Think Cross-Service, Not Cross-Sell

I was recently discussing the topic of cross selling with a client. As an internal marketing professional, she has a lot of experience with how to deepen relationships with and amongst her attorneys.  She offered some thoughtful insight into the psychology behind the often unsurmountable task of selling more services to existing clients.  I have to share her perspective! (By…

Dog Days Marketing

It’s the ‘dog days’ of summer.  According to Wikipedia, the expression ‘dog days’ refers to the hot, sultry days of summer in the areas around the Mediterranean Sea. Early civilizations would celebrate the rising of Orion’s dog constellation in July and August. The image of ancient people lounging around at night as they cooled off from a hot day, looking to…

Micro-Marketing: Developing Business in 15 Minutes a Day

One of the biggest perceived obstacles to marketing is ‘lack of time’.  Today’s pace of life is crazy– balancing demands of work, family and personal time contributes to feelings of being overwhelmed and unable to add on anything.  Often marketing responsibilities fall to the bottom of the list because people feel like self promotion and business…