KAM With Passion

JUNE 20, 2021

This article focuses on individual competencies, especially those of the Key Account Managers. It provides you with a precise description of the skills and competencies required from a true Key Account Manager (not a plain entreprise customers sales rep). Defining Skills & Competencies.

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KAM With Passion

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To keep things relatively simple, let’s consider two types of context: Account Management and Key Account Management and let’s see how the execution of Business Reviews adapts to the depth of relationship between the supplier and each customer. Business Reviews in an Account Management context.

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ProlifIQ

JUNE 21, 2023

Strategic Account Management in B2B Welcome to our comprehensive guide on strategic account management. Whether you’re an experienced strategic account manager or aspiring to become one, we share the knowledge and skills needed to excel in this critical role.

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Arpedio

AUGUST 24, 2022

Account Planning: Manage Long-Term Account Development. Account Planning: Manage Long-Term Account Development. ? What Is Account Planning? Strategic Account Planning. What Should a Key Account Plan Include? How to Do Account Planning?

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ProlifIQ

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Where To Start In the complex world of B2B sales and account management, success hinges on the ability to develop and execute a robust account management strategy. We’ll walk through the key components of building an effective account management strategy that drives revenue, customer retention, and loyalty.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 5, 2024

In the dynamic terrain of sales, forging a path to success is an intricate dance of strategy, customer insight, and relentless pursuit of growth. Central to this quest is the art of strategic account planning , a methodical approach that marries sales strategy with customer relationship management to foster business growth.

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Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

First things first: find out what they want You can't adapt your account strategy until you understand what the new procurement team want. One Page Key Account Plan Guide & Template. Say goodbye to complicated account plans that don't work. The world's most amazing community of key account manager.

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DemandFarm

APRIL 18, 2023

A connected apps ecosystem in key account management involves the integration of your digital key account planning tool with other tools in your sales tech and marketing tech stack. When a lot of tools are used to keep track of your accounts, you will often operate in silos within your ecosystem.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 21, 2023

Before attempting to develop a key account management strategy, you must know how to identify these key accounts. Accurate identification will help you avoid rashly categorizing tail accounts as having strategic value. Let’s examine what strategic account management is and the best ways to approach it.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 11, 2023

How to Succeed With Account Management. Let’s show you how to get the most out of your account management! In this blog, we’ll break down the concept of account management, and why it’s so important in order to drive a successful business in today’s increasingly complex B2B industry. Back to blog.

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Cosawi

JANUARY 24, 2025

Customer-Led and Team-Enabled Marketing In the evolving landscape of Key Account Management (KAM), Account-Based Marketing (ABM) has emerged as a cornerstone for driving customer-centric innovation. Think about your own company: how is your marketing integrated with your strategic account planning and work?

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Revegy

MAY 24, 2023

What is Strategic Account Management and Why It Matters Strategic Account Management (SAM) manages and grows relationships with an organization’s most critical and high-value customers.

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DemandFarm

MAY 12, 2023

Among the challenges was gaining visibility into various aspects of their strategic accounts, leveraging best practices from different teams, and institutionalizing processes and systems to ensure smooth operations across their international offices. This is where Global Account Management (GAM) comes into play.

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Revegy

OCTOBER 16, 2018

While CRMs can serve as the global warehouse for customer data, they were not purpose built for KAM and they alone do not provide the actionable intelligence required to drive key accounts growth. Why CRMs Alone are not Adequate for Key Account Management. CRMs do not empower account managers to be the captain of the ship.

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Revegy

JULY 17, 2018

Are your account plans helping your teams meet their quotas or are they missing the mark? Without comprehensive, well thought out account plans, companies are missing out on major revenue opportunities and risk losing some of their largest clients. 4) Align Your Approach to Your Customer’s Goals with Strategy Maps.

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Miller Heiman Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

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.

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Revegy

AUGUST 12, 2020

If you’re responsible for growing your company’s revenue, either through a sales or an account management role, the panic of deal slippage or limited revenue opportunities may feel unavoidable. To keep your goals on track and to uncover new opportunities, focus on establishing a customer-centric strategy.

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DemandFarm

APRIL 1, 2025

This means that for key account managers and sales teams, this means an org chart tool for Salesforce is no longer a nice-to-have its essential. This visual map of relationships lets you track each stakeholders influence and sentiment, identify champions vs. detractors, and plan your account strategy accordingly.

