(Previously The Client Catching Podcast) The B2B Growth Think Tank is hosted by Adam King "The Captain" of London based Growth Consultancy Think Like a Fish. The mission of the podcast is pretty simple.. To uncover answers to the BIG QUESTION every B2B business leader needs to ask… “With so many things needing improvement in my business, where should I focus my efforts to get maximum growth in the shortest possible time?” No hype. No false promises. Just real strategies that work! Join Adam ...
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How To Maximise Your Business Value With Financial Projections
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As cash flow and profit always win the day, it’s vital to measure and track your numbers, finances and KPI’s, not only be able to accurately project your growth accurately, but by doing so you’ll uncover hidden opportunities that - with a small shift - could give you a radical boost to your sales and profitability. Which is why you're gonna get a t…
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How Can We Reduce The Time It Takes To Hire A Players?
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“We’re having a big challenge around hiring at the moment. For each position we probably receive 300+ applications. Between reviewing CVs, cover letters, projects, phone interviews, and in-person / video interviews, we probably spend upwards of 40 hours finding each hire. We have started using a recruiter, which has cut the time that we spend to ab…
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Steal the Secret Recipe For Successful Direct Response Copywriting
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Joining me today to talk business growth is Csaba Borzasi. Csaba is a master of the timeless fundamentals of the “ultimate persuasive skill”: direct response copywriting. He’s a former psychology researcher who has combined this skill set with copywriting in a pretty cool and unique way, breaking down 100 proven sales letters in 100 days to uncover…
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How Do I Make My Message Crystal Clear To A Potential Client And Make It Stick?
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“Challenge: making my message crystal clear to a potential client, and making it stick. I don’t want to feel like I'm pissing people off with my message. How to do so in a way that adds value, gets interest and doesn't feel slimy? This is today’s listener question that Adam King and his guest Csaba Borzasi brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on …
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Types of Strategic Alliance Agreements and Contracts That Maximise Profit And Avoids Rip Offs
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In the final part of my series on Strategic Alliances, I'm sharing types of strategic alliance agreements and contracts that maximise profit and avoids rip offs. Not every Strategic Alliance requires a formal contract or agreement, especially things like co-marketing, podcast appearances or other forms of exposure. But when there's money, resources…
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10 Surprisingly Powerful Ways to Build Your Business through Strategic Alliances
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In part 9 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I'm going to show you I’m going to show you 10 examples of ways that you can use Strategic Alliances in your business that you may never have considered. A few of those ways are... Advisors for your Board to help you grow Raise money to help you grow and scale Invest in others to help them grow an…
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10 Simple Ideas For Using Strategic Alliances For Maximum Exposure, Building Authority & Winning New Business
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In part 8 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I'm going to show you 10 examples of ways that you can use Strategic Alliances in your business that you may never have considered to get more exposure, build your authority and win new business that you may never have considered. Here's just a few of them... Podcasts for you to be a guest on Cont…
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How To Generate Leads & Clients With Strategic Alliances
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In part 7 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I'm going into more detail about how to use them to generate leads, without spending a penny! I’m going to show you no less than 10 different ways that you can use Strategic Alliances to generate leads and clients for your business that you may never have considered. Here's just a few of them... C…
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Why Most Strategic Alliances Are Doomed From The Start (And What To Do Instead)
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In part 6 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I'm going to show you how to avoid the mistakes most make when setting up Strategic Alliances and at the end show you a bunch of examples of how to avoid them. Because the truth is most potential strategic partnerships are doomed from the start. I don’t mean to be negative, but it’s true. Just thi…
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How To Find Your Perfect Strategic Alliance Partners
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In part 5 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I'm going to show you a simple way to make a list of your perfect Strategic Alliance partners, and give you a few real life examples at the end to help you visualise doing this for yourself. The first step is to define the types of partners you would like to have in your “crew”. You’re going to wa…
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The 8 Most Popular Types of Strategic Alliances For Small, Medium and Large Businesses
