Marketing Organization, Marketing Strategy
Technology is dramatically shifting marketing, and most professional service firms are being left behind just as the broader market—both B2B and B2C—are applying decades-old professional services marketing tactics to their own. If your understanding of marketing...Brand Strategy, Marketing Strategy
When I was a kid, my dad used to take me to St. Louis Cardinal baseball and football games and to see Blues hockey. I can vividly recall learning at a very early age when and how you pulled the goalie, sent the runner (that cost me a dollar on a sucker bet with my...Marketing ROI, Marketing Strategy
Most firm’s marketing plans are screeching to a halt about this time of year: The big tradeshow has sucked up more time and money than expected. The new product or service was launched and is now languishing. The big research study has not gotten a statistically valid...Culture, Marketing Strategy
Jeff here. Does your firm have an industry program? Most firms would answer affirmatively, but do they really have an effective and sustainable approach? I began my professional services marketing career at Arthur Andersen and led marketing for one of the firm’s...Business Development, Marketing Strategy
Professional services firms spend tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars trying to understand WHY clients choose to work with the firms that they do. Let me give you a gift and save you the money. Every market research study I have seen (and I...Culture, Marketing Strategy
Are you measuring marketing’s activities or its impact on growth? Recently, I had a meeting with a talented Chief Marketing Officer at a strategy consulting firm. The subject of the discussion was the integration of marketing and business development. When I...Marketing ROI, Marketing Strategy
Traditionally, marketing dollars are allocated by individual lines of business. More often than not, the largest lines of business command the biggest percent of the marketing budget. After all, they are the “cash cow.” But this way of thinking is outdated,...