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Why Professional Development Is Important

Strategy Driven

But this assumption is wrong, as technology and the world are constantly developing and evolving. And professional development cannot only benefit your career but your personal life too. On the other side, there might be many employees that want to develop more professionally but their employers do not see this as a necessity.

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Top 5 Business Marketing Strategies

Strategy Driven

And without the Ideal marketing approaches to fuel your development, screaming a profit and remaining afloat is virtually impossible. Here are B2C, C2C, C2B, and B2B marketing strategies that you can adapt in your business. This can divert incredibly useful information in regards to events, conferences and trade shows.

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In Sales, Social Media's Indirect Benefits Matter Most

Harvard Business Review

There's no better place to get a sense of the potential downside of social media for business than in B2B sales environments. Even if companies do make these investments, and the effort results in reps' being better able to negotiate social media's chaotic terrain, there still might not be much to show in terms of higher sales.

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The Growing Power of Inside Sales

Harvard Business Review

We spoke with Mike Moorman, a senior leader in ZS Associates'' B2B sales and marketing practice and a leading authority on sales management, about how inside sales (which refers to sales positions done remotely from headquarters, without face-to-face meetings with clients) is transforming the way that B2B companies interact with their customers.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business Review

Communicate across logos, taglines, ads, marketing, trademarks, media, trade shows, and conferences.” He noted his accomplishments in several areas: strategy development and execution, branding and marketing, sales, partnerships, and IP. ” Résumé Story. 75M to more than $14.5M in four years. 5M to $10M.

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Get More from Your Event Spending

Harvard Business Review

Yet, after sales force costs, events are the biggest line item in many marketing budgets, especially for B2B firms. The Dreamforce 2014 homepage had a calculator that provided users with the projected ROI that their respective companies would gain from their presence at the conference. The benefits of event marketing are undeniable.

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Hiring Star Salespeople Isn’t the Best Way to Grow

Harvard Business Review

In B2B contexts, for example, rep performance in similar territories often varies by 300% between top and bottom quintiles, and in retail stores selling productivity typically varies by a factor of three to four. Generally, customer education and applications development are often key tasks in early stages.

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