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In part 3 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I'm talking about some of the most popular and profitable types of Strategic Alliances that you could use in your business. Seriously, this will open your mind to the possibilities around strategic alliances you've probably never thought, with some practical examples of them in action. By the end …
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The REAL Power of Strategic Alliances For Any Business With Ambitions For Growth
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In part 3 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I’m going to show you how Strategic Alliances can boost your client generation and profits very quickly. But first, what I’d like to really encourage you to do from now on, is to really think about the concept of access as an asset. In the case of Strategic Alliances, you’re getting access to othe…
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14 Reasons Why You Should Use Strategic Alliances
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In part 2 of my mini series on Strategic Alliances, I cover some of the major benefits of Strategic Alliances, so that by the end you’ll know 14 reasons why you should use strategic alliances for B2B business growth. Seriously, this will open your mind to all the possibilities around strategic alliances you've probably never thought. By the end you…
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What Is A Strategic Alliance? (And Why They Outperform Every Other B2B Growth Strategy)
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This is the first part of my series on Strategic Alliances, and why they can literally transform your business. Strategic Alliances are so effective because one of the most reliable ways to grow your business is... To get other people to help grow it for you! Why would other people want to help you to grow your business you may ask? It’s quite simp…
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Jose Palomino: Maximise Hidden Opportunities For Explosive Revenue Growth
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Jose Palomino. Jose is an expert at identifying the multiple areas in a business that are constraining revenue , and the multiple points which can be leveraged to maximise hidden opportunities for growth. He’s the Host of The Revenue Throughput …
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Have you ever thought about what would happen if you couldn’t go to work for a week, or a month, or even two months? How would you deal with it? Would things be able to continue without you, or would things grind to a halt? I've only ever really considered this question as a "thought exercise"... Until it actually happened to me in July when I was …
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Simon Severino: How To Double Your Revenue In 90 Days, Guaranteed
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Simon Severino. Simon has a pretty impressive skill set that he uses to help business owners in SaaS and services to double their revenue in just 90 days. In fact, he not only helps, he GUARANTEES it! He’s the CEO and founder of Strategy Sprints…
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How Do You Create Scalable Services That Clients Pay A Premium For and Gets Them Results
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“My challenge is that as a digital agency, we have a menu of things we can do for clients, and this means that everything we do is customised to each client. This makes both the sales cycle and delivery of services longer and unpredictable. It also means that we are often price compared against other agencies, resource heavy and our margins are tig…
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Stefan Smulders: How LinkedIn Rules Have Changed & Next Level Strategies To Explode Your Sales Pipeline
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Stefan Smulders, founder of Expandi.io. Now Stefan is someone who I know is going to blow your mind a little by sharing some of his most powerful, practical and ready to use strategies to improve your LinkedIn game. Using these strategies he’s h…
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Should I Go Direct To Market Or Develop Channel Partners?
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“I’ve developed a SaaS software that helps businesses generate more social proof by automating the way they capture, generate and publish customer success stories / case studies using an AI powered “Virtual Agent” to interview customers. It then creates multiple sales, marketing and content assets that they can use throughout the entire buyer's jou…
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Roland Vanbuchin: More C-Level Meetings with Video Prospecting
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Roland Vanbuchin. Roland is a disruptor, serial Entrepreneur and Author of the Dream Selling Business. He’s executed go-to market strategies, digital selling and sales enablement activities for Fortune 100 companies like Dropbox Business, BMC So…
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How Do I Find Qualified Leads For My Service?
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“Our biggest growth challenge is consistently finding the right podcasters for our service. It's tough to narrow down a prospect list to separate the hobby podcasters from those using it as a lead gen channel and investing in the resources to produce a professional quality show. It's more difficult to find qualified leads vs say a B2B professional …
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Martin Lucas: Decoding The Brain Mechanics Of Decision Making
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Martin Lucas. Martin excels in making the complex simple. And I mean REALLY complex, as he has decoded the brain mechanics, (the science, psychology and mathematics), of decision-making. He spent four years of research and development to figure …
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How Do I Generate Leads And Sales With Online Advertising?
