Posts Tagged ‘sales training’


Selling Professional Services 1

Ken Boyd, owner of St. Louis Test Preparation (www.stltest.net) presents part one of his course on Selling Skills for Non-Selling Professionals. Boyd points out that attorneys, accountants and business owners can have success finding new business by using these proven concepts. As a former CPA, College Accounting professor and Sales Professional, Ken has a wealth [...]

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Selling Value-Based Services at Accounting, Engineering, and Law Firms

Bob Croston, Vice President and Principal Consultant at Wellesley Hills Group, speaks about the importance of selling the value in value-based services. While the concept of selling value applies to all professional services industries, here he stresses the importance of selling value-based services in industries where firms also offer compliance-based services. These industries include accounting, [...]

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Brand RAMP: Achieving Brand Success for Professional Services

Mike Schultz, President of Wellesley Hills Group, co-author of Professional Services Marketing (Wiley, 2009), and co-founder and Publisher of RainToday.com, explains the Wellesley Hills Group’s system for building a professional service brand. It’s called the Brand RAMP. The R stands for Recognize. Buyers in the market must recognize the firm. The A stands for Articulate. [...]

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CERV Model: Keys to Business Development Success and Rainmaking Performance in Professional Services

Mike Schultz, President of Wellesley Hills Group, co-author of Professional Services Marketing (Wiley, 2009), and co-founder and Publisher of RainToday.com, explains the four roles of a rainmaker through the Wellesley Hills Group’s CERV Model, a system the firm uses in business development training and coaching work with clients. The first hat a rainmaker must wear [...]

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4 Keys to Successful Professional Services Market Research

John Doerr, President of Wellesley Hills Group, co-author of Professional Services Marketing (Wiley, 2009), and co-founder of RainToday.com, explains how to get the most out of market research for professional services firms. Accounting, consulting, technology, and law, among other B2B professional services firms, have a great deal of information concerning their marketing, rainmaking, and lead [...]

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