PaulHiggins

About Me

I have two core strengths, that when combined create a compelling value proposition.

  • A strong and successful sales background
  • An advanced developer-level knowledge in a range of industry

Throughout my career, these strengths have enabled me to successfully negotiate the divide between business and IT to the benefit of both my clients and employers. Not only do I understand, relate, and contribute at a detailed level to discussions around complex technology issues but within those discussions, I have been able to apply structured process-driven sales frameworks in order to drive out solutions.

My background is in business solution sales and consulting across a wide range of industries, including insurance, recruitment cloud software, advertising, mobile applications and ATS software. Having learned and developed strong negotiation skills whilst closing high value deals, I am used to dealing with key decision makers at board level within blue chip corporations and FTSE companies.

I consider myself to be a forward thinker, a problem solver and solution finder. I have designed and built online solutions for companies helping them maximize the potential of their technology environments. Combining the latest website and mobile application technology with a solid social media strategy, I strive to help my clients gain that market edge. I believe in the importance of researching and understanding business fundamentals such as market trends, new industry technologies, workflow, process; core values that are the key to improving and increasing productivity.

I continue to innovate new ideas and give my staff amazing opportunities and make the workplace a fun and enjoyable place to work. My driving factors are Innovation, Customer Satisfaction and Staff Development - encouraging creative shared ideas.

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  • Sales Experience 20 Years
  • Management Experience 9 years
  • Key Skills & Experiences SaaS, Recruitment Software, ATS, Social Media, Marketing, Mobile Applications, Insurance, Finance, Investment, AdTech, Development, Sales, Consulting, Mobile Apps, SEO, SMO, B2C, B2B, RPO.

Recent Experience

Director

2018 - Current Vuyu.app

VuYu is the first app that lets you broadcast live to followers & friends simultaneously across different social media platforms – from your mobile!! A real game changer in the world of live streaming – but why would you want to go live at the same time on multiple social media sites? Easy! More viewers get to see what’s going on there and then without you having to lose that moment for your followers on another site to miss. Now you don’t have to choose which network to stream on first, or decide which of your followers must miss that spontaneous broadcast – whichever network they follow you on, they’ll all see it! You can even save all of your live broadcasts on your profile for your followers to view later! Go live instantly and simultaneously on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, TikTok & Twitch. Just connect your accounts and add your device within minutes.

CTO / Head of Sales

01/2016 - 04/2019 HandleSocial.Media

The Handle story has always been about empowering businesses to embrace and benefit from the capability of social media. A product designed for the future where brands, influencers and disruptors need tools to grow awareness and maximise engagement. The product is formed around 4 main hubs: - Broadcast - publish live update posts, pre-schedule posts and share in advance. Publish to single or multiple accounts, including Instagram. Group your groups to make it easier for bulk posting or post in as many Facebook groups as needed. Publish direct to Instagram from the desktop without the need of a mobile app, including stories and multiple Instagram accounts. - Socialize - Our innovative outreach targeting and engagement tool helps you to engage with your relevant audience by location, interest and relevance with pin point precision. Based on our unique algorithm’s we are able to increase your organic reach across Facebook pages based on enriched content. - Results - All the stats and analytics you need to track your return on investment and time. - Measure - Ability to compare different open Instagram and Twitter accounts to track best in class performance. See their growth and what is performing. We cover Facebook Pages & Groups, Instagram including stories, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Vimeo, You Tube and story/carousel postings on Instagram without the need of a mobile app!

Sales Director

10/2011 - 05/2012 KeyApps Ltd

KeyApps Ltd is a friendly and professional Software Development Company based in the UK. Our developers are amongst the best in the industry - having worked for some very big names - and are supported by excellent admin, design, testing and sales teams. We specialise in providing companies like yours with mobile applications for iOS, Android and WP7, featuring unbeatable functionality and ease of use. By choosing KeyApps Ltd as your mobile application development partner, we will provide you with the best opportunity to make today's mobile technology drive your business. KeyApps Ltd: Developing so you don't have to.

