Another review of my latest book on Business development for lawyers, this time from Jamie Butler who is Head of Training and Development at Russell-Cooke http://www.russell-cooke.co.uk/ "I read this new guide to business development (BD) wearing two hats: firstly as an ex-solicitor who remembers the challenge of combining marketing, selling and Read More
As part of my research into what’s happening (and, more importantly, what’s likely to be happening) in the fast moving world of property and real estate marketing, I spoke to Will Wright at White Space which specialises in serving national and regional bespoke residential developers http://www.whitespaceagency.com/ Q: Which of your Read More
When providing business development coaching to lawyers and accountants, one of the metaphors I use is that it is like growing a tree. It’s not an overnight process. It takes time for a young sapling to find the right location, acquire the necessary resources and grow steadily each year until Read More
I’ve always been a bit dubious about the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the business world and the professions and, at an event at the Open Business School in London last night to launch a new strategy book Professor Lawton reminded us of the quote by Milton Friedman Read More
Having just surfaced from a mountain of research, I’ve plucked these gems out as counter-intuitive market trends that could have an impact on your business or marketing strategy 1. Book publishing growth Whilst we may think that electronic books have taken over, there were 530,000 new books published in 2011 Read More
