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4 Sales Team Motivation Ideas to Beat the Summer Slump

Brooks Group

Plan a Sales Contest Just like your prospects, your sales professionals are probably wishing for a day at a sunny beach or relaxing mountain getaway. You can tie the contest to quota attainment, pipeline, scheduled meetings, or any other metric. They probably can’t even get replies to emails or set up meetings.

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Be more strategic – PESTLE, Positioning and Plans

Red Star Kim

Preference for digital/virtual meetings. Specifically, a M&BD team may need far more detailed plans than fee-earners who will prefer a high-level summary showing the main actions required. Planning resources: Why do you need a business plan? Have a clear campaign plan. Technological. Electronic vehicles.

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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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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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Cracking the Consulting Code: Top 10 Innovation Frameworks

Flevy

Develop Viable Value Propositions : Crafting compelling value propositions that address the identified opportunities and meet the customer’s job requirements. Analyze Competitors : Evaluating how competitors meet these needs and identifying gaps in their offerings.

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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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Slack Huddles: Moving the Game Away From Normal Slack Calls Or Slack Meetings

SmartKarrot

Though you may initially believe that there isn’t a real difference when it comes between Slack Huddles, Slack Calls, or Slack Meetings, think again! How Is Slack Huddle Different From Slack Calls Or Slack Meetings? What Are Slack Huddles?