marketingcommunication 29 Apr 2008
Storytelling Comment (0)

I don’t know about you, but I love hearing a great story. Marketing, especially when dealing with intangibles like marketing professional services, is all about storytelling. Here are ten great tips to help you craft a crowd-pleasing story about your firm for either a listening audience or a reader.


  1. Start with a good title - the title is first thing

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courtesycommunicationbusiness 4 Feb 2008
Words Matter Comment (0)

Two days ago, I met with a potential new client.  She was attractive and gracious, smart and professional. But of all of her qualities, the one I admired most was her attention to language.

During our one-hour meeting, she twice corrected herself when choosing words that didn't quite match her intentions - and me once (when I was second-guessing her intent). What stood out even

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webprofessional servicesmarketinge-mailbusiness 26 Dec 2007
Behaving like Bulls Comment (0)
The turbulence in the credit markets that began at the end of last summer and has by now infiltrated most aspects of our economy is expected to create lots of uncertainty in the first quarter of 2008 - and possibly beyond.

The commercial real estate industry, a market near and dear to our hearts, is not going to be able to avoid the overall unrest.

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e-mailcourtesybusiness 30 Oct 2007
Business E-mail Reminders Comment (0)
It's amazing how often we all need a refresher course on how to email (myself included). It has become so much a part of the vernacular of our lives; we pay little, if any, attention to our own practices. It is, however, one of the most important ways a person creates an impression.

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professional servicesnetworkingmarketing 15 Oct 2007
Know Your Influencers Comment (0)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Influencer marketing is a form of marketing that has emerged from a variety of recent practices and studies, in which focus is placed on specific key individuals (or types of individual) rather than the target market as a whole.

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employmentculture 18 Aug 2007
Portrait of a Crossbow Intern Comment (0)
Our intern, Jessica, just returned to school, and left us with these thoughts in a letter titled: "What I have learned at Crossbow Studio."

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networkingbranding 9 Aug 2007
Personal Branding and Networking Comment (0)
According to BH Careers International, 80% of available jobs are never advertised, and over half of all employees obtain their jobs through networking. That means that only 20% of average Joes or Josephines (if you will), get their job by simply applying with no connection to the employer.

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webprofessional servicesmarketing 2 Aug 2007
Are YOU Online? Comment (0)
True story: July 5, 2007, the updated Yellow Pages Books were delivered to our lobby (one for each office).

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professional servicesnetworkingmarketing 19 Jul 2007
Ten Marketing Tips To Promote Your Business Comment (2)
Here are ten items we believe are critical to marketing success.

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