Strategic Account Management Association

JULY 13, 2021

Disruption Leads to Innovation. Disruption, although most times unwelcome, gives way to innovation. Could the mother of creativity and innovation, in fact, be disruption? This is leading many companies to accelerate their strategic account management journeys and transformations. Three Pillars of Success.

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Account Manager Tips

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

What skills do key account managers need? Key account management is a profession in demand. Key Account Managers are in demand by companies now more than ever. Enterprise Account Executive #6. Customer Success Manager #7. Innovative talent tops the list of solutions to business challenges.

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Account Manager Tips

MARCH 23, 2021

Why is key account management important? Well, i f you don't have key account management in place, you could leave money on the table, be helpless to competitor threats and put your most valuable clients at risk of defection. Key account management is the secret to grow revenue and customer retention.

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Account Manager Tips

AUGUST 14, 2022

21 free courses for key account managers to boost your skills now A key account manager has to grow and retain their clients. Find out what those skills are, along with 21 free courses to help you become a better key account manager. Need more help to improve your key account management skills?

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Strategic Account Management Association

AUGUST 6, 2021

Director Global Account Management, Aramex. Aramex services include international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions. By Shahaboddin Wahdatehagh, Sr. A new central commercial organization was born. Tier 3: People Development.

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Account Manager Tips

APRIL 26, 2021

How much money does a key account manager make? Find out the average salaries for key account managers in Australia, India, the United Kingdom and the United States and what the job is REALLY like before you decide if it's for you. Find out how much money key account managers REALLY make! Click to Tweet.

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Strategic Account Management Association

JUNE 1, 2021

Your organization will have a more positive culture, greater confidence in management and stronger innovation and collaboration. Each habit is reflected in the following way: Integrity creates a culture of accountability. Responsibility leads to confidence in management. Forgiveness leads to innovation.

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Strategic Account Management Association

AUGUST 10, 2021

Participants included 200 Account Managers, SAM Program Directors, and Central Office/Program Managers across 8 industries worldwide. In 2020, account managers in healthcare received 20% higher pay than in 2018, compared to other industries where pay rose just 2.7%. About the Report. Email Joel Schaafsma.

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Account Manager Tips

OCTOBER 11, 2021

15 Reasons Why You Might be a Bad Account Manager Bad key account managers fail to build business relationships and achieve results. Here are fifteen signs you might be a bad key account manager and how to turn yourself into a good one. Account plans are help you define your key account strategy.

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Strategic Account Management Association

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To navigate today’s ever-changing marketplace, modern SAM practitioners need to lead with agility and view strategic account management as a business imperative — themes we are excited to explore at the SAMA 2024 Annual Conference in Miami, FL, at the legendary Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel, May 21 - 23.

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Strategic Account Management Association

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A shared success plan is one of the most important tools in the strategic account management toolbox. Strategic Accounts programs produce twice the growth rate with their strategic accounts compared to their non-strategic accounts. It all starts with selecting the right accounts. #4: – SAMA.

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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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Strategic Account Management Association

JANUARY 25, 2022

Pfizer is the winner of the 2021 SAMA Excellence Award for “Innovative Value Co-Creation.” By Emily Williams, Strategic Account Manager , Pfizer. The customer’s solution: a new patient care process for diverting lower-risk patients from the emergency department for immediate follow-up to an outpatient management clinic.

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Strategic Account Management Association

APRIL 22, 2021

Servitization is a term used to describe a journey of transformation, specifically: the innovation of an organization’s capabilities and processes to better create mutual value through a shift from selling products to selling product-service systems that deliver a desirable outcome for the customer. What is servitization?

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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? If you’re not constantly innovating, you’re done.

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DemandFarm

OCTOBER 15, 2024

So is AI expected to eat up your Key Account Manager’s jobs as well? It depends on your Key Account Management (KAM) maturity level, your approach to your KAM program, your goals, and how you want to roll with the AI punches. The dreaded side instils fear that it will usurp the role of the Key Account Manager.

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Account Manager Tips

JUNE 23, 2020

Phil is an account management and sales professional professional with a wealth of experience and wisdom he's distilled into The Tenets of Account Management. These guiding principles have served Phil well and I know they will help you find success as a key account manager. The Tenets of Account Management.

