Strategic Account Management Association

AUGUST 24, 2021

From all this, we stress tested long-held views about strategic account management. Karen Passmore is Partner at the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company where she works on organizational design and go-to-market strategies with a focus on breaking down organizational silos. Panelists: the three experts of 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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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. Account Management: A necessity for all organisations. We define Account Management (AM) as the set of methods, processes and practices to manage existing customers.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

With a premium placed on customer acquisition cloud computing organizations have put account management on the back burner. Before it gets too late implement an Account Management process to reduce customer churn, increases customer lifetime value, generate leads for expansion and proactively identify account risk.

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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. Leading change as a customer leader. I suddenly realised…. Empowering people.

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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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Account Manager Tips

JULY 27, 2020

Which means as an account manager, you’ve got to rely on instincts (and maybe a little prayer). You can’t run an account management team like that, let alone a business. I’m excited to share my conversation with Calin Muresan , Existing Business Manager, at Netguru. 03:34 The best thing about 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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Strategic Account Management Association

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In mapping a rich understanding of how key players relate to one another, account managers can start to uncover the manner in which things happen in the organization—insights not visible to the untrained eye. It takes time to map the political structure hidden behind the organizational chart, but it’s time well spent.

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Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount and Will Frattini, Head of Enterprise Revenue & Growth at Zoominfo, take on account management and account expansion selling. You'll learn why a focused and intentional account management strategy is essential for net revenue retention and account expansion.

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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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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. Bubble-area* advertising was obviously wasteful.

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Help Scout

MAY 27, 2021

When considering customer success and account management, it’s valuable to consider them as complementary teams rather than interchangeable groups or, worse, competitors. What is customer success? There are a few things that differentiate customer success from account management.

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Account Manager Tips

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Knowing how to use a CRM is an essential competency for sales, key account management, customer success and many more. It only takes 2 minutes and it'll show you where potential gaps are. Trailblazer Profile. A great way to showcase to current and future employers your experience with Salesforce.

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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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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 2, 2019

This information will allow you to change your value proposition to meet the customer’s changing needs and proactively identify and build relationships with new buying influences. To succeed in today’s complex selling environment, you need to leverage your team, including customer success managers, sales engineers, field technicians and more.

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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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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. Innovation at Pipeliner.

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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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Account Manager Tips

JUNE 23, 2024

Discover game-changing books for B2B sales, customer success, and key account management. Level up your skills and strategies with insights from "Unsticking Deals," "The Innovative Seller," and "The Squiggly Career."

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The vital role of Customer Success in Account Management Explore ARPEDIO's Account Management Software ← Back to blog In recent times, companies have come to realize the significance of aligning their customer success and account management strategies. Let’s dive in!

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SalesPop

MARCH 20, 2022

In this Expert Insight Interview, Brent Keltner discusses how to transition elegantly from sales to customer success and develop that as a continuum. This Expert Insight Interview discusses: How customer success has changed in the subscription-based economy. Customer Success. Aligning Your Goals.

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Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The first named customer success group was created in 1996. While the original driver for the role was to grow relationships and increase revenue, the customer success specialist job description has changed quite a bit since then. Learn from those examples, and apply the elements that fit for your team and situation.

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DemandFarm

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Do you know how the top key account managers (KAMs) become the top KAMs? They don’t just respond to an account’s needs—they anticipate them, creating proactive strategies that build trust and deepen relationships. Key Focus Areas for High-Impact Account Management Teams 1.

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Upland

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This way, teams can collaborate more efficiently to refine account plans and win opportunities. The integration adds a custom “Google Docs” tile to Opportunity Manager’s launchpad or a custom “Google Docs” tab to Account Manager and automatically creates a shared Google Doc for each opportunity and account plan.

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Insightly

MAY 13, 2021

Start by working closely with your customer success team. Why you should align customer success with marketing. At this point, the account moves to a dedicated account or customer success manager. It is in marketers’ best interest to build relationships with customer success managers.

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Upland

APRIL 26, 2022

Altify’s Spring ’22 release introduces Altify Account Plan: a long-awaited capability that’s included for all Account Manager customers. With Altify Account Plan, sellers can start building pipelines faster by working directly at the account level in Salesforce to understand people, problems, and potential.

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DemandFarm

AUGUST 31, 2023

In the business world, customer success management is no longer an afterthought; it’s a necessity. Consensus across research confirms: retaining existing customers costs 5 to 25 times less than acquiring new ones. Success lies in a tailored, strategic approach to customer success management.

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Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

I was working with a group of sales managers at a workshop a few weeks ago and one of them introduced this strategy. It was a very simple strategy of implementing an account plan when you didn’t have a sophisticated … Read More »

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Arpedio

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Account management software tools Account Management Software ← Back to blog Account management software solutions have transformed the way businesses handle their account planning and client interactions. This is where account management software solutions come into play as a transformative tool.

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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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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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Jermaine Edwards

MAY 27, 2020

When I started out in sales I was told to do customer research. Some account managers and key account managers can get paralysed by over research. I want to speak to those working diligently getting to know your customers. Despite this, you can be the expert on delivering results for your customers.

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The vital role of Customer Success in Account Management Explore ARPEDIO's Account Management Software ← Back to blog In recent times, companies have come to realize the significance of aligning their customer success and account management strategies. Let’s dive in!

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DemandFarm

APRIL 13, 2023

KAM Glossary (with 65 Definitions) To help strategic account managers / key account managers /sales professionals enhance their understanding of Key Account Management (KAM) , this glossary provides clear and concise definitions and explanations of essential terms, definitions, and concepts related to key account management.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Are you ARPEDIO’s new Account Manager within the Nordics? Are you ARPEDIO’s new Account Manager within the Nordics? Are you ARPEDIO’s new Account Manager within the Nordics? ? Are you an aspiring future Account Executive and have a passion for sales and leadership? Back to careers. What you will do.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Are you Arpedio’s new Account Manager within the Nordics? Are you Arpedio’s new Account Manager within the Nordics? Are you Arpedio’s new Account Manager within the Nordics? ? Are you an aspiring future Account Executive and have a passion for sales and leadership? Back to careers. What you will do.

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