This session is for those who want gain new clients and potential investors by learning more about networking, writing sales proposals and delivering knock-out pitches.  In summary, understand the ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ to converting contacts into clients and turning your initial connection into a profitable venture.  This series is open to creative or digital small and medium businesses (SMEs) based in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire.  Check if your firm is eligible here.

What’s included?

In this workshop, you will:

• build skills and approaches for effective selling – including developing and using high-gain questions.
• learn how to write strong sales proposals and deliver effective pitches.
• get strategies for managing objections.
• find out about closing techniques and advancing clients along the sales process.

Expert speaker

The facilitator for this event is the Oakridge Centre’s Adam Robertson.  Adam has extensive experience in sales and marketing management, sales coaching, and the bid process.  Furthermore, Adam understands the needs of small and medium sized enterprises.  Moreover, he has worked with a number of organisations across a wide range of sectors including the creative and digital industries.

Further information and registration

The Elevator North Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire series is delivered in partnership with North East Derbyshire Council and Invest Mansfield & Ashfield.  This series is open to creative or digital SMEs based in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire.  Should you have any queries at all, contact the Big House team.  Since this is a free event, interest is bound to be strong.  So don’t delay, register today.

The Big House supports the growth of creative and digital enterprises in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Nottingham Business School runs the Elevator workshops and can give small and medium enterprises financial support through the Elevator grants as part of The Big House programme. The Big House is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and will run until 2019.