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Tracking Your Business
Development Efforts
November 18, 2016
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts Expand Your Business Development Reach
Leslie Norman
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
I. Sales vs. business development
II. Maintaining tracking method
III. Attacking a conference
IV. Expanding your business development plan
Today’s Agenda
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Sales vs. Business Development
“Simply stated, the function of sales is to sell
directly to the end customer. The function of
business development is to work through partners
to sell to the end customer, in a scalable way.”
Andrew Dumont
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
What is Business Development?
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
I. Clients
II. Prospects
III. Referral sources
IV. Former clients
V. Former colleagues
VI. Classmates
VII.Board members
VIII.Conference attendees
Who Are Your Partners?
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
I. Create a spreadsheet and add 3 to 5 names a week
Start Small
Contact Objective Activity Activity Date Follow-Up Activity
John Smith,
Boeing
Obtain Litigation
Work
Intro lunch 10/24/16 Handwritten note
David Rope,
Wells Fargo
Referral source Happy-hour 10/14/16 Email follow-up
Lou Kite,
Koch
Qualify Phone call/email 10/10/16 Phone Call
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Continuously Update
Contact Objective Activity Activity Date Follow-Up Activity
John Smith,
Boeing
Obtain Litigation
Work
Intro lunch 10/24/16 Handwritten note
David Rope,
Wells Fargo
Referral source Happy-hour 10/14/16 Email follow-up
Lou Kite,
Koch
Qualify Phone
call/email
10/10/16 Phone Call
Contact Objective Activity Activity Date Follow-Up Activity
John Smith,
Boeing
Obtain Litigation
Work
Intro lunch 10/24/16 Handwritten note
11/7/16 Introduce GR
team and exp.
Schedule meeting
with Jeff Brooks
Call to schedule Send firm profile
David Rope,
Wells Fargo
Referral source Happy-hour 10/26/16 Email follow-up
11/1/16 Invite to firm
tailgate
11/12/16 Monthly contact list
Lou Kite,
Koch
Qualify Phone conference 10/28/16 Phone Call
11/4/16 Possible M&A
opportunity
Email 11/1/16 Chat w/ David
Johnson – and Jeff
Manning
Will Beach,
The Beach Company
Met at ACG NOLA
– Timber
opportunities
Call to follow up 11/8/16 Email Timber
brochure
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Why Update?
I. Plan your next steps
II. Stay organized
III. Ask for advice
IV. Cross-selling opportunities
Accountability
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Plan Your Opportunities
I. Plan week-to-week
II. Be proactive with each opportunity
III. Follow-up, follow-up, follow-up
IV. Ask for help
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Attacking a Conference
Pre-Conference:
1. Obtain and review the attendee list
2. Research
3. Schedule meetings at the conference
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Attacking a Conference
At the Conference:
1. Seek out your targets
2. Ask questions
3. Save your target’s contact information
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Attacking a Conference
Post - Conference:
1. Update your business development list
2. Ask for assistance
3. Follow-up
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Attacking a Conference
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Attacking a Conference
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Expanding Your BD Plan
Contact Objective Activity Activity Date Follow-Up Activity
John Smith,
Boeing
Obtain Litigation
Work
Intro lunch 10/24/16 Handwritten note
11/7/16 Introduce GR
team and exp.
Schedule meeting
with Jeff Brooks
Call to schedule Send firm profile
David Rope,
Wells Fargo
Referral source Happy-hour 10/26/16 Email follow-up
11/1/16 Invite to firm
tailgate
11/12/16 Monthly contact list
Lou Kite,
Koch
Qualify Phone conference 10/28/16 Phone Call
11/4/16 Possible M&A
opportunity
Email 11/1/16 Chat w/ David
Johnson – and Jeff
Manning
Will Beach,
The Beach Company
Met at ACG NOLA
– Timber
opportunities
Call to follow up 11/8/16 Email Timber
brochure
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Visibility is Credibility
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts
Jeff Manning
872116
@JeffJManning
LinkedIn.com/in/JeffManning
Jeff.Manning@arlaw.com
TrackingYourBusinessDevelopmentEfforts Expand Your Business Development Reach
Leslie Norman

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Editor's Notes

  1. Slide 2 Please be sure to sign up for the last webinar in this series entitled, “Selling to Win: The Sales Process for Business Development.” Will take place on November 30 at 2:00 pm central Presented by Leslie Norman, the very talented BDM in our Nashville office
  2. Slide 2 Please be sure to sign up for the last webinar in this series entitled, “Selling to Win: The Sales Process for Business Development.” Will take place on November 30 at 2:00 pm central Presented by Leslie Norman, the very talented BDM in our Nashville office