by Stu_Pringle | Sep 16, 2021 | Business Development, Events
It’s September 2021 and events are coming back at pace. All across the usual places, there’s post after post of people excited to get back to the world of face to face IRL conferences. While things are not quite back to normal, it is great to see. Long may it...
by Stu_Pringle | Jul 7, 2021 | Business Development
A few years ago, I said no to £100k, switched off the laptop and went home. It was a conscious decision. I was a commercial manager in a B2B agency, we were behind on target, any commission that quarter was looking unlikely and I’d taken it upon myself to say no to a...
by Stu_Pringle | May 19, 2021 | Business Development
A couple of weeks ago I was chatting with a tech founder and we got onto the subject of the plans for a product launch. And at that moment, this little gem tumbled out: “Oh but that’s the sore point, we don’t have anything to send. For sure, we have clients, we...
by Stu_Pringle | Mar 24, 2021 | Business Development
Still relying on slides in 2021? It’s possible to win at the sell on with video. Picture the scene. The New Business push has gone well, the discovery questions have unearthed a need and the demo went like a dream. What comes next? “That’s been great, can...
by Stu_Pringle | Dec 8, 2020 | Business Development, Technology
Welcome to the third instalment in this mini three part series So far in part 1, the discussion focused on people with a customer first approach and in part 2, it was all about the kinds of processes that can help a budding new sales leader. Part 3, yep you’ve guessed...
by Stu_Pringle | Dec 1, 2020 | Business Development, Strategy, team work
Assemble the A-Team Last week in part 1, the focus was on high level strategy, the thinking before the doing. Part 2 here is all about getting stuck in and creating the setup for success Let’s get practical What if you are the newly promoted sales manager, the...