At a recent PM Forum training course “Introduction to marketing and BD for PAs and secretaries” the delegates – from legal, accountancy, surveying, actuarial and technology firms – asked for a summary of the ways in which PAs and secretaries could contribute to marketing and business development success. Increasingly, technology Read More
One of the longest-running and most popular training courses at the Professional Marketing Forum (http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx) is the effective marketing Secretary or PA. Whilst many people involved in marketing and BD in the professions have a marketing degree or professional marketing qualifications such as CIM and therefore understand the theory and practice Read More
At the recent Future Marketing Manager http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx we covered the usual wide range of topics. However, the three themes that involved the most discussion were perception, motivation and planning. Perception Perception is “the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted”. There was recognition that how marketing and business 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
These three themes – Millennials, metaphors and resistance - arose during the most recent MBL change management for professional service firms training course https://www.mblseminars.com/Outline/Tackling-Change-Management---A-Workshop-for-Professional-Practices/8417 Millennials and change management One of the key topics of conversation was that the younger generation have a different outlook and approach which can prove challenging Read More
