Opportunity Qualification: 5 ways to ensure an opportunity is worth chasing

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For business development managers the problem is not that there are no opportunities but that there are too many potential opportunities to chase with only a limited amount of finance and resource available to prosecute them successfully.  A key tactic for successful business capture is to only fight the battles you believe you are going [...]

BCM#3 – 5 Essential Traits for Marketers

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BCM#3 – 5 Essential Traits for Marketers This episode of Business Capture Mastery describes 5 essential traits a Marketer needs to possess to be effective. The quick tip describes the second thing to do after an ITT or RFQ is received – to make sure no costs go un-estimated and the full customer requirement is captured in [...]

Business Development 12-Module Online Course Launch

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I’ve been very pleased with the level of interest shown in the online course.  More people are subscribing to the mail list every day, which is gratifying.  I’m now in a position to set the launch date: 18th May at 1400 BST. Membership is restricted  for this first launch to ensure that a quality of service [...]

BCM#2 – 5 Steps to Sustainable Business Capture Growth

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  BCM#2 – 5 Steps to Sustainable Business Capture Growth This episode of Business Capture Mastery explains the fundamental challenges for successful business capture and describes 5 Steps YOU can take to ensure business capture growth.  The quick tip describes the first thing to do when an ITT or RFQ is received – to start [...]

BCM Podcast – Episode 1 – Online Course Overview

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This first podcast (4 1/2 minutes long) summarises the online course that we’re offering.   It demonstrates one of the media formats that the course uses, a downloadable MP3 audio. So you really can take it away with you and learn as you drive or cycle to work. I would value your feedback on the content of the course. Please provide comments [...]

Proposal Writing – Do snake oil sellers irritate you too?

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As part of my business research into online business process improvement courses I’ve come across a lot of proposal writing websites which suggest that you will be winning bids and work purely on the basis of completing their proposal writing courses.  The more I research the more I see claims being made which just cannot be [...]

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