TATalks

Empowering Talent Acquisition Professionals to Excel and Stick in Their Roles

A career catalyst for TA professionals. Our mission is to make you indispensable – more 'sticky' in your current role and invaluable as you climb the professional ladder. 

With decades of experience in the TA world, we understand the intricate dynamics of your profession and are here to guide you every step of the way.

What Sets Us Apart:

Tailored Support for Career Advancement: Whether you're aiming for the next managerial position or stepping up to a directorial role, TA Talks is your partner in professional growth. 

We provide the tools and insights necessary for you to excel and become a key player in your organisation.

Dive into our vast network of TA professionals. Connect, share, and learn from a community that spans decades of collective experience.

Comprehensive Learning and Development: Our on-demand training and specialised events are crafted to address the real challenges and opportunities in the TA field. 

From mastering stakeholder management to navigating complex organisational structures.

Practical Insights for Immediate Impact: Every session, meetup, and training module is designed to deliver practical, actionable insights. 

We aim to make you more effective in your current role and more prepared for future challenges.

In a field as dynamic as Talent Acquisition, staying ahead means being adaptable, knowledgeable, and strategically savvy. 

At TA Talks, we focus intensely on:

Helping you manage and impress stakeholders with strategic insights and effective communication.

Equipping you with the skills to not just fill positions, but to shape the hiring strategy and culture of your organization.

Providing a pathway for you to transition from transactional duties to becoming a strategic asset in your company.

Be more than just a part of your organisation – be an indispensable asset.

Marketing Director

Appointment Buddy

78% of customers choose to go with the business that responds first to their enquiry. Yet the average response time is 42 hours 🤯. 

 →38% of leads vanish in that time, costing you sales. 
🪄The magic window? <5 minutes. Respond then, and your conversion rate skyrockets 100x

Slow Responses Are Costing You:

→ Leads disappear into the void of delayed responses.
→ Every unanswered inquiry fuels competitors' growth. - they don't wait for you to respond!
→ Missed opportunities,  lost profits & a dent in your reputation.

Delayed responses mean lost leads and a boost for competitors, eroding trust & undercutting your lead generation efforts. 

💡Imagine this:

Every lead, no matter the source, gets an instant response. A friendly, personalised message crafted by AI, trained on your unique brand voice and expertise.

Leads feel heard & valued. You've established instant rapport, eliminated hesitation, & sparked their interest.

Your sales team is energised and focused. They're not bogged down by endless communication, but ready to jump in and close deals with qualified prospects.

You deliver a seamless, efficient customer journey... 

I've helped hundreds of businesses transform their lead response game using a simple yet HIGHLY effective AI system. 

They've watched their pipelines explode & their sales soar.

Transform your lead management with our AI-driven solution. 

→ 24/7 AI-driven lead engagement across all channels, from emails to social media.
→ Personalised responses tailored to each lead's specific needs.
→ Seamless integration with your CRM, email, or booking calendar.
→ Increased lead to sale conversion rates.
→ Filters out time-wasters to prioritise high-potential leads.

✅ 391% higher sales conversions if you respond to leads and enquiries in the first minute!

Founder

TA Talk

Empowering Talent Acquisition Professionals to Excel and Stick in Their Roles

A career catalyst for TA professionals. Our mission is to make you indispensable – more 'sticky' in your current role and invaluable as you climb the professional ladder. With decades of experience at our fingertips in the TA world, we understand the intricate dynamics of your profession and are here to guide you every step of the way.

What Sets Us Apart:

Tailored Support for Career Advancement: Whether you're aiming for the next managerial position or stepping up to a directorial role, TA Talks is your partner in professional growth. We provide the tools and insights necessary for you to excel and become a key player in your organisation.

Dive into our vast network of TA professionals. Connect, share, and learn from a community that spans decades of collective experience.

Comprehensive Learning and Development: Our on-demand training and specialised events are crafted to address the real challenges and opportunities in the TA field. From mastering stakeholder management to navigating complex organisational structures.

