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Building and optimizing your diverse, multifunctional “Dream Team”

Strategic Account Management Association

Our aspiration, I believe, should be to create a workforce that reflects the incredible diversity of our customers, our partners, our suppliers and our community. Emotional intelligence. We are all in a race to attract, develop and retain top talent for our organizations. Again, it goes back to how we connect with people.

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7 Reasons Why Clients Ghost You (and What to Do About It)

Account Manager Tips

They don't need anything As a key account manager, if you've done your job right, there's no reason for them to keep in touch. Usually our clients are more important to us than we are to them Especially if you're not a major supplier. Rebalance your communication expectations to align with your value as a supplier.

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How to improve the way you work with a marketing director, with Sam Bridger

Account Management Skills

Why being genuine and empathetic is so important to the account management role. * And it’s, I think, the first thing to say is recognising that the role of account manager it’s a difficult balancing act, because you’re there to manage the clients expectations, but also to sell the agency product.

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Why 98% of online ads don’t work – and what to do about it, with Martin Lucas

Account Management Skills

I think the main thing is that we’re giving them answers to questions that each of the individuals, particularly senior personnel, are frustrated about because their personnel or their suppliers, are giving them things that they know is not quite right but they don’t know why. Why does our customer buy?