Professional services firm
Illustrative scenarioMoving beyond referrals alone
A consultancy wins most of its work through referrals. Partners know the right clients when they see them, but there is no defined target list, and new business slows whenever referrals do.
An example approach
- 1.Turn the partners' instinct into a written ideal-customer profile
- 2.Build a researched list of target accounts against those criteria
- 3.Design a low-volume, partner-approved outreach sequence
- 4.Track every conversation in the CRM from first contact
What would be measured
Measures would be agreed before work starts. No results are implied.
- Accounts researched against criteria
- Conversations started
- Time from first contact to proposal