review: Digital Body Language – How to build trust and connection no matter the distance by Erica Dhawan was published in the Summer 2021 edition of Professional Marketing Magazine  which is sent free to members of the Professional Marketing Forum.  Overview I was excited Read More

2021-06-30T16:20:38+01:00June 30, 2021|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Counsel article – Building rapport in the digital space and fixing ruptured relationships for barristers

This article on building rapport in the digital space and fixing ruptured relationships for barristers was published in the June 2021 edition of Counsel. This edition had a special focus on everything you need to know about marketing and PR for the Bar. Counsel is the official monthly magazine of Read More

2021-06-14T14:30:09+01:00June 14, 2021|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Relationship Management|

Book Review – Never split the difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz

Regular readers will be aware that one of my favourite books on negotiating is “Negotiation for leaders” by Simon Horton which I reviewed in 2016 . But this book: “Never split the difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it” by Chris Voss – a former FBI hostage negotiator Read More

2021-05-05T15:40:00+01:00May 5, 2021|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|

Video in the marketing mix

During the Covid-19 lockdown there was an explosion of video content from professional services firms. There was also an increase in content (some through webinars and a lot through video!) about producing and distributing video content. Over the last year, I too have been experimenting with video in my marketing Read More

2021-04-03T14:19:14+01:00April 3, 2021|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Social Media, Web Sites|
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