You have to prove at least 15 years senior sales and marketing experience to apply to become a Fellow of our industries Institute, along with other equally tough criteria.  I thought becoming a Chartered Marketer was difficult when I achieved that 5 years ago…but then the wait began.

As a Chartered Marketer, you have to prove at least 35 hours of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) every year.  I’ve always achieved more than double that amount in terms of personal development and learning and also giving back to the local community by way of our free marketing seminars and mentoring for Cumbria Community Foundation and Lancaster University.

I had everything crossed when I applied to become a Fellow earlier this month and I found out today that my application has been accepted.  To put the accolade into context…there are just 2000 Fellows of the CIM across the whole world and only 300 of those are female.  So I’m incredibly proud of this achievement and what it represents for our company.

As a result, I’m off to open a bottle of bubbly and will be back tomorrow with some more tips for you… x



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