9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 2)
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9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 2)

I’m sure we’ve all been in that stomach-churning position of wondering just exactly where you next new decent client is coming from. Or whether you are taking a leap of faith to start to win your own clients. It’s truly gut-wrenching, particularly when you have been actively getting your name out there and supposedly doing…

9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 1)
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9 tried and tested tips to keep the faith with your business development efforts. (Part 1)

I’m sure we’ve all been in that stomach-churning position of wondering just exactly where you next new decent client is coming from. Or whether you are taking a leap of faith to start to win your own clients. It’s truly gut-wrenching, particularly when you have been actively getting your name out there and supposedly doing…

How to overcome the challenge of selling yourself when going from industry into practice
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How to overcome the challenge of selling yourself when going from industry into practice

Going from industry into practice as a junior partner, director, senior associate or partner-designate can be a good way of making partner. As with all the routes to making partner, this one has its challenges and its benefits. The biggest challenge with this route is the fact that you may not have had to sell…

big 4 accounting firms
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Is the curse of professionalism limiting your career progression?

A few months ago I was helping a group of consultants put together their personal marketing kit. Despite most  of the consultants handling client portfolios worth over £1 million, they almost all suffered with the curse of professionalism, which was stopping them taking the next step in their career.  I’m Heather Townsend, author of Poised for Partnership…

4 different types of sales questions that will turn you into the firm’s rainmaker
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4 different types of sales questions that will turn you into the firm’s rainmaker

In this blog post, fresh after talking about how to use your personality to convert more sales, we explain the different types of sales questions for accountants (as well as lawyers and consultants) Sales questions for accountants Questions play a powerful role in getting prospective clients to sign up. Yet the common complaint I hear…

4 business development lies you need to stop believing if you are to quickly grow a partner-sized client portfolio
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4 business development lies you need to stop believing if you are to quickly grow a partner-sized client portfolio

When I look at the curriculum of ‘high potential’ programmes in many firms, I can get rather hot under the collar. You may wonder why? Well, they seem to have (at worst) forgotten the fact that their future partners need the skills to win work. Either that or the quality of the business development training…

3 rules to find the time to use social media effectively without getting badly distracted
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3 rules to find the time to use social media effectively without getting badly distracted

How to find the time for social media One of the biggest questions I am asked is “how to find the time for social media?”. Indeed I recently spoke at the law society event on social media answering that very question. In The Go-To Expert book, we share many tips on how to use social…

3 ways to stop feeling daunted by business development
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3 ways to stop feeling daunted by business development

I have been coaching a partner in a large accountancy practice who confessed to me that he was feeling daunted about the marketing plans we were drawing up. You could say, he wanted to become more confident at business development. His reaction is not unusual, in fact, I’d say, his reaction was fairly common. Firstly,…

Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 2)
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Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 2)

The days when you could get to partnership as a brilliant technician are long gone.. Even if you only work on very big ticket items, to get to be a Magic Circle, Big Law, big 4 partner or partner at a large firm you still need to have proved your ability to win work and be seen…

Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 1)
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Business Development Clinic: 7 deadly business development mistakes – which ones are you making? (part 1)

The days when you could get to partnership as a brilliant technician are long gone.. Even if you only work on very big ticket items, to get to be a Magic Circle, Big Law, big 4 partner or partner at a large firm you still need to have proved your ability to win work and be seen…

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