The Professional's Guide to Business Development: How to Win Business in the Professional Services

The Professional's Guide to Business Development: How to Win Business in the Professional Services

by StephenNewton (Author)

Synopsis

When buying professional services, most clients will assume that you are competent in your field. They are therefore not hiring you primarily on the basis of your expertise, but on factors such as price and whether they want to do business with you. To minimize the issue of cost, you need to ensure that the benefits of working with you are clear to your customers. You need to move from transactional relationships towards partnership ones, and you need to identify the right prospects in the first place. The ability to ascertain, quickly and accurately, what drives your customer's decisions and to respond to their needs is critical in differentiating you from your competitors. If you can do these things well, you will win more business from both new and existing clients. This book gives you a repeatable and scalable methodology to achieve this.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 200
Edition: 1
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 03 Dec 2012

ISBN 10: 0749466537
ISBN 13: 9780749466534
Book Overview: In professional services, your technical expertise is a given. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, you need to engage with your clients in a meaningful way and have a new strategy for business development. This book shows you how.

Media Reviews
You won't find a more thorough approach to developing business than this. ... Distills a very thorough planning and research process into tactics and practical steps and is solidly built upon Stephen's own personal experience and considerable success. Verity Lewis, Business Coach & HR Consultant Read this. It will revolutionize your professional career. You'll sell more, higher priced services to clients who have a greater trust in you... and your peers won't have a clue how you do it. -- Paul Green, Managing Director of Growth UK, a specialist marketing and business growth consultancy
Author Bio
Stephen Newton works as a business coach and consultant through his business, DLO Associates. He enables clients to implement effective strategy and enhance bottom-line results. Stephen focuses on leadership development, operational management, and communication. Stephen began his career as an Army officer, following which he worked for over 20 years in the fund management industry, including posts as Sales Director for Mercury Fund Managers, Operations Director for Mercury Asset Management and Operations Director at Schroder Investment Management (UK).