Practical Insights for Immediate Impact: Every session, meetup, and training module is designed to deliver practical, actionable insights. We aim to make you more effective in your current role and more prepared for future challenges.

In a field as dynamic as Talent Acquisition, staying ahead means being adaptable, knowledgeable, and strategically savvy. At TA Talks, we focus intensely on:

Helping you manage and impress stakeholders with strategic insights and effective communication.

Equipping you with the skills to not just fill positions, but to shape the hiring strategy and culture of your organization.

Providing a pathway for you to transition from transactional duties to becoming a strategic asset in your company.

Be more than just a part of your organisation – be an indispensable asset.

Love Hemp

Head Of Digital Commerce

Internet Business UK Lead Generation & Ecommerce Experts

Understanding clients digital requirements by asking probing questions into their business, but more importantly into their industry and target market. 

We help your ecommerce business attract, convert, deliver, close and delight clients. 

Build Your Brand, Target Your Audience & Gain Marketplace Advantage with Internet Business UK

A Digital Marketing Company That Delivers Targeted Customers, Increases Revenues & Transforms UK Businesses In The Digital Age…

Specialists in - lead gen, customer acquisition & retention! 
We not only do this for our clients, we own and operate a number of successful ecommerce businesses in various markets & niches!

Alliance

Responsible for all marketing strategy & activity across the Alliance group.

Marketing Manager

Increase Confidence Ltd

-The first company launch involved a comprehensive PDF and video tutorial course covering a variety of facets which included how to research/uncover hot niche markets and how to carry out effective market analysis, to name a few.  This generated around £50K revenue with funnel revenues of £40K and a new customer base of more than 5K
-Created new ecommerce/drop shipping information product and a beta test group for initial training which highlighted any areas for product improvement.  Launched the product with sales of the front end product of around £60K, upgrade offer conversions of 100% in first 24 hours and board generated conversions of 67.7%
-Grossed £20K, putting a robust funnel and back end sales for additional coaching in place for future revenue streams
-Created a selection of ‘Done for You’ websites as a test, which sold through the launch model grossing £15K
-Spoke at the UK Marketing Summit in Manchester in front of an audience of more than 100, which resulted in being invited back in October
-Set ecommerce site up dedicated to health and wellbeing from scratch
-Drove the business to a £500,000 pa turnover and took the company to an information publishing business which ultimately grossed between £150,000 and £170,000 in 18 months
-Conducted weekly webinars to audiences up to 100 people at any one time
-SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) copywriting to generate further traffic to the site and PPC (Pay Per Click)
-Devised/implemented effective strategies based on customer issues
-Built trust and rapport, offered value product/solutions to achieve best ROI possible
-Ensured the provision of an exceptional customer service whilst adhering to set deadlines, targets and business objectives 
-Consistently adhered to budget restraints within all areas, such as PPC, SEO, Stock, Media Buying and initial set up costs

Founder Director

Event Marketing Solutions

Made the transition from Account Manager (managing client budgets, sourcing venues, liaising with various internal departments & suppliers) to Sales Executive due to the generation of additional revenue for the company due to the consistent generation of new business
-Dealt with all inbound enquiries in a prompt and professional manner
-Created own sales pipeline
-Achieved client objectives and delivered creative bespoke experiential campaigns
-Worked closely with members of the Account Management and Operations Teams on a number of successful campaigns and ensured the consistent adherence to all client requirements and specifications

Sales Executive

CPM Marketing

Title: Account Manager
Time Period: 2001 - 2004
Description:
-Managed all Nike London Events, which included events held at Nike Town and the largest event, Run London as well as other experiential events throughout London and the South
-Effectively managed for a more than 60 members of staff over a six week period

Sales & Marketing Manager

78% of customers choose to go with the business that responds first to their enquiry. Yet the average response time is 42 hours 🤯. 

 →38% of leads vanish in that time, costing you sales. 
🪄The magic window? <5 minutes. Respond then, and your conversion rate skyrockets 100x

Slow Responses Are Costing You:

→ Leads disappear into the void of delayed responses.
→ Every unanswered inquiry fuels competitors' growth. - they don't wait for you to respond!
→ Missed opportunities,  lost profits & a dent in your reputation.

