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4 Steps to Buying Martech in Professional Services
Adobe’s recent acquisition of Marketo had the blogosphere abuzz on what the acquisition means to the martech industry (read here, here, here). Marketo is another in a long list of marketing automation platforms devoured by larger players (e.g. Eloqua, Aprimo,...
Aligning and Exploiting Your Team’s Strengths
Have you ever found yourself stuck in a role, stuck with a boss, and stuck in a life that just feels like all the universe’s karma is aligned against you and your dreams? If you’re not the Chosen One, I suspect you know what I am talking about. It’s not a fun place to...
3. What Do Our Goals Say About Us? 10 Questions Prudent Firms Ask Themselves
In my last post on the 10 Questions Prudent Firms Ask Themselves, I addressed Question 2 What are our goals? I outlined a continuum of 3 types of organizations and how a firm’s worldview shapes whom it serves, why, and how. Does the firm serve Shareholders, a broader...
Don’t Beg, Don’t Babysit
By the end of my first decade in professional services, I had reached a point where I was able to delineate between serious business people and time wasters. As a result, I had developed a mantra when working with practice leaders, partners, and peers, “I don’t beg; I...
Buyer Persona Shortcomings
Has your firm’s marketing team developed “personas” yet? If you haven’t, please don’t. If you have, please throw them out. I have always had a distaste for the “persona” craze that has gripped marketing during the “content marketing” fad. Sure, I get that writing a...
8 Prudent Questions to Ask Your Intern
Emily’s summer internship at Prudent Pedal ended last week. Before she left she wrote two blog posts, In her first, she shared her learning about Marketing and offered a little advice to future interns. In this post, she answers 8 prudent questions about being a part...
Marketing Internship Advice From a First-time Intern
Hi, it’s Jeff. It’s hard to believe it, but sadly Emily’s summer internship has come to an end. She has been an INCREDIBLE addition to Prudent Pedal. She has all the qualities that top employers look for. She is intelligent, personable, articulate, confident, curious,...
2. What Are Our Goals?: 10 Questions Prudent Firms Ask Themselves
In my last post, I began a series on the 10 Questions Prudent Firms Ask Themselves. Question 1: Who do we want to become? asks us to order our lives because our lives are shaped by what we live for. Question 2 now asks us What are our goals? in order to...
1. Who Do We Want to Become?: 10 Questions Prudent Firms and Leaders Ask Themselves
Who do we want to become? This is the first question prudent firms and leaders ask themselves. They ask this profound question to order their lives. Answering the question provides clarity about the legacy a firm will leave behind, including how the firm, its people,...
PODCAST: Responding to the Threat of Content Marketing
In Episode 3, Responding to the Threat of Content Marketing, Jason and I tackle the approaches professional services firms can use—must use—to defend themselves from the SaaS onslaught and the commodification of "proprietary" intellectual capital. Most firms think of...
Introducing the Rattle and Pedal podcast
Does the world really need another podcast? It does if it confronts the “BS of Professional Services.” That’s exactly what Jason Mlicki of Rattleback and I are doing with our new podcast, Rattle & Pedal™, conceived last year and launching today Jason and I...
How to Identify Your Ideal Client
If you want to - grow faster, - be more profitable, - differentiate your company, - deliver exceptional service, and/or - take the single action that would have the greatest impact on your firm, then, you need to identify your IDEAL client before you do anything else....