Services
SMas offers four distinct and frequently linked services:
Strategy
SMas has tailored and delivered over 100 strategy workshops for clients in various industry sectors in the past four years. Strategy is key for any business, whether starting out or having traded for many years. In consultation with owners and/or senior management of companies, Stewart reviews the business in an initial scoping meeting, then develops a pre-workshop questionnaire to gather further information. Utilising this information, we instigate some research then develop an itinerary for the strategy workshop and share with the client for their approval. Stewart facilitates a one-day interactive workshop and the end result is a concise and approved Strategy Action Plan, for implementation to help achieve identified goals and targets.
International Trade Advice
Stewart Miller has almost thirty years experience of international trade, from running campaigns in the USA for leading malt whisky brands, to establishing new SME’s and partnerships in China, India and Turkey. We are experienced in facilitating informal international trade audits & reviews, to more formalised one-day international strategy workshops involving senior management. We help companies to identify and exploit international opportunities with assistance from our extensive international network and contacts. We can also provide ‘hands-on’ advice and assistance, including for example, working on international trade exhibition stands, helping with pitches at sales meetings, and managing agents & distributors.
Business Development
SMas offers advice and assistance with identifying and exploiting business opportunities for clients. We have many years experience cultivating partnerships, creating successful collaborations, and providing advice on commercial relationships. Our work often entails reviewing current products and services and markets served, to identify further options for diversifying and/or expansion. We help find new markets for existing products and services, and help create new products and services for existing or new markets. We are often involved in developing propositions and pitching these to our client’s customers, either in person or where appropriate as part of a tender submission.
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Marketing Consultancy
SMas provides clients with strategic marketing advice for the domestic and/or international markets. This can include one-to-one marketing audits or reviews held with management teams, brand management recommendations, drafting comprehensive and practical marketing plans, developing customer propositions and sales opportunities, creating a digital strategy and much, much more. The company can also provide ‘hands-on’ support with implementing marketing activities. This may include for example instigating marketing research and summarising any findings, helping to action an agreed digital plan, undertaking direct sales activities, seeking sponsorship partnerships or advising on staff recruitment.
Consultancy since 1997
Why Use SMas
There are many good reasons for working with SMas, and some of the most popular reasons are provided below:
- immediate access to expertise for strategy, international trade, business development and marketing
- quick method for recruiting a highly experienced business person
- availability of specialist expertise on a flexible basis, to suit company circumstances
- additional resource to help exploit new opportunities and to support business expansion and/or diversification
- support to undertake business activities in a strategic manner
- practical advice and hands-on delivery
- free up your time to focus on other urgent matters
- increase efficiency and save time
- help prevent costly mistakes
- use as a sounding board for ideas
- mentor for staff development
- replace absent staff for a limited time period e.g. sickness, maternity cover, etc
- recruit an ally who is on your side 100%
- access to an extended network of contacts, domestically and overseas