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The Client Success Story: Unleashing the Power of Client-Centric Narratives

Ditch the boring slide decks and long-winded monologues about yourself. Create and tell a memorable client success story with your client as the hero. The Power of Storytelling in Sales… Read More

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Checking In, Ghosting, and The Magic Email

Your business development “checking in” isn’t good BD. It’s BS. And then you get ghosted. Maybe, just maybe, The Magic Email can get things back on track. In the world… Read More

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Good and Bad Buying… Good and Bad Selling

Bad buying and selling can seem like a boxing match. Good buying and selling is a dance—with a rhythm, graceful footwork, and a dip at the end to raucous applause.… Read More

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Breaking BizDev podcast

Sales and marketing are both critical parts of a successful professional services firm. So why do so many firms lump them both together? Twice each month, Mark Wainwright and John… Read More

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The Statement of Understanding

Before anyone is ready to trust you, and before any buyer is willing to spend their hard-earned money on you, they need to know that you really understand them. This… Read More

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Podcast: Re-Thinking your Sales and Marketing Pipeline

Matthew Winklestine and Mark dive into the future of marketing across the AEC and professional services market. Read More

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The Importance of Understanding

In sales conversations, experts in professional services firms let their expertise get in the way of true understanding. This leads to miscommunication, assumption, and the inability to uncover the client’s… Read More

In sales and in fishing, the highest level of mastery is teaching others
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Six Sales Competencies for Professionals

In professional services firms, most experts are only focused on improving skills in their craft. If they want to win new work and grow their firms, it’s important to understand… Read More

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Just Start Moving

Your newly minted annual plan has some big goals. You should start moving. Read More

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Podcast: Building a Sales Force

Finding the missing sales function at your professional services firm will help you sell with confidence. Read More

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