At the recent Professional Marketing Forum conference, Ian Pearson (BT’s lead futurologist for 16 years) provided some provocative food for thought to add into our environmental (SLEPT or PEST) analyses and scenario planning with his views on the future trends in technology. He drew a broad landscape by charting how Read More
Has the creative sector been overlooked in the rush to develop the tech sector? Back in April, The Director magazine published an article http://www.director.co.uk/magazine/2013/04_April/Cover%20story_66_07.html featuring Doug Richard of Dragon’s Den fame. He argued that business must “pay more than lip service to the £36b pa industry that’s the envy of Read More
Today I attended CLT’s “Managing and marketing a profitable private client practice” as I was presenting a paper on pricing. I’ve presented at previous conferences, but today I was able to listen to the majority of the other presentations and thought I’d share the nuggets and highlights. Opening remarks Helen Read More
As I absorb most of my news through social media these days, I occasionally go through “the great reading pile” that accumulates in my office. What’s interesting about this approach is that it is much easier to spot the general trends in law firm strategy and financial performance: Cost cutting - Redundancies Read More
The following article appeared in the 20th anniversary edition of Professional Marketing http://www.pmforum.co.uk/ - I've had so many comments about it, the lovely folk at PM said I could reproduce it here: Kim Tasso, a veteran professional services marketer (since 1987), looks back over a quarter century of developments in our Read More