
How can Mark help you?
Speaking and Mentoring are popular choices
SPEAKING
Strategic, commercial and independent advice on lead generation, boosting referrals, Linkedin and marketing
Mark is equally at home speaking online or live for teams, firms and conference organisers
– A quality conference speaker online and on stage – Mark is one of only a small subset of UK speakers judged worthy of being accepted as a Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association.
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MENTORING
You will gain most from Mark’s mentoring support if you are a sole practitioner prepared to invest time and money in your development
You’re looking to change a specific behaviour? You know that something (doing everything yourself?) has been holding your business back. You’re fed up failing to make the changes you know are necessary – and realise you’re not even sure exactly what you should be doing differently. You just need some help and encouragement.

Latest Blog Posts
Debunked: Can you really rely on referrals to sustain or grow your practice?
Most established accountants running their own firms claim to get most of their new clients via referrals. I see at least three potential flaws with this perception. Firstly, it’s rarely based on empirical evidence. Often it is
How to avoid premature evaluation and premature elaboration
Imagine being in pain and going to your doctor for some help. Within moments of your arrival the doctor starts telling you, very enthusiastically, how similar your pain is to their previous patient, what is wrong with
Where are you based? Home, garden, garage, or high street?
In the past I believe that a majority of established accountants ran their offices from commercial premises. But is that still true or even necessary? The purpose of this article is twofold. Firstly to support those who
How to overcome the distraction of D-grade clients
You are not alone if you get frustrated by some of your clients. In fact, it's very rare for me to hear from accountants who love ALL of their clients. If you do, this isn't the blog
The marketing distractions accountants should avoid
Before setting out those marketing distractions that I believe accountants should avoid I need to offer some context. Over 20 years ago, the start of the century(!) was when I began presenting talks to accountants about practice
Seven ways for general practice accountants to improve their marketing efforts
Not everyone wants to follow the widely promoted advice that you will benefit more from advertising, marketing, networking and referrals if you focus your attention on trying to reach a specific group of people. The idea being