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I had interviewed for an internship position at EY for technology consultant program for summer 2022 and got a call where they extended an offer. I wanted to know if I can defer the internship offer to fall 2022 or a later start date after summer.
I apologize as I cannot reply to a comment or DM on this platform to anyone, but thanks for your answers in advance.
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Positioning by Al Ries
The Pitch Book by Robert Buccino
Filling the pipeline is about either hiring a lead gen agency, building your own prospecting team, working with the gatekeepers or all of the above.
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Great post! I would also recommend listening to some podcasts. Drew McClellan and Blair Enns both do good content on positioning and biz dev.
Tim Williams from Ignition also writes a lot of good content and consults on agency positioning and value-based pricing. Essentially most consultants will tell you that critical to a strong agency positioning is sacrifice. Who are you for, and who aren’t you for? You can’t succeed as a “full-service, integrated agency” anymore. You have to pick an industry, a channel where you have particular strength and lean into that (at least with your owned properties and prospecting efforts). I hate nothing more than working for an agency doing BD and being told that we should prospect everyone - doesn’t work! Luckily my current agency does have a strong focus (CPG), and it makes my job a lot easier and our win rate stronger. So that would be my first piece of advice - identify what the agency is really good at, and why.
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My friend Peter Levitan has put out some good stuff. Also, Peter Kang does great writing on the subject. Along those lines, I’ve found AgencyDocs somewhat helpful.
Peter is a delightful weirdo. Highly recommend!
VP1 super helpful
As someone who has spent her whole career only dedicated to the discipline of new biz- not gonna lie- wondering why this agency didn’t seek to hire someone with biz dev experience to guide you or at least have a strong voice. We are a discipline too. It’s not strategy- tired of being overlooked and ( no offense) losing jobs like yours to people poached from other disciplines like you.
They don’t have a new biz dept. they do things “differently” lol 🙄 I’m just helping out on top of my strategy job ... but ya pointntaken wish they would hire you too
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