Saying yes feels good. It’s helpful, it’s human—and it’s how your firm quietly bleeds to death. 😵 In this episode, John and Mark dive into the real power of saying NO: qualifying hard, protecting your pipeline, and choosing clients and marketing efforts that actually move your firm forward. Plus, they explore the cognitive traps (hello, sunk cost fallacy and FOMO) that keep you from doing it. 00:00 Introduction 02:06 Welcome 03:21 Qualification 08:16 Cognitive Biases 10:48 FOMO 14:25 No Kee...
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Saying yes feels good. It’s helpful, it’s human—and it’s how your firm quietly bleeds to death. 😵 In this episode, John and Mark dive into the real power of saying NO: qualifying hard, protecting your pipeline, and choosing clients and marketing efforts that actually move your firm forward. Plus, they explore the cognitive traps (hello, sunk cost fallacy and FOMO) that keep you from doing it. 00:00 Introduction 02:06 Welcome 03:21 Qualification 08:16 Cognitive Biases 10:48 FOMO 14:25 No Kee...
Don’t Boil the Ocean: The Paradox of Focus, Specialization, and Positioning
Breaking BizDev
32 minutes
7 months ago
Don’t Boil the Ocean: The Paradox of Focus, Specialization, and Positioning
Turn your firm into a trusted and respected leader in your niche. In this episode, John and Mark explore how firms can not only effectively differentiate against competitors, but actually how to apply that differentiation in their marketing and sales activities. In this conversation, we cover: The nuanced differences between focus, specialization, and positioningReasons why firms should embrace specializationHow to identify the right area of specializationHow to align your specialization with...
Breaking BizDev
Saying yes feels good. It’s helpful, it’s human—and it’s how your firm quietly bleeds to death. 😵 In this episode, John and Mark dive into the real power of saying NO: qualifying hard, protecting your pipeline, and choosing clients and marketing efforts that actually move your firm forward. Plus, they explore the cognitive traps (hello, sunk cost fallacy and FOMO) that keep you from doing it. 00:00 Introduction 02:06 Welcome 03:21 Qualification 08:16 Cognitive Biases 10:48 FOMO 14:25 No Kee...