By Lilla Smee

Why you need a good LinkedIn profile, and where to start

October 19, 2016 | Posted in: Business Development Skills

Have you ever used Google to find out more about someone you met at a networking event or conference? Chances are that their LinkedIn profile showed up somewhere near the top of search results, and probably higher than their firm website bio. If someone Googled you, what would they find? LinkedIn is the most popular […]

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Digital marketing: are you still stuck in a material world?

March 11, 2015 | Posted in: Grow your business

In 1984, Madonna sang about living in a material world, but some thirty years later we’re well and truly living in a digital world. When it comes to marketing, you may still be clinging to that material world. If your firm has neglected or underinvested in digital marketing, 2015 is the year to get real. […]

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FaceTime, or the power of real life meetings in a digital world

November 5, 2014 | Posted in: Business Development Skills

In a way, we’re all more visible than ever, emailing, linking-in, twittering and googling away the day. It’s tempting to get busy with that and think we’re “doing” relationship building. As a fellow consultant recently told us of senior decision makers: “Face time. They all want face time.” And she wasn’t talking about Apple’s FaceTime […]

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Tender readability – tips to improve your tender presentation and some tender presentation no-nos

Tender readability – tips to improve your tender presentation and some tender presentation no-nos

Tender readability remains a problem for some in the 21st century. I still see submission documents that cling to a handful of really old hat tender presentation and formatting techniques. I suspect this is because some of these ‘rules’ are viewed as being more appropriate to a ‘formal’ style of document such as a tender. […]