Strategic Account Management Association

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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

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Strategic Account Management Association

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By Saleh Al-Ben Saleh, Strategic Account Manager, Emerson. A while ago, I came across a discussion about the optimal way to capture strategic customers in a customer relationship management (CRM) tool in a way that enables effective, efficient account planning using account planning applications or tools.

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Strategic Account Management Association

APRIL 5, 2021

In the age of convenience, where same-day deliveries have become the gold standard and news articles are now conveniently timed down to the second, our need for accurate and concise information has never been more pressing. Remember: The sales rep or account manager needs to be an ambassador for their own company as well.

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KAM With Passion

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The terms Account Management (AM) and Key Account Management (KAM) appear in a lot of business conversations and articles. This article suggests a few simple principles to establish clarity and help business leaders correctly position the two subjects. Account Management: A necessity for all organisations.

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KAM With Passion

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Polarized attitudes towards Key Account Management. True Key Account Management (KAM) or Strategic Account Management (SAM) remains a topic that polarizes the thinking and behaviours of business leaders. Key Account Management, what is it really?

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Account Manager Tips

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

More and more companies expect their key account managers to be thought leaders. Why key account managers need a personal brand I've been collecting job descriptions for years. I was a little startled to find key account managers are now expected to be thought leaders. Here's how. Table of Contents.

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Red Star Kim

JUNE 15, 2023

Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies, use KAM technology and maintain momentum. Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies Larger firms may have access to research and knowledge specialists. How should firms identify their strategic accounts? Why do law firms needs SAM?

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Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What are your options when you're a key account manager and ready for your next move? Life after key account management How to prepare for your next career move 1. Life after key account management What are your options when you're a key account manager and ready for your next move?

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Jermaine Edwards

APRIL 29, 2020

What if leadership was what we really needed in key account management today? It wasn’t until we moved from customer management into personal and customer leadership that things shifted significantly. Almost never in the world of success and key account management, do we hear about the importance of leadership.

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Account Manager Tips

JULY 22, 2022

25 problems that stop key account managers from doing their job Favourite books about problem solving Coming up: How to Build a Successful Executive Sponsorship Program Just for fun: #GorgeousGrandma Day In other news Quote of the week. Key account management is a role that requires both sales skills and strategic thinking.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Fine Art of Blending Text Messaging Into Your Account Management Process I love blending text messaging into my account management process. There are two reasons why blending text messaging into your account management process works: It’s mobile. Text is a Versatile For Account Management.

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Help Scout

AUGUST 19, 2021

When a customer hits a snag while using your product, the first thing they interact with won’t likely be a helpful member of your team — it’s more often a knowledge base article. Much like your front door, you want to make your knowledge base articles as welcoming and friendly as possible. What is a knowledge base article?

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Account Manager Tips

JULY 9, 2020

Your first 90 days in a new job as an account manager are the most challenging.and with the most at stake. A detailed list of all the activities you need to do to get settled into your new account management role, grouped into 30 day periods. The rest of this article will explain how, so read on.

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SalesPop

JUNE 10, 2021

In the end, this seamlessness results in the symbiosis between humans and machines, as we discussed in the last article. The post Seamless Account Management appeared first on SalesPOP! As a developer and a vendor, we are committed to the use of the latest technology.

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SalesPop

APRIL 9, 2021

The next aspect of account management we need to consider–one that is vitally important–is application integration. Integration Tied Into Account Management. Let’s take a look at how application integration affects account management. Otherwise, account management isn’t really possible.

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Account Manager Tips

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Speaking of books, if you struggle to get through a chapter before your mind wanders (guilty as charged) - this article has 14 practical ways to get back into the habit of reading. Knowing how to use a CRM is an essential competency for sales, key account management, customer success and many more. My favourite is set goals.

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SalesPop

MAY 21, 2021

Through the articles in this series, we’ve now covered all aspects of account management, and its related features within Pipeliner CRM. Let’s now take an overview of the subject and pull all the pieces together, and see how Pipeliner powerfully supports account management. Account Matrixes. White Space.

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SalesPop

MARCH 12, 2021

We explored the vital importance of account management in our previous article on account management —the idea being that obtaining new accounts is far more costly than maintaining and expanding existing accounts. How do companies hang onto accounts? Account Matrix. The Views and Roles.