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The Chapman Group

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It is understood that within many organizations there are existing account managers who have either been trained or who are extremely gifted and intuitive in the art and science of strategic account management. Some organizations have also chosen the terms GAM (Global Account Manager), and CAM (Corporate Account Manager).

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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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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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Cosawi

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Unlocking the SAM Journey Through Center of Excellence, Executive Engagement, & ABM Mastery By Dominique Côté Owner and Founder, Cosawi Disruption continues to drive innovation across industries, reshaping how businesses engage with customers. Securing Executive Sponsorship 3. Why a COE is essential 1.

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DemandFarm

MARCH 31, 2025

For years, Key Account Management (KAM) has been confined within the walls of CRM systemsSalesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and HubSpot. The logic was straightforward: if customer data already lives inside a CRM, why manage key accounts elsewhere? Key Account Management is not an extension of sales.

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Strategic Account Management Association

MARCH 2, 2022

It’s also been shown that diverse perspectives inspire creativity and drive innovation, whereas homogeneous teams will often gravitate towards the status quo. Analytical thinking and innovation. Mind you, I’m not just talking about product innovation. This is playing out in real time. 3: Understand what motivates people.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Is your business and your key account management team growing fast? Do you feel like you're always playing catch-up and never have time for important projects, like developing processes that drive business growth or creating career paths for your key account managers? Click to Tweet. Laura: It's never boring.

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Arpedio

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Key Account Manager or Strategic Ecosystem Leader? Key Account Manager or Strategic Ecosystem Leader? ? On September 15th, more than eighty Key Account Managers (KAM) assembled in Copenhagen and online for a hybrid event. October 11, 2021. October 11, 2021. Back to blog. Ulrik Monberg, CEO & Founder. +45

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SalesPop

MAY 7, 2021

One place where project management really comes into account management is bringing a broadly stated goal into realistic terms. They can use account planning and project management to figure out just how realistic that goal is. Numerous parts of project management will be part of this tool. the innovator.

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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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The Chapman Group

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is understood that within many organizations there are existing account managers who have either been trained or who are extremely gifted and intuitive in the art and science of strategic account management. Some organizations have also chosen the terms GAM (Global Account Manager), and CAM (Corporate Account Manager).

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Account Manager Tips

MARCH 23, 2021

Portrait Software became a key account, and within 18 months, that partnership led to winning the larger Pitney Bowes business. Which is why key account management is so important. So be ruthless when selecting key accounts if you want a return on investment (or hire more account managers.) Flavio Stiffan

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Whetstone

APRIL 3, 2025

While being comfortable feels good, in strategic account management, its a silent killer. Comfort locks teams into safe conversations, outdated engagement strategies, and reactive account management. Many strategic account managers (SAMs) believe their key accounts are secure simply because of long-standing relationships.

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Jermaine Edwards

MAY 27, 2020

Some account managers and key account managers can get paralysed by over research. When studied and applied these will immediately help you as a customer leader or key account manager prepare to support, shape and solve real problems with and for your customers. 2 – Technology and Innovation.

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Account Manager Tips

AUGUST 4, 2022

B2B Book Club Selection (August 2022) A monthly selection of handpicked business books specifically to help key account managers get better results for their clients, companies and careers. Account Manager Tips · 1. As a key account manager, you get things done through influence, not power.

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Arpedio

MARCH 5, 2024

In the intricate dance of business success, one partner often overlooked is account management. In this digital age where competition is fierce and customer expectations are soaring, the need for robust account management strategies has never been more pronounced.

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Arpedio

MARCH 6, 2024

Account management serves as the backbone of successful businesses, playing a pivotal role in fostering lasting relationships with clients or customers. At its core, account management involves the strategic oversight and nurturing of client accounts, aiming to maximize their value and satisfaction.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Here I summarise brand, referrals, research, key account management (KAM) and new service development case studies. At law firms: Addleshaw Goddard, Collas Crill, LawNet, Ontier, Schillings and accountancy firms: Menzies, Mercer and Hole. I scour publications and awards to pick up as many as I can.

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Mercuri International

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Fierce competition, shifting customer behavior, accelerated innovation, automation, new technological solutions, and changing values are among the key forces driving this transformation. Strengthening account management strategies will help teams build sustainable, long-term relationships with clients.

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