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In today's episode, you'll meet Summer Lowery, Director of Client Relations at Big Interview

Summer has over 15 years of experience in business development, sales and other customer-facing roles.

What makes Summer so special is her positive and go-getter attitude. These qualities helped Summer get promotions after promotions in very short periods of time. We wanted to know her secret, so you could learn from her.

In this episode, we talked about:


How to get a promotion to BD Director
What traits should you develop to climb the BD ladder
The importance of being in the field even as a Director

Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy this very insightful chat!

And, if you'd like to improve your business development skills enroll in our certification program:

https://link.thebdschool.com/bd-certification-podcast

You can connect with Summer here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/summerlowery/

In today's episode, you'll meet Kristopher Tonas Director Executive Recruitment at Lifepoint Health

Kristopher has 8 years of experience in recruitment and in his career has also managed a business development team as well as managing his own agencies.

We asked Kris to share some insights on what skills recruiters are looking for in business developers.

In this episode, we talked about:


Traits to look for in business developers
How to motivate and retain business developers
How to behave in interviews for business development jobs

Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy this very insightful chat!

And, if you'd like to improve your business development skills enroll in our certification program:

https://link.thebdschool.com/bd-certification-podcast

You can connect with Kris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristonas/

In today's episode, you'll meet Mafalda Director of Business Development and Customer Success at Wonderway.

Wonderway is a sales enablement platform that helps tech companies organize their onboarding training.

With Mafalda we talked about:


Top mistakes when training commercial teams
Best practices when training commercial teams
The 3 elements of a perfect training

Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy this very energetic chat!

And, if you'd like to improve your business development skills enroll in our certification program:

https://link.thebdschool.com/bd-certification-podcast

In today's episode, you'll meet Sabine AKA the Queen of Meetings.

Sabine is one of our students and she works for a SaaS company called TechSee.

She joined The BD School shortly after starting her new job there because she didn't have a business background and wanted to become really good, really fast.

Together we worked on cold emails, sequences, different personality styles, and everything in between.

In just a couple of months she went from newbie to top performer earning the nickname of Queen of Meeting...because you guessed it...she books a lot of meetings!

With Sabine we talked about:


What motivated her to start a career in business development
Challenges of a first-time business development pro
Tips to go from 0 to hero in no time

We definitely recommend you listen to this episode while you're prospecting: the energy you'll get from Sabine will give you the extra kick to hit your KPIs today! Feel free to connect with her on LinkedIn as well: Sabine's LinkedIn Profile

And, if you're as ambitious as Sabine, enroll in our Bootcamps and give a boost to your business development skills:

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Welcome back to the Let's Talk BD Podcast 👋 

To kick off season 2 we're going to dive into the exciting topic of building communities for business development. 

Communities are a key tool both for your personal and business growth. Joining communities puts you in touch with experts and peers that can help you achieve your goals.

Communities are also a great way to build your brand and create a strong, loyal, fan base for your company.

We invited Adam Graham, founder of BD Matters a UK-based business development community. We talked about:


The benefits of building a strong community around your business
Some of the challenges that come with building and sustaining a community
Plenty of tips and tricks up our sleeves to help you navigate these obstacles with ease.

Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and join us for an engaging conversation on the importance of communities in business development.

After that, don't forget to join our community to meet other #businessdevelopmentpros and learn from each other: 

JOIN THE BD NETWORK

Hello #BusyBDee 🐝

Welcome to Let's Talk BD, the official podcast of The BD School, the first educational platform entirely dedicated to business development.

Here we interview business developers working in the field every day as well as startup founders, so they can share tips and experiences to make you a better #BD pro.

In this episode, we interview Marlou Hofman, Manager of the Business Development team at Aircall. Aircall is the leading cold calling software helping teams improve productivity and get results.

With Marlou we talked about:

👉 How to use cold calling effectively

👉 How to measure cold calling

👉 Tips to improve your outreach

Get your dose of #BusinessDevelopment inspiration, join The BD School 🔥