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

Red Star Kim

For events , one delegate asked about LinkedIn Events | LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and whether others experienced problems with bots and a lack of control over who registers. Others asked about platforms for event invitations. Finding ways to meet with people in real time (such as at social events) can help.

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4 Sales Team Motivation Ideas to Beat the Summer Slump

Brooks Group

If a vacation is out of your budget, consider offering smaller prizes—extra vacation days or tickets to an exciting Labor Day event in your area, for example. Slower periods are a great time to hold brainstorming sessions where sales professionals can share their ideas for growing the business.

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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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The Complete Guide to Digital Entrepreneurship

Hubspot Sales

Step 2: Develop a winning business strategy. Once you’ve got the concept and research down, it’s time to structure your business plan. This detailed document lays out both the mission of your business and all the steps you need to get started. Brainstorm early and implement your plan as you grow.

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The Ultimate Guide to Entrepreneurship

Hubspot Sales

Choose and register your business name. Next, it’s time to select and register your business name. This might sound like a fun brainstorming activity, but it’s actually a paperwork-heavy legal process with far-reaching implications for your business down the road. Venture capital is on the opposite end of the spectrum.

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The Ultimate Guide to Entrepreneurship

Hubspot Sales

Choose and register your business name. Next, it’s time to select and register your business name. This might sound like a fun brainstorming activity, but it’s actually a paperwork-heavy legal process with far-reaching implications for your business down the road. Venture capital is on the opposite end of the spectrum.

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Book review: The Strategy Book by Max McKeown

Red Star Kim

Becoming a strategic thinker – a strategist – is about getting better at shaping events…You learn that reacting and responding to events is just as important as planning”. A clever strategy is between the extremes – plan deliberate actions to shape the future but stay close to local events and react to them.