“Our clients have become far more discerning and are under greater pressure to justify their return on investment. There is absolutely no room to hide and so we needed an ever more sophisticated sales approach to succeed.”
Solution
“Measuring a tangible outcome to training became our focus and Flume were the only business comfortable with measuring direct ROI on their output. They matched specfic people with relevant content to drive pre-agreed KPIs, embedding change through bespoke management training & creating a best in class induction programme for us.”
Flume helped us shape a highly collaborative culture and strengthen client relationships.
Libby Robinson
EMEA Managing director, M&C Saatchi Mobile
M&C SAATCHI Events Stats
Mobile Marketing Agency
Campaigns in 124 countries
Revenue : $11.5M
“Built to fit our culture”
“Incredible attention to detail”
Challenge
“We turned to Flume for bespoke training to develop the internal and external communication skills needed for a smooth expansion process. We knew that having talented people isn’t enough. We needed a collaborative culture, where people cooperate and communicate effectively, to succeed.”
Solution
“Flume’s programme helped grow the collaborative culture we wanted. Junior staff were given development plans to boost confidence, skillset and empowerment. Managers were assisted to support and communicate with their
With such high impact initially we now use Flume across the organisation with similar results.
James Swift
Director of Talent Development, Leyton
Leyton Events Stats
International consulting firm
300+ employees
Revenue : £36m turnover
£500k
additional revenue in the first month
10%
increase in Average Order Value
Challenge
“When we approached Flume we were going through huge change as a business. As a high-growth and high-change organisation, we have a growing team. We are always hiring new salespeople and we needed to upskill the whole team as quickly as possible. At the same time, the whole organisation was going from a single-service to a multi-service sales process so we had to really quickly reskill our existing sales operation to represent our new suite of services. Flume have enabled us to do just this.”
In the three months post training, our average order value has increased by 27%, giving a clear and compelling ROI.
Rebeka McClintock
Account Director, Health iQ
Health iQ Events Stats
Data & technology solutions
40+ employees
Revenue : £5.2m
27%
increase in average order value
£225k
deal saved
Challenge
“As a business we are seeing an increase in sales cycle length due to more involved and robust decision- making processes undertaken by our clients This includes a significant increase in the number of decision makers required to sign off a single deal. This leads not only to deals taking longer to close, but also deals getting lost during our client’s internal decision making process which we have little control over.”
Solution
“Finding a partner who could help us not only to position our offering better with prospective clients, but also to successfully n
The biggest challenge that you’ve got now is trying to top this SKO next year.
Clare Dunstall
Director, Global Enablement, Claroty
Claroty Events Stats
Computer and Network Security
310+ employees
Revenue : $80m (est.)
230
person, live kick-off in Rome
“Flume you were great – legendary!” Simon Chassar, Chief Revenue Officer
Challenge
“We’re a very young company and had recruited over 100 people in the last two years so most of our people had never met each other. The SKO was needed for everyone to properly understand how they engage with each other in their roles and celebrate what the company has achieved and keep building the momentum throughout the year.”
Solution
“We needed a consistency of approach and a foundation. So, we got 230 people together in one room at our live kick off in Rome. The three big topic
Over a sixteen month period, there was a triple digit increase in our digital revenue across the board.
Fergus Gregory
Head of Marketing Services, Informa
informa Stats
Business Intelligence
6500 employees
Revenue : £1.1bn
300%
increase in digital revenues
Significant ROI
Challenge
“Our challenge was to build a sales team capable of changing our clients’ mindset and approach regarding digital marketing. We wanted our sales team to help our clients build a stronger marketing mix, experience new digital opportunities, and maximise their ROI.”
Solution
“Flume listened to our challenges and goals and helped us create a vision for our sales training. They developed strong relationships with our team and aligned the solution to our culture. It was a long-term approach with training, coaching and continuous feedback. At every stage they brought in new id
Flume were able to get immediate buy-in from the team and the results quickly followed.
Richard O’Connor
Commercial Director, EG
Relx Stats
Business Information & Analytics
30,000 employees
Revenue : £7.5bn
58%
increase in deals closed
8%
increase in average order value
Challenge
“Taking a new product and a new way of thinking out to a traditionally conservative market, requires sophisticated salespeople. We needed winning sales approaches tailored to our marketplace that the team could implement quickly and effectively.”
Solution
“Flume’s pragmatic approach to designing and delivering training allowed us to tailor content to fit with our existing models. Working initially with our Sales Leaders and then the wider team, they have helped us to develop best-in-class approaches making the learning sustainable over time.”
Flume have helped us look at sales through a different lens, with ROI that is forecastable and measurable. The effect on our bottom line has already exceeded our projections.
Kunal Pandya
Senior Director, Global Revenue Enablement at UserZoom
UserZoom Events Stats
Software company
Offices in USA, UK and Spain
Successful Multinational company
49%
increase in opportunities YOY
87%
increase in sales velocity YOY
Challenge
“Already passionate about Sales Velocity and using data to drive strategy and investment, Kunal wanted to transform the sales enablement function into a strategic business driver. With aggressive growth plans, UserZoom’s first priority was to increase the number of sales opportunities within the business, but throwing more people at the problem was only part of the answer.”
We’ve optimised our sales engine with Flume, measuring the people training ROI all the way to the bottom line.
Susan Combrinck
Head of Sales Enablement Clarion Events
Clarion Events Stats
Live Events, Publishing & Digital Services
2500+ employees
Revenue : £350m
33%
Growth in sales velocity YOY
17%
increase in revenue per head YOY
Challenge
“Clarion recently took the steps to turbocharge and refresh its marketing approach, focusing on customer centricity to drive new customers to our shows using digital technology. We needed a unified sales approach across the company so our sales people could understand what their customers needed and how to be their most effective to maximise revenue from this new initiative.”
Solution
“Measuring a tangible outcome to training became our focus and Flume were the only business comfortable with measuring direct ROI