At the recent PM Forum training workshop “Practical and Professional Skills for Marketing and Business Development (MBD) Assistants” we talked about many strategic and operational marketing and business development activities. But there was a particular interest in event management as a crucial element of many MBD campaigns. We explored event management best practice, Read More
The 2026 Annual Strategy and Marketing Benchmark is always eagerly anticipated by the professional marketing community at Home - PM Forum. The 14th report was presented by Alastair Beddow | LinkedIn (MD of Home - Meridian West). Charlotte Green | LinkedIn (Head of Clients and Markets at Gowling WLG) chaired Read More
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
A fellow tutor at Cambridge Marketing College – Neil Wilkins – has completed significant research into marketing in the metaverse. He shared his views at a webinar earlier today. I’ve tried to summarise his key points here: Marketing in the Metaverse – An opportunity for professional services firms? Note: The Read More
On 12th January Keith Hardie at the PM Forum hosted a presentation by Alastair Beddow of Meridian West on the 11th Annual International Marketing Benchmark. Law firm panel members Tom Newman-Young, CMO of Moore Barlow and Deborah Fleming, M&BD Director at Walker Morris discussed their views after the presentation. I’ve Read More
