Scenario · Consultants
A consulting practice had published broadly while suitable executive conversations arrived mainly through referrals. We narrowed the practice proposition, developed content around specific executive decisions and established a commercial handoff for direct and referred demand.
6 → 10
30 → 40
20% → 25%
Comparable reporting periods
A consulting practice had published broadly while suitable executive conversations arrived mainly through referrals.
The work focused on signed consulting engagements, qualified sponsor conversations, conversation-to-engagement conversion. Signed fees were contracted value, not recognized revenue. Informal advice calls were excluded and referral contributions were recorded separately.
Which activity helped signed consulting engagements, and what happened at the next decision?
What we did
The priority was signed consulting engagements. The team used qualified sponsor conversations and conversation-to-engagement conversion to assess the next stages, with a clear distinction between activity and accepted outcomes.
We narrowed the practice proposition, developed content around specific executive decisions and established a commercial handoff for direct and referred demand.
The team compared signed consulting engagements, qualified sponsor conversations, conversation-to-engagement conversion across the agreed reporting periods. Signed fees were contracted value, not recognized revenue. Informal advice calls were excluded and referral contributions were recorded separately.
Signed consulting engagements moved from 6 to 10. Qualified sponsor conversations moved from 30 to 40. Conversation-to-engagement conversion moved from 20% to 25%.
Signed fees were contracted value, not recognized revenue. Informal advice calls were excluded and referral contributions were recorded separately.
We calculated relative changes from the baseline and comparison values and reported conversion or retention changes in percentage points. We rounded displayed changes to one decimal place where needed. The figures did not establish that marketing caused the outcome.
Measurement window: Two comparable six-month consulting opportunity cohorts.
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