Posts Tagged ‘business development’


The Seven Deadly Sins of Marketing Professional Services Online

Selling intangibles is hard work. A lot of architects, lawyers and other professional service providers have Web sites that make it even harder. This clip outlines seven common weaknesses of such sites and offers suggested remedies. It’s based on an article — http://xrl.us/7DeadlySins — originally published by MarketingProfs.com. DOUG doug@doug-stern.com Duration : 0:3:43 Recommended ReadingRoadblocks [...]

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Selling Value-Based Services at Accounting, Engineering, and Law Firms

Bob Croston, Vice President and Principal Consultant at Wellesley Hills Group, speaks about the importance of selling the value in value-based services. While the concept of selling value applies to all professional services industries, here he stresses the importance of selling value-based services in industries where firms also offer compliance-based services. These industries include accounting, [...]

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Brand RAMP: Achieving Brand Success for Professional Services

Mike Schultz, President of Wellesley Hills Group, co-author of Professional Services Marketing (Wiley, 2009), and co-founder and Publisher of RainToday.com, explains the Wellesley Hills Group’s system for building a professional service brand. It’s called the Brand RAMP. The R stands for Recognize. Buyers in the market must recognize the firm. The A stands for Articulate. [...]

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CERV Model: Keys to Business Development Success and Rainmaking Performance in Professional Services

Mike Schultz, President of Wellesley Hills Group, co-author of Professional Services Marketing (Wiley, 2009), and co-founder and Publisher of RainToday.com, explains the four roles of a rainmaker through the Wellesley Hills Group’s CERV Model, a system the firm uses in business development training and coaching work with clients. The first hat a rainmaker must wear [...]

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4 Keys to Successful Professional Services Market Research

John Doerr, President of Wellesley Hills Group, co-author of Professional Services Marketing (Wiley, 2009), and co-founder of RainToday.com, explains how to get the most out of market research for professional services firms. Accounting, consulting, technology, and law, among other B2B professional services firms, have a great deal of information concerning their marketing, rainmaking, and lead [...]

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