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CONSULTING FIRM: LEAD GENERATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Industry:

Consulting

Client:

A top five international consulting firm focused on helping clients to build sustainable competitive advantage through their organizations, leadership teams, and people.

Challenge:

The client needed:

  • More qualified, worthwhile leads with c-level and VP level prospects

  • Consistent flow of qualified leads entering the pipeline

  • Increased conversion of leads to new business

  • Messaging that clearly articulated services and offerings with explicit value to the client
Intervention:

Wellesley Hills Group engaged a detailed analysis of the firm's value proposition. Our consultants delivered specific recommendations to improve upon the impact of the value proposition in a cold call environment and implemented a phone-based lead generation program. Specifically, Wellesley Hills Group:

  • Changed the client:
    • Practice area value proposition and messaging
    • Lead generation process and tactics
    • Initial new business development meeting process and discussion topics

  • Built a sales and marketing tracking system

  • Implemented a lead nurturing system

  • Trained and coached firm leaders on business development

  • Implemented Services in DemandSM Lead Generation plan
Results:

Implementation of recommendations and Services in DemandSM resulted in:

  • 15 meetings with financial executives of Fortune 500 companies

  • 24 additional leaders who were interested in the consultancy's services and were potential for meetings in the future

  • 5 second, more in-depth conversations from the 15 initial meetings