Kim TassoThe Lawyer Business Leadership Summit – Crystal balls, Change, Connection, CRM and Collaboration. And don’t forget the Millennials.
Posted on: October 8, 2016
The end of September marks the annual Business Leadership Summit and Awards from The Lawyer magazine so I was at The Brewery in Chiswell Street bright and early for a day of commercial insights from lawyer business leaders. I was not disappointed. What is the office for? – The Lawyer Workspace Trends Report Matt Byrne, […]
The Lawyer UK 200 Workspace report – Law firm use of real estate
Posted on: September 19, 2016
During the summer months I spent much of my time visiting the offices of solicitors and barristers around the UK, interviewing JLL’s property agents in the Big Six UK cities and knee-deep in data to produce an article and 20,000 word data-rich, benchmarking report for the second The Lawyer UK 200 Workspace report which is […]
To merge or not to merge? Merging property partnerships
Posted on: September 14, 2016
Merging property partnerships – which are essentially people businesses – can be challenging. The topic of whether to merge or not to merge a small surveyors’ practice was discussed at a recent “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” (see https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Managing-_-Marketing-a-Profitable-Surveyors-Practice/5865/ for future dates and locations). Reasons to merge Property partnerships cite lots of different […]
Top ten tips on referrer management (2016 Birmingham)
Posted on: April 4, 2016
I recently presented the MBL course “Winning more work from referrers and intermediaries” in Birmingham. Below are the top tips on referrer management discussed by the delegates. Details of future courses are here: https://www.mblseminars.com/outline?progid=5770. 1.The importance of the broader marketing context At the session we considered research that demonstrated how important your general promotional activity was […]
Seven referrer management strategies – from a property perspective
Posted on: March 18, 2016
I recently ran a series of referrer management strategies training sessions for property folk in addition to the public courses for all professions. Addressing both internal and external referrers, the main themes arising were as follows: 1.Set clear aims Rather than just seeking to increase the number of internal and external referrals, it’s necessary to analyse […]