unbillable hours - a podcast about better professional services marketing

Allright, so you've played around with ChatGPT, and even installed Discord to get to test Midjourney - but you're still unclear how, exactly, AI might help you with consultancy marketing in serious ways? Then listen to Alastair McDermott tips for practical, no-nonsense ways of leveraging the tech. Episode guest: Alastair McDermott, founder, The Recognized Authority Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com

We’ve previously referred to consultancy marketing’s key objective as “building trust with strangers,” but, uh, didn’t really answer the question how, exactly, you’d go about doing it… which is a miss this episode will fix: Ash and Flo speak to “The B2B Marketer” and consultancy marketing expert Martin Williams, who has the very framework you’ll need for getting the job done: the “Pyramid of Trust:” Episode guest: Martin J. Williams, founder, theb2bmarketer.com Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Please find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com.

Has your firm "productized" its services yet? If not, then this episode will hopefully change that - because our guest, Luk Smeyers, explains not only why you should do it and to which ends - but also shares tips for getting started:  Episode guest: Luk Smeyers, founder, The Visible Authority. Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com

It's funny, isn't it? Consulting, as an industry, is all about "creating value" - and yet, so many firms struggle with communicating what, exactly, they mean by it. Let's try and fix this with a single episode of this very podcast, shall we? Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com

We're sorry... did someone just say their firm's marketing planning "s#cks?" No biggie, friend - we've got you ... with this minisode and the planning framework within: Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota

Does your firm have a "Point-of-View?" No? Or: not sure? Well, then it's high time we change all of that - starting with this very episode: Listen to Ash and Flo explain what a "PoV" is, why you need one, and how to create yours: Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com.

You've spent all this effort on your firm's thought leadership efforts... so what did you get in return? Here's how you might get to an answer: Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes to this episode at unbillable-hrs.com

Whenever there are alignment issues between marketing and "the business" in a consultancy, marketing should work to fix them. But how? Ash and Flo discuss their views (and potential solutions) in this "workshopping" episode: Voices, production, etc. by Ash and Flo. Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com.

Imagine all your firm’s subject matter experts were, like, really visible and influential online. What would that do for your clients and your firm? Oh, and, more importantly: How could you make this vision a reality? Flo asks Liz Harr from Hinge, who just co-published a book about these very questions. Episode guest: Elizabeth Harr, partner, Hinge.  Voices, production, etc. by Flo (Ash wasn’t in for this one) Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes for this episode at unbillable-hrs.com.

Still not happy with your consultancy's marketing performance? Then follow Ash and Flo along the causal chain of issues causing your pain - in this full-fledged "causal chain analysis" where, when, and how professional services marketing breaks down. Voices, production, etc., by Ash and Flo Creative and design advice by @calmar.creativ Into, outro voiceover by @iamthedakota Music also by @iamthedakota Pls. find the shownotes to this episode at unbillable-hrs.com