Discover the transformative journey of 888 Holdings in this exclusive webinar with VP Product Design, William Barraclough.

We will be discussing:

• Valuable insights into the strategic decisions, challenges faced, and transformative efforts undertaken by 888 Holdings in building a robust in-house design team.

• We will shed light on the intricacies of managing design in a multinational organization, navigating regulatory landscapes, and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Are you frustrated by low responses to your BD outreach and efforts? Are you struggling with ideas of how to get cut-through? We're noticing the industry-wide problem of too much content / lack of responses.

Join us for the battle of best practice outreach!

Will Harrison, Group Brand Director of The AA, and Vicky Janaway, Chief Client Officer of The Gate, share the story of how The AA has built a more confident brand that reaches a wider addressable audience across multiple channels, how the brand has instilled a new cross-business marketing mentality, empowering unified teams driven around a single goal.

Community is a word that is definitely banded around these days but as a sales or client-facing person of your business, if you make “Building a community” an initiative of your business, you will increase the leads and opportunities inward.

This online event will be a full download of what you need to do in order to create and maintain a community that helps build your business for 2024 and beyond.

Mark your calendars for an extraordinary Business Development meet-up on November 29th, 2023, at the Sun and 13 Cantons. Immerse yourself in an exclusive event hosted in the very room where the founders, Jody Osman and Richard McHardy, sparked the idea for The BD100. What better place to gather than where it all began?

How do you simplify the selection process and implement tools that are going to make a crucial difference? We’ll cover it in our event along with:

What does the MarTech landscape look like right now?

What should you be asking a service provider before you commit?

Features matter, but do you have the right people to utilise them effectively?

How can you ensure a smooth data flow via seamless integrations?

AI powered tools can broaden your reach, but is it creating more harm than good?

Getting the right people on board is crucial for any business owner. You need dedicated individuals with the right skills who share your vision to drive your business forward successfully. But let's be real, finding that perfect fit can be a real challenge, especially in today's competitive markets!

BD Matters’s October Industry Interview will help you understand how to find the perfect fit for your team, and once you find them, how to retain and nurture them. We have THREE fantastic speakers lined up, it’s free so sign up now!

Are you a passionate BizDev professional looking to advance into a senior leadership position either now or in the near future? We’re interviewing fellow BizDev experts who have successfully navigated the demanding route to leadership.

In the high-stakes world of Biz Dev, every day counts - but none more so than the first 90. The pressure is on from day one to establish yourself, build relationships, and hit the ground running. That's why putting in place the best possible foundation for success is crucial.

We're really excited to delve into how The Gate (pitched as MSQ) and won their new client: SMARTY (a scale up brand of Three UK mobile network).

Now 18 months into the relationship, we’ll interview both the brand and the agency on:

📃The pitch process and what led to their successful collaboration

❓MSQ’s interesting business model

🤝🏼How to build a strong agency-client partnership

🔥Their recently launched campaign ‘Less malarkey, more SMARTY’ which has smashed expected targets.

🤨Some of the challenges that arose and how they were dealt with

Malik and Philipp from Bayer, a Global Pharma giant will cover:

- Getting cold agency approaches right with procurement

- How agencies can stand out and deliver a better service? 

- Procurement’s role in the buying process, and how to leverage it.

- What are the major trends in the Pharma industry?

We'll ask the big questions:

- What will be the biggest BD challenges of 2023? 

- What is one habit all companies should adopt this year? 

- Procurement: are they the key to your BD strategy? 

- How can you stand out from the crowd?

These surgeries are a chance for BD Matters members to chat about all their new business headaches. Each Month we will be joined by two of our experts and will encourage attendees to bring their questions.

This will be an hour to discuss your key challenges, learn new tips and to share ideas.

Oli Richards from The Beyond Collective will be with us in November to answer all your new business woes.

Joining us in November for the BD Matters Industry Interview is the brilliant Kabillan Navaratnarasa, New Business Director at We Are Social, a global agency that deliver world-class creative ideas with forward-thinking brands.

Kabillan started his career in accounting before switching to BD. He's secured briefs worth more than £4m in new revenue, with clients including Coca-Cola GB, Kia, Study Group and Travelzoo. In 2020, his team at We Are Social won the the Drum Business Development Team of the Year award.

Here's a little of what we'll be talking about:

• Why do agencies need to think about the wider relationship outside the brief?

• How can brands need be more respectful of the time and money agencies commit?

• How to cut through the bullshit and recognise the value add of your agency?

• What's the value of instilling a BD mindset across non BD team members?

You don't want to miss this!

These surgeries are a chance for BD Matters members to chat about all their new business headaches. Each Month we will be joined by two of our experts and will encourage attendees to bring their questions.

This will be an hour to discuss your key challenges, learn new tips and to share ideas.

We are very excited to welcome Katy Howell to our expert event in October! Katy plans to answer all your new business challenges. We know it will be a great event!

A monthly meet-up with our growing community of over 400 BD people, coming together to share, learn and discuss some of the most relevant and interesting topics in the industry.

We are very excited to welcome Kathryn Strachan to BD Matters in October. Kathryn is a real powerhouse when it comes to business. She has grown her agency to over 1 million in the past few years and she employees over 30 people.

What’s so impressive about Kathryn is her ability to use her network. She’ll be coming into chat about how to use the power of your network to increase your new business opportunities.

How do we go beyond our pledge signatures and improve mental health, cause less wastage and reduce costs?

A monthly meet-up with our growing community of over 400 BD people, coming together to share, learn and discuss some of the most relevant and interesting topics in the industry.

In September we are joined by James Mulrennan. James heads up social at LNER. He is coming into chat about how agencies can work with bigger brands, the power of social media and how to make strong client relationships.