Practice leads as sellers
Practice leads are the most credible sellers in a services firm. How to get them selling without burning out delivery or the people doing it.
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Getting partners to sell
Partners hold the relationships in a services firm, yet they rarely sell. Why they hold back and how to make selling fit their week.
3 min readUtilization pressure and the sales calendar
Services firms sell hardest when the bench is full and stop when it empties. Why utilization pressure wrecks the sales calendar and how to fix it.
3 min readPricing conversations start in Stage 1
Services firms lose margin at the proposal, but the damage starts earlier. The problem you name in the first conversation sets the price you can charge.
3 min readWhy your website loses the first meeting
A senior buyer checks your website before saying yes to a first meeting. Here's why most services firm sites lose that moment, and what to change.
3 min readThought leadership without the ego
Thought leadership for services firms works when it helps a buyer think through their problem, not when it tells them how smart your partners are.
3 min readContent that sells services
Content sells services when a champion can forward it to their boss and it makes their case. Here's what to write, who it's for and what to skip.
3 min readWhen to hire marketing in a services firm
A services firm should hire marketing once sellers have a working motion to support. Here's how to tell when you're ready and who to hire first.
3 min readSales and marketing in a 50-person firm
A 50-person services firm needs one revenue plan, a narrow target list and marketing that feeds named accounts. Here's how to set up sales and marketing.
3 min readWhat a fractional CRO should fix first
A fractional CRO should fix who the firm sells to and why before touching process or tools. Here's the order of operations for the first months.
3 min readThe weekly pipeline meeting for small firms
A small services firm needs a thirty-minute weekly pipeline meeting built around accounts and next moves, not a forecast ritual. Here's how to run it.
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