Early stage
businesses
Double your sales effectiveness
Sales & marketing for start ups
As an early stage business you have probably fought your way through from an initial bright
idea and are nearing a marketable product. The pressure is on to generate revenue and secure
your financial position.
Help with developing a compelling market proposition
You may have been advised to get a marketing specialist to help position your product and
launch it. A good consultant will at times seem like your enemy? Playing devil's advocate
denying that your brilliant idea is obvious. Perhaps suggesting that your product is incomplete.
Worrying about the semantics of the exact way you describe things. Insisting on understanding
the culture and habits of the customer. Questioning how many customers there really are. Just
as you have tested your product you need to test your sales arguments. Obsessing about
customers and their requirements pays? Think Apple!
Help improving sales performance
Hardly anyone makes the perfect sales call. Let's assume most of us are 60-70% effective. If we
can raise this by 10% at each stage over a five stage campaign we end up about twice as
effective. Getting the message correct is incredibly important, delivering the message
consistently can be even more important? you are going to do this tens, hundreds perhaps even
thousands of times.
How we work
We offer a flexible service in terms of time
and style depending on each of our client’s
requirements. Some want occasional advice
or perhaps a sounding board for their ideas.
Others need a specific job done or a more
directive approach.
Coaching & mentoring
Setting up and running a business can be
lonely. A business coach can help keep you
on track and support you as you grapple with
the different options and priorities facing a
young business. An independent objective
view can help expose new opportunities and
avoid costly mistakes.
Consultancy
If you need help with more specific tasks we
are able to offer consultancy in a number of
sales and marketing disciplines.
Interim management
Whether on a part- or full-time basis we are
able to supply directly or via our network
senior managers able to work as sales or
marketing directors.
Grants and financial support
Some of these services are eligible for
substantial grants and government support.