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Proactive marketing and business development executives – CRM, internal engagement and career insights

Red Star Kim

There were comments that it was unusual for people to be in the office so face time and in person meetings – where it is easier to develop rapport, trust and solid working relationships – were rare. Finding ways to meet with people in real time (such as at social events) can help. Make myself more visible in meeting with fee earners.

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Coaching and Consulting – People and Problem-Solving skills

Red Star Kim

But coaches resist the temptation to tell.

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Key issues in Marketing and Business Development Planning: Engage, Analyse, Expand, Innovate and Measure

Red Star Kim

Delegates reported a range of issues preventing an improvement in the quality of M&BD plans – from the difficulty in obtaining the necessary data at the outset, through time to conduct structured analyses of the data and the identification of opportunities and threats as well as brainstorming creative ways to address them.

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

He shares the story of how Twitter came into existence from a big picture brainstorming day with people from a podcasting company considering tough competition from Apple and having an idea for an SMS service. The strategy you create is never complete – it is finding a set of answers to basic powerful strategy questions”.

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The 10 Best AI Tools for Small Businesses and How to Use Them

Hubspot Sales

Cut to 2024 , and I lean on ChatGPT to brainstorm use cases for products, concepts, or other ideas I’m writing about. In 2017, I started a blog in my spare time. What I Like I like the same thing now that I did back in 2017… It’s so affordable. Heck, you can even use it to take meeting notes.

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Startup growth-hacking strategies are not one-size-fits-all

Zendesk

Carrot, a Y Combinator company in 2017, hasn’t deviated much from its initial mission: fertility care for everyone. She estimates going almost 18 months where not a single person, be it an HR leader or Chief People Officer, said no to a meeting. Their top tips: Keep your eye on the prospect—VCs will follow. gated-cta-in-post].

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How to close the sales cycle with sales battle cards

PandaDoc

All this information can be neatly summarized on a battle card so your sales team has easily digestible information they can reference quickly before sales meetings. Originally published December 14, 2017, updated August 18, 2022. Use supporting data points such as testimonials, stats, or other relevant data as much as possible.