We take a unique approach to the sale of our clients' companies.
Many M&A advisors, business brokers, and business intermediaries
employ some, or all, of the following four processes that we use.
But it’s HOW WE DO THEM that makes all the difference.
And how we do them, produces three significant benefits to our clients!
Benefits to our Clients
1. Limited Client Interruptions – our clients only spend time
with real potential buyers – so our clients
can remain focused on running their business;
2. Reduced Sales Cycle – so our clients’ companies are sold quicker; and
3. Improved Perceived Value by Buyers – so our clients’ companies are sold at higher prices.
High Success Rate
Business Valuation
Many business brokers often attempt to sell their clients’ businesses at whatever price their client would like to receive – regardless of its true value. This results in wasted time for the client. As professional M&A Advisors, we provide our clients with our written opinion of the market value of their company at the start of each engagement. And, because we’re well-informed regarding market conditions at all times, our assessment of the market value of our client companies is usually within 5% to 7% of the valuation of a professional independent appraiser.
Preparation of Marketing Documents
Many business brokers typically prepare marketing documents that include just a few pages of basic company information and photocopies of prior years’ tax returns. This rarely provides buyers with enough information to start down the path of investigation, because there are just too many unanswered questions to know where to start. As professional M&A Advisors, our comprehensive marketing documents are designed to answer about 90% of all the questions potential buyers may have about our clients’ companies. This builds “transaction momentum”, as the buyer can become increasingly interested in making a “go” decision regarding the opportunity.
The Marketing of Our Clients' Company
The marketing plan of many business brokers often includes just posting the listing information on a few web sites and waiting for the phone to ring, or emails to be received. This plan does not attract the large number of potential buyers required to show the deal to enough real buyers to ultimately close the deal with one buyer. As professional M&A Advisors, our marketing plan includes nine specific steps designed to sell our client companies quickly and confidentially:
1. Blind profile sent to over 2,000 pre-qualified buyers and 1,200 private equity/family funds in our database
2. Letters and emails sent to targeted strategic buyers
3. Telephone follow-ups to those targeted strategic buyers
4. Placement in the five largest business-for-sale internet sites
5. Placement in the five largest business social network sites
6. Inclusion on the SAG web site
7. Announcement in the SAG newsletter
8. Appropriate media advertisements
9. Use of national and international associations – promoting the confidential sale of our client’s company.
Our Role as Business Intermediary
Many business brokers often try to arrange seller meetings with every potential buyer – to show their clients the illusion that significant buyer activity is happening. What’s happening is just a waste of the seller’s time. As professional M&A Advisors, we diligently protect our clients’ time. We want to minimize disruptions to their usual business routine and distractions from their responsibilities – so they can manage the operations of their company. We give our clients weekly telephone or email updates – keeping them informed of the actual progress being made with real potential buyers.