SERVICES
Address the entire work–winning continuum with one expert, creative partner
Your public face. The impression-creator. If constructed and expressed well, this can be the main catalyst for success.
Defining what you do or offer clearly, in a way that is easy to understand. When people realise the value they can derive from you, they will demand to know more.
Identifying those you need to reach, understanding how to gain access to them, and the best tactics to make them hear your messaging.
Defining how to make your voice compelling and attractive, how often to use it, and the places in which it will make maximum impact.
Building bespoke digital infrastructure for a digitally-dependent world. Identifying the platforms and programs which allow effective flow of information, and, wherever possible, business-enabling automation.
Creating strong links between sales teams and their peers, which forms the foundation of powerful lead generation tactics allied to effective and informed qualification of opportunities.
Often referred to in work winning, but frequently misunderstood. The development of early relationships and sustained programmes of interaction are key to success. Understanding that many bids are won before the RFP ever appears is a critical factor.
We make this as simple and painless as possible. Offering both direct bidding services or the ability to build out a full infrastructure, we demystify and offer the ability to achieve results.
The continuum never stops at the decision to award. Continuous learning should always be the basis for business planning and growth, with our team building process and mechanisms to achieve this.
We were born of the idea that most agencies or consultants focus on a single section of the sales cycle. This approach treats only the symptoms of the problems which businesses face as part of their everyday operations.
The Whole Nine look across the entire continuum of marketing, bids and sales. We identify root causes and interdependencies to offer our clients the ability to understand their challenges first, then allowing informed decisions to be made based on the information and data supplied.
RECENT WORK
We are clear
The solution and the explanation should let the person receiving it clearly and quickly understand what we are offering. The harder we make the reader work to follow us, the less likely it is that they will.
We are open
The work that we do should help people to feel more comfortable with subject areas which many find confusing. We do not use jargon or acronyms without explanation. It is our task to explain, not to obscure.
We are positive
The things that we offer are an improvement, they push forwards and create better outcomes. Referring to the things that have already failed gets us nowhere, so we emphasise the benefits of the things to come.
We are definitive
We propose plans that are definite, and which have been selected because they represent the best option. This does not mean that we cannot debate the answer, but we always find a way to reach the best possible outcome.
VALUES
Why work with us?
The Whole Nine was born of the idea that most agencies or consultants focus on a single section of the sales cycle. This approach treats only the symptoms of the problems which businesses face as part of their everyday operations.
The Whole Nine look across the entire continuum of marketing, bids and sales, identifying root causes and interdependencies to offer our clients the ability to understand their challenges first, allowing informed decisions to be made based on the information and data supplied.
Confidence in our approach is based on comprising of a network of successful, committed and imaginative professionals with many decades of applied experience between us, covering many of the most challenging and complex sectors in which to secure deals and increase turnover. We refer to a track record of proven results, and use learning and best practice which we have developed and refined over many years.
The agency is led by Jack Strickland, a sales and marketing professional who has worked successfully in winning deals in environments across the spectrums of scale and experience - Multinational blue chip businesses; start-up and scale-up organisations; through to local, family-run companies.
£5 Billion
In successful bids and pitches across multiple sectors in the UK and abroad.
More than €50 Million
Annual turnover in multi–year frameworks secured during a two–year professional services post.
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