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Mark Lee recently launched a scathing attack on generic emails sent out by professionals. Why am I not surprised? I’ve been saying much the same about template driven websites. Firms feel they must have something but rarely go to the trouble of making their efforts unique or interesting. Here’s one crappy example . Here’s one that’s much better. (check the blog content ) Then Mark followed it up by talking about the impending demise of ‘ halfway house ‘ firms. Once again – I agree but want to amplify. Mark’s thesis centres around differentiation. That’s a good starting point but his argument appears to assume that all other things i.e. the underpinning services, remain the same. I disagree because this is a marketing driven idea that doesn&#…
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