At a recent MBL “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries” training workshop in Bristol (see https://www.mblseminars.com/outline?progid=5770 for future dates and locations), the delegates identified two themes that would shape their future strategy. Referrer management - Back to basics The first part of the session focussed on “Thinking and Planning”. Read More
At last week’s “Marketing planning in a nutshell” workshop by Professional Marketing Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/ the delegates requested that I write a blog on selecting strategies. The first part of the session focused on the marketing audit – analysing internal and external sources of information in order to identify strengths, weakness, Read More
At last week’s “Managing and marketing a profitable surveyors’ practice” workshop in Glasgow, where the focus was on how to achieve profitable growth, the delegates identified six insights into managing a surveyors’ practice 1. Produce a (short) strategic business plan Some firms had a business plan that needed to be Read More
At a recent Proactive Marketing Executive course (see http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training/) we spent a fair amount of time talking about marketing/business development initiatives where the focus is on managing a few major clients - a Key Account Management KAM programme. I was asked to summarise the key reasons why firms should concentrate Read More
This year I have delivered a number of training courses – both publicly and in-house – on the topic of referrer and intermediary management for lawyers, accountants and surveyors. Whilst the training focuses on research, strategy, messaging and the importance of relationship building a common question is what do you Read More