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“We’ve decided to start running some paid ads, probably mostly Facebook to start with, but it’s pretty overwhelming trying to figure it all out. It’s just as overwhelming knowing who’s actually good at doing this. I don’t know if I should have a staff member learn and pay for their training, or pay an agency. What would you advise?” This is today's…
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Araks Nalbandyan. Araks has a pretty impressive background in “growth hacking”, and is the Director of Digital Marketing at 10Web which helps freelance developers and web/marketing agencies cut costs and increase revenue, find and manage more cl…
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How Do I Generate More Referrals Specific To My Target Vertical?
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"How Do I Generate More Referrals Specific To My Target Vertical?" This is today's listener question Adam King and his guest Araks Nalbandyan brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank.By Adam King
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Mark Schaefer: Build Unstoppable Momentum For Your Business
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Joining me today to talk business growth, and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hot Seat, is none other than Mark Schaefer. Mark is a globally recognised author, speaker, podcaster, and business consultant whose work sits at the intersection of marketing, technology, and humanity. And when I say globally recognised, I REALLY mean it……
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How Do I Generate Leads and Clients From My Content?
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"How Do I Generate Leads and Clients From My Content?" This is today's listener question Adam King and his guest Mark Schaefer brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank. Grab Your Free Revenue Multiplier Calculator Connect with Mark on LinkedIn Mark Schaefer’s website The acclaimed marketing …
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Zafer Karaca. Like many of us, Zafer had a very negative view of salespeople. He was an engineer by trade. But then something happened... He became a salesman. That was 10+ years ago, and since then he has been very successful in several sales p…
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How Do I Successfully Manage My Team Remotely?
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"How Do I Successfully Manage My Team Remotely?" This is today's listener question Adam King and his guest Zafer Karaca brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank. Grab Your Free Revenue Multiplier Calculator The Growth Accelerator Implementation Programme Connect with Zafer on LinkedIn Visit …
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Colin Shaw: Why Customer Experience Is The Ultimate Growth Strategy
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Colin Shaw. Colin is one of the original pioneers of the concepts of “Customer Experience”, having written no less than 7 books on the subject. Not only that, but he has been recognized by LinkedIn as one of the ‘World's Top 150 Business Influen…
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How Do I Shift From A Service Model To A Consulting Model?
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How Do I Shift From A Service Model To A Consulting Model? This is today's listener question Adam King and his guest Colin Shaw brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank.By Adam King
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Marcus Cauchi: Making Sales a Force For Good
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Marcus Cauchi. Marcus has worked in over 500 segments of the market across 23 vertical markets helping his clients generate over £6.5bn in additional sales. Yes, you read that right, I said BILLION with a B! With over 30 years experience in sale…
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How Do I Help Our Sales People Sell To Prospective Clients So They Don’t Sound Desperate (Even Though We Are)?
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How do I help our sales people sell to prospective clients so they don’t sound desperate? This is today's listener question Adam King and his guest Marcus Cauchi brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank. Grab Your Free Revenue Multiplier Calculator The Growth Accelerator Implementation Progr…
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Jim Karrh: Grow Your Business By Managing Your Message
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Jim Karrh. Jim has an expertise in helping businesses break through the noise and grow through more effective and consistent customer conversations. This is something I 100% see as a huge challenge, as too many professionals today are missing ou…
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How Do I Effectively Differentiate My Business In A Very Crowded Market?
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How Do I Effectively Differentiate My Business In A Very Crowded Market? This is today's listener question my guest Jim Karrh and I brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank Grab Your Free Revenue Multiplier CalculatorBy Adam King
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Running a business is no walk in the park. It’s a dream for many, and when you finally take the plunge you face all manner of new challenges everyday. There’s plenty out there about these kinds of things. Yet there aren’t many people talking about the other “dark side” (Star Wars nerd…) of running a business… actually having success and achieving t…
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How Do I Come Up With Content Ideas, Publish Consistently and Choose the Right Channels?
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How Do I Come Up With Content Ideas, Publish Consistently and Choose the Right Channels? This is today's listener question my guest Byron Morrison and I brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank Grab Your Free Revenue Multiplier CalculatorBy Adam King
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Doug C Brown: Lessons From Generating Over $500 Million In Sales Revenue
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Joining me today to talk business growth and help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is someone with a pretty incredible track record. Doug C. Brown has created over 35 companies and generated over $500 million in sales. His last client made $3 million in 5 weeks, and his most outstanding professional achievement is increasing a co…
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How Do I Hire My First Sales Person To Take Us To The Next Level?
