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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

A colleague from the SAMA Board of Directors, Noel Capon, recently wrote an article in Harvard Business Review “When CEOs Make Sales Calls” in which he describes the impact of top management’s involvement in the customer relationship. Figure 3: Matching the right executive sponsor. What’s next ?

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Why isn’t Marketing in the KAM/ SAM journey ?

Cosawi

Think about your own company: how is your marketing integrated with your strategic account planning and work? This shift requires broadening Marketings role beyond the customer buying journey to include insight generation and case studies and to create value creation for mutual growth and ROI. appeared first on Cosawi.

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How to define a strong KAM Training Path

KAM With Passion

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. The training module also covers how to build an Account Strategy and the associated Action Plan.

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The Power of Account-Based Marketing: A Thales Case Study

Cosawi

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. ABM has gained prominence for its ability to provide personalized, laser-focused marketing to key accounts.

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Transformation through Agile Leadership

Cosawi

Clarifying the executive sponsor role, behaviors (internally and externally) and expectations is critical to leverage the role as an accelerator and create executive accountability within the account team. Stay informed on the account through an established strategic account process. Dominique Co?te? What’s next?