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How One Startup Developed a Sales Model That Works in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business

Many of our target wood-burning customers lived on the outskirts of town and had no reason to travel to the central market, where our store was located. Where a solar light can simply be turned on to show its value, a stove demo requires 30 minutes of time and extensive training about the technology. Photograph courtesy of BioLite.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

I eventually built up a little demo reel, and I started presenting that to other companies. People will just take a little bit of time and travel, or something like that. They have a location here in Atlanta, and it looks like a lot of their consultants don’t travel as much. Yeah, in other words, just take out all of the gaps.

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

81% of management consulting firms list attracting & developing new business as their #1 challenge. Tweet this “Attract & develop new business” is a fancy way of turning leads into paying clients. They come for the content or the service, like booking air travel. If you are, then start with the data.

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