Sheikh Mohammad Bilal

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

The company offers uniquely designed flower bouquets to households by offering a subscription model through the internet. I worked at this company during the period of 2018 - 2019, where I had to the chance to co-work with Sheikh Mohammad Bilal.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Sheikh Mohammad Bilal?

The upper management of the company wanted to target the B2B sector, but a good online strategy was needed as well as qualified people to implement it. I partnered with Sheikh Mohammad Bilal to identify quality leads and setting up an online presence for reaching out to potential quality leads that match the criteria on a massive scale. Sheikh Mohammad Bilal excelled in setting up an online presence for the company notifying businesses with interest in our products that we are also offering our services to them.

What were your goals for this project?

Bring in new businesses in to the company that were willing to order our products on a regular basis and in large quantity. Our e-commerce website had to have a section that would allow for potential business leads to apply for our service. We expected an increase of minimum 10K revenue per month.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

The vendor was advertised as being one of the best on the market. In addition, the vendor was offering a lot of skills that could be implemented on different tasks making it possible to reduce the amount of employees needed to run the company.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The vendor was in charge of our online marketing presence. This entailed social media, SEO and video marketing. The vendor was responsible for growing our social media followers, organic traffic and helping in the business development department with additional tasks.

What was the team composition?

The team consisted of 4 people in which we divided the responsibilities in to : setting up a strategy, contacting leads to identify necessary criteria for determining quality leads, setting up an online presence, monitoring and adjusting the operations where needed. Over time, the team decreased to 3 people with the vendor being the project manager regarding online presence and monitoring of results.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

In 4 months time we managed to bring in a client willing to purchase our products in the total value of € 90K.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

3 people were in charge of implementing the strategy developed by 1 person. The 3 people also had different tasks as to maximise the time spent on the project. Sheik Mohammad Bilal was responsible for setting up an online presence and attracting quality leads through the internet.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We were impressed by the level of autonomy we were given to operate and act upon our ideas.

Are there any areas for improvement?

The documentation of our work and progress is something that could have been improved.