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What is business development? Strategy, plan, and skills

Zendesk

BD isn’t sales, but it helps improve sales; it’s not marketing, but it improves marketing. Brainstorming. When we say brainstorming, we mean a structured idea-generation process. Lead generation and qualification aren’t just for the sales development team. Cross-departmental project management.