This leader article – the impact of Covid on marketing and business development - appeared in Professional Marketing magazine Winter 2020 edition. Rather than wallow in the awful cost of Covid19, I wanted to reflect on its positive impact on professional services marketing and business development. The pandemic has bridged Read More
At a recent referrer management course we talked about categorising and prioritising referrers and intermediaries according to the strength and value of the relationship. Marketing and business development teams might develop indicative programmes to show the appropriate relationship management and collaborative marketing activities depending on the stage of the relationship. Read More
My occasional reviews of marketing technology led me to talk to Jennifer Miller at Vuture about the latest developments in marketing and relationship management automation in professional services firms. What is Vuture? Vuture is a platform that works above CRM database systems including; LexisNexis InterAction, Salesforce, Dynamics, Peppermint and OnePlace, Read More
I recently presented a masterclass for some lawyers on the topic of trust for better business relationships. Here are the highlights: What is trust? Trust is a belief. It refers to ideas concerning risk, power and dependency. It is a means of reducing uncertainty so that an effective relationship may Read More
At the 2017 Professional Marketing Conference http://www.pmforum.co.uk/conference.aspx , Anna Lind, Director of Client Relationship Management at JLL where she leads a team of seven, provided a fabulous property marketing case study. She talked through her six element client relationship management (CRM) and key account management (KAM) programmes which she has Read More
