Kim TassoEnvironmental analysis (SLEPT) and planning – Future of Jobs Report 2018 (impact of technology)
Posted on: February 18, 2019
This report “Preparing the future workforce” is an important read for leaders of professional services firms (PSFs). Marketing professionals should consider it as part of their environmental analysis (SLEPT) and planning. Commercial advisers and employment lawyers will no doubt find the information of value. HR professionals will be interested in the impact on their workplace […]
Property marketing case study – Key points from the EG property marketing conference 2018
Posted on: July 9, 2018
I thought this year’s Estates Gazette (EG is the new brand) property marketing conference in June was a great improvement from last year. There was a series of excellent talks – both property marketing case study presentations and views from the experts. The main messages appeared to be: Finally we are seeing the use of […]
Client satisfaction benchmarks – How do you measure up?
Posted on: May 31, 2018At recent referrer management and client relationship management training sessions http://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Developing-More-Work-from-Referrers-_-Intermediaries/5770/ , we have talked about NPS (Net Promoter Score) which measures the propensity or likelihood of recommendation and how it is rapidly becoming the standard measurement of client satisfaction in professional service firms. Several people have asked about client satisfaction benchmarks – How do […]
Book review – “Strategic tendering for professional services” by Matthew Fuller and Tim Nightingale
Posted on: May 11, 2017
It’s about time that there was a new book on strategic tendering for professional services. It’s too long – 1993 – since John de Forte and Guy Jones wrote their ground breaking “Proposals, pitches and beauty parades”. Whilst I valued Basil Sawczuk’s “Creating winning bids” in 2013 it is focused on the property and construction […]
Marketing automation – New pitch development system from Iphelion
Posted on: August 3, 2015I saw a demonstration of PitchPoint software – a new pitch development system – by Andy Driskell of Iphelion. Module to make pitch data capture easy The demonstration started with the administration part of the system where fee-earners or business development team are tasked with a “to do” list to go through their matters and indicate […]