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SAMA releases Biannual 2021 Compensation Report

Strategic Account Management Association

Despite the year everyone had, respondents expect their SAM programs to grow at roughly the same pace –10% – as they projected in 2019. The most common MBOs for SAMs measure leading indicators : account planning (77% of plans) and activity-based metrics like collaborative meetings (75%).

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

Key Account Planning: Outlines a standardized methodology and template for key account planning, which has enabled the team to use account plans as a communication vehicle for internal and customer-facing purposes. Tier 2: Applied Processes. Profitability During the Pandemic.

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9 Unexpected Reasons Why Key Account Management is Important

Account Manager Tips

Launch, implement and monitor account plans that speed up business results and client satisfaction. Effective key account management Successful key account management requires an eco-system of elements that align to deliver successful outcomes for you and your clients. Account plan process. Change Agent.

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Whitespace – the missing sales metric that can mean success or failure

Upland

Increased account penetration boosts revenue. Even as account planning, cross-selling and upselling are buzzwords in professional services and other B2B industries, there is often not a great handle on how much opportunity exists in current accounts, or how the company is performing on delivering against that upside.

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The 19 Best Group Scheduling Tools in 2019

Hubspot Sales

Price: Basic and account plans are free, premium plans are $20/year. He appreciates the ability to throw links directly into your emails -- "Since prospects don't have to click-through to see available times, it increases the likelihood of them actually choosing a time," he says. Image Source. WhenIsGood.

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Drawing a line between Account & Key Account Management

KAM With Passion

The CSO Insight 2018-2019 Sales Performance Report highlighted Account Management as a major missed opportunity for most B2B companies and showed that only 35% of sales executive believe Account Planning is a strength of their organisation. Key Account Management: A strategic choice and an act of faith.

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Three Essentials to Upselling in Large Accounts

Miller Heiman Group

Being buyer-centric with existing accounts requires excellent account planning. Account planning goes beyond simply renewing existing products or a list of future products to present to the buyer. A real account plan is a living document that defines the goals of the relationship with a focus on actual value.