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SalesPop

MARCH 25, 2021

Sales most definitely have two sides, and this is also true of account management. This is also true of account management. If we didn’t need sales or account management skills, people would simply buy products or services—which they obviously don’t. Pipeliner Account Management.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The emergence of the Customer Success Professional is an existential threat to account managers. As you create your headcount plan for 2019, you’re starting to think of how to cover your accounts, and whether you need Account Managers, Customer Success.

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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In this brief article, we’ll look at two powerful resources that can keep sales teams (and sales leaders) on track: the KARE profiling system and the Pursuit Navigator tool – both of which were created by Sandler. The post Two Keys to Success in Large Territory Account Management appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Account Management Skills

AUGUST 24, 2021

In this episode, I talk to Alex Raymond from Kapta about everything to do with account management processes. Not project management systems, not CRM systems, but having a dedicated system to guide the agency account management team, when it comes to managing and delve developing existing client relationships.

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Nutshell

APRIL 7, 2025

Zoom meetings can be an essential part of any teams sales, customer onboarding or ongoing account management processes. For more information about setting up Zoom AI transcriptions and summarizations, read our support article here. How can I access this feature? What else is new?

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SalesPop

APRIL 30, 2021

It has prioritized lead and opportunity management over account management. Guided by both the industry and the CRM solutions they were using, businesses and organizations never really dug into real account management. A vital key to strategic account management is creating value for the customer.

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Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Review and revise your account plan Strategic account plan Excel template Strategic account planning resources. Strategic account planning process It's so easy to get caught up in the daily grind and forget the big picture. So here's my easy (in fact insanely easy) effective and quick strategic account plan.

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KAM With Passion

JUNE 20, 2021

This article focuses on individual competencies, especially those of the Key Account Managers. Other articles on this blog explore the collective KAM capabilities an organisation must develop to be successful with KAM. Defining Skills & Competencies. 3 Types of KAM-relevant Competencies.

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Help Scout

AUGUST 22, 2023

Read the full article Get answers to your most challenging career or leadership questions in Help Scout's customer service advice column by Mat Patterson.

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SBI Growth

JULY 25, 2019

The all-too-familiar sound of the champagne popping signals the beginning of a new year. It’s Wednesday, January 1, 2020. You have twenty-four hours left of vacation. Twenty-four hours left until you.

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Account Manager Tips

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Listen to this article. You might also like 10 LINKEDIN HASHTAGS EVERY KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER SHOULD FOLLOW 6. Your LinkedIn profile photo represents YOU. It tells the world who you are. Take a good, hard, long look at your current photo. Are you happy with it? But if you're not, you better do something about it. This is amazing.

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Jermaine Edwards

MAY 27, 2020

Some account managers and key account managers can get paralysed by over research. This article gives you three critical 20% areas to become the expert to your customers. When I started out in sales I was told to do customer research. No one told me what I should be researching, why and how I should use it.

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KAM With Passion

OCTOBER 27, 2020

When it comes to articles and talks about commercial performance, there is a certain form of rejection of polychromy. The blog articles will revolve around 3 themes, without precluding the possibility of broadening this framework. Second, Account Management , i.e. the management of existing customers.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 5, 2024

At the heart of every thriving enterprise lies a keen focus on business relationship optimization , a task achieved through strategic roles that many might find overlapping—Account Management and Customer Success.

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KAM With Passion

MAY 27, 2021

Deliver an initial training to the first Key Account Managers and Teams. If, on the contrary, your company already has some experience with KAM, the potential training needs are somewhat different and can be summarized as follows; Deepen the training on KAM to existing Key Account Managers and their teams.

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Janek Performance Group: Account Planning

APRIL 26, 2022

As a sales leader, have you ever calculated the cost of poor account management? For example, let’s suppose your superstar salesperson closes a big account. But this account is local in your hometown. The account stayed active for one year and then left for a competitor’s service. Here’s how.

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Account Manager Tips

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Why key account managers need a personal brand Why I started to build my personal brand Step 1: Figure out your personal brand Step 2: Create a personal branding plan Step 3: Become a student of personal branding Join the Personal Branding Playbook In other news Quote of the week. Account Director, Key Strategic Accounts, Refinity.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 3, 2024

In the intricate world of business operations , the distinction between roles in sales and client management is pivotal. Specifically, sales positions such as Account Executive and Account Manager are critical in driving a business’s success. Who is an Account Executive? Who is an Account Manager?

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Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

increasingly M&BD professionals play a part on the front line of client contact for example, as account managers) Client concentration? In this case, account managers liaise with the fee-earners. The growth of MarTech in professional services – an overview (kimtasso.com) Account management or project support?

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