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Arpedio

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

December 2 What is the primary focus of ARPEDIO's Account Management solution? Enter draw #1 Account-Based Selling Platform Treat your colleagues to an early Christmas present Relationship Mapping & Org Chart Improve your critical stakeholder relationships.

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Revegy

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Trends in AI, account strategy, and collaboration are becoming central to successful sales operations, helping businesses not only grow but build long-term value for their clients. As companies focus more on scalable revenue growth, the revenue enablement field is evolving rapidly.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 31, 2018

Will you touch the right accounts and how is your sales leader assigning the reps to the right accounts? What accounts get you bigger deal sizes? Account management and segmentation is one of the keys in enabling a solid sales strategy.

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Cosawi

JANUARY 29, 2024

In our more traditional groups, marketing, and sales work in locked steps but it seems that the shift to strategic account management is often missing marketing when time comes to establish its roadmap. At Thales, this transformation began with the creation of a distinct role – account marketing.

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Jermaine Edwards

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In 2016 I wrote a post on the five foundation steps for stakeholder management success in key account management, that was well received and guided lots of leaders. If you have an account planning CRM great but I’d still suggest writing it out so it’s clearer in your mind.

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Cosawi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Today, as advisors in the strategic account management space, we are surprised and disheartened to see that marketing is often not only missing at the strategic account team table but also working from an inside-out products focus, rather than an outside-in customer focus.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Its Account Plan helps account managers to build, follow, and measure a key account strategy. Outside In’s DealSheet gives you a platform for organizing and scoring each opportunity against specific sales processes and steps. Visit Outside In Sales.

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Cosawi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The idea of executive engagement implies an accountable and engaged member of the account team, rather than a distant backroom player. Strategic account management is a team sport and requires cross-functional, vertical level engagement and strong accountability. Challenge account strategy and tactics.

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SBI

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Maximizing revenue in your biggest accounts and identifying cross-sell and up-sell opportunities will always be the area of focus for meaningful sales transformation. Where key account management solutions are different than other sales tech is that they lift the cover on what’s happening in key accounts.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 4, 2024

In the competitive world of B2B sales, harnessing the power of an effective account mapping strategy is key to sales optimization and revenue growth. As businesses vie for market dominance, an articulate account strategy empowers organizations to deepen customer relationships and scale their operations effectively.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2023

In today’s economic environment, effective account management is essential for building and maintaining strong client relationships and achieving growth. From podcasts and webinars to blogs and social media posts, these influencers are using a range of channels to help other account managers learn, grow, and succeed.

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The day-to-day activities of an inside account manager, or “farmer”, are going to differ from those of a more traditional “hunter”. We often hear of sales managers tracking how many calls a salesperson makes without making a distinction between the type of calls being made. Plans will sometimes be fluid, but that’s a good thing.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 30, 2023

You will form close ties with important users and stakeholders in this capacity, manage a number of accounts across EMEA, and develop and carry out growth plans. You have knowledge of business continuity, crisis management, and incident management, as well as risk and compliance.

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Revegy

MAY 31, 2023

Learn how to upgrade your B2B sales and marketing with Account-Based Experience (ABX). The post Revolutionize your B2B Success in 2023 with Account-Based Experience (ABX): A Winning Framework appeared first on Revegy. Discover key benefits and get a foolproof framework for implementation.

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ProlifIQ

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Account Planning Tips & Challenges For Saas and HLS Traditional account planning methods slow sales teams down. We’ve got a few account planning tips: Challenge Impact on Sales Teams Scattered, Offline Tools No real-time updates, leading to outdated and conflicting info.

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DemandFarm

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Woody Allen, Annie Hall Key Account Management has always been built on a foundation of intuition backed by the wisdom from innumerable conversations, and strength of human relationships. The best Account Managers in the world have always had an innate ability to detect whats happening beneath the surface.

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DemandFarm

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Woody Allen, Annie Hall Key Account Management has always been built on a foundation of intuition backed by the wisdom from innumerable conversations, and strength of human relationships. The best Account Managers in the world have always had an innate ability to detect whats happening beneath the surface.

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DemandFarm

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Woody Allen, Annie Hall Key Account Management has always been built on a foundation of intuition backed by the wisdom from innumerable conversations, and strength of human relationships. The best Account Managers in the world have always had an innate ability to detect whats happening beneath the surface.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

From Strategy to Execution: How Leaders Are Winning With Account-Based Selling Join our next Leadership Forum Back to blog Following ARPEDIOs Leadership Forum in Paris, weve gathered the key takeaways on Account-Based Selling (ABS) and the role of AI in strategic account management.

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