Expert Advice

Rainmaker Consulting, together with our best-practice partners, are leaders in the strategy and implementation of business development programmes. We offer frequent seminars on themes arising from questions put to us, as well as free and confidential advice by email.

Best-practice partners

Rainmaker Consulting delivers: proactive new business generation, new business planning, agency positioning and message refinement, target profiling & list building, marketing schedules, and new business-related primary research (including competitor, market and client audits). Via association with our best-in-class partners, we also supply an unrivalled full-service business development solution: -

  • For proposition advice, brand strategy, agency management consultancy and business & client development consultancy, we recommend Caffeine
  • For finance and transactions including M&A, MBO, equity incentives, stakeholder alignment and exits, we recommend SI Partners
  • For decision-maker insights, new business and client development intelligence, and corporate background information, we recommend Pearlfinders
  • For new business team training, motivation and pitch consultancy, we recommend JFDI
  • For procurement, tender and RFP consultancy, we recommend Tina Fegent
  • For search and selection intermediary services, client/agency relationship evaluation and industry benchmarking, we recommend Oystercatchers
  • For new business recruitment, new business management, and prospector tools and training, we recommend Blossom

Recent Seminar Summaries

Ask Us A Question

We provide free, confidential advice on any aspect of business development.

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First Meetings - nuts & bolts

If you're an old hand at attending new business meetings this advice isn't for you. If you're new to this area or have struggled to convert as much as you'd like face-to-face, then click below for some simple tips to help you.

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Retain To Gain

Click below to download a summary of our Feb 2010 Digital Client Development Seminar as a PDF.

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Embracing A New Age of Procurement

Click below to download a summary of our Oct 2009 Procurement Seminar as a PDF.

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