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Future Marketing/BD Manager – Build resilience to avoid being overwhelmed

Red Star Kim

A key theme arising at the March PM Forum “ Future Marketing/Business Development Manager” (with delegates from legal, accountancy and consultancy firms) was about being overwhelmed. A key skill for a future marketing/BD manager – Build resilience to avoid being overwhelmed.

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Be more strategic – A metaphor: Analyse, join and align the dots

Red Star Kim

Delegates were from legal and accountancy firms with roles as varied as marketing, digital marketing, business development, PR and key accounts (executives, managers and a director). Many use a situational analysis or marketing audit.

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Referrer and Intermediary Management – Silos, Targets and Culture

Red Star Kim

There were architects, bankers, accountants, forensic investigators, insolvency practitioners, lawyers, pension advisers and tax experts who had a range of areas of expertise including bloodstock, housing associations and commercial property.

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Coaching and Consulting skills – Limiting beliefs, approaches to helping and marketing consultancy

Red Star Kim

At the start of February it was a full house of delegates from accountancy, law and consultancy firms (including from Hong Kong) at the PM Forum ’s “Coaching and Consulting skills for marketing and business development professionals”. Who else has the marketing consultant worked with?

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Release time to become a more proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive (November 2022)

Red Star Kim

It was a full house at November’s PM Forum workshop for Proactive Marketing and Business Development Executives. Release time to become a more proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive. Undertake research to identify emerging and future opportunities in the market.

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PM Conference Report 2022: Strategy implementation, Employer Value Propositions (EVP), Storytelling and Client Feedback

Red Star Kim

Their use of the Rooney vs. Vardy case (Wagatha Christie) when commenting on the relationship between HR and marketing raised some eyebrows. I was sorry to have missed that one which, by several accounts, was insightful and practical in equal measure.

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Hooks, Headlines and Hard-Wired Words: 11 ideas for better writing

Red Star Kim

Marketers from law, accountancy, engineering and property firms joined a PM Forum workshop to share ideas on how to improve our writing. Digital marketers will tell you that the first two words are the most important.

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Is ABM Worth the Time, Money, and Effort?

SBI Growth

SBI recently spoke with Gahan Richardson, the Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Cypress Semiconductor. Gahan and I discussed his approach to Account Based Marketing (ABM) and how he uses it to set his sales team up for success. Article Marketing Strategy ABM Account Based Marketing b2b marketing key accounts Marketing marketing strategy named accounts sales strategy

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Marketing technology system review – Informanagement integrated content and distribution system for accountancy and legal firms

Red Star Kim

One of my accountancy clients alerted me to a provider of content ( The content provider for accountancy firms – Informanagement ) which also provides legal content to small and medium firms in The Netherlands.

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Replace Leads with Opportunities for the Sales Team Through ABM

SBI Growth

Today’s show demonstrates how to replace leads with opportunities for the sales team through Account Based Marketing. While B2B account marketing has been around for years, we discuss the modern techniques required for success. Marketing Strategy Sales Strategy Video ABM Account Based Marketing accounts key accounts marketing campaign marketing strategy

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How Can the Revenue and Sales Enablement Function Best Support Account Management?

SBI Growth

Now you’re tasked to take over a function that once belonged to marketing. Your organization has veered into a content driven account. Article Sales Strategy adrian mussanna assets produced c-suite content production converting courses produced CRM CRM platform enablement industry experts key accounts marketing content platform revenue Revenue Enablement sales sales enablement sME SMEsGetting Ahead in Your Sales Enablement Role.

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Bad Marketing Strategy is Built on Assumption

SBI Growth

Article Corporate Strategy Marketing Strategy accounts best in class business buyer desires buyer insight chosen market client relationships corporate lens cover market customer research drive revenue field lens four-lens approach four-lens research key accounts Market Research marketing leaders marketing strategy markets qualitative data quantitative data

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How to Implement Account Based Marketing

SBI Growth

Today’s topic is how to execute Account Based Marketing. While B2B account marketing has been around for years, we discuss the modern techniques required for success. Marketing Strategy Podcast ABM Account Based Marketing b2b marketing Demand Generation how to implement ABM key accountsTo follow along, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to.

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The 21 Best Business Strategy Blogs

CMOE

strategy + business (s+b) Whether it be topics centered around operations, marketing, or human capital, strategy + business aims to “illuminate the complex choices that leaders face….and Knowledge at Wharton covers an array of subjects, such as finance and accounting, marketing, and analytics.

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Legal marketing case study – Thought leadership campaigns at Howard Kennedy (relationship breakdown and business agility)

Red Star Kim

I keep an eye out for examples of great marketing campaigns by professional service firms as I use case studies in my training workshops. So here’s a legal marketing case study – Thought leadership campaigns at Howard Kennedy (relationship breakdown and business agility).

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Key takeaways from SAMA’s Annual Conference

Arpedio

Not sure what it means to be a journey orchestrator in Account Management? Last week more than 500 Strategic Account Managers (SAMs) and leaders of SAM programs gathered in New Orleans for the annual Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) conference.

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How To Fix Your Marketing Structure Problems

SBI Growth

How do you know it’s time to restructure your marketing organization ? We also never thought that Marketing’s technology spend could outpace the IT spend. She inherited a legacy B2B marketing team, no marketing automation or lead generation program. Sales leadership continues to hammer marketing for support. At this point sales sees no value in marketing and why would they? No Marketing Automation. Marketing Operations. Product Marketing.

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Best monday.com Alternative in 2022 | Insightly

Insightly

In recent years, monday.com has surged to the front of the pack regarding online work management tools, especially for robust teams of marketers, developers, designers and salespeople. monday.com alternatives available in the market. What is the best monday.com alternative in 2022?

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5 ways to tell when you should use lead generation or sales prospecting

PandaDoc

Although a prospect may not have directly expressed an interest in your business specifically, you know they are in the market for a product like yours. It doesn’t matter whether you operate in a B2B or B2C market. How sales and marketing alignment can increase lead generation.

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2014 Planning Metrics for B2B Marketing Leaders

SBI Growth

The Holy Grail of 2014 Planning: Marketing Contribution as a % of Total Revenue. 2013 is the last year executives accepted activity-level results from marketing. Expectations of marketing accountability have increased to the level expected of sales performance. Executive marketing leaders need to push the debris aside. Focus on the core business drivers that B2B Marketing is fully capable of providing. Marketing Contribution Agreement.

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Key Account Management: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

At some point, most company leaders have looked at their list of best clients and thought, "It would be really bad if we lost any of these accounts." The answer: Key account management. How to know whether your company needs a key account management strategy. Key Account Manager.

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Sales Compensation: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

Acquire “seed” accounts. The more support you expect reps to give customers (such as implementation help, account management, etc.), On the other hand, this structure doesn’t take into account market penetration or quantity of opportunities.