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What is business development? Strategy, plan, and skills

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Stakeholder mapping. Once you know your place in the market, it’s the business developer’s job to maintain it through stakeholder mapping and relationships. Business development works with inbound and outbound leads to develop potential B2B relationships and partnerships. Cross-departmental project management.

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What does a business development representative (BDR) do?

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If you’ve ever been to a sophisticated social event, you’ve likely encountered that strange interaction where one party attendee asks about another party attendee’s job. “Oh,” BDRs, as representatives of every department and the company as a whole, are able to manage cross-departmental projects without egos getting in the way.

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