Finding the right consultant at the right time is hard work. It requires endurance and dedication (like climbing the Matterhorn), meticulous planning, execution and resources (like putting a man on the moon), and perseverance (like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack). We help you grow your business with consultants from three sources.
- Individual 1099 consultants
- Specialized consulting companies
- Industry associations and social media groups
We organize each of these partner groups into three tiers based on their capabilities and past performance. We negotiate consultant rates on your behalf, leveraging long-term relationships and volume discounts. This virtual community represents literally thousands of capture, proposal, training, coaching, and other specialized subject matter experts to support all your business development needs.
Consultants
We have developed and are growing a stable of 70 trusted tier-1 consultants who consistently meet our high standards for performance, value, and customer satisfaction. These consultants are highly leveraged on most projects. Our resource pool includes hundreds of tier-2 consultants who work best in specialized roles. We have even more tier-3 consultants waiting for an initial opportunity to engage if the timing is right. Approximately 1% of our consultants are blacklisted due to poor performance or unethical practices.
Consulting Companies
We have partnership and alliance agreements with seven tier-1 companies, 20 tier-2 companies, and an extended network that includes over 150 other consulting companies.
Winning Proposals: Life-cycle Proposal Consulting, Permanent Placements, and Temp-to-Perm
Potomac Advisors: Life-cycle Proposal Consulting
24 Hour Company: Proposal Graphics Design and Development
Richter & Company: Competitive Analysis and Price-to-Win
Granite Leadership Strategies: Pricing Strategies and Tactics
Market Advocates: Presentation Development and Orals Coaching
ENEXDI: Proposal Printing, Copying, and Binding
Industry Associations and Social Media
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
APMP is the de facto association for business development, capture, proposal, and related services areas with over 10,000 worldwide members since 1989. There are 1,100 active members in the Washington, DC area alone. We have a 10-year relationship with APMP and actively participate in international conferences, webinars, committees, and the APMP Journal and Perspective publications. The APMP website includes Rainmakerz videos, presentations, articles, and press releases.
Rainmakerz Consulting is an active APMP Corporate Partner of the National Capital Area Chapter (NCA). We provide mentor support for three protégés and manage the NCA LinkedIn discussion group. The NCA website includes 40 of our articles, presentations, and other references. Learn more about APMP-NCA.
We use established professional networks and discussion groups to resolve challenging customer issues and questions and actively participate in business development, capture, proposal, and other LinkedIn discussion groups. We occasionally use these networks to find consultants for projects located outside of the metropolitan area. Our founder has an extensive network of over 2,700 connections and 1,400 endorsements.
Rainmakerz Consulting has a new relationship with PMI that started with a focus on PMI business development leaders. In 2015, we delivered a webinar on How to Provide More Efficient and Effective BD Support, and a one-day training workshop on Winning More and Working Less: Unlocking the Mysteries of Capture, Proposals, and Presentations. The one-day workshop was rated “Outstanding” (4.7 out of 5.0) across nine evaluated areas. A follow-up one-day workshop is scheduled for 2016 in the greater Washington, DC area.
What Partners Say
We consistently deliver high value and continually exceed partner expectations. Our partners appreciate our collaboration, and long-lasting relationships based on trust.