Remote Business Development Associate

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Who we are:
Welcome to Founder Acceleration! We’re a team of creative thinkers and strategic experts, all focused on finding innovative ways to help businesses grow and succeed. We’re known for being the best at what we do, thanks to our hard work, skill, and experience.
Our home is in Pasco, Washington, but our community and reach are global. Our growing team reflects our commitment to our work and our clients. We work tirelessly to achieve great results with new, effective strategies.
We’re always looking for passionate, ambitious people who want to make a real difference and grow with us. If you’re excited about working in a dynamic, results-driven environment and being part of a team that’s changing the game, we’d love for you to join us.
Find out more about us and what makes us stand out in the business world. Visit our website: Click to view. Discover the world of Founder Acceleration and be part of our exciting journey.

What we’re looking for:

We need a new Business Development Associate! This is a remote (work from home) position.

***General overview of the job (NOT a job description).
Example:

As a Business Development Associate with us, your main task is to reach out to up to 150 business owners daily using social media, email, and other methods. Your role is key to expanding our Founder Acceleration program by finding potential clients and guiding them towards business growth. You’ll focus on lead generation, aiming to identify 150 potential leads each day using LinkedIn, forums, and directories.
Your job also involves creating outreach strategies tailored to different platforms, making sure your messages match the needs of business owners. Managing contacts effectively is crucial, so you’ll keep a detailed database of your outreach and follow-ups. You’ll be the first point of contact for potential clients, introducing them to our program. Working alongside our sales and marketing teams, you’ll help align your outreach with our overall goals and regularly report on your progress. This role requires excellent communication skills, digital tool proficiency, and attention to detail. We’re committed to your growth and will provide the training and support you need to succeed in this role, helping business owners grow with the Founder Acceleration program.

Salary & growth opportunities:

Business Development Associate start at $3/ hr
You’ll work under a full client manager as you learn the trade
You’ll be immersed in a cutting edge environment of business and personal growth
You’ll be graded on your client retention and campaign performance
Once you are managing at peak performance (we have an algorithm to determine a peak performance based on the activity of clients and their involvement in the community) you will be promoted to a full Business Development Manager
Growth opportunities
Strong opportunity for growth for Business Development Associate who create additional connections beyond peak performance.
You’ll be graded on your adding new clients, client retention and campaign performance.
We actively promote from within. Successful Business Develpoment Managers are first in line for promotion into our core strategy team.

The ideal candidate:

Lead Generation: Can effectively research and identify potential business owner leads daily, aiming for a target of 150 contacts. Utilize various tools and platforms, including LinkedIn, industry-specific forums, and business directories.
Client management: The core of your job is relationship building. You need to be a person that cares deeply about helping small businesses succeed. That means managing expectations, being clear in your communication, and being willing to coach clients. You also need to be comfortable with challenging conversations and have the ability to diffuse tense situations and the foresight to navigate around potential pitfalls.
Marketing Strategy: Your job is to learn about the client’s business and understand what we offer and how that will impact them. You will need to engage and find ways to add value to each client from the very beginning. This can mean offering many types of value based on the business and business owners needs.
Problem solving: The cardinal sin at our company is asking someone a question you could have solved yourself. We need people who are willing to “figure it out” and don’t mind rolling up their sleeves. That doesn’t mean we aren’t here to support you, we are. But only when you encounter a problem that you truly can’t solve. You’re expected to bring more to the table than expected and hurdle problems, not allow them to get in your way.
Successful Business Development Associate personality profile:

Motivated by competition and results. You are likely a skilled, pragmatic enforcer whose focus on achievement and success can help those around you accomplish goals. You speak directly and make decisions quickly. You like to take charge in a situation and explore worthwhile, effective solutions. Your determination and confidence make you a strong leader.

Important personality traits:
Persuasive
Assertive
Confident
Direct
What energizes you:
Taking charge
Ambitious goals
Challenges
Professional growth
Competition & winning

Make sure you’re comfortable with:

Remote working. This is a remote (work from home) position.
All job offers start with a 60-day trial to make sure that we’re the right fit for each other.
Reach out to clients via online and phone
Talk to clients to find anyway we can offer value or solution
Be able to work the hours of our potential clients

Our values:

Truth: Everything we do requires a commitment to truth as the core principle and foundation of our company. We are data driven business owners, data is truth. If something isn’t working, we talk about it. If we make a mistake, we’re the first to bring it up and we own it. If we don’t know the answer to something, we admit it readily (and then work to figure it out!) If we disagree, we say so. Truth is the first and most important step to solving any problem.

Responsibility: How do we do more? How do we give more? How do we help each other? Responsibility requires us to constantly be looking for opportunities to go further. We don’t try to get out of work, we lean into it. You’ll never hear us say, “That’s not my job.” By being proactive with our skillset we place ourselves in a position to influence the world around us in a way that only those who understand true responsibility ever can.

Heart: It’s not enough to simply do. You also have to care. You have to care about your clients, your team mates, and yourself. You have to work like it matters, like what you’re doing means something. You need to know that you’re making an impact and understand that there are people relying on you to do what’s best for them. In some cases, these people wouldn’t know the difference which makes it even more important. We have been offered a sacred trust in helping people grow their business and so we treat their businesses as our own.

To apply:

If you’re interested, please submit the following:
A link to your resume in PDF format with the following naming convention: [Click to view]
Details of your [job title / description] experience
***Optional: A link to your completed personality quiz: Click to view/
Your answer to this question: if you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?
Your answer to this question: What does this quote mean to you personally? “Work is love made visible” – Khalil Gibran

Submissions should go to: Click to view

I will be looking for people who can format their submission in a way that makes it easy for us to review. Remember, in business development you want to help make it as easy on the client as possible! I’m happy to answer any questions you may include in your application.

Thank you for your consideration and best of luck on your job search!