About YBM Connect

Cost-Effective Marine Business Growth with YBM Connect

YBM Connect revolutionises marine business development through its innovative "Software with a Service" (SwaS) model, delivering comprehensive growth support at dramatically reduced costs compared to traditional approaches.

Dramatic Cost Savings Through Strategic Outsourcing

Our objective is to deliver results for our clients for about 30% of the costs they would incur if they were to go it alone!

Costs of traditional in-house business development can include salaries, benefits, office space, training, travel, and technology infrastructure . YBM Connect removes these costs as they are absorbed into our SwaS, outsourced business development structure and service.

Pre-Established Network

YBM Connect leverages existing market networks in Australia, the UK, Europe and, increasingly, in the USA, eliminating expensive market research phases and reducing expansion risk . This infrastructure addresses marine industry challenges including geographic distance and market access barriers, providing immediate local expertise without extensive travel and relationship-building investments .

Scalable Resource Allocation

YBM Connect's "whatever level you need" approach provides unprecedented flexibility in scaling business development efforts . Marine businesses can adjust service levels based on market conditions without long-term personnel commitments, reducing financial risk associated with expansion initiatives .

Speed to Market Advantage

Established infrastructure enables immediate deployment of business development activities, eliminating recruitment and training delays . This speed advantage proves crucial in the marine industry where market opportunities can be time-sensitive and competitive dynamics shift rapidly .

Competitive Positioning

YBM Connect's specialised marine industry knowledge, developed across multiple client engagements, provides value that would be difficult and expensive for individual companies to develop internally . This expertise addresses sales, distribution networks, market influencers and recommenders as well supporting company operations and infrastructure.

YBM Connect's cost-effective approach enables marine businesses to maintain competitive positioning while optimizing cost structures through strategic outsourcing, delivering immediate access to extended local and international markets without associated infrastructure investments .

Our core team:

YBM Connect and the Your Boat Manager network of business support platforms is based in Sydney, Australia.

Chris Hills is the founder and Managing Director of YBM Connect, bringing extensive experience in business development and commercialisation to the marine industry. Chris has been leading Your Boat Manager since July 2022, building upon a diverse professional background that spans multiple industries and decades of business development expertise.

Also, we are delighted to be working with David Pearson who runs our UK office. David is a very experienced business and sales manager as well as having a life-long passion for anything to do with yachts.

As result, not only are we are able to offer business development support for our Members in the northern and southern hemispheres but we are also well positioned to develop international growth and direct representation for our clients in:

• UK & Europe

• Australia and New Zealand

• South East Asia

• Canada

• USA