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The Ultimate Guide to Build a Top Performing Key Account Management Team from Scratch

DemandFarm

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. Getting there requires more than assuming the role.

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Breaking Free: Why Key Account Management Must Escape Your CRM’s Gravity

DemandFarm

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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The single most important skill in key account management

Jermaine Edwards

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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Becoming the expert for your customer

Jermaine Edwards

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. There are three influencing market areas. Market Impact (I).

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The Business Review: a modern classic, so important also during difficult times

KAM With Passion

To keep things relatively simple, let’s consider two types of context: Account Management and Key Account Management and let’s see how the execution of Business Reviews adapts to the depth of relationship between the supplier and each customer. Business Reviews in a Key Account Management context.

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The 10 Immutable Laws Every Business Needs to Follow

Jermaine Edwards

There are 10 immutable laws that shape the philosophy, outcomes and actions of high performing businesses, key account managers and customer serving professionals over the long term. LAW ONE: You cannot move a customer to a new place without knowing what you need to change. Here they are…. What do I mean by this?

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The 10 immutable laws every business needs to follow

Jermaine Edwards

There are 10 immutable laws that shape the philosophy, outcomes and actions of high performing businesses, key account managers and customer serving professionals over the long-term. LAW ONE: You cannot move a customer to a new place without knowing what you need to change. Here they are…. What do I mean by this?