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"Great presenters, with relevant and dynamic content. The information affected me with reflection of ideas I already knew, and inspired immediate dialog with colleagues for new direction. I look forward to future Council events--this was my first experience with the organization."

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Padilla Speer Beardsley

"Thank you so much for your presentation to our LMA group yesterday. I have been a member of the LMA chapter for ten years and can honestly say your presentation was the best one to date. The information was helpful and relevant and even without song and dance, most entertaining."

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Speeches and Podcasts on Marketing Professional Services

Expertise Marketing president Suzanne Lowe is a frequent speaker on topics about the challenges and trends in marketing professional services. Her experience also includes the design and delivery of executive education programs in marketing for professional service executives. Listed below is a compilation of her recent speaking and executive education experience.

These presentations were requested by national professional associations and/or conference organizations.

podcastPodcast: The View from the Other Side: B2B Marketing Practices from Other Industries, ITSMA, June 2008. (Use this survey link to get access to the presentation.)

podcastPodcast: Adapting to a Downturn, Suzanne Lowe and Ford Harding, The Council of Public Relations Firms. May 2008.

"The Integration Imperative," SMPS Annual Conference , Chicago, May 9, 2008

"The Integration Imperative™: Erasing Marketing and Business Development Silos – Once and For All – in Professional Services," SMPS Northeast Regional Conference, Providence, May 8, 2008

podcastPodcast: The Silver Group's interview with Suzanne Lowe on differentiation and her upcoming book. January 2008. MP3 file

"The Integration Imperative: Connecting Marketing and Business Development in Professional Services," PM Forum, Boston, November 8 2007

"Strategic Firm Leadership and Management," Society for Marketing Professional Services, New York, November 9, 2007

Convert Your Marketing Role into a Strategic Firm Leadership Position," SMPS-PSMA Build Business 2007 National Conference, Washington DC, August 27, 2007

"Measuring Marketing Effectiveness," Control System Integrators Association conference, Sante Fe, CA, April 27, 2007

“The evolving role of the CMO,” SMPS Southern Region Conference, San Antonio, Jan 25-26, 2007

“The Five Most Important Roles for Tomorrow’s Most Effective Legal Marketers,” Legal Marketing Association New England (LMA NE) Annual Regional Conference, Boston, MA, Nov 16-17, 2006

"Proving ROI on Marketing by Measuring Marketing Effectiveness," IQPC Workshop, co-presenting with Larry Bodine: September 2006, New York City. (details)

"Proving ROI on Marketing by Measuring Marketing Effectiveness," LMA, Norfolk, Virginia, September 2006

"Increasing Marketing Effectiveness at Professional Firms," webinar, co-presented with Larry Bodine. July 2006.

"Increasing Marketing Effectiveness at Professional Service Firms," SMPS, Colorado, June 13, 2006

"Mastering the Marketplace: How to Differentiate Your Engineering Firm," American Council of Engineering Companies, Webinar, November 29, 2005

"Marketplace Masters: Competing to Win," National Society for Professional Engineers Annual Convention, July 8, 2005, Chicago

"Mastering the Marketplace: How to Differentiate Your Engineering Firm," American Council of Engineering Companies Annual Convention, April 12, 2005, Washington, DC

"Managing the Transition from Products to Services," Ryder, February 16, 2005, Jacksonville, FL

"Differentiation Strategies for Professional Service Firms," Wachovia Bank, February 16, 2005 Jacksonville, FL

"Managing the Transition from Products to Services," Inner Circle , February 17, 2005, Jacksonville, FL

"Aligning Marketing Strategies with Culture," New England Women Business Owners (NEWBO), February 9, 2005, Newton, MA

"The 11 Building Blocks of Professional Service Firm Marketing," Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, November 20, 2004

"Mastering the Marketplace: The 11 Principles of Service Firm Marketing," Frontiers in Services Conference, University of Miami, October 30, 2004

"11 Principles of Marketplace Mastery," American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Webinar, October 20, 2004

"Benchmarking Your Company's Differentiation Strategies," PM Forum New York, June 14th, 2004.

