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Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes

Red Star Kim

This short (130 pages) information-packed book was revised in 2019. So here is a Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes. He’s also written a book called “ Get to the point – how to write well at work”. The book is a fantastic jargon buster. How many do you know?).

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Private client management and marketing: Business plans, recruitment, assessments and automation (Nov 2023)

Red Star Kim

Business planning Surprisingly, none of the delegates’ firms had a business plan to drive the growth of the private client team. And 90% didn’t have a marketing plan for private client. 67% felt that marketing (generating enquiries) and 33% felt that existing client development was the area requiring most attention.

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How Much Money Does a Key Account Manager Really Make?

Account Manager Tips

Here are some things you'll do as a key account manager: Deliver your company's strategy and vision Manage client risk (defection, competitor threats, issue resolution) Gather market intelligence and evaluate emerging trends Drive client development Provide data and insights to help your clients make better decisions.

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How Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) Assistants can shine – Develop knowledge and skills, build personal brand and increase visibility

Red Star Kim

Whilst many of the above attributes and roles were perceived, there were some differences such as: Approachable Authentic Effective Loud Passionate Reactive Under resourced Valuable There’s more about building personal brands: Future Marketing/BD Manager – Build your personal brand (kimtasso.com) Building a personal brand – Key Person of Influence (..)

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10 Essential Skills for Account Managers

Account Management Skills

If you feel you need to brush up on your listening skills, check out Mark Goulston’s book Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone. The book will help you understand how to communicate more effectively with absolutely anyone; clients, colleagues, family members etc.

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The trouble with account managers

Account Management Skills

I sometimes feel they are more concerned with their gmail and booking meetings than with my challenge” – client lead ( “The Future of Account Management” report, IPA 2020 ) The feedback from clients and industry experts is relentless and often scathing about the account manager’s performance.

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Referrer management – Grading, Research, Discipline, Storytelling and Leveraging your exemplars

Red Star Kim

Leverage your exemplars to promote good habits I shared a number of stories about how firms can leverage the expertise and experience of their best (exemplar) business developers: Facilitating regular “Talking to Bob” dinners at a property business where junior, intermediate and senior fee-earners could listen to stories about how he managed to identify, (..)