The Certified Business Development Professional course focuses on the tools and techniques required to develop new business. Without them, sales will stagnate and profits will drop. The course also addresses ways to maximize the company's profitability by fostering relationships with potential players and key decision makers in the market. By attending this program, business development professionals will acquire what they need to create and implement promotional drives in order to spur the company's market prospects and design cost effectiveyet innovative options to boost sales.
The course involves a variety of case studies and exercises to develop the right skills needed to become a successful business development professional. Group presentations and self assessment tools are also available for the same purpose.
Sales reps, sales supervisors and managers, and account managers who would like to professionally develop themselves by seizing business opportunities and using them to improve personal management and showcasing skills. The course also targets commercial professionals aspiring to consider every potential client as a challenge that will help their performance and their careers.
Course outline
Business development: overview and best practices
Business development: definition and scope
Account analysis and qualification: an overview
The new landscape of account management and BD
Understanding the buy-sell ladder model
Client classification: building an ideal client profile
Understanding and working the customer loyalty ladder
The business planning process
Using the STAR business planning process:
Strategic analysis
Targets and goals
Activities
Reality check
Conducting customer surveys to identify important service criteria
Preparing an account development plan
Building client chemistry with F.O.R.M.
Re-defining your processes for breakthrough results
Reviewing the selling process
The selling process
Functional product/service/company knowledge
Unique and distinctive selling points
The sales competitors analysis form
Re-engineering your team selling process to avoid mistaking motion for action
The value-added selling process
A simple framework for developing new business
Create and deploy weapons
Your best friend: the phone
Creating a client-centered code of conduct (DART model)
Designing and implementing key performance indicators
Creating a balanced scorecard (business performance audit)
Effective negotiation skills
The definition of negotiation
Some negotiation philosophies
The difference between persuading and negotiating
The five stages of the negotiation process
The critical rules of negotiation
The phases of the purchasing decision
Establishing relative importance of differentiators
Influencing decision criteria
Vulnerability analysis
Workshop: completing your negotiation plan
Building and leading the business development team
Stages in team formation
Building a high performance team
Defining team roles
The team motivation mix
Management versus leadership
Practices of exemplary leaders (industry practices)
Writing business proposals that sell
Writing a typical business proposal
Formatting tips and tricks for winning proposals
The process of developing successful project proposals
Workshop: creating your own project proposal
INFORMATECH is the region’s leading provider of in-house custom-designed courses. We have been tailoring in-house solutions for our clients aimed at helping them achieve short term training wins or long term strategic requirements. In addition to being significantly cost effective, these courses are constantly in demand because they:
17 Feb - 21 Feb 2025
28 Apr - 2 May 2025
12 May - 16 May 2025
23 Jun - 27 Jun 2025
4 Aug - 8 Aug 2025
15 Sep - 19 Sep 2025
27 Oct - 31 Oct 2025
8 Dec - 12 Dec 2025
If you did not find the appropriate date or venue suitable for you, or you would like to join the course online, you can request a custom course from the link below.
We offer group and corporate discounts on many courses. These discounts are available for clients who want to maximize their return on investment.
We offer individual discounts on many courses for people who are self-sponsored and make their payment in full and upfront at the time of registration.
Nominations to our public courses are to be processed by the client’s HR/Training department except for self-nominations which are to be paid in advance using the “payment by self” option on the online registration form. A refund will be issued back to the client in the event of course cancellation or seat unavailability. Registration confirmation is subject to INFORMATECH's review of registration request and seat availability.
Clients are responsible for any type of tax levied in their country.
If you are interested in having a course custom-designed for your organization, please submit a request using the link below. Once we receive your duly completed request, one of our business development professionals or consultants will get in touch with you to understand your requirements with more detail and answer any relevant questions you may have. After all pertinent information has been exchanged, we will work on the custom-designed request and send you the proposal you require and work with you to identify the ideal period and place for delivering the custom-designed solution.