Business Development

What are your business development strategies? Do you have one? Have you defined what you hope to achieve in terms of business development goals? How are they relevant to the current situation and plans you have for your company? What do you expect to come from these strategies?

 

In a cavedigital organization, business development efforts often focus on identifying current and potential new clients. One of the primary purposes of a cavedigital organization is to develop a long term and broad client base through marketing and other promotional strategies. So, what are your marketing and promotional strategies currently and what are your plans for the future?

 

Are you, as a business developer, committed to inbound marketing strategies? What types of marketing do you currently practice? Are you skilled at developing strong client relationships? Do you understand the basic skills needed for developing strong and successful inbound clients? Do you have strategies that support your current inbound marketing efforts and how do you plan to enhance and support these skills for your future plans and strategies?

 

Are you committed to a long-term strategy? As a business developer, do you have a long-term vision for the company? Do you have a plan for business expansion? Do you have a detailed and action plan for these activities? Are you aware of the skills necessary for long-term business growth and expansion?

 

Are you familiar with effective business expansion processes? Have you, as a business developer, previously engaged in strategic alliances? Have you established and managed successful strategic partnerships? Are you familiar with effective and profitable strategic alliances? Do you have an idea on how to make a successful business expansion?

 

Are you aware of the professional services that are available to you by an agency business development person? Are you aware of the services that can be provided to you through this type of organization? What are the professional services that an agency business development person can provide to you? How should you evaluate these services? What do you expect from such a professional service?

 

Are you able to demonstrate the ability to communicate a strategy effectively? How does your communication skills impact the ability to develop strategic plans? How is your ability to communicate a business developer's plan to clients working in different industries? Do you work well with your clients and can they use your professional services to develop long-term business opportunities?

 

As a business developer, do you have the ability to provide excellent strategic planning skills? Do you understand the impact of a long-term planning process on your clients and prospective partners? Do you know how to provide clients with strategic planning workshops and meetings that will enable them to utilize your strategic planning skills to their advantage? Are you able to provide excellent consulting and strategic planning services to your clients? If you answered yes to all of the above questions, then you have all the potential to become a successful business development manager.

 

Is your knowledge of social media marketing sufficient for your new business development team? Can you provide examples of your previous experience using social media and Internet marketing strategies? Can you explain why social media marketing is an effective strategy for business development? Can you describe what a strategic social media plan looks like? Can you provide examples of your previous efforts using social media? Do you know how to properly use the various social media outlets?

 

Do you possess the ability to manage multiple projects at once? Does your current job allows you to accomplish this? Does your current company also have a project management team that you can work with? Do you have someone on staff that you can hire to help you develop your product management or business expansion strategy? Do you have someone available in your organization that can handle the implementation of your project management tasks?

 

Do you have sufficient soft skills? Are you able to provide effective leadership to your project management team and other members of your company? Can you explain what a soft skill is? Can you demonstrate how these soft skills are beneficial to your business development team? If not, how can you acquire these skills?

 

Are you familiar with strategic partnerships? Do you understand the benefits of strategic partnerships? Are there any existing strategic partnership relationships within your organization? If so, can you identify the most promising relationship opportunities and how will they affect your business expansion strategy?