The Original Professional Services Marketing Podcast
With Jason Mlicki and Jeff McKay
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Why RFPs Suck and What to Do About It with Cal Harrison from Beyond Referrals
Responding to RFPs in professional services firms sucks. RFPs are inefficient, expensive, and seldom lead to selecting the most qualified provider. Cal Harrison of Beyond Referrals teaches us how to fix them.
Avoiding the Sales Kill Box with Gartner’s Maria Boulden
Content marketing was supposed to make buying and selling easier. Unfortunately, it did just the opposite. Gartner's CSO Whisperer, Maria Boulden, shares why the pandemic, digitization, and sales behavior have combined for inefficiency and ineffectiveness.
From Value-Based Pricing to Value-Based Selling with Blair Enns – Part 2
In part 2, Blair Enns shares how expertise, positioning, and value-based selling are inextricably linked. Learn why you should narrow your expertise and develop a differentiated POV that connects with buyers who value the value you provide.
From Value-Based Pricing to Value-Based Selling with Blair Enns – Part 1
You cannot implement a coveted value-based pricing approach unless you implement value-based selling first. Learn why and how to do both effectively.
Selling professional services is evolving. What does modern selling look like today?
Selling professional services in a technology-powered, content-marketing-inundated world is evolving. Is your firm adjusting its approach?
Our Leadership Heroes
Leaders have a HUGE impact on our work and lives. A firm's culture drives its growth and leaders drive the culture. These are the special people who have inspired and taught us to be leaders.
Creating a Culture That Unleashes Your Firm’s Growth Potential
We cover the leadership behaviors that shape growth-oriented cultures and separate the best firms from the mediocre ones.
Leadership Foibles That Limit Firm Growth
Culture enables growth and leaders create culture. Are you creating a culture that enables growth or destroys your potential?
The Fears that Limit Leaders and Firms
What fears do we humans suffer and where do they come from? We discuss the roots of the anxieties that shape our thinking, drive our behaviors, and fashion our firms' cultures.
How Fear Inhibits Growth in Professional Services
Fear is the elephant in the room of many professional services firms, fear of not knowing an answer, looking stupid, making a mistake, or "failing" in some way. Jeff Munn, a recovering consultant turned leadership coach, tells us how to recognize and address this...
The Growing List of Our “Biggest” Mistakes
We revisit one of our most popular--and humbling--podcast subjects, "How we've screwed things up--and learned--along our careers."
How to Approach ESG Marketing and Branding Successfully
ESG will strategically impact professional services firms. Here's how leaders can think about the ramifications to their firm's positioning, demand generation, and employer brand.
Divergent Thinking on Marketing Professional Services Firms
Jason Mlicki and Jeff McKay explore growth, marketing, and professional services in this engaging weekly podcast. They tackle the challenges faced by practice leaders and marketers, sharing unfiltered opinions on what not to do, the pitfalls of marketing, and the realities of the industry. With executive guests and industry experts regularly joining, listeners gain valuable insights and experiences, all presented with humor and a pragmatic perspective from two seasoned professionals.