Past Experience

Sales Director

01/2010 - 01/2012 HR Connexions

Selling E‑Recruitment solutions / flat fee services Selling ATS systems to corporate sector National travel to client meetings presenting Managing team of 4 Sales budget and forecasts

International Sales Director

01/2011 - 10/2011 Idibu Ltd - T/a One World Marketing

Multi-posting tech­nol­ogy has rev­o­lu­tionised how job adver­tise­ments are deliv­ered online, result­ing in huge amounts of time saved for it’s disciples. Fast, accu­rate and sim­ple to use, Adpost is the back­bone of idibu’s prod­uct range. At it’s core Adpost is con­fig­ured seam­lessly with over 800 job boards through­out the UK and dot­ted around the globe. Com­plete con­trol over how you want to work means that you decide how, where and when you want your ads online.

Sales Manager

01/2004 - 01/2010 Broadbean Technology

Broadbean Technology is the UK's leading provider of multiple job posting and applicant/source tracking solutions. As the only award winning company of our type; with over 500 customers; a network in excess of 1000 job boards and an elite squad of loyal, happy and dedicated employees, we have an enviable reputation. We have turned a concept that was once viewed as a 'nice to have' into a business critical data exchange tool incorporating state-of-the-art technology and real-time management information. AdCourier Enterprise Edition - If you advertise jobs online we can save you time and money The AdCourier job posting application from Broadbean Technology is used by more than 13,000 people in over 600 companies every day. It allows vacancies to be sent to multiple online job boards simultaneously from a single point of entry and in the last month distributed in excess of 1.2 million ads. This award winning system also tracks the source of all jobseekers creating management information which will allow you to calculate the return on investment from your online spend.

Senior Sales Supervisor

01/2000 - 09/2004 First Light Insurance

Managing staff, motivating, encouraging and supervising ensuring deadlines are met. Making 150 outbound calls each day, handling 60 plus incoming calls. Contacting major Companies arranging meetings, products to sell etc… Leasing with clients in person and on the phone selling the product at hand Issuing Insurance Cover and making sure clients understand terms and conditions Meeting and exceeding company target of £20,000.00 Income a month. Travelling to brokers and underwriters (UK). Providing customer service to clients, dealing with complaints and following up unresolved issues. Managing new accounts and servicing existing accounts Presenting information to underwriters to clarify problems and arranging to come to a successful solution. Adhering to FSA and GISC codes of conduct and following guidelines. Writing to clients and affiliates. Compliance.

Call Center Manager

11/1999 - 01/2001 Barclays

Arranging meetings, booking flights, Contacting banks and other major corporations. Calling and taking calls from members of the public helping with their financial needs and defining aspect of their product Leasing with Management to help encourage staff to meet targets. Taking calls from staff and helping to fix their computers – both software and hardware problems Visiting other branches marketing new products Designing advertisement. Typing up reports on a daily basis Selling financial products

My Achievements, Accomplishments & Accolades

Won "Highly Commended Award"

At the Global Recruiter Awards, my innovative idea and company growth was given the Highly Commended Award.

Top 10% of global app downloads

Grew Vuyu app to be within the top 10% of global downloads within 6 months of launching.

Grew App to 40k users

As well as achieving 40k downloads/users, I gained over 5M social eyeballs

Closed high net deals

Have closed deals between £500k - £6M

Clients I have sold to...

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Testimonials

TGM Consulting
TGM Consulting
Web Projects
KidGuard
KidGuard
Web Projects
Vuyu.app
Vuyu.app
Branding, Web Projects
Brackley Storage
Brackley Storage
Web Projects
A1 Surfaces
A1 Surfaces
Web Projects
Premises Recruitment
Premises Recruitment
Web Projects
The Bottle
The Bottle
Web Projects
AJ Site Clearance
AJ Site Clearance
Web Projects

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