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How Do I Hire My First Sales Person To Take Us To The Next Level? This is today's listener question my guest Doug C. Brown and I brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think Tank Grab Your Free Revenue Multiplier CalculatorBy Adam King
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3 Business Growth Challenges SOLVED with Matt Johnson, Dean Soto & Byron Morrison
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This is the recording of a LIVE Virtual Hotseat panel where my 3 expert guests and I help out 3 other business leaders by brainstorming actionable ideas for solving real current challenges, or helping them to maximise an opportunity in front of them! During this 1 hour livestream we covered: I’m The Bottleneck - How Do I Fix This? Ideas For Moving …
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Bill Prater: Foundational Principles Of Dynamic And Continuous Business Growth
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Joining me today to help out a fellow business leader on The Virtual Hotseat is Bill Prater. Since 1999, Bill has helped Business Owners and Entrepreneurs in more than 50 different industries achieve real, measurable results using his unique approaches to grow revenue, increase cash flow and magnify business value. In this time he’s earned his repu…
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How Can We Recover From Losing Our Biggest Client?
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How can we recover from losing our biggest client? This is today's listener question my guest Bill Prater and I brainstorm and mastermind solutions to on The Virtual Hotseat section of The B2B Growth Think TankBy Adam King
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Matthew Kimberley: Book Yourself Solid By Licensing Your Intellectual Property
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If you're even slightly uncomfortable with the idea of networking, marketing, or selling, then you’re gonna love this episode. Especially if you also love the idea of being able to Book Yourself Solid with clients! And you’re going to love it even more if like many service professionals, you understand both the importance and power of combining col…
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#Virtual Hotseat: How Do I Add A New Revenue Stream To My Business?
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How Do I Add A New Revenue Stream To My Business? This is the question sent in by a listener that my guest Matthew Kimberley and I answer and brainstorm ideas on today's Virtual Hotseat. Mentioned On This Episode The Growth Accelerator Implementation Programme Join The B2B Growth Think Tank Community Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn Visit BookYours…
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Dan Netting: The RIGHT Way To package and Sell Your Expertise
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2020 changed the way most “traditional” businesses that mainly operate offline work, and many struggled to adapt to a virtual world. But that struggle needn't be quite as hard, as so much of the value people like this have is locked up in their expertise, skills and ability to get their clients results. They just need a different way of delivering …
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#Virtual Hotseat: How Do I Build My Influence With Video Content?
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How Do I Build My Influence With Video Content? This is the question my guest Dan Netting and I answer and brainstorm ideas on to help out a listener on today's Virtual Hotseat. Mentioned On This Episode The Growth Accelerator Implementation Programme Join The B2B Growth Think Tank Community Connect with Dan on LinkedIn Get Dan’s FREE Guide: 5 Step…
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Alistair McBride: Negotiation Skills To Uncover Hidden Value In Every Deal
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Negotiation is something we all have to both accept, and get better at. If you’re like most people, when you think about negotiation, you picture people talking to “the other side.” Whether you’re pitching to a client, negotiating a contract, or arguing over how much chocolate pudding is enough at dinner time, negotiators are people trying to persu…
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#Virtual Hotseat: How Do I Get Clients Now That Events, Exhibitions And Meetups Are Out Of The Question?
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How do i get clients now that events, exhibitions and meetups are out of the question? This is the question my guest Alistair McBride and I answer to help out another business leader on The Virtual Hotseat section of this episode of The B2B Growth Think Tank. Resources The Growth Accelerator Implementation Programme Join The B2B Growth Think Tank C…
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Virtual Hotseat: Should I Create A 5 year Plan Or Focus On Short Term Goals?
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Should I create a 5 year plan or focus on short term goals? This is the question my guest Dr Roxie Mooney and I answer to help out another business leader on The Virtual Hotseat. Mentioned On This Episode The Growth Accelerator Implementation Programme Join The B2B Growth Think Tank Community Connect with Dr Roxie on LinkedIn Visit LegacyDNA Websit…
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