The voice of the client

After a career in global law firms, Stephen Arnold joined Foot Anstey as its first Chief Client Officer. He tells Matt Baldwin why ambitious national firms can offer marketers greater influence, faster change and a louder client voice. Stephen Arnold has built a...

Stop chasing AI optimisation shortcuts

There is no shortage of specialists promising GEO, AIO and AI optimisation strategies. But for professional services firms, the route to visibility may be far less complicated – and far less exciting – says Michelle Hughes. A few weeks ago, I was doing my daily check...

Turning expertise into content

Communications works best when it stops feeling like marketing, says Naomi Butson. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a professional services firm in possession of a great reputation must be in want of someone to tell people about it. What is rather less...

Media Relations is back

For nearly a decade, media relations lost ground to digital PR, SEO metrics and link chasing. Matt Baldwin of Coast Communications, who has spent 25 years getting professional services firms into the publications their clients read, thinks that was a mistake. AI is...