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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

The key is to know which customers are willing, or seeking, to elevate the relationship so that you know which customer relationships to invest in — those that will not only produce better results today but will help you innovate your business sustainability into the future. But that’s a topic for a different day. 4: Focus on value.

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Key issues in Marketing and Business Development Planning: Engage, Analyse, Expand, Innovate and Measure

Red Star Kim

Key issues in Marketing and Business Development Planning: Engage, Analyse, Expand, Innovate and Measure. Innovate – Be more innovative in M&BD. There was sometimes a lack of appetite for trying new approaches by fee-earners who might be risk averse or resistant to trying out innovative initiatives.

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Spotlight on Richard Chaplin, PM Forum and Managing Partners’ Forum

Red Star Kim

He introduced the sector’s first management excellence awards (securing the FT and Harvard as knowledge partners) whilst spearheading the innovative “unsung heroes” campaign for business support professionals.

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LIVE WEBINAR: 3 Pros Tell You How to Strike Innovation Gold in 2016

Planview

If your New Year’s resolutions include having an enterprise-grade innovation program that operates like a well-oiled results machine, then we sure have the webinar for you. First up: Dr. Norman Lewis of PwC, who leads the charge for the One Innovation Programme. Insights from some of 2015’s most cutting-edge innovation programs.

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International Innovation: Five proven apps worthy of consideration for your sales team in 2015

SBI

What you might not be aware of is the innovation that’s taking place outside of the U.S. That becomes all the more evident when you take a look at the release of our final Top Sales Tools of 2014 guide where you’ll find the top 50 tools for improving sales performance and results.

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Countdown to 2015: Top 5 Smart Selling Tools posts of 2014

SBI

2015 looks to be the most exciting year yet for sales and marketing solutions and for those who seek to improve their revenue. There is great honor in being the first one to do something—the first one to climb a mountain, the first one to conduct an innovative medical procedure, the first one to discover a species or a land mass.

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What Sales Leaders Can Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs Under 30

Hubspot Sales

There are plenty of successful inventors, innovators, and businesspeople operating their own companies before they turn 30. In 2015, Smith released AllHere — an AI-powered attendance intervention software for K-12 school districts. There's no sign saying "You must be this old to innovate." It has no minimum age.