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78 Examples of Business Development Skills

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Business development is a common term for sales jobs. The term can also be applied to the process of growing a business by expanding or launching new products and services. These are all highly social and competitive roles that require communication skills and rare character traits such as resilience and personal presence. Beyond that, skills related to sales technology, processes and practices are also relevant. The following are common business development skills.
Account Development
Account Management
Accountability
Ambitious
Analytical
Attention to Detail
Bias for Action
Building Rapport
Business Acumen
Business Analysis
Business Plans
Clear & Concise
Cold Calling
Collaboration
Competitive Spirit
Customer Analysis
Customer Engagement
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Customer Relationships
Decision Making
Desire to Learn & Grow
Desire to Win
Determination
Developing Sales Materials and Presentations
Empathy
Energetic
Ethical Standards
Financial Tracking
Flexibility
Forecasting
Formatting & Editing
Good Humor
Grit
Growing Accounts
Handling Rejection
Integrity
Language
Lead Follow-up
Market Analysis
Market Intelligence
Meeting Revenue Targets
Navigating Complex Organizations
Negotiation
Objection Handling
Personal Presence
Persuasion
Positive Attitude
Presentations
Problem Solving
Product & Industry Knowledge
Product Demonstrations
Professionalism
Proofreading
Proposal Writing
Prospecting
Public Speaking
Qualifying Prospects
Quick Thinking
Recordkeeping
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Resilient
Resourceful
Sales Cycle
Sales Force Automation (SFA)
Sales Pipeline
Sales Processes
Self-Directed
Self-Motivated
Selling
Solution Development
Structured Thinking
Teamwork
Tenacity
Territory Development
Time Management
Verbal Communication
Visual Communication
Willingness to Learn

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Account Management
Ambiguity Effect
Anchoring
Bargaining Power
Bias For Action
Bliss Point
Bogey
Business Relationships
Buyer Persona
Call To Action
Choice Architecture
Churn Rate
Closing Techniques
Complex Sales
Concept Selling
Conversion Rate
Cross-Selling
Curiosity Drive
Customer Lifetime Value
Customer Motivation
Customer Needs Analysis
Customer Persona
Customer Profitability
Customer Relationships
Customer Retention
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Service
Deal Desk
Decoy Effect
Default Effect
Excuses
Fear Of Missing Out
Figure Of Merit
Final Offer
Hard Selling
Ideal Customer Profile
Influencing
Lead Generation
Lead Qualification
Low Ball
Marketing Channels
Message Framing
Needs Identification
Negotiation Process
Nudge Theory
Objection Handling
Opportunity
Overchoice
Personal Selling
Post-Sales
Presales
Pricing Strategy
Product Differentiation
Product Knowledge
Promotion Strategy
Prospecting
Puffery
Remarketing
S&OP
Sales
Sales Activities
Sales Analysis
Sales Channels
Sales Data
Sales Development
Sales Efficiency
Sales Force Automation
Sales Goals
Sales Management
Sales Metrics
Sales Model
Sales Objectives
Sales Pipeline
Sales Planning
Sales Process
Sales Quotas
Sales Risk
Sales Skills
Sales Strategy
Scarcity Marketing
Soft Selling
Solution Selling
Trade Fairs
Upselling
Willingness To Pay
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