How can you use time-blocking to efficiently manage your Sales Development deadlines?

Efficiently manage Sales Development deadlines with time-blocking: prioritize tasks, allocate specific slots for high-impact activities, limit multitasking, set realistic time limits, and create buffer time. Utilize technology tools for automation and reminders. Batch similar tasks, take regular breaks, and regularly review and adjust your schedule. Communicate your time-blocking strategy to colleagues and be open to continuous improvement. This structured approach enhances focus, productivity, and ensures timely completion of critical sales tasks.

La planificación es la base en estas tareas y apoyarse en herramientas que te permitan gestionar y determinar el tiempo para el uso de ellas mejora los resultados

1. List out all the tasks you do in a week. 2. Rank them by order of priority. 3. Budget time accordingly. 4. Protect time at all costs. Bonus: Scrap all non-value meetings.

Unlocking SDR Superpowers: Time-blocking revolutionizes productivity by strategically scheduling focused blocks of time for crucial tasks. It turbocharges sales goals, banishes multitasking stress, and transforms distractions into a thing of the past. Embracing this method breeds accountability, allowing tracking of progress and unleashing the potential for continuous improvement!

Time blocking allows you to balance your varied outbound strategies in a timely manner that is needed to see results off the back of it. For example, LI connection requests, inmails, emails, direct mailers, cold-calling, video prospecting are all valuable methods to generate pipeline but if you strategically schedule time dedicated to each of these, you’ll see better organisation, better output and higher numbers of opportunities created. You can iterate this on blocking out time on these methods by also tiering target accounts. Your highest tier’d accounts are likely to require more activity so may feature more predominantly in your time blocking across multiple channels- time blocking allows you to acknowledge this.

Many activities can be tackled more effectively and efficiently if they become part of a routine. Regular time blocking automatically eliminates large blocks of tasks lasting several hours that cause anxiety at the mere sight of them, as a small blocker is regularly reserved in the calendar and the goal is continuously approached in small steps.

Time blocking allows you to be more efficient and consistent. Without consistency you won’t see results, specially in the case of outbound. However the approach of being ready with activities on calendar is always a great way to be successful.

In order to know how to implement time-blocking in your sales development routine it is key to know yourself and your priorities. For example, I personally know I have better ideas and I am more productive in the morning so every strategic or difficult task has to be done during that time frame. Moreover, as a Business Development Manager I am aware of my daily tasks and responsibilities, such as checking emails, tasks, updating CRM, etc. You need to be disciplined and committed to your time-blocking, otherwise, it won't work! Buffer time, breaks, lunch or even 'check emails', are not silly tasks at all, they are realistic and will help you be attainable.