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Business Development Clinic: How to make a good impression
This is the first blog in a series by Martin Bragg, a highly experienced business development expert with 20 years experience in professional service firms. Martin has worked in business development for major international law firms including the magic circle and for accountancy practices in the big four and beyond. In this first blog post, Martin…
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4 ways to get everything done before your holiday
Sometimes, stress levels rise in the week or so before your holiday. Here are some tips to help you get everything done and to keep things in perspective in the run-up to your much deserved holiday. 1. Prioritise Not everything needs to get done by the end of the week! Look at what’s on your…
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5 ways to always have something meaningful to say on social media
In yesterday’s post we looked at a daily routine for you to use on LinkedIn. In this post we are still continuing our theme of how to save time with business development, and we are still looking at ways of doing this with social media. One of the biggest barriers I hear lawyers, accountants and…
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Business Development Time Savers: Have a daily LinkedIn routine
You can save time with your business development activities by using social media such as LinkedIN for networking. Let’s look at what needs to go into your daily routine on LinkedIn to use it as a great business development tool. The daily LinkedIn routine I will describe will allow you to ditch at least one…
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Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 3
One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. In yesterday’s post we answered the question whether having a niche would mean you would have to turn business away. (no!) In today’s post, we will look at possibly the next biggest…
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Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 2
One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. However, many professionals resist having a niche because they are worried about turning business away. Let’s deal with this one, once and for all – will I have to turn business away…
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Business Development Time Savers: Have a niche – Part 1
One of the ways you can minimise the time you spend on business development is to focus on developing a niche for yourself. Over the next few posts we are going to dig deep into the ‘why’, ‘who’, ‘what’ and how of a niche. Firstly, let’s consider what we actually mean by a niche… A…
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11 ways to write a CV that gets you an interview
The purpose of your CV is to get you to interview. Nothing more, nothing less. As a career coach, when helping job seekers, more often than not the first thing I am presented with is a CV. It always amazes me how easy it is to stand out from the rest of the job seekers…
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What did the Law Society Gazette think of ‘How to make partner and still have a life’?
Last week I was alerted by a friend that ‘How to make partner and still have a life‘ had been reviewed in the Law Society Gazette. Very kindly, my friend sent me her hard copy of the magazine in the post. It has been a nail biting few days waiting for both the postie and…
