Telephone calls

Marketing and Business Development (MBD) property firm case studies (2024-2025)

Following the recent compilations of case studies for law firms (Marketing and Business Development (MBD) law firm case studies) and accountancy firms (Marketing and Business Development (MBD) accountancy firm case studies), here are some from property and real estate firms. Marketing and Business Development (MBD) property firm case studies (2024-2025). Read More

2025-12-08T11:29:40+00:00December 8, 2025|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Marketing, Property, Social Media, Strategy|

Pick up the phone – Telephone trade offs

At the recent MBL workshop  on “Pick up the phone – client service and sale opportunities for professionals” we looked at the role of telephone calls in sales and service, managing inbound calls and making outbound calls. One theme that arose was the delicate balance to be achieved during a Read More

2025-10-23T18:31:31+01:00October 23, 2025|Kim's Blog, Relationship Management, Selling|

Book Review: The Culture Map by Erin Meyer – Decoding how people think, lead and get things done across cultures (Diversity and cross-cultural intelligence)

There are some excellent models and resources about cross-cultural intelligence. (I particularly like the Hofstede Country comparison tool). But this book – recommended to me by one of my clients – was a revelation and is my favourite resource so far. I recommend it to leaders, human resource professionals or Read More

Telephone skills – Focus on the caller’s needs

Lawyers and tax advisers attended the recent MBL workshop on “Pick up the Phone – Client service and sales opportunities for professionals”. This article forms part of the learning resources for the session. Future workshops are listed at Kim Tasso - MBL Seminars. Telephone skills – Focus on the caller’s Read More

2025-04-18T09:41:48+01:00April 18, 2025|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Marketing, Relationship Management, Selling|

Telephone call challenges: Emotions, data, selling and follow up

Accountants, lawyers, paralegals, patent attorneys and financial advisers (both professional advisors and dedicated business development professionals) joined me at an MBL workshop on telephone skills for client service and selling. We explored the fundamentals of relationships, managing inbound calls and planning outbound calls. This article supplements the learning resources from Read More

2023-10-19T15:00:13+01:00October 19, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Relationship Management, Selling|
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