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Business Development Manager Reviews
What is it like working as a Business Development Manager?
November 2014
Didn't Clearly Articulate Salary And Commission Plan.
Business Development Manager:
Ask for all the facts and proof of earning potential. Don't be scared to delay the process to ensure the smokescreen created by a disorganized organisation is cleared.
October 2014
Marketing, Sales And Business Development Manager.
Business Development Manager:
Pros: Marketing professional with engineering background prove records of managing business, the art of being entrepreneur, innovating new technologies, developing efficiency and productivity.
Cons: Challenging career position for increasing and utilizing his business experience.
August 2014
Get Ready To Travel.
Business Development Manager:
Global travel is fun and taxing. Get to learn new cultures and ways of doing business. Make sure it aligns to the job opportunities you want next when you might want to slow down the traveling.
June 2014
This Job Gives You Flexibility In Business Interactions.
Business Development Manager:
Pros: It makes you interact with different business partners.
Cons: The bad part of this job is that if you fail to grow the business you are liable all the time.
June 2014
Sourcing Potential New Business From Corporate Companies.
Business Development Manager:
Understand your products, interpersonal people skills, drive to achieve and be number 1, strong client relations, understand company financials, strong command of the language, high service standards, be able to present proposals to the credit committees. Be able to cross sell various products into one company.
May 2014
You Gotta Want It.
Business Development Manager:
Prospecting potential customers, coordinating/scheduling appointments and presentations, maintaining, building relationships with existing clients, collections.
I would suggest a degree in marketing or communication. I strongly recommend courses in entrepreneurship. Stress is extremely high. You have to be prepared to go through a lot of NOS to get to just 1 YES! You just have to know how to talk to people. Sure you have to be knowledgeable and well versed on what your selling but most of all you just have to know how to talk and LISTEN to people. COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE!!
Excelling in sales is easy.
Desire.
Faith.
Plan.
Strategy.
Implement plan / strategy.
NEVER GIVE UP.
April 2014
What would I get.
Business Development Manager:
Get know how to get up the ladder.
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