Pitches

Conference report: “You haven’t heard it all before” Professional Marketing Forum conference September 2019 (Innovation, procurement, campaigns, creativity, assertiveness)

This conference report on the Professional Marketing Forum conference September 2019 was published in the November edition of Professional Marketing magazine https://www.pmforum.co.uk/pm-magazine/pm-magazine.aspx  Lucy Canning of Grant Thornton UK kicked off proceedings by challenging the “echo chamber of assumptions” in professional services marketing and suggesting that we “tear up the rule Read More

2019-11-11T10:21:04+00:00November 11, 2019|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing|

Pitching and Tenders – Nine top tips and client feedback (June 2019)

I’ve led several public courses on tendering and pitches recently (e.g. through Professional Marketing Forum https://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx) and for professional service firm clients on an in-house basis. Here’s a round-up of the points that had most resonance on pitching and tenders – Nine top tips and client feedback: 1. Have a Read More

2019-07-05T09:55:07+01:00July 5, 2019|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Relationship Management, Selling|

Be more confident and convey confidence

Confidence arises as an issue in many workshops – whether junior or senior people, whether fee-earners or marketing professionals, whether making a pitch or speaking in public. Confidence and self-confidence are covered in my latest book “Better Business Relationships” http://kimtasso.com/publications/better-business-relationships/. In this post, I have summarised some tips to be Read More

2019-06-03T09:17:55+01:00June 3, 2019|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Developing a business psychology practice – Communicating a consulting profile and reputation

It was a great pleasure to develop and present a module on “Developing a business psychology practice – Communicating a consulting profile and reputation” for international students of the MSc Business Psychology course at the University of Westminster recently. This post summarises the key points discussed. Planning your practice A plan Read More

2021-04-01T15:32:43+01:00March 18, 2019|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Relationship Management, Selling, Strategy|
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