The Marketing Director will provide advice and guidance to avoid many of the traps which cause new business to fail. We will assist with development of business plans, making application for finance and competitive positioning to give you the best chance of getting to profitability.
The Business Improvement service from The Marketing Director will guide you in evaluating your business and identifying areas which are holding you back. Then we will develop and implement joint plans to take your business to new heights.
The Marketing Director will work with your executive or management team in reviewing current strategies and strengthening them or developing new strategies and plans. The review is often in a think tank environment and may be formalised using the MarkStrat method developed by The Marketing Director.
A meeting or convention needs a skilled facilitator or speaker? Ed facilitates meetings and think tanks ranging from marketing strategy to team building and problem solving events. He is also a compelling and amusing speaker on a wide range of business related and personal development topics.
In every success there are many elements, and I make no claim that this is all and only my doing – some very dedicated and smart entrepreneurs made it happen. But I advised, coached, strategised, planned and guided them towards these successes.
There are case studies for several of the following, which may assist other entrepreneurs. If you would like a case study or a reference from a client, please drop us an e-mail telling which story interests you by clicking here.
Ed has that "damn" factor that very few marketing guys have ... "Life experience" he is a guru in his field because he presents real life examples with every suggestion he makes. It is easy to get marketing from a book, but it is hard to get it from experience!
Martin Brown, Radical Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Ed has provided consulting servcies to several clients of Business Partners, through our mentorship services, over the past 5 years. His work is of high quality and he is always willing to go the extra mile - assignments completed for our clients adds a lot of value and has improved client businesses on many occasions. I think he is a person of high integrity and will continue to use his services whenever the need calls for these.
Paul Malherbe, African Management Services
I am speaking at the World Marketing Congress on 27 November on the topic 'The Future is not where you think it will be' I am now taking bookings for December and January to deliver this speech to year end and kick off events. Click here to book.