5 encouraging signs that your business development efforts and marketing plan are working
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5 encouraging signs that your business development efforts and marketing plan are working

When you start a marketing plan, clients don’t normally fall out of thin air. Nor will every meeting instantly turn into a golden relationship. When accountants or lawyers are marketing, it takes time to build your brand, form strong introducer relationships, and generate awareness within the internal and external marketplaces. The early days of marketing…

How to sell litigation and other ‘distressed services’
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How to sell litigation and other ‘distressed services’

Litigation is impossible to sell. After all you can’t just pick up a phone and cold call a prospect to see if they have a dispute and need your services. Nor do most rational people want to be a situation where they are in a dispute with someone. So therefore, how DO you sell your…

7 probable reasons why your potential client is not returning your call
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7 probable reasons why your potential client is not returning your call

It was all going so well. In fact, as it turned out too well… All I needed to do was agree dates with the client for a series of workshops worth nearly £10k to us. That should be the easy part? Right? Wrong! I delegated the job of agreeing dates to my chief organiser, Lisa….

How my recent cycling trip can make it easier for you to build your own practice
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How my recent cycling trip can make it easier for you to build your own practice

In this short article I explain how you can make the seemingly impossible task of building a partner-sized client portfolio more manageable. It was the final stretch at the end of an exhausting bike ride. I’d already clocked up 10 miles of hilly off-road riding.  Before I could make it back home, I knew I…

9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 2)
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9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 2)

I’m sure we’ve all been in that stomach-churning position of wondering just exactly where you next new decent client is coming from. Or whether you are taking a leap of faith to start to win your own clients. It’s truly gut-wrenching, particularly when you have been actively getting your name out there and supposedly doing…

9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 1)
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9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 1)

I’m sure we’ve all been in that stomach-churning position of wondering just exactly where you next new decent client is coming from. Or whether you are taking a leap of faith to start to win your own clients. It’s truly gut-wrenching, particularly when you have been actively getting your name out there and supposedly doing…

How do I follow up without p*ssing off my potential client?
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How do I follow up without p*ssing off my potential client?

When you are waiting on a new client or lead to say ‘yes’, it can be a tense time. Are they serious? Have you won the work? Do you have the resources for the work? Will they answer your calls or emails? That’s the problem. You know you need to follow up, but what is…

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