Successful business development strategies are always a hot topic when I’m talking with agency owners. That was true before the pandemic, so you can imagine how often we’re talking about it now! Business development for agencies has made a 180 over the past decade. Have you changed the way you sell to keep current?

Greg Jacobs is the head of Strategic Partnerships at Schiefer Chop Shop, an Irvine-based brand transformation agency where he developed a unique recipe for successful business development strategies. He also led NASCAR’s unscripted content division and served as Head (SVP) of Monetization at Red Bull & Red Bull Media House. As you might imagine, with that background, he comes at prospecting for his agency in a very different way.

During our conversation, Greg walks us through his approach to creating successful business development strategies and offers up some suggestions for agency owners who are looking to hire a salesperson for their shop. It’s never too late to re-tool your own biz dev strategies and this episode is sure to point you in the right direction.

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What You Will Learn in This Episode:

• Greg’s approach to building successful business development strategies and how agency owners can use it in their own niches
• Greg’s transition from content creation to biz dev
• How Greg mediates between biz dev and content creation teams
• How to attract and retain the right biz dev talent
• What Greg does to differentiate his agency and make it stand out from the crowd
• How content plays a role in Greg’s biz dev efforts today
• How newcomers can be successful in an agency biz dev role

“Content can be a universal language. If a brand has an interesting story and you can tell that story in a short form piece of content, the brand now has an asset they can use across their owned and operated channels.” @GregoryJacobsCLICK TO TWEET“The key metric of any piece of content is engagement. Will they click on it, will they watch it, and will they stay for a period of time?” @GregoryJacobs” @GregoryJacobsCLICK TO TWEET“There is no biz dev rep worth their salt that will do one of two things: A) Work on commission only. And B) Claim they can close business in less than six months.” @GregoryJacobsCLICK TO TWEET“Successful business development strategies give reps a window of time to figure it out, proper onboarding, some kind of retainer, and the ability to maintain relationships post-close.” @GregoryJacobsCLICK TO TWEET“Successful business development strategies are all about finding a balance between what you want to make and what fits your partner’s brand.” @GregoryJacobsCLICK TO TWEET

Ways to contact Greg Jacobs:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryscottjacobs/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schieferchopshop/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearescs
• Twitter: @GregoryJacobs
• Twitter: @wearescs_

Additional Resources:

• December 17th Webinar Registration
• Executive Summary
• Money Matters Live Workshop 
• Build and Nurture Your Agency’s Sales Funnel Live Workshop
• Sell with Authority (buy Drew’s book)
• Facebook Group for the Build a Better Agency Podcast