Partnership Potential

Our thoughts on helping you make partner… and beyond, using social media and networking

7 ways to get your practice’s blog noticed by the people who matter

7 ways to get your practice’s blog noticed by the people who matter

Sep 22, 2011

On my LinkedIn group – The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking – we have been discussing the best ways to get your blog noticed. Good question. Your practice has gone to all that trouble of writing and maintaining a blog, surely the world deserves to know about it AND read it? After all, why else write a blog? Writing your blog is the easy...

Find out why I was embarrassed…

Find out why I was embarrassed…

Jun 6, 2011

Your account has been suspended. Please contact customer services for more information. The words strike fear in the heart of any serious LinkedIn user. Rather embarrassingly, that user was me last week. As one of the UK’s leading experts on using online and offline networking to generate business success, my credibility rather relies on being found on...

How to help your fee earners write a bio which gets them hired

How to help your fee earners write a bio which gets them hired

Nov 11, 2010

Your short bio follows you everywhere. It is prominently displayed on your firm’s website, proposals and any articles you get published. However, there is a knack to writing a bio which makes the right impact. In this blog post, here is our guide to help you decide on what needs to be included, and more often than not… ditched! 1. Keep it short and...

Blog Carnival: Learning

I am honoured to be hosting the blog carnival this month, and my theme is about learning. I run a coaching business, so it seemed an ideal topic for the blog carnival this month… We learnt that charlie moo was declared the Dorset business mum of the year! Well done! I voted for you… Little mumpreneur has been educating us on the top 5 social media...

I’ve got my coaching qualifications, now what?

I heard yesterday that from a class of 22 coaches, from a big respected coaching training provider, two years after ‘graduating’ only eight were still pursuing a coaching career. Out of those eight, most people were scrabbling around for clients, and no-one had cracked how to earn a six-figure income as a coach. The big coaching training providers, CoachU,...

Monday cartoon 2-11-9

I’ve just spent a great week away for half-term, and been having some great quality thinking and reflecting time. This cartoon from Guy Carter, The cartoonist, is dedicated to all of you who have been taking time out to think over the last...