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We build your Account Map: named companies, the signal with its source and date, the likely decision-maker, and an opening angle. You approve who belongs on it.
You approve the listWe find companies in your region with a fresh reason to rethink business travel, like a new CFO or new funding. Then we open the conversation on LinkedIn in your agency's voice and bring you the ones ready to talk.
A finance manager at a growing firm is booking the sales team's flights herself. An office manager is planning the company's first offsite. A new CFO is reviewing how employees book and pay for travel.
Some of them need exactly what your agency does. Without an introduction, they'll never hear your name.
Invisible demand
Companies manage travel in-house for years without ever looking for an agency.
Keep the referrals that already work. Add a second way to win accounts: reaching companies at the moment their travel starts to grow.
Business travel rarely grows at random. It grows when a company changes. We track six of those changes across your region, so your agency starts the conversation while the change is still new.
We build your Account Map: named companies, the signal with its source and date, the likely decision-maker, and an opening angle. You approve who belongs on it.
You approve the listEvery week we check for new signals and add fresh companies for your approval.
Every weekWe draft LinkedIn messages in your voice. Once you approve them, outreach starts. Posts on your agency's pages show your expertise when prospects look you up.
In your voiceThe conversation confirms how the company books today and whether your agency can help.
We reach out in your voice and screen interested prospects for calls. You approve the companies and messages before outreach begins.
Your first paid Account Map is ready for approval by day 10. We agree your region, ideal companies and launch schedule at onboarding.
Review the companies and message wording together. Outreach starts only after your sign-off.
We qualify every reply: company size, how often the team travels, how it books today, who decides, and interest in a call.
Qualified prospects are offered your call windows. A one-page weekly report shows outreach, replies, booked calls, held calls and next steps.
Done-for-you prospecting for corporate travel accounts.
Your part: Review the map and message batches within five business days, and hold two call windows a week.
Waiting on referrals → A second channel
Guessing who to call → Named companies, dated signals
No time to prospect → We research and reach out
Unclear what's working → One-page weekly report
Company: Engineering firm with about 60 staff in your region
Signal: A new CFO has been announced. A real map links the source and date.
Why it matters: A new finance leader may review travel spend and who books it.
Likely contact: The CFO, with role confirmed during research
Opening angle: Ask who handles booking and changes when project teams visit client sites.
Still to qualify: How often the team travels, how it books today, and whether an agent is involved
Who books travel today? How often does the team travel? What's working, and what isn't? Who decides whether to use an agency? Is there interest in talking?
Every company contacted, its signal, outreach status, replies, qualification notes, calls booked, calls held and the next step. Booked and held calls are reported separately.
Before Portolan, most of our corporate business came from referrals. We wanted a more consistent way to reach companies in our region, but finding the right contacts kept falling down our list. Portolan gave us a clear Account Map and helped us start relevant conversations with businesses we might never have reached.
What I appreciated most was being able to review the companies and messages before anything went out. Portolan researched businesses with reasons to review their travel arrangements and drafted LinkedIn outreach in our voice. It gave our team a practical way to prospect while staying focused on our travelers.
Portolan brought structure to how we look for corporate accounts. Instead of guessing who to contact, we could see the company, the signal behind it and a reason to start a conversation. The weekly reporting also made it easier to follow replies and see which opportunities needed our attention.
Before you hire us, we put the scope, schedule, approval process and reporting in writing. We commit to:
Your first paid Account Map, ready for approval by day 10.
Three core posts every week across your agreed pages.
A one-page report every week.
What we don't promise: A number of meetings, signed accounts or revenue.
In the first 90 days we measure activity and response in your market, then set conversation targets with you from that baseline.
Book a free 20-minute call. We'll show you ten researched companies in your region, the signal behind each one, and how your agency could open the conversation. We send the map afterward. It's yours whether or not we work together.
US agencies that manage corporate travel or are equipped to start.
With an owner who can review outreach and take sales calls.
Leisure-only agencies.
Agencies outside the US.
Advisors not yet ready to serve business accounts.