Delayed responses mean lost leads and a boost for competitors, eroding trust & undercutting your lead generation efforts. 

⏰ After-hours inquiries? 

They're picked up by rivals, highlighting your business's response limitations. In the digital-first age, the absence of an automated response system isn't just a setback; it's a significant business risk.

💡Imagine this:

Every lead, no matter the source, gets an instant response. A friendly, personalised message crafted by AI, trained on your unique brand voice and expertise.

Leads feel heard & valued. You've established instant rapport, eliminated hesitation, & sparked their interest.

Your sales team is energised and focused. They're not bogged down by endless communication, but ready to jump in and close deals with qualified prospects.

You deliver a seamless, efficient customer journey... 

This is a reality within reach for ALL SME's.

I've helped hundreds of businesses transform their lead response game using a simple yet HIGHLY effective AI system. 

They've watched their pipelines explode & their sales soar.

Transform your lead management with our AI-driven solution. 

→ 24/7 AI-driven lead engagement across all channels, from emails to social media.
→ Personalised responses tailored to each lead's specific needs.
→ Seamless integration with your CRM, email, or booking calendar.
→ Increased lead to sale conversion rates.
→ Filters out time-wasters to prioritise high-potential leads.

✅ 391% higher sales conversions if you respond to leads and enquiries in the first minute!

Oh... and a little bit about me 😀

→25+ years of experience building profitable businesses, generating millions in revenue for clients.
→Exited 2 digital marketing agencies, spent millions mastering lead gen and qualification strategies.
→AI Enthusiast: Not techy, but passionate about using AI to simplify tasks and empower businesses.

Ready to revolutionise your lead management? → Drop me a DM to see how AI can supercharge your sales pipeline. Or, for more details, check out the link in my Featured Section

Mark Wallace

Astris Partners

At Astris Partners, we help B2B companies build predictable, scalable client acquisition systems that go beyond just booking meetings. We focus on full-funnel outbound sales, ensuring the entire process is optimized to drive real revenue growth.

How We Help
- Outbound Campaigns – Highly targeted strategies to engage the right prospects
- Sales & Marketing Assets – Optimized messaging and content to increase conversion
-Strategy & Execution – Ongoing iteration to improve performance and maximize results

Results in 2024
- Delivered as much pipeline as three full-time SDRs per client, saving $25K-$30K/month
- Built campaigns that outperformed industry benchmarks by 600%
- Secured meetings with companies like Amazon, Google, and Walmart

Who We Work With
We partner with B2B companies ready to scale outbound sales. To ensure results, we onboard only one new partner per month.

Customer Feedback
"Astris took our outbound from zero to 80-100 qualified opportunities per quarter. They refined our entire sales process and continue to bring new insights."
— Stu Brown, CCO, Medipro

"We've tried other business development firms—none come close to Astris. Their strategies consistently book high-quality meetings that convert."
— Nash Castle, CEO, Global IT

"Outbound often feels robotic, but Kevin and the team changed that. They iterated quickly and provided invaluable guidance that improved our results."
— Michael Boham, CEO, Skillsize

Interested in Working Together? Let's chat

https://cal.com/kp-astrispartners/20-min-consultation-call

Co-Founder

A-Leads

Strategic Advisor

Telescope

Imagine if Tinder and Apollo.io had a baby (sprinkled with clever AI) = welcome Telescope. 

A new, quick and easy (and fun) way to find your ideal leads for cold outreach.

get started for free - https://app.trytelescope.ai/sign-up?referral=dXNlcl8ybEYxd1d6MEl3YWdmcG5PV3dSMWxMQTVzWFI7S2V2aW4=

Maildoso

Maildoso is the only cold email infrastructure you need to land in the inbox. 

Setup burner domains and mailboxes in seconds.

Clay

Clay Creator

KP Business Development Ltd

Coaching founders of B2B SMEs on business development strategies

Founder & CEO

Country Navigator

Country Navigator is the No.1 platform for cultural intelligence and inclusion training.

