Northwest Family Business Advisors | March 11, 2015

Northwest Family Business Advisors Presents:

The Five Golden Rules of Business Development

Are you looking to grow your business dramatically this year? Do you want to attract more of the right kinds of clients or projects? Are you looking for ways to make your marketing efforts more consistent and effective? Whether you own your own business or are an employed professional responsible for client acquisition, you know that business development is the most important activity that we can engage in to guarantee the success and growth of our business. Yet so often we get stuck and lost in the details. We lose focus and before long, our business development efforts are not generating the results we had hoped for.

Join us in a lively conversation as Marilyn Richards, former branding agency executive, business growth consultant and principal of Richards Consulting Group, shares the tools and strategies to ensure that your new business efforts are more focused and effective. You will gain insight into how to ramp up revenues, focus on niche markets and develop a systematic approach to building your business consistently.

 What you will learn:

• How to identify your value proposition and why prospective clients care
• Gain clarity on your niche markets and why it matters
• Learn how to craft a meaningful “what I do” statement
• Discover how identifying and activating your champions can build business quickly

Marilyn Richards

Marilyn is a professional speaker, consultant, facilitator and principal of Richards Consulting Group, a firm that provides business development strategies and tools for entrepreneurs and professionals. As a former marketing executive and brand communications agency co-founder, Marilyn draws from 29 years of experience in marketing and
business development with consumer products companies such as Pepsi Cola, Transamerica Corporation and Isuzu Motors in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. Marilyn has started several successful businesses and knows first- hand what it takes to grow and run a profitable company.

Described as inspirational by her clients, Marilyn provides the spark of motivation and the tools to keep clients on the right track toward growing their business. Recent speaking and client engagements include such organizations as Windermere Real Estate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Starbucks, Safeway, Wells Fargo and Gene Juarez Salons and Spas. Marilyn has a BA in business from Seattle University,

 

Registration Costs:

Members - $25.00

FIrst Time Guests - Free

Non-members - $40.00

On-site registration - $45.00

 

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