Welcome to the Digital Future of Business Development

At Future & Now we study data analytics, create provocative content, and optimize digital platforms to prospect virtually, contextually, and continually, twenty-four-seven-three-sixty-five, producing more new business opportunities in less time for less cost than traditional BD. Read on or contact us to learn more about how we produce results for a select group of clients.
Hyper-Targeting and Provocative Content. The art & science of digitalBD

Digital Business Development is by no means easy, but it can be made simple. Among the handfull of principles we use, Hyper-targeting and Provocative Content are two base elements. Hyper-targeting is, on one hand, our use of data to target key individuals with specific content and on the other, a broader data-driven approach targeting specific needs expressed in search and social. But that's only half the equation: delivering relevant, provocative, valuable content is the gun powder behind a successful dBD effort. We are expert in both the black magic of hyper-targeting and the strategy and craft of image, word, sound, and motion that tell a compelling story. Contact us to learn more about our recent client work.
Business scenarios where we help clients succeed

Entering new market categories
it used to be almost impossible to get your first category experience without previous category experience. Chicken or Egg? It's not a problem anymore.
We have a work-around

Creating market acceptance of an innovation
New ideas gain traction and create revenue only when people get familiar with them and comfortable enough to say "Yes".
We make it happen

Targeting key individuals for engagement
That's right. We can target an industry, a company, a team or an individual. And we can get them to take action in as little as 24 hours.
Want us to show you how?

Gaining competitive advantage
All we can say about this in public is we're shocked how easy it is to beat our client's competitors to new business opportunities.
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Three ways to work with us
Fast Track
We don't waste any time getting you up and running. Engagement includes category, competitive and prospect research, two optimized pages for engaging two prospect categories, topic, trend and content analysis, and more
Fast Track + Execution
Includes Fast Track plus content direction and support (video direction, white paper development etc.), launch and creation of a targeted contextual engagement program that you are self-sufficiently running at wrap of engagement, and more
Full-On
We're your team, and we're on point with you for an entire BD campaign including ongoing monitoring, maintenance and optimization, and support for BD engagement opportunities including collaborating on pitches and deck development and more
Partners
Chas. Porter
Skilled at synthesis, taking disparate ideas, events, and challenges and finding the new path forward, Chas. is focused on innovation, simplicity, the power of human emotion, brand building, and going to market with nothing less than an extraordinary experience. More on LinkedIn
John Schneider
Early to the idea of content marketing, or how to tightly integrate digital PR with SEO, social media and content strategy, and executing on this concept, John has helped a diversity of organizations create strong, meaningful connections with their customers. More on LinkedIn


