The downturn is real and may be affecting your business.  Your time is precious, so today we launch a mini-series about how to improve your new business development. What’s in the series? 8 steps you can do today for improved lead generation 5 ways to focus on your targets 2 improvements for a compelling offer [...]








Paul and Tom over at creativebrief have kindly listed me as an "associate" on their page of great folk who work in and around business development for agencies. Here's the Associates Page P.S. what do you think of me describing myself as a "not a gofer"….








A case study showing how to find new prospects for your service using social media. Here's a nice example of Twitter working for me. I wrote a blog post about creative agencies not using marketing tools for their own marketing I put it up on Twitter It was picked up by people who read my [...]








Image via Wikipedia I have a regular Google alert search set up for myself and my clients for key words (my name and key brands).  This chucks a weekly email to me with a summary of metnions.   Today I read this one from a link in Samepoint.com  In a search for my surname it [...]








The offer.  What a bundle of aspiration-clashed-with-reality is contained in that one phrase. But making a clear and attractive offer is even more important now that you have less time and more to achieve. As before, I'm using my own recent work as an example for this post.  When I approach a new organisation, I [...]








Mark Ritson writing in Marketing Magazine (3 September 08) showcased the tie-up between Penguin Books and Match.com in a co-branding deal. Coincidently this week I am working on a client who has a paid-for newsletter for a niche audience.  They approached me asking for ways to increase subscription and advertising revenues. My answer, in part, [...]








Just had a good chat with Andrew about hiring new biz people.  The gist was that most businesses get to a size when the MD can no longer do all the biz dev work alone.  What do you do next? Options include: train up a graduate hire an experienced person with 3/4 years in the [...]








Which social media tools are appropriate (and easy) for newcomers? I had a very interesting session working remotely (backstory on remote consulting) with Prosper Consulting and Simon Ibson, the MD. He is quite new to social media as a business development tool and we discussed the places that I use to promote my blog as [...]








I did a coaching session for Geraldine Grey – who is changing career direction and retraining as a real estate agent. She has kindly allowed me to write up the key biz dev tools that I recommended to her Create a strong "Brand You".  For her, this is to be 'the English Realtor' [yes she'd [...]