Storytelling

Complex sales processes made simple – Co-ordinate, Connect, Conversations, Curiosity, Consistency and Conversion

Delegates from legal, accountancy and pensions firms attended last week’s “Selling Processes and Sales Skills for Marketing and BD Professionals” workshop by PM Forum. We explored the processes supporting complex sales cycles. A key theme was educating fee-earners – especially to manage expectations about the length of the sales cycle Read More

Writing skills – Audience, Emotions and “Show don’t tell”

Last week, we gathered at the fabulous London offices of Norton Rose Fulbright for the PM Forum “Marketing and Business Development Writing Workshop”. (Details of future training workshops: PM Forum - PM Forum). Focusing on three key points Power of three - Writing and presentation basics (Video) (kimtasso.com) – I’ve Read More

2024-10-14T09:46:09+01:00October 14, 2024|Kim's Blog, Marketing, Selling, Web Sites|

Book review: Everybody writes by Ann Handley

I’m always searching for great books to recommend to people who attend my training courses. My previously recommended books on writing are still good and amongst my “go tos”. But I wanted an up-to-date recommendation on a writing book.  I recently researched top marketing books and – surprise – this Read More

2024-10-08T08:07:39+01:00October 8, 2024|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Social Media, Web Sites|

Book review – Mentoring: A complete guide to effective mentoring by Dr Ruth Gotian and Andy Lopata

I’ve reviewed many books on coaching and mentoring over the years. This Financial Times Guide was published in Spring 2024 and is particularly attractive to leaders who want to understand the value of mentoring in the workplace. It will be valuable to human resources professionals who implement or improve their Read More

2024-10-07T15:09:49+01:00September 2, 2024|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Relationship Management|

Update on event management

Most professional services firms use events as an integral part of their marketing and business development (MBD) campaigns. And many firms have MBD professionals who focus solely on event management. So it was good to hear the July CIM https://www.cim.co.uk/ webinar which was dedicated to event management. Richard John | Read More

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