"Marketplace Masters: How Professional Service Firms Compete to Win," Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) Annual Summit, June 10, 2004, Las Vegas, NV.

“Knowledge Management: Whose Product is it Anyway?” session facilitator, Legal Marketing Association 17th annual conference, March 6, 2003, San Francisco CA.

“The New Professional Service Marketplace Imperative: Competing to Win,” Consulting Summit 2002, Kennedy Information, Inc., November 22, 2002, New York NY.

“Competing to Win? Shortcomings of Professional Service Firms’ Marketing Strategies,” American Marketing Association’s Frontiers in Services conference, June 27-29, 2002, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

“Become Closer to Your Clients: Make Your Firm More Market Driven,” Associated General Contractors of America’s 83rd Convention, March 20, 2002, Las Vegas NV.

“Competing to Win: Seven Building Blocks of Professional Service Firm Success,” Institute of Management Consultants New England Chapter, March 16, 2002, Marlborough MA.

“Best Practices: How Professional Service Firms are Getting Closer to their Clients,” ACEC-SMPS 2002 Marketing Summit, January 19, 2002, Newport Beach CA.

“Becoming More Market Driven," Legal Marketing Association New England Conference, November 9, 2001, Dedham MA.

“Stairway to Heaven: Four High-Impact Steps to Get Closer to Clients,” Institute of Management Consultants 2001 Confab, October 29, 2001, Reno NV.

“Becoming More Market Driven,” American Marketing Association Frontiers in Services conference, October 27, 2001, College Park MD.

“What will it Take to Get Closer to Your Clients?” Association for Accounting Marketing, (New York Chapter) July 11, 2001, New York NY.

“Strategic Differentiation,” and “Getting Closer to Your Client’s Needs,” Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 21, 2001, Minneapolis MN.

“Getting Closer to Your Clients Needs,” Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, May 10, 2001, Quincy MA.

- “Getting Closer to Your Clients Needs,” Society for Marketing Professional Services, Boston, May 4-5, 2001, Portland ME.

“Becoming More Market Driven: Getting Closer to Your Clients,” AccountingWeb, February 20, 2001.

“Differentiation for Competitive Advantage,” for Architects/Engineers and General Contractors, Society for Marketing Professional Services 2000 Annual Conference, August 11, 2000, Austin TX.

“Differentiation: How Are Professional Service Firms Using it to Compete?” American Consulting Engineers Council, May 16, 2000, Buffalo NY.

“Differentiation: Minding – and Mining – the Gap,” Society for Marketing Professional Services, SNE Chapter, April 5, 2000, Hartford CT; Research Triangle Chapter, May 17, 2000, Wilmington NC.

“Differentiation: A Key to Success For Accounting Firms,” AccountingWeb, March 28, 2000.

“Setting Your Firm Apart: Differentiation in Professional Service Firms,” Associated General Contractors of America, March 8, 2000, Seattle WA.

“Setting Your Firm Apart: Differentiation in Professional Service Firms,” Professional Services Marketing Association, February 23rd, 2000, Toronto ON.

“Measuring the Return on Your Marketing Investment,” The Society for Marketing Professional Services, May 14, 1999, New York NY.

“Marketing: From Anecdotes to Objectivity,” The Institute for Management Consultants, May 10, 1999, Newton MA.

“A Roadmap for Rainmaking,” American Association of Healthcare Consultants, April 22, 1999, Atlanta GA; May 6, 1999, Chicago, IL; May 27, 1999, Boston MA.

“Healthcare Consulting Marketing: From Anecdotes to Objectivity,” American Association of Healthcare Consultants, October 17, 1998, Sanibel FL.

“Turbocharging Your Business,” The Institute for Management Consultants, May 11, 1998, Newton MA.

“Marketing Your Healthcare Consulting Firm,” American Association of Healthcare Consultants, November 21, 1997, Burlington MA.

“Six Steps for Bringing New Services to Market,” Inc. Magazine’s third annual “Growing Your Service Company” conference, June 12, 1997, Charleston SC.

 

 

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