The Resource Broker, the UK’s first online business marketplace for the exchange of skills and services, has been launched to help IT contractors find new business opportunities with greater efficiency and ease than ever before. Membership and use of the site is free.
IT service providers simply create an online ‘Member Profile’ outlining their skills, services and location(s), and whenever a relevant new Business Opportunity is created by another member they are alerted and invited to bid to be the supplier.
The Resource Broker offers IT suppliers significant time and cost savings in searching and pitching for new business by sending members targeted Business Opportunity Alerts and enabling members to submit online Business Proposals outlining their credentials. All Business Opportunities have deadlines attached so members receive only ‘live’ opportunities. Conventional ways to find new business opportunities, such as advertising, marketing, internet searches and word of mouth recommendations, are time consuming, can be expensive and often produce unsatisfactory results.
Managing Director Steve Christian comments, “Finding and winning new business is critical for every organisation, but the time and energy involved can be very problematic. The Resource Broker empowers IT companies by delivering relevant business opportunities and the tools to bid online to supply services and skills directly to the businesses that require them. IT professionals were the first to use and take advantage of online job boards and they are now being given the chance to be the first to benefit from The Resource Broker.”
The Resource Broker also gives IT businesses the tools to optimise their resources and increase profits in a new and innovative way – by ‘loaning-out’ skills to other organisations when and where they are needed. For example, an independent IT supplier may be experiencing a dip in their business cycle and be under-utilising skilled employees, whereas a multinational may need support in implementing a new IT project. The Resource Broker gives businesses the flexibility to work together to the benefit of both parties. The principle is similar to a football club loaning-out a skilled player to another team.
Five Steps to Supplying IT Skills and Services Using The Resource Broker:
- Join for free.
- Create a Member Profile detailing the skills and services you provide and the location(s) where you work and The Resource Broker will send you targeted Business Opportunity Alerts by email as they arise.
- Evaluate Business Opportunities and choose to bid by creating an online Business Proposal.
- Meet prospective clients face to face to finalise arrangements.
- Supply your new client and receive payment!
The Resource Broker business model means there is no cost to suppliers of skills and services. Launching first in the IT industry, The Resource Broker will be rolled out to other industry sectors in the coming months.
Businesses can register to be a member of The Resource Broker today by visiting www.TheResourceBroker.com.