Title - Peninsula sold me (an unconverted lead) to their “daughter company” Tags - callumstory

  • Once upon a time, I was recruiting our first sonographer
  • Every day, I was developing new systems in place (job description, policies, procedures, etc.)
  • One day, my accountant offered a tax investigation insurance service
  • The service was probvided by a company called Peninsula
  • A benefit of the service was access to a free employment law helpline
  • I used the helpline to ask for advice on structuring the new role
  • Because of that, they arranged a free consultation with a guy from Peninsula
  • Because of that, the guy gave me some advice and recommended their managed employment law and HR service at about £300 per month
  • It wasn’t good value for us as a very small practice with basic needs we could fulfil without a managed service like Peninsula’s; so I said no
  • Because of that, I began receiving emails from a company called Bright HR
  • They promised a cheaper, less bespoke service than Peninsulas but with many of the same benefits (a downsell!)
  • I was curious about this arrangement so I emailed the consultant and asked what the relationship was between Peninsula and Bright HR
  • Until finally, the consultant replied and explained that Bright HR are owned by the same group of companies
  • When Peninsula service proposals are rejected, it triggers contact from Bright HR
  • The software sold by Bright HR is part of the full service package offer from Peninsula + some HR templates (minus bespoke documentation, insurance and advice)
  • Bright HR customers can then upgrade to the full (Peninsula) service at any time

Purposes:

  • To demonstrate knocking self off to unconverted leads - 202106152106
  • To demonstrate referring unconverted leads to competitor
  • To demonstrate power of systems