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Golden rules for cringe-free personal branding

Cringe! That was the feeling I gave a group of 20-something-year-old trainees at a top-tier consulting firm, when I spoke…

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Change what people know, feel, and do

The goal of your marketing and business development efforts? To change what (potential) clients know, feel, and do. “Wait. What? I thought…

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Avoid these 4 things in professional services marketing

As a subject matter expert, you may not like the idea of having to ‘do your own marketing’. I get…

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What to spend the 10% on?

10% of your business’s turnover; that’s a pretty decent marketing budget. Many marketers agree with professor Mark Ritson on this. But, what…

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Picking the right ideas

Coming up with marketing & business development ideas is easy. Right!? I mean, there are so many things you can…

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AI; you’re using it wrong!

“Most marketers are using AI wrong.” That’s what Peter Weinberg and Jon Lombardo state in an opinion piece they’ve written for…

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How to talk to different roles within the DMU

As a subject matter expert you are responsible for your own business development. You are selling your services to other…

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Marketing; people-focused AND people-driven

High hit rates at your firm? Good for you, but no surprise. When you hear from a (potential) client, they’ve…

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Lifting the knowledge curse

As a subject matter expert, you are cursed. Cursed with knowledge. Wait. What? Isn’t knowledge a good thing? Well, yes. And…

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Marketing = managing by influence

Guess which C-suite execs quit their jobs after just a few years? Chief sustainability officers, chief diversity officers, and… chief…

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Prompts to better understand your clients

Here are 4 consecutive prompts to better understand your clients. And when I say clients, in this case I mean the…

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2 ways in which professional services marketing is different

Professional service marketing differs from other types of B2B marketing in 2 ways. 1) MBD as a key business activity…

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Boost your sales success

As a subject matter expert, you are largely responsible for doing your own sales. Did you know, there are a…

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A gift that keeps on giving

The end of the year is approaching rapidly. Let’s talk about gifts. When we signed the papers for our new…

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Your non-obvious advantages

Do you know your competitive advantage over your competitors? It’s very understandable if you don’t. As many subject matter experts…

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