Uncover & Address the Real Pitch Objectives
About This Webinar
SERIES OVERVIEW:
Convert the Pitch: The New Best Practices Winning Business Right Now
This session is the second in a four-part new business training series.
As you know, there’s a lot to deal with in the current pitching environment: hyper-competitive agencies, unclear pitch briefs, adapting to a new client pitch process...
SERIES OVERVIEW:
Convert the Pitch: The New Best Practices Winning Business Right Now
This session is the second in a four-part new business training series.
As you know, there’s a lot to deal with in the current pitching environment: hyper-competitive agencies, unclear pitch briefs, adapting to a new client pitch process (different from one client to the next), lack of client access, building a hybrid pitch with a hybrid team, and then, presenting it to a client who may not even be in the same room. This series will outline the cutting-edge new best practices now required to achieve a high win rate.
Sessions In This Series:
- Oct. 4: Create Your Strategy to Disrupt & Win the Pitch
- Oct. 18: How to Uncover & Nail the Real Pitch Objective
- Nov. 2: Craft Agency Capabilities to Engage & Convert
- Nov. 30: Write & Deliver Pitch Presentations That Win the Business
THIS SESSION:
How to Uncover & Nail the Real Pitch Objective
To win the pitch, you must deliver against the expectations of the senior decision-maker – not the mid-level manager who is managing the pitch process.
In this session, you will learn how to get more access to the right client (even when remote) and how to leverage this into a more effective pitch strategy. We’ll address how to ask smarter questions to get better answers, along with the external sources you will use to fill in the gaps.
The sooner you gather this critical intel, the faster your team will get to work on building the pitch. Ultimately, this will result in elevating your team’s thinking, placing the focus where it belongs – the specific business outcomes most important to the senior decision-maker.
Training Materials
Following the session, you will be provided with one week of recording access.
Who Should Attend
This four-part series is designed for those senior team members throughout the agency who play an active role in pitching new business.
Instructors
Sharon Honjiyo
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Sharon is Director, Agency Growth Strategy at Mirren, a firm that specializes in organic growth and new business training for agencies in digital, PR, advertising, media, experiential, and more. Each year, more than 700 agencies participate in Mirren’s annual conference, training programs, and webinars (www.mirren.com). Their team has trained CEOs and their senior management teams in every region around the world.
Sharon brings senior experience on both the client and agency side. Having managed roster agencies and run competitive reviews–in addition to running accounts and RFPs at her agencies–she provides tremendous insight in her training.
At Mirren, she empowers agency teams by training on client acquisition, retention, and growth. Achieving this, however, requires becoming a more proactive, strategic business partner. In fact, she believes there are many untapped revenue opportunities for agencies. “As a client, I regularly experienced my agencies missing many of our strategic needs that would have resulted in significant additional work.”
Sharon spent a good portion of her career leading account management and strategy at a number of agencies, including DDB, HL2, and Hornall Anderson Design. She was instrumental in leading client relationship training, organic growth, and numerous new business pitches. Prior to joining Mirren, she led the brand marketing team at Holland America Line, a premium cruise line within Carnival Corporation–the world’s largest leisure travel company.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Sharon currently lives in Seattle with her husband.
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