Category Archives: Case Studies

Can you deliver what you sell?

For a long time, I’ve been exhorting clients to be certain that the sales team is selling what the operations or implementation team plans to deliver.  In the past couple of weeks, The Whale Hunters team has been on the … Continue reading

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Business Growth Recognition for Sitewire Team

I am so pleased to share the news that whale hunters Margie Traylor and Bret Giles, co-founders of Sitewire Evolutionary Marketing, have been named Arizona Small Business leaders of the year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. So first of … Continue reading

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New Sales Success Stories

The Whale Hunters has just introduced a new video featuring some of our chapter members, who talk about how The Whale Hunters Process is impacing their business development and how their local chapter is supporting them in implementation and deal coaching.  … Continue reading

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Transforming Sitewire Through Whale Hunting

Today I encourage you to read Margie Traylor’s story of how Whale Hunting transformed her company, Sitewire Marketspace Solutions, an interactive marketing agency located in Tempe, Arizona. Sitewire was a ten-year old company that had hit a plateau in its … Continue reading

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Whale Hunting Successes

Here’s our newest video, featuring whale hunters in Phoenix.  Clients, executives, entrepreneurs, business development professionals talk about their experiences learning and implementing The Whale Hunters Process for landing bigger sales with bigger customers.

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Indiana University Completes Huge Whale Hunt

Indiana University announced yesterday the biggest technology transfer deal in its history: the sale of Angel Learning to Blackboard for $100 million. This is a great example of what I define as a “whale hunt” that starts out as a collaborative … Continue reading

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Learning from Customers

You know, the more time I spend with customers the more I learn about how to improve The Whale Hunters business development processes and training.  It’s the constant real-world, real-market testing that proves the concepts.  And prospective clients always ask me, … Continue reading

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Whale Hunt Sales Strategy Story

I heard Deborah Bateman from National Bank of Arizona speak at the NAWBO/Score conference in Phoenix.  Deborach is Executive Vice President responsible for sales and marketing at the bank.  She talked about a new business women group she had formed.  … Continue reading

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Wisdom from the Whale

Last week I presented a whale hunting orientation seminar at Arizona State’s Sky Song  Innovation Center in Scottsdale.  It had an interesting twist–the first presenter was my client Margie Traylor of Sitewire, who talked about her company’s growth as a result … Continue reading

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Whale Hunting Women Videos

Videos of the Whale Hunting Women presetations are online.  Here’s Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman who talked about how important business women are to Indiana’s business climate.  One of her biggest whale hunts for Indiana was saving 5000 jobs at the … Continue reading

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