Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First, solopreneurs are experts who are good at helping clients solve problems or achieve certain goals, but they are not usually trained in sales or marketing. If you look up any definition of the term business development , you won't find the word "sales" because there's no selling involved.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Are Sales and Marketing at Odds? Your ability and commitment to align sales and marketing matters. Misaligned goals, roles, scope, or success metrics between sales and marketing can greatly inhibit revenue growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. You know the story….

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Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you’re a managing partner, practice leader, sales leader, or chief administrative officer in a professional services firm, you probably have responsibility for “managing” marketing. Prerequisite Reading: We will be evaluating your Marketing leader’s performance based on your firm’s School of Marketing Thought.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 6, 2023

He had four jobs over seven years at Disney, including parking event sales, selling the Braves spring training, handling international wholesale, and being the Sales Director for the Disney Institute. Bailey is my former Disney colleague, and I can't wait for him to share his entrepreneurial journey!

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 6, 2023

He had four jobs over seven years at Disney, including parking event sales, selling the Braves spring training, handling international wholesale, and being the Sales Director for the Disney Institute. Bailey is my former Disney colleague, and I can't wait for him to share his entrepreneurial journey!

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Women in Consulting

MAY 19, 2017

Customer Success Manager Linda King pitched social selling using Sales Navigator. LinkedIn Product Marketer Ashika Balani received a few recommendations from the audience on how the new platform could better respond to bid requests.

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Kai Davis

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The most obvious content marketing seems to be more relevant to peers than clients…. When it comes to content marketing as a specialist expert (like you, dear reader) , the question-asker hits on a common challenge. What are the popular topics that get discussed at industry conferences and events? That’s not an affiliate link.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

Finding communities and strategic alliances is not the same as trying to partner up with other consultants to avoid the anguish of putting yourself out there alone in your marketing. If you're going to invest in personal development, invest in the skills and tools you may not have like marketing and sales.

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Consulting Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Is one of the first questions people ask, literally everywhere you go - networking events abound. I have been a business owner for 15 years, studied modern marketing, and working with hundreds of clients on their business development, brand building, and marketing. A pitch is about sales. What do you do?"

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 20, 2018

Growing portfolio companies must focus on their sales, messaging, and go-to-market. Craig Wortmann of Sales Engine consulting reveals the key to sell more: networking. Try studying the follow-up that companies have from trade shows and events. People may roll their eyes, but it’s true!

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

Therefore, you need to create marketing routines that consistently generate leads and future clients into your pipeline. Marketing has one job – to get qualified leads to know who you are and be interested in having a conversation with you. To attract the right people into your sales funnel, you have to know who they are.

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Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Validate the information it generates; recent events might not be up-to-date in its vast dataset. Outbound Marketing: Craft engaging content for newsletters, emails, brochures, and LinkedIn posts. For example, if you’re asking it to generate a sales letter, tell it to use a temperature control of 0.2, not creative) to 1.5

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2012

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Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2012

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Do you know how to design an effective sales kickoff? What would make your sales kickoff high performing? Unfortunately, not enough people know how to design an effective sales kickoff – one that you and your sales team find valuable and worth their time. Six Tips on How to Design an Effective Sales Kickoff.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2021

Frustrated by Disappointing Sales Training Results? If you are frustrated by the results of your business sales training investment, you are not alone. Lots of sales leaders feel the same way. Only 1-in-5 sales training participants change their on-the-job behavior or performance from standalone sales training.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 22, 2012

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LSA Global

AUGUST 28, 2019

Sales Training without Reinforcement Should Be Unacceptable. Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we know that sales training by itself – even if it is highly customized – only changes the on-the-job behavior and performance of 1-in-5 sales reps. Sales training reinforcement.

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Women in Consulting

MAY 17, 2016

There are many ways of marketing your consulting services. Likewise, before using the tactics of marketing, make sure you know where you are going before you plan how to get there. You might manage a marketing automation system, but you are helping your clients engage and move prospects through the sales funnel.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

What Investment Bankers Do There are several key roles within investment banking, including corporate finance, sales and trading, and research. Investment bankers work in a variety of roles, including corporate finance, sales and trading, and research, and may be involved in activities such as IPO’s, M&A, and market analysis.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

7 Ways to Ignite Ticket Sales!” One thing: Back in the early 2000s when I was working with folks like AmEx, YellowTail, and Coca-Cola, creating unique events was at the heart of what made me successful. What can you learn here and what does it teach you about your marketing and sales? Listen to the market.

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Women in Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2013

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Why are more and more buyers avoiding salespeople during the buying process?

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Sales can take place long before the actual sale happens : You can also lose a renewal or a sale before you even realize it. You achieve this with: Brand building Showing the impact on sales/relationships from having tickets. Is that what your market wants or needs? Join the ‘Talking Tickets’ Slack Channel.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Are You Targeting the Right Part of the Market? You can segment your market generically or specifically. Upper Left: Your segment is general, but your value is specific is “Mass Market”. Everyone uses detergent, toilet paper, or could be in the market for diapers at some point. Share Talking Tickets! What does it mean?

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Tsavo Neal

OCTOBER 14, 2019

You can send it to your prospects between sales calls or use it to nurture someone during the sales process. Here is Dan’s response to the impact content creation had on his business: “That article you wrote has generated over $500k in sales over the past year. Both of which are helpful. It’s just not as genuine and valuable.

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 29, 2024

Consultants conduct thorough assessments of startup business models, market opportunities, competitive landscapes, financial projections, and risk factors. Consultants evaluate investment opportunities, sector trends, and market dynamics to recommend strategic portfolio allocations, sector exposures, and investment diversification strategies.

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Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

What commonly then surfaces is not that they have a sales problem but a serious marketing problem. Actually a lack of an effective marketing plan is more like it. Question for you: What do you find to be an effective marketing plan? The post It’s Not a Sales Problem You Have But a Marketing Problem!

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 18, 2024

Statistics: E-commerce sales in the US reached $365.2 of total global retail sales by 2021 (Statista). Content marketing generates three times more leads than traditional marketing (Content Marketing Institute). Statistics: The virtual assistant market is expected to reach $13.4 billion in 2020 (U.S.

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1 to 1

APRIL 11, 2014

Far too long ago to mention, I listened attentively as my marketing professor elucidated the Four P''s of marketing. It was a different world then; smartphones and tablets weren''t en vogue, virtual events and Spreecasts didn''t exist, and Facebook and Twitter were rarely used for business. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Your mindset still has to be one of service and value for what you bring to the table vs. letting fear and need drive your marketing. Attend Networking Events.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Record number of small business sales in 2018! Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Two-thirds of companies with sales of $5,000,000 to $50,000,000 will change hands in the next 10 years (2011). Pretty small. Easy money.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 11, 2019

What Is a Sales Playbook? Like a playbook in sports that plans for the most frequent and most important in-game situations, a sales playbook is a unique collection of sales scenarios, strategies, plans, tactics, and tools to help a sales team consistently win when the stakes are high. Sales Strategy. Sales Culture.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2019

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir share their reactions to Apple’s big event announcing the launch of its new TV+ service. They then discuss whether corporate debt levels are reaching crisis potential. The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Your mindset still has to be one of service and value for what you bring to the table vs. letting fear and need drive your marketing. Attend Networking Events.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Marketing and Advertising Don’t Need to be Boring : We got talking about Dave’s POV as a marketer. If you are going to be successful in your marketing, you are going to want to stand for somethings and be willing to be against other things as well. This idea helps you have ideas at the ready. By having lots of ideas.

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Women in Consulting

JULY 3, 2012

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