Advisory Sessions with Martin Pike, General Business and Strategic Marketing

The Southern Business Mentoring Program offers one hour one-on-one business advisory sessions.

Martin Pike is our General Business and Strategic Marketing Advisor.

Martin’s passion is finding out what’s key to making businesses tick by identifying and addressing critical ‘weak spots’ with owners. Martin’s style is relaxed but clear and his insights have helped many business owners across all industry sectors. Martin’s motto is “straightforward business success”.

Martin started working as business advisor in 1994 and has worked with more than 350 business owners across all industry sectors.

Martin is easy to work with and focused on your success. Martin helps business owners identify and act on the factors that are critical to making your business more successful.

Martin works with companies that are moving into new products/markets, expanding and growing, looking for a new direction, recognize a need to change or require assistance to implement projects. Martin brings a strong background of experience from working with diverse companies in a wide variety of fields to each project.

As business generalists Martin works across all sectors and with all types of organisations and businesses to help improve performance. Martin has helped clients win awards in tourism, sporting club of the year, national regional business of the year and export marketing.

Martin has a background in the building and construction sector and has worked with builders, suppliers to the industry and most trades.

Recent clients include supermarkets, wholesale distributor, online marketers, manufacturers, dress shops, service providers, hairdressers, hardware suppliers, food producers, medical suppliers, builders and trades, creative organisations, hospitality providers to name a few.

Martin has managed industry development projects, hosted and facilitated forums and feasibilities for Regional Development Boards and Councils and undertake economic development work for government funded panels

Martin supports business owners because he is passionate about helping people get what they really want from their business.