Expert-services micro-firm

Sell the service line

27 primitives in this stage — 24 skills · 3 agents. Concept-stage catalogue, kept vendor-agnostic.

Agent

Prospect signal-gathering agent

I have a call in two hours and I know almost nothing about this person.

Agent

Route for signature and chase to completion

The deal was verbally done weeks ago but the signed contract still hasn't come back.

Agent

Sweep and nudge stale leads

Leads fall off the radar because I only follow up when I remember, which is not often enough.

Skill

Generate the discovery question guide

I keep winging the discovery call and walking out unsure what I actually learned.

Skill

Structure raw call notes into a fit picture

My notes from that call are a mess and I need to decide whether to pursue before tomorrow.

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Build the call plan and hypotheses

I have the research but I still don't know what angle to lead with on the call.

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Score fit and produce the go/no-go call

I keep drifting into proposals I shouldn't be writing because I never formally said no.

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Draft the pursue or graceful-exit message

I said yes when I meant no because I didn't know how to decline without sounding dismissive.

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Map the buying unit and decision path

The conversation seemed great but then it disappeared into committee and I had no idea who to follow up with.

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Draft authority-and-timeline confirmation questions

I never ask who actually signs because it feels presumptuous, and then it bites me later.

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Shortlist the package configurations that fit this buyer

I always end up presenting every option and the conversation becomes a negotiation about the menu itself.

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Adjust the baseline to the final deal price

I always second-guess the final number because I can't articulate why I moved from the baseline.

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Design the choice architecture for the offer

I either give one option and feel like I'm not giving them choice, or three options and they stall.

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Check margin and deliverability of the configuration

I've won deals I ended up regretting because the economics only became clear once we started delivery.

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Restate the problem and frame the deliverable

My proposals read like a service description rather than a response to their specific situation.

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State scope, price, inclusions and timeline

The back-and-forth after I send a proposal is always about stuff I should have just said upfront.

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Build the walkthrough narrative and emphasis order

I just read through the proposal with them and by the time I got to the price they were already skimming.

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Prepare answers to anticipated clarifying questions

I got caught flat-footed on a simple logistics question and the whole call lost momentum.

Skill

Diagnose the real objection behind the pushback

They said it was too expensive but when I dropped the price they still didn't sign.

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Decide what to concede, hold, or restructure

I cave on price when I should hold, or hold when a small restructure would have got it done.

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Draft the response and confirm verbal agreement

We agreed something on the call but when the contract arrived it turned out we'd had different versions in our heads.

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Populate the SOW with agreed scope and terms

I cut-and-paste the last SOW and something outdated always slips through.

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Assess inbound lead fit

I spent an hour on a discovery call and knew in the first five minutes they were never going to be a real client.

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Draft the holding reply and offer pointer

My holding reply is so generic that half the time leads don't even respond.

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Compose the pre-qualification question set

I either ask too much and they don't reply, or too little and I'm still guessing on the call.

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Evaluate pre-qual responses

Their answers are back but I'm still not sure if I should book the call or not.

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Draft the booking confirmation and prep note

The lead said yes to a call but the prep note I sent made it feel like a sales interrogation.