We give individuals, teams and organizations the awareness, knowledge and skills to leverage the benefits of culture and build truly, inclusive global workplaces.

Our coolest new feature Fast Track, along with digital assessments, tools and learning pathways will help you navigate culture more effectively and more productively.

www.countrynavigator.com

Head of Sales (Fractional)

School Speakers

I have spoken at more than 100 events sharing my story of how I was bullied at school and how I overcame it and how that experience is the key to my success and drive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lSbEohjLnY (TEDx Surrey talk)

Motivational Speaker

As-tu Mange

As-tu Mangé translates to 'have you eaten' in French. Our mission is to end hunger by providing hot meals to those who need it most for every item sold. Since launch we’ve provided over 5000 hot meals across 9 countries.

Stay up to date with everything we're getting up to on socials. Tag us in your favourite ATM fits with @as.tu.mange

www.astumange.com

Ambl

Part of the founding team that launched Ambl to the World! 

Making Reservations is a chore. 
Going out on the fly has become a thing of the past. 
It's a world built for planners, not people who live in the now. 

From one venue, to another. Boosting the spontaneous community. 

www.ambl.co

Ambl is giving venues the power and platform to combat the last-minute cancellations and detrimental no-shows, while keeping everything quick, simple and most importantly, visible.

#WHERENEXT

Head Of Customer Experience (Founding Team Member)

Helping B2B life science companies grow using strategic outbound | Co-founder at Astris Partners

Stop reading this.

Unless you want systematic, predictable revenue growth.

👉 Here’s my stance:

If you’re looking for a lead gen agency that promises 50 unqualified meetings a month, scroll on.

If you want someone who claims they understand your market better than you do after a 30-minute discovery call, this isn’t for you.

👉 Here’s what we actually do at Astris Partners:

We don’t generate leads. We build systematic outreach operations.

We extract the winning patterns from your existing customer relationships and create repeatable systems to reach more people in identical situations.

No guesswork. No spray-and-pray. No promises we can’t keep.

👉 Whether you’re:

	• A startup testing product-market fit hypotheses

	• An established company wanting predictable growth systems

	• A life science leader tired of random outreach

If you’re serious about systematic growth that you can forecast and scale, let’s talk.

We work with B2B companies who want to own their growth process, not depend on it.

Ready to stop hoping and start systematizing?
Shoot me a DM or click the link in my bio.

PS. We’ve done this successfully for over 50 B2B companies so far

Kevin Patrick (KP) 🤝

Nobody wants to sell to doctor offices and government health systems. 

Good. More for us. Haha 😂

When we started Astris Partners, everyone asked the same question...

Why life sciences? 
Why pharma? 
Why government health systems?"

Because they're notoriously difficult
And that's exactly the point

Look, if we can crack the hardest market, we can technically do anything else.

Most firms run toward easy verticals. 

SaaS companies with simple decision-making. 
Ecommerce brands with fast sales cycles. 
B2C plays where volume solves everything.

And what happens? 

They all compete for the same prospects. 

Same playbooks. 
Same messaging. 
Same mediocre results.

Meanwhile the hard markets sit there wide open
Pharma has regulatory complexity. 

Government has procurement nightmares
Doctor offices have zero time and gatekeepers everywhere.

So everyone avoids them
Which means when you figure it out... you own it.

Here's what actually happens when you target impossible markets:

You build methodology that works everywhere. 

The research skills. 
The patience. 
The ability to navigate complexity. 

Once you crack pharma... selling to a SaaS company feels like a layup.

You build real reputation
Anyone can close easy deals

Cracking the hard stuff? That's what gets you referrals and word of mouth. 

While everyone's fighting over the same saturated verticals, you're the only one who knows how to operate in yours.

So, find the thing that scares people. 
Crack it. 
Own it.

That's how you build a business that lasts.

P.S. Repost this if you think most agencies are taking the easy way out.

Kevin  Patrick (KP) 🤝

Helping B2B companies with PMF scale using strategic outbound | Booked calls with 85% of F500 | Co-founder at Astris Partners

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