Here are highlights from the recent PM Forum workshop on “Cross-selling and referrer management accelerator”. We acknowledged that there was no one “right way” to enhance cross-selling and referrer management. Each firm starts from a different place, has varying access to information and may have different goals. There was recognition that it Read More
Having worked in professional services marketing (at legal, accountancy, property and consultancy firms) for almost three decades I have spent a lot of time working on cross-selling and referrer (referral) management initiatives. This includes internal referrals (cross-selling) and external referrals (both from existing clients and third party intermediaries). A recent Read More
Here are the highlights from the recent PM Forum workshop on “Cross-selling and referrer management accelerator”. The delegates were mostly marketing and business development (MBD) managers – legal, accountancy and consultancy firms (one joined form Germany and another was a qualified lawyer). There was an even split between those focused Read More
This article is a summary of the conversation and key takeaways from a workshop in London for MBL. Delegates included both partners and business development professionals (some with a banking background) from law firms (employment, criminal, disputes, offshore), accountancy practices (audit, forensic, insolvency and restructuring and financial services. Some were Read More
Last week I facilitated MBL’s full day training session on “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries”. Delegates were from legal, accountancy and insolvency firms – both M&BD teams and fee-earners. The main takeaways for the delegates can be summarised with the following themes: Referrer management – Grading, Research, Discipline, Read More
