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Podcast Episode: The PLAYBOOK Code: Core Values That Drive Performance with Purpose
Pip: Welcome to Playbook Direct — where the pitch is personal, the values are spelled out literally, and hecmontalvo has been thinking hard about what actually makes a sales culture work. Mara: This episode digs into the PLAYBOOK Code — the framework of core values that Playbook Direct says drives performance from the inside out.…
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Podcast Episode: Face To Face Growth Strategies
Pip: Welcome to Playbook Direct — where the belief is that the best technology for closing a deal is still a human being standing in the right place. Mara: Today we're covering what that actually looks like in practice — field marketing, face-to-face selling, retail outsourcing, and the B2B relationship work that gets brands in…
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Field Marketing That Turns Conversations Into Growth
Field marketing puts trained people where decisions happen, turning live conversations into measurable sales, stronger trust and faster territory growth.
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Rising Stars, Top Guns & Game Plans: Building Leaders at Playbook Direct
Talent may open the door, but it’s leadership that keeps it wide open. At Playbook Direct, we’ve built a culture where tomorrow’s leaders are developed today, with intention, clarity, and a little bit of healthy competition. Nowhere is that more evident than at our quarterly “Rising Star & Top Gun Meeting,” a two-day summit dedicated…
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Why We Invested £802,543 in Developing New Talent… And Why We’ll Do It Again
If you’ve spent more than five minutes in the business world, you’ll have heard someone proudly declare, “We’re hiring entry‑level.” Translation: we want cheap labour, minimal responsibility, and we’ll replace them the second they blink too slowly. It’s the worst‑kept secret in business: most companies treat new talent like it’s disposable. Graduates, career‑changers, rookies, they’re…
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What International Women’s Day Says About Opportunity at Playbook Direct
International Women’s Day has never really been about standing still. It is not just a moment to admire progress from a distance or repeat familiar lines about celebrating women in business. At its core, it is about movement. It is about recognising how far women have come, while also being honest about how much of…
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The PLAYBOOK Code: Core Values That Drive Performance with Purpose
In sales, everyone talks about numbers. Conversion rates. Pipelines. Territory growth. But here’s the truth no one puts on their glossy company brochure: performance doesn’t come from metrics. It comes from culture. At Playbook Direct, we’ve spent more than twenty years on high streets, in offices, and out in the field learning what actually closes.…
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Playbook Direct on Tour, A Trip That Raised the Bar
Some moments stay with you, no matter how far you travel. Our recent team incentive trip to Greece was one of those times. A few days spent exploring islands, racing across open water, sweating through back-to-back matches, and laughing late into the night ended up being so much more than a reward. It became a…
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Scares, Laughs and Team Bonds: Our Trip to Spooky World
There are two kinds of people at Playbook Direct. Those who claim they’re “not scared of anything”… and those who absolutely leg it the moment a clown with a chainsaw chases them through a cornfield. October rolled around, and we decided it was time for something a little silly, a little scary and a lot…
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Celebrating Success: Playbook Direct Shines at the Awards Gala
There are moments that remind you just how far you’ve come, and for the team at Playbook Direct, our recent Awards Gala was exactly that. Surrounded by ambitious people from across the industry, we came together for a night of celebration, reflection, and genuine pride in the work we do every day. From start to…