Choosing your niche: everything you need to know about creating a strong personal brand that’s memorable
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Choosing your niche: everything you need to know about creating a strong personal brand that’s memorable

In order to get to partner, particularly the Big 4 and large firms, you will need to find your niche. Some professionals find that by the time they get to Partner Track they already have a clearly defined niche. This isn’t the case for everyone, however, and there are many accountants, lawyers and consultants who…

The ultimate guide to building a pipeline of new work by networking effectively
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The ultimate guide to building a pipeline of new work by networking effectively

Although networking can be one of the biggest time wasters for accountants, lawyers and consultants, it is one of the tools that makes up an effective business development strategy. If done right, networking can be invaluable to growing a partner-sized client portfolio. But many professionals (lawyers, accountants and consultants) want to know how do you…

3 cracking ways to stop wasting time with business development
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3 cracking ways to stop wasting time with business development

Business development is essential if you are going to grow your own practice to make partner. But many accountants, lawyers and consultants find that business development time waster activities loom large on their to do list. (And that’s if you have the time to do business development in the first place! Are you allowing business…

6 tips to make the time to produce valuable content
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6 tips to make the time to produce valuable content

In the fifth of our newly published ‘The Go-To-Expert‘ inspired blog posts, we look at how to make the time to write blog posts, or valuable content which your audience will love. Producing valuable content to help you effortlessly attract in your own clients and build your profile takes time. Getting the time to write blog…

How the clued up accountants and lawyers use valuable content to attract clients
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How the clued up accountants and lawyers use valuable content to attract clients

It is always good to recycle good content on your blog. And this post was published way back in 2014 when we had just had  ‘The Go-To-Expert‘ published. In this post we look at how to use valuable content to attract clients to you. Old School Professional Services Marketing was all about networking and relationship…

Email vs phone call: which is better to use when staying in touch with your network
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Email vs phone call: which is better to use when staying in touch with your network

You know you need to stay in touch with someone in your network. The challenge is email vs phone call? This article aims to answer the question of when it is right to email and when is it right to pick up the phone and make a call. Email vs phone call: Why the dilemma?…

Why you need to be a BRAND to progress your career in the professions
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Why you need to be a BRAND to progress your career in the professions

This week I spent a day working with 3 senior lawyers helping them start a partner-sized practice. For each of the three, I helped them define and articulate their brand. It only occurred to me as I reflected on my conversations that wherever you are in your career you need to have built a brand…

6 unexpected places to get ideas for content.
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6 unexpected places to get ideas for content.

One of the best ways to generate work is via content marketing or what was typically known as thought leadership. However, the problem with a content marketing approach is always having to come up with new ways to identifying content which will be valuable for your clients and prospects. It is so easy to get…

Use this attitude to get the maximum effectiveness from your business development efforts.
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Use this attitude to get the maximum effectiveness from your business development efforts.

 Over the last 6-12 months, I have been coaching many people who are very new to winning their own clients. Interestingly, they have all suffered from this one attitude problem. Your business development mindset is key to whether you win work or not. This blog post explains what this attitude is and how to get…

Why is establishing a referral network essential for M&A or Corporate Finance Lawyers?
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Why is establishing a referral network essential for M&A or Corporate Finance Lawyers?

Are you a lawyer who is involved in deal making, i.e. M&A, Private Equity, Financing? You’ll know the importance of working to establish a referral network. This is because the route to generating work for deal makers is typically via an introducer or referral network. This blog post looks at a particular and common mindset…

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