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Hi Marc,

Not entirely, it's a more specialised sell and the client will help them
get up-to-speed. Some phone bashing definitely required, but there's a
limited pool of clients who need to be approached with a compelling
proposition.



Toodle Pip

Sam

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On 15 April 2014 04:41, Chris Kempt <chris at kempt.co.uk> wrote:

>  Hi Sam,
>
>  I think this might be a tricky one I'm afraid. Putting aside my
> reservations about these sales houses for a second the problem is that:
>
>  a) they're only really motivated by retainer work - ironic really.
> b) If they work for anyone they work for people who have a fairly broad
> offering. That way they can make as many calls as they like without too
> much fear of running out of prospects or cocking it up.
>
>  I ran into exactly this problem when I took on the BIMA awards a few
> years back and frankly my solution was to lean on relationships (mostly
> Justin Cook's) and cut the prices down to a level that they couldn't really
> argue with. That meant less hard work for us trying to rope them in and
> better value for the sponsors - a win all round I thought (we also
> increased profit significantly over the previous year).
>
>  So... I'd suggest getting them to look at the budget and see if they can
> be creative with it. Also - worth looking at the proposition and think
> about where the value is - for example, there might be more value in doing
> a 3 min introduction to a session than in a 50ft high logo.
>
>  Hope that helps.
>
>  Cheers
>
>  C
>
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>
>  On 8 Apr 2014, at 20:55, Sam Michel <sam at chinwag.com> wrote:
>
>   Hiya all...
>
>  Looking for recommendations for sales/new business agencies. We're doing
> some research for a client who is looking for someone to handle sponsorship
> sales on their B2B conference.
>
>  Found a couple of companies, but seems to be slim pickings. Any pointers
> would be ace, even if they're not handling events, any B2B experience would
> be handy. Happy to look at freelancers, too.
>
>  Thanks in advance.
>
> Toodle Pip
>
> Sam
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