A smart approach to business development
What we do
Before a solution, there is a diagnosis
There is no point just charging off and chasing any and every lead out there.
Your time is precious, your resources are finite. Let’s not waste either. We can help you focus on what matters.
The route to success is through developing an understanding of your ideal client segment, their sector, the size of their business and what are the challenges they are seeking to overcome.
As sales people, our role is to teach and tailor the conversation. Show the buyer you are clearly the best option.
Make the Break is here to help. We have five principal services set out below. As a stand alone, each service can bring expertise to a recognised weakness.
Taken as a whole, the Make the Break offering can provide you with
a complete outsourced Business Development service.
If you are not sure what you need or what combination is right for your business then the best place to start is to have a conversation with the team.
Educate the buyer
Making Business Development work
Getting started
Business Development Health Check
A straight forward route to start working with Make the Break is by taking a Business Development Health Check.
Our health check is a fixed package which will shine in torch around the inside of your sales and marketing set up.
We will identify frictions, highlight what support would help and make recommendations on where we believe you should prioritise actions.
The full Service
What’s in the toolbox?
Training
Got a team who are relatively new to sales? Or technical people who have also ‘to do their own BD?’ It can feel scary. It doesn’t need to. We offer sessions to give your team the basic tools and techniques that work. We made the mistakes early in our careers and now you don’t have to!
Strategy
Got a product or service but don’t have a plan? Calling everyone and anyone isn’t really viable (and frankly soul destroying). Having a strategy is crucial to the success of your new business efforts. We work with you to create a go-to-market plan, hold you to account and help you keep focus.
Optimisation
What is happening to your team’s leads? What are the metrics that matter? Is the CRM being used properly? Why are sales not happening? If you are asking yourself any of these, it’s very likely revenue is wandering out the door. Let’s pinpoint the gaps and recommend where to take action.
Coaching
Life as a remote sales person and/or the sole country representative can be a lonely one. It’s easy to let the momentum drop. Between us, we have years of experience at the coalface of B2B new business. Monthly 1-2-1 coaching sessions to help guide the way from good to outstanding.
Sales Director
This is all about the doing. We can give your business the hands-on commercial efforts needed to fill your pipeline. We can work together, agree what good looks like from filling your diary with meetings or booking demos to getting new customers over the line and signed up.
HOW IT STARTED
Founded by Stu Pringle
Why work with Stu?
I’ve spent 15 years at the sharp end of new business development. My experience covers sales, account development, marketing and managing commercial teams.
The majority of my time has been with SME tech businesses working across channels, figuring out what works and what doesn’t. I’ve delivered pitches that won large multi-year contracts, I’ve put in programmes to reduce churn, I’ve led teams into high performance.
I know my CRM from my ABM and my MA from GA.
I believe sales is simple. It’s about speaking with people you can help and explaining how you can make their lives easier. The trick is doing this in a credible way to make your brand the obvious choice. Do this, and you’ll make your break and be ahead of the pack.
Stories
Stu’s thoughts
Running a sales pipeline meeting. Do it right and it’s a super powerful tool
The sales pipeline meeting The humble sales pipeline meeting can be the source of one of the most simple but effective BD upgrades. Put simply, done well the sales pipeline meeting keeps the machine going and ensures no opportunities are left wanting. Done badly, it...
ABC in Sales. Always be collaborating.
Finding the awkward bits in sales In recent weeks, I’ve been working with clients who have been getting into the weeds on their sales process. They are doing the right things. They are holding themselves accountable and recording where potential deals are stalling and...
Hitting the marketing bullseye
Marketing campaign planning Let’s assume the ground work has already been done. We already know the following: Who the customer is What the business goals are What good looks like in 12 months from now How we want to be positioned The kind of messaging that will have...
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