{"id":8397,"date":"2021-02-19T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=8397"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:18:07","slug":"sme-skills-academy-client-case-study-elastic-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/sme-skills-academy-client-case-study-elastic-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"SME Skills Academy Client Case Study: Elastic Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

WHY ELASTIC STUDIOS CAME TO SME SKILLS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Craig (the owner) had launched himself as a brand expert but he was unsure on how to convert promising conversations into clients.<\/p>\n

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  • He had no sales processes put in place<\/li>\n
  • He had no sales strategy put in place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    WHAT SME SKILLS DID FOR CRAIG:<\/h4>\n
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    • We helped him create a strong product line<\/li>\n
    • We created a sales strategy for pitching his products<\/li>\n
    • We altered his pricing structure to allow him to double his high-end offerings while maintaining entry level products and huge value for money<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      THE RESULTS:<\/h4>\n
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      • Retained his income but from only 50% of his clients and worked to double his turnover within 6 months<\/li>\n
      • Craig now feels completely comfortable with his sales process meaning he is far more in control of his company and his income<\/li>\n
      • He has moved away from living with anxiety, stress and fear, Craig now enjoys running his business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        WHY HE HIRED SME SKILLS:<\/h4>\n
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        • To become more efficient at closing deals<\/li>\n
        • To have a sales process to follow To have an effective sales strategy<\/li>\n
        • To price his work accordingly and gain more high value clients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          WHY ELASTIC STUDIOS CAME TO SME SKILLS:\u00a0 Craig (the owner) had launched himself as a brand expert but he was unsure on how to convert promising conversations into clients. He had no sales processes put in place He had no sales strategy put in place WHAT SME SKILLS DID FOR CRAIG: We helped him create […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1312,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sme-skills-academy","category-business-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sme-case-study.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}