THRIVE: Your Agency Resource

Ep 143: Saying No is a Biz Dev Strategy, with Corey Quinn

March 08, 2023 Kelly Campbell Episode 143
THRIVE: Your Agency Resource
Ep 143: Saying No is a Biz Dev Strategy, with Corey Quinn
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On this episode of THRIVE — sponsored by E2M Solutions— Kelly and Corey Quinn discuss how saying no to non-ideal prospects is a business development strategy that allows you to scale your agency responsibly. 

Corey Quinn and I cover these points and more:

  • How agencies can better serve their clients when they specialize;
  • What to do when current clients ask for things outside of your agency’s expertise;
  • How variability reduction in your offerings allows you to scale more efficiently; and
  • Why saying no is a foundational strategy — regardless of economic cycles.


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Saying No is a Biz Dev Strategy, with Corey Quinn
The importance of knowing what makes a potential new client a poor fit and saying no.
How to deal with the legacy clients that are still with you.
Why saying no to everything outside of what you are uniquely excellent at creates more value.
Did you also grant exclusivity in terms of the location of each of your clients?
Did you also grant exclusivity in terms of the location of each of your clients?
How scorpion broke into the business by creating separate resources that were not on the main conveyor belt.
How do you reduce the amount of overhead and the variability in your business so that you can grow bigger?
How to say no to clients that present red